K-Hod

Right decision at the right time. He did a lot right with getting people back on side with the national team and giving us some pride back, but ultimately, he was brought in to win trophies and he hasn’t managed to. Not saying the latter means he’s a failure, but football is about the trophies at the end of it and the wait goes on for us.

Slept on last night’s result and gathered my thoughts today. Southgate has done some good for sure and he helped change the culture and the perception of the national team, for all that, he deserves credit. But, I think his race is run tbh. The semi against Croatia and now losing two finals, tells me that it’s probably never going to happen for him. I think he’ll leave whatever happens tbh. Spain were the best team in the tournament and deserving winners, but losing in a final is still an absolute gut punch. I think this tournament should be the end of the road for Walker and Kane too tbh. Kane looks like he can’t run and Walker has probably reached the end of his cycle really. As for a Southgate replacement, if we’re going English, I think the only real choices are Eddie Howe and Graham Potter.

A lot of this rests on the manager too. Why can Guardiola get more from him than Southgate? Spoiler alert; Guardiola is a proper manager.

The facts are also that we’ve won none of the tournaments Southgate has managed.

So, everything in context- the same manager has just lost the last two Euros in the final and people want him to stay on? A strange flex indeed, IMO.

Yet we finished higher with JDT than Mowbray ever did 🫤.

I’m gonna sign off for the night before my head explodes. But if you’ve got the player of the year from the Spanish league and the Premier League, you lose two successive finals, it’s probably time to do something different.

How many have we won though? Answers on a postcard….

Southgate, you aren’t the one, you never were- go away, please. Also, people that think he’s our greatest ever manager could do with going away, too. Get a clue while you’re there too, ta.

We did, but we could have been a lot better, so there’s plenty of shame in that.

Shite, this.

Give over, first half there was nowt in it! Fair enough, second half they’ve stepped it up, we’ve stepped it down.

They fancy it, we don’t. That’s the only difference.

Bellingham and Kane need to step up. They’ve both been appalling and not worthy of their billing. Carvajal has Bellingham’s number for sure.

Need to wake up here. So slow reacting to everything from Spain.

We really do look so much better with Shaw in the side than without. Mad how a left back can make such a difference!

Probably because I’m standing up to criticism of the site that I run?

Some people are miserable, some aren’t. Imagine that, different people having different viewpoints 😮.

You’re calling me grumpy, but it’s you that was saying the site was full of miserable viewpoints?

Don’t post then if it’s that bad? It’s your choice whether to log on or not. If you want your account deactivated, give me a shout. 👍.

Think I said the same with the England shirt, it’s only a football shirt guys, there’s no need to actually buy it. We’ll probs only wear it twice at most.

I still don’t agree tbh. If he stops Kane getting a shot in, then fair enough, but Kane still gets a shot away, so what exactly has the defender stopped him doing? Football’s quest to become a non-contact sport hurtles on.

Thought we played well last night, tbh. Don’t think it was a penalty and I’d have been seething if I was Dutch, but, shit happens. Think Spain have looked the strongest team in the tournament, bar Germany tbh, so it will be a tough test, but it’s a test we can pass. I reckon Shaw needs to start, Yamal would rip Trippier to shreds!

In fairness, I think the one above is probably a direct hit. (Granted, it’s incredibly straightforward to work out how skint we are).

So Venky’s are stopping Venky’s funding Rovers. Just as I suspected….