We have a bumper Mailbox full of reaction to England’s 0-0 draw against USA with Gareth Southgate’s side now on the verge of qualification from their group. But some fans are far from happy.
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Not defending Gareth
Those that call for patience and perspective when considering how awful England are generally under Gareth typically say something of the following;
1. We’ve never been good. He’s done better than anyone bar Sir Alf
2. It’s a tournament. Others have been bad in the past and still won it in the end
3. This is how things go. Just stay in it and keep plugging away. Not getting beaten is the main objective at this point
I would respond;
1. We’ve never been as talented in an absolute and a relative sense. A homE Euros and World Cup in December on a neutral continent before all our players get ruined by an EPL full season are the best two chances to copy sir Alf. He blew one and this ain’t looking great.
2. Yea this is true. And fans of those teams were equally mad when they were poor. We don’t have to accept poor performances because it’s what “the thinking person “ would do.
3. My fave. Gary Neville can defend and qualify and put a terrible performance into perspective. So can armchair pundits sitting at home on the couch. Neville is getting paid to be there so he’s not got a downside and the TV fan can go make a cuppa or turn over and watch Wifeswap or some other insultingly low bar entertainment. But this is a WC in Qatar. People paid money to go there and support – and endure everything that entails. Good money. Big money And Gareth and his players have a duty to entertain and excite those people. He will have a go at minnows but as soon as another team presents a challenge he focuses on the negatives, his win ratio and his status. Damn the fans. The fact that he doesn’t see that he has that responsibility is either an insult to fans intelligence (they’ll cheer anything that wins) or it just shows how cozy in his Lancaster Gate job he really is. The boos we well deserved.
Johnno
Booing England for a draw on match day 2 = fucking morons
Boos FFS. It was dreary, that’s for sure and the US were filled with exuberance which I actually enjoyed watching. England were flat, on a hot and humid Qatar evening, and looked very laboured. Broadly they looked devoid of ideas. It happens. England haven’t failed to qualify, they just drew.
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