MarkBRFC71

He’s been absolutely shite all season. Why does he keep getting picked?

As the great Brian Potter once said - "I want to moonwalk son, but life's a shithouse". Think you're gonna be disappointed.

Tied to Pickering.

JRC is not a wide player as long as he's got a hole in his arse. He may as well have been sat next to me for all he's contributed out there. Awful.

We've had a summer of it under bloody Southgate and it looks like Eustace has been taking notes....

Honestly I don't trust any of that defence - all bang average.

Unless those new signings are to be quality first teamers then that squad has relegation struggle written all over it. Pears is a liability, Pickering is L1 standard, that MF is weak and those forward players are either completely unproven or bang average.

Keeper is the number one priority for me. If we keep Pears as number 1, we basically start the season on -10 points.

Unfortunately there are no English managers at the level of some of the foreign candidates mentioned - if there were then of course that would be ideal and they might be preferred - but there just aren't. To deliberately choose an inferior candidate just because he's English would be daft - the FA needs to at least be reaching out to the best managers around irrespective of where they're from, and if they're keen but the timing doesn't work, waiting for them to become available. Or are you seriously telling me that if Pep or Klopp said 'come and get me' to the FA, you'd still prefer to go for a Potter or a Lampard?

So based on your logic no English club that wants to win the Prem should ever appoint an English manager because not one has ever won it. Gotcha.

Howe - I'd be OK with, but will the FA want to spend 5m to prise him away from Newcastle? Potter - Harry or Brian would probably do a better job - no thanks. Carsley - we've been down the promoting U21 manager route and still haven't won anything so no thanks. Would leave him in charge as interim if needed though. O'Neil - way too early. Lampard - fuck no. Same for Gerrard or Rooney. Fact remains, by FAR the best candidates in terms of experience and achievement are foreign (Klopp, Poch, Tuchel, Ange, Pep). If the Pep thing is true and we have to wait a year, let's do it. Same with Klopp - if he's willing to entertain the idea but in a few months - wait. Put Carsley in charge until they're ready. Don't appoint a second rate option just because they're 1. English, and 2. available now.

This. No pace, no movement, no energy. A dogged determination to stick with underperforming players, or trying to shoehorn players into the team based on name not form for way too long. Not taking a fit, recognised LB. Not playing with any real attacking intent until we went behind. Sitting back at the wrong times. Shearer had it right - we played 'well' for 30 minutes against Serbia, and the first half against the Netherlands - so basically 75 minutes out of 690. The rest of which was turgid. I think Southgate reached his ceiling the moment Luke Shaw scored in the 2021 final. In terms of progression it's been at best static since then.

We were on top when we scored and a more progressive manager would've looked to push home this advantage - but under GS we reverted to sitting back and desperately clinging on. Also not long after that and prior to Spain's winner 2 subs were warming up - Gallagher and Trippier. Says it all really.

Hasn't Klopp just spent 8 years totally immersed in English football? Didn't he win the Prem, FA Cup, League Cup and Champion's League? His credentials vastly outweigh any English candidate - and it's not even close.

No English manager has ever won the Prem so should clubs who want to be a success stop appointing them? Howe won’t leave Newcastle. Potter was a failure as soon as he had to deal with a big job and big egos. We should go all out for Klopp. Or even Pep - if we can convince him to ditch City early (unlikely I know). If we win something I don’t give a shite where the manager comes from tbh.

So far …..

Doesn’t need to be an Englishman. How about we get the best man for the job irrespective of where he comes from?

If he wins things I do not give a flying fuck where he’s from.

We had the player of the year in both Spain and Germany - as well the the Prem - and Southgate managed to make them completely ineffective. Granted Kane wasn’t fit - but then why persist with him when he’s done fuck all really but take up a slot in the 11? Piss poor management.

As I’ve said before, I’d be on the phone to Klopp immediately. Be telling Southgate to make his own way home. We’ve been gash 90% of this tournament - with the best squad of players (relative to everyone else) in living memory. Absolute failure.

Southgate has to go. He’s done ok but in no way has he got the best from a talented bunch of players. We’ve done well despite him rather than because. Time for change.

Wrong thread.

I'd thank him for what he's done, but we need a change - even if we win it. I'd be on the phone to Klopp with a big contract on Monday morning :)

If the exact same happens down the touchline (where it happens a lot, usually when a fullback is trying to clear, and the oppo trying to block) it's a freekick every time, and often a yellow. It's 100% a penalty.

Someone explain to me how the actual fuck a player as dogshit as Trippier keeps getting picked. Has he got some compromising pictures of Southgate? Foden is so anonymous he may as well have been sat next to me. Ditto Kane. Yet somehow we’re in the semis again. It doesn’t add up ….