England

[Metalmicky]

Watching this is a bit frustrating... seem to be treating it like a practise match - far to casual and no energy..  I'm actually hoping that Finland score.

[donnyguy]

Like watching rovers, walking football.

[Petche]

It's always the same watching England - so frustrating!!
Dull possession based football, nobody takes a player on, no dribbling just little square balls played sideways and backwards - boring!
Watched TAA closely in the 1st half and he's receiving the ball and could be running onto it driving us forward but no he's standing still passing square or behind!
Said before I don't know why I watch England.

[Filo]

This is mind numbing, what is it with playing a RB at LB?

[adamtherover]

Try and beat a Man and get a cross in ffs

[ChrisBx]

This is tedious. We're very lucky to be ahead.

[adamtherover]

Papering over the cracks..

[Campsall rover]

This is mind numbing, what is it with playing a RB at LB?

Population of England is 56 million and we can’t find a left back.
Is someone having a laugh or something.

[Metalmicky]

Sick of this tippy tappy overplay.... I want to see lads running their b*llocks off for the cause.  Overpaid pricks.

[scawsby steve]

I wasn't even aware England had a match tonight.

Shows how much interest I have in them.

[Alan Southstand]

So much for Palmer being a World beater! Deary me, it’s like watching paint dry.

[Filo]

Everyone of them terrified of making a mistake, not ounce of bravery from any one of them on the ball, and Bellingham as good as he his take note, there’s no I in team

[Petche]

Everyone of them terrified of making a mistake, not ounce of bravery from any one of them on the ball, and Bellingham as good as he his take note, there’s no I in team

Believes his own hype!

[andyst79]

Sick of this tippy tappy overplay.... I want to see lads running their b*llocks off for the cause.  Overpaid pricks.

Not massively into social media but stumbled across Jamie Lawrence's account on Instagram, it's well worth a look , he speaks a lot of sense about the state of the game , tactics and coaching at grassroots

[Filo]

Everyone of them terrified of making a mistake, not ounce of bravery from any one of them on the ball, and Bellingham as good as he his take note, there’s no I in team

Believes his own hype!

He’s developed a bit of a chip on his shoulder since being at Real Madrid in my opinion

[Fal]

England have the same problem as us, in that most teams we play against will shove 10 men behind the ball and it means it can very frustrating to watch as they struggle to carve out chances.


Admittedly you would think prem players would know how to deal with it.

[Pancho Regan]

That was just so slow, pedestrian and boring.

I only watched the second half but found it tedious and frustrating.

I think I'll give watching England a break for a while.

[RoversInSpain]

Looks like the dreadful ‘Golden Era’, where players played for themselves, (yep no I in team but definitely a me) and there were club cliques, with the media going big on criticism.
Southgate did a great job breaking those cliques down to get what seemed like a gelled team, he got the media onside after the slatings the so called ‘Golden Era’ continually got, and had players play with no fear, some even playing better for their county than their club.
A World Cup semi, a quarter and 2 Euro finals shows he got a lot right.
The last 2 and it is only 2 performances, feel like we’re heading all the way back to the Billy Big B****cks era, back to square one.

[MachoMadness]

Think there is possibly some overreaction going on. The nations league is hardly a barometer of anything. Remember us getting pumped by Hungary - had no bearing on our tournament success whatsoever. A workmanlike but ultimately comfortable win away in Finland isn't worth getting fired up about.

They're glorified friendlies, for experimenting. Granted Carsley's first major experiment was a disaster, but we saw plenty of those under Southgate as well. Got two more fixtures either way.

[karldew]

Hopefully right the wrong in Athens and do the double over Ireland. We may then see a permanent manager come in for the WC qualifiers, who that is or who I actually want as manager I'm not sure

[PDX_Rover]

When I see Palmer I always think of...

[Usher wide.]

When I see Palmer I always think of...

Can see the ‘caricature likeness’ however, to score the goals Palmer does I would happily run out onto the pitch every game looking like that!

[MachoMadness]

Seeing reports Tuchel is now favourite for the job. Would be interesting to see how he translates his style to international football, in theory I can see it working well. Very good coach, bit of a lunatic though. Should be entertaining if nothing else.

[donnyguy]

https://news.sky.com/story/thomas-tuchel-signs-deal-to-become-new-england-manager-13234092

[ncRover]

Tuchel is the perfect appointment for me.

Can handle big name players, tactically adaptable, a proven knock-out football manager and a winner.

No more farting about with mediocrity and mr nice guys. Let’s win something, we have the tools to do so.

[Filo]

Difficult to stomach a German being England manager

[TonySoprano]

Just plain wrong appointing a German.

Big ask of him if he's going to go one step better than southgate, and even if he does, I'll still have that niggle of him being a German

[drfcsteve]

The FA have clearly recognised they need someone who can take the big decisions when it matters (ie in finals) and take that next step to winning something - which he’s done many times. Can’t complain.

[ncRover]

Why, in year 2024…does it matter that he’s German?

[drfcsteve]

Just plain wrong appointing a German.

Big ask of him if he's going to go one step better than southgate, and even if he does, I'll still have that niggle of him being a German

There’s a word for not liking people based on their race.