Southgate out? Southgate in? First England reactions to the sh*tshow are here

Well that England performance woke everybody up from their post-season daze. We have lots of views on Southgate, that defence and more.

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Not this time
Can’t wait to see how F365 are going to blame Harry Maguire for this sh*tshow.

Nice dive by the way Sir Harry of Kane.
The Don

Damn right
So…after the Hungary game, surely Phil Neville climbs a few places, no?
Naz, Gooner

Here we go again…
Oh god the worst thing about today means it’s back to 8 defensive players it is for the next 3 years!
Duck

Ten conclusions to the sh*tshow
I imagine tonight’s result might finally get some reaction about England’s Nations League matches, so I thought try and throw my two penneth in. Obviously after four games with no goals other than a (probably dubious) penalty, no wins and two defeats they’ll be mostly negative.

1 Please no ‘it’s been a long hard season’ excuses. Yes it has, but this is the case for all countries. It’s still a level playing field and really we ought to be playing in an actual World Cup currently.

2 In fairness Southgate experimented with formations, not always playing the double pivot, but still largely refuses to deviate from his runners and workers selection strategy.

3 New(ish) players were tried and given a chance but all very Southgate types. Gallagher, Bowen, Ward-Prowse, none are bad players but are generally energetic types who could be effective if paired with others who are genuinely creative. However the old favourites like Rice, Philips, Mount, Sterling are also runners/workers who require actual creative players to feed off.

4 Expect to get stick for this next one. I don’t see him for Dortmund but I’ve yet to watch Jude Bellingham do anything for England (in quite a few performances) to justify the fawning and belief he’s the answer to any particular question right now. He’s neat and tidy and pretty composed but doesn’t seem to affect the game especially. That’s fine, he’s a teen with plenty of time to develop and may be very good soon enough. But he doesn’t seem ready for the more sink or swim by your own ability nature of international football, however good he is in the highly coached club game for one of the top sides in his league.

5 I like Reece James, it’s amazing how much better at right back than left back actual right backs are.

6 Raheem Sterling gives the ball away a hell of a lot. F365 even admitted it in the player rating this time!

7 Given…