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- Aug 29, 2012
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- Londonia
They created the Nations League to replace International Friendlies, which every manager (especially Wenger) bemoaned as a complete waste of time. So they opted to have 'competitive' fixtures, the ones where the top nations experiment with squad selections and players don't exert any real energy in, or score in four matches, just like in Friendlies 
Short of sounding bitter, and let me start by saying when it comes to international partisanship I have no reason to belittle England's endeavours over the years, as I've supported them as much as the next man, but Southgate's, or even England's path to their respective Semi-Final and Final were near- enough byes, so easy that they may as well have thrown rose petals in their path.
Because whilst one might get an easy group, at some later juncture you'd expect to come unstuck against some formidable opponent. And yet, everything unproblematic just opened up before them like Sesame -
And yet with 15 minutes to go against an aging Croatia team, Southgate still ballsed it up!
Euro2020, not much different, barring one elevated performance against Germany, then plum ties all the way. And with Italy there for the taking, Southgate climbs back into his shell and starts turtling the rest of the game, and we won't mention penalty- taker allocations haha
In essence, Southgate's a serial croaker and incapable of picking players based on form, or adapting tactics midway through a game. One or two players may step up their game here and there, but with big nose at the helm, I expect another damp squib of a tournament, another one we let slip away......
Short of sounding bitter, and let me start by saying when it comes to international partisanship I have no reason to belittle England's endeavours over the years, as I've supported them as much as the next man, but Southgate's, or even England's path to their respective Semi-Final and Final were near- enough byes, so easy that they may as well have thrown rose petals in their path.
Because whilst one might get an easy group, at some later juncture you'd expect to come unstuck against some formidable opponent. And yet, everything unproblematic just opened up before them like Sesame -
And yet with 15 minutes to go against an aging Croatia team, Southgate still ballsed it up!
Euro2020, not much different, barring one elevated performance against Germany, then plum ties all the way. And with Italy there for the taking, Southgate climbs back into his shell and starts turtling the rest of the game, and we won't mention penalty- taker allocations haha
In essence, Southgate's a serial croaker and incapable of picking players based on form, or adapting tactics midway through a game. One or two players may step up their game here and there, but with big nose at the helm, I expect another damp squib of a tournament, another one we let slip away......
