Lotus wrote:At this point I have zero optimism about England. Plenty of good players and attacking options, but with Gareth in charge it'll be the usual - try and bore everyone (including the fans) into submission, pick his favourite-but-out-of-form players, play overly negative and defensive football, rely primarily on the defence which is our weak area, and then inevitably give away late goals and end up losing. I wish he'd set us up to play to our strengths, and to set out to win a game, rather than trying to avoid losing.
Looking forward to the tournament, but hoping it's Southgate's last.
The problem is, with England's defence being so poor these days, I would fear them getting absolute drubbings at the Euros if he set the team up to be more attacking than it is. Even now, I almost have to hide behind a cushion whenever they lose possession, since you just know the other team will get to our penalty area within a few seconds and a few passes.
They always seem to either back off too much, or the left/right defenders misjudge the situation and stay too far up. And on top of that, our defenders and goalkeeper always have the capacity for silly errors. Any new manager coming in is going to face the same major problem, England are so vulnerable at the back and all the top teams know it.