Disgraceful performance. Ridiculous formation, absurd failure to change it, taking off Foden was insane - and on the sidelines, Southgate and Holland looked clueless about what was blindingly obvious.
Gareth Southgate: you are now, officially, a typical England manager.
Gareth Southgate: you are now, officially, a typical England manager.
Scotland deserved to win. If a poorish English were the better side in the first half, Scotland had much the better of the second half. Steve Clarke's worth his weight in gold.
But England? Garbage. Appalling. I'm quite sure we won't be as bad as that again - but inexcusable.
But England? Garbage. Appalling. I'm quite sure we won't be as bad as that again - but inexcusable.
That straight swap of Grealish for Foden alarmed the hell out of me.
Yes, we needed Grealish (who contrary to his many admirers, is not Superman) - but we also needed Foden. Really fearful from the manager: which spread to the players.
Yes, we needed Grealish (who contrary to his many admirers, is not Superman) - but we also needed Foden. Really fearful from the manager: which spread to the players.
A word for Tyrone Mings, who's really surprised me and been excellent in both games so far. But the problems were further up the field: an awful mixture of complacency, lethargy, laziness and outright cluelessness.
Against Croatia in Moscow, I watched as Gareth Southgate and Steve Holland just sat there doing nothing and letting a glorious opportunity pass the nation by.
That level of paralysis is scary. And if it happens again, it'll be fatal.
That level of paralysis is scary. And if it happens again, it'll be fatal.
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