Gary Neville reacts to England's win against Slovakia | "We've been woeful now for four games"

[@snowskatesnow]

Oceangate are better at subs than Southgate

[@zahrans]

👀

[@jt8083]

😂😂 outstanding. 😆😆😆😆😆

[@leestamp2966]

😂

[@eamonreidy9534]

Amazing 😂

[@joseph1845]

excellent work if you came up with that

[@rishilpatel8834]

Have we completely forgotten that Joe Gomez played left back for Liverpool for a majority of the season.

[@skateboardscott]

If Southgate can’t figure out to start or even sub on Gordon to play against a 37 year old right back, we have absolutely no chance. The only way we can reach the final is if we sack Southgate asap.

[@richiestockton]

Southgate, FA, Harry Kane, Jude Bellingham, Walker out! these arrogant xxxx's are the issue! (mates rates fc) there's certain players in that team who are untouchable thanks to Southgate! certain players due to being cherry picked every xxxxing game have become divas not questioning nothing about their performances, very robotic answers whilst calling the supporters out! na man! get these clowns out of my country because that's not the type of atmosphere we should have! Mr Southgate as created this mates rates fc only picking certain players for whome bite back at us whilst protecting their performances because they get picked every xxxxing game! Kane, Walker for me out along with Southgate and the FA

[@Dan-mm1yl]

I think he fell out with Gordon over the bike incident You may not see him play for the rest of the tournament No reason if you didn't start him not to put him on at half time

[@jaybe2908]

@@Dan-mm1yl Gordon should have come on for Foden in the first game (before bike issue) I just don't get it to be honest, it makes no sense, you have a player who can get up and down, take players on, has speed to stretch the game and stop us being penned in, and he actually plays there every week, oh and he can cross a ball in or get to the goal line.

[@SFM35.8]

Foden is a better player but has to take a seat on the bench for strategic balance in the next game. Gordon In Foden Out

[@vkdeen7570]

​@SFM35.8 foden as lwf outside of the city system isn't better. England need either bellingham or foden at 10 not both. mainoo was the only player who played at a high performance level vs solvakia. drop saka or move to lb. Gordon lw palmer rw. toney or Watkins shud be starting tbh

[@sunizzo]

england have averaged 3 shots on target so far in this tournament against serbia, denmark, slovenia and slovakia. never thought i’d say this but switzerland should be considered the favourites to go through to the semis.

[@brandonking2679]

45% of all the goals scored in the euros have been scored from set plays.I think that statistic speaks a lot about this tournament.

[@atikurrahman9304]

England have scrapped through by the skin of their teeth. Swiss will not let them off the hook. 3-0 to Switzerland.

[@brandonking2679]

@@atikurrahman9304 how’s your national team doing Atikur ?

[@ArjunGhag-ix7te]

27 seconds from awful defeat but the Brummie Lion did what he does. UCL Winners just find ways to win - that's why Klopp, Pep, Don Carlo, Don Fabio, Gary Neville, Carra, Gerrard, Scholes, Rio all love Trent & Jude together ( as they are this generations Pirlo to Del Pierio or Thuram to Zidane !). Mate spot on about Foden was very poor. Cancelled a nice goal with a sloppy off side. Hit a freekick from a nice position into the wall. What's gone wrong with the ManC boys. Has pep worn em out? Is there a cold virus in the squad sapping some of the energy to make runs behind & receive worldy passes from Trent?

[@finfog4590]

It’s funny 90% of their opponents begins with the letter ‘S’: Serbia, Slovenia, Slovakia and now Switzerland

[@32446]

My nerves were shredded last night. It was awful to watch. Changes need to be made but SG will do nothing.

[@Kingbruce115]

@@sensibility1174 I know, everyone is slagging the team off, personally I believe they deserve some credit for getting a result when obviously things aren't working out perfectly. Also if nothing else, it was good entertainment,

[@footyball66]

I couldn't watch the 2nd half, went and chilled in the garden, came back in after 45 mins to see if we had come back.... a minute later Bellingham scored.

[@Wolfpack-wp2kf]

Reporters having to attack the players with their questions because no one is allowed to ask Southgate anything remotely probing or challenging without being uninvited from pressers then leads to moments like Bellingham caring more about critics than football. Why is no journalist asking about the lack of balance down the left, the inability to create clear chances with Foden, Kane and Bellingham dropping into the same space, not using any pacy wingers when we need to stretch teams, starting the same 10 players every game despite it clearly not working? ITV, BBC, Sky Sports analysts are all being critical, yet no one wants to directly ask Southgate these questions.

[@israelortega4389]

the journos are all in Southgate's pockets. Fed up of him and the players regurgitating propaganda and no interviewer/journalist calling them out on it.

[@Jabarri74]

Same as with most modern media now, anyone asking difficult questions would just be removed from the allowed jornalists list from the FA. Lick their boots or get removed.

[@alastairwinner]

Its so obvious to see where the issues are, yet the highest paid international manager can't see it. I am sure he a great guy, but his management has been very poor. The players are trying, but are shackled by bad team selection and no obvious game plan. We are going to go out with a bang when we play a decent team, and the Swiss are a decent team.

[@sleep99PS3]

Not where the issues are, the manager IS the issue.

[@footyball66]

Stones and Walker can't even do some basic passing between them and they've played for City together for a long time. I don't know what's going on. I am not sure if it's down to tactics or team selection, the players simply can't make basic passes. Stones is going up for headers that Guehi has covered on the left side - why? - does Stones not trust Guehi?..... Stones is reliable A.F for City, it seems this past season of injuries has turned him into Jeff from the Dog and Duck.

[@Exiled300]

He is a yes man that's it

[@ChubbyChecker182]

Bellingham was Rubbish until he scored.

[@Windbadger]

Yes but the fact he scored when it mattered most shows the character and mentality of the guy.

[@Michael-me6qu]

@@Windbadger or the luck. "who else" he sayS!! laughabe after the crap he was serving up

[@imouto4hire]

This has been Bellingham for most of the season. He was absolutely terrible in both el clasicos, for example, but he has consistently masked his subpar performances with lucky goals. Bellingham will give you moments of magic, but he is not the guy you build a team around, and he is most certainly not the successor to Zidane.

[@stretfordender11]

@@Windbadger Who knows what the score might have been if we had an adequate number 10 though. The game would be completely different as a number 10 shouldn’t be hiding from the ball.

[@stretfordender11]

@@imouto4hireagreed. The game would be completely different if we had someone else in that position and we might not have needed a last minute winner. People are so short sighted.

[@sittingonmysofa]

Neville, of all pundits, is the closest to outlining Southgate's mindset/overriding tactics but none have clearly indentified it... so here it is. Southgate has instructed his defenders and DMs to avoid ‘risky’ passes in the centre of the pitch to avoid giving away possession in dangerous areas. That's it. And this is why we don’t flow through the lines. This is why our defenders and DM players aren't playing balls forward or even sideways to other players in tight spaces which is how you create flowing moves and gain advantages and move up the pitch. So instead players feel they must choose the safe pass which of course means our flow is sideways and backwards (and at best up the wings) and often it ends with a defender or the keeper finally lumping it upfield because there are no more safe passes to be made. So that is the passing/ ball retention mindset Southgate has drilled into the players and especially the 2 DMs and the defenders and goalkeeper. That is why TAA will never play at RB under Southgate in any meaningful game. His passes are too high risk. That is why Mainoo and Rice weren't trusted to receive balls in tight areas in the middle of the pitch versus Slovakia And given the lack of a left footed left back that's why the ball goes up that flank only to return to the CBs each and every time. That's Southgate ball - will he change v Switzerland? No The only hope is that he plays Gordon so we have a real outlet for getting down that flank into dangerous areas. Will he play Gordon? probably not. So the idea will be that we won't gift Switzerland an easy goal - they will have to earn it. And because we have world class attacking talent the laws of probability suggest we will always score at least 1 goal in a game. So that's it and that's how it's gonna be in every game

[@Whymisterioughta]

@@sittingonmysofa that is depressingly accurate. Slovakia packed the middle of the field and forced everything down the wings. Trippier was unable to do anything but try to dribble into the box. Kane is unbelievably slow which results in him missing chances and headers. Sad.

[@ralph9182]

Exactly.

[@Rebel-IV]

We couldn't score against Slovenia and no shots on target in 90mins against Slovakia, so we might not always score, but I agree with the rest

[@ianstrickland]

You could be right. The only uncertainty is whether these are tactical decisions, or whether the players are themselves too afraid to play the riskier balls. It also could be true that teams know quite well how we're going to play so crowd the midfield and then press hard on our wingers to prevent them turning and running. You do make a solid point though that our tactical approach, in part, is clearly built on solid defence. There isn't anything wrong with that, but it just isn't good to watch and unless your attackers are firing and will balanced, you're stuffed.

[@sittingonmysofa]

I think it's similar in some ways to the French approach under Deschamps. But as bad as they are playing it's not as bad as England. Southgate has to at least solve the left wing / Foden problem. So maybe Shaw will be the one change along with Guehi being unavailable. He surely can't play Trippier/Foden again on the left

[@thisistheway7258]

The maddest thing is the gaslighting by Southgate and his players trying to claim they are playing well and have “control” of the game! Add to that Southgate arrogantly refusing to make the changes everyone can see are needed and the players whining about any criticism they receive. But yeah everyone should just be happy they scraped through with a vastly more talented squad than most other teams 🥱

[@imouto4hire]

The good thing is that no one appears to be buying into any of their garbage, and the fans are rightfully calling a spade a spade.

[@JimmyChino55]

Admitting your mistakes is the first step to correcting them.

[@Redandwhite_bluesuedeshoes]

I’m disappointed how the players have bought into this ‘siege mentality’….‘no one believes in us…they just want to talk us down…we’ll show you!’ I thought these boys were smart…

[@TangoBinAlsheed]

THATS WHAT WINNERS DO. THEY WIN. JUST APOLOGIZE TO SOUTHGATE & ADMIT YOU WERE WRONG

[@davids8127]

This is the most over rated england team. Calling them favourites was a laugh

[@Toracube]

People are forgetting how close England were to going 2-0. down…

[@Gary-nx1um]

But we didn’t 🤷‍♀️

[@vkdeen7570]

who's forgetting? every pundit and fan I've heard has said the performance overall isn't good enough. mainoo aside everyone else was really below par

[@ralph9182]

Nobody is forgetting

[@footyball66]

cos we can't string 2 passes together + Pickford has low IQ standing way out of his goal when our players are constantly losing the ball, including our defence.

[@saneman7177]

Yes… because the team we were playing were utter garbage… any top team will walk straight through us

[@geckopubg]

We've stumbled our way through, i can't remember the last time England had a comfortable game

[@chrishaswell4405]

Ukraine 2021 tournament wise is that last I remember and those goals where set pieces

[@daddygus3316]

@@geckopubg you could argue the first game against serbia was comfortable, yes only 1-0 but we absolutely dominated

[@VoiceOfThe]

I can’t remember the last time England put on a very good performance under Southgate. The two friendlies just before the Euros we were useless as well. Southgate is way too cautious & negative. He’s definitely a glass half empty, rather than a glass half full guy - plays not to lose, rather than plays to win.

[@footyball66]

2 warm up games we were shocking and we got demoted in the Nations League. We have been terrible for a long long time.

[@Chen-Mr]

你的“形容詞”非常準確…… 像一輛30年沒發動的古董車 🖤🖤🖤🖤🖤

[@jamesbriers696]

Four poor performances using the same 10 starting players and the same system. How much evidence do you need to realise that these players in this system are performing to their limit? There is no other gear. Expecting anything different is another victory for hope over experience. Problem is that there is no obvious plan B for the system and chances are he'll just play the same way and hope for some more luck.

[@joso7228]

What was Plan A?

[@redmed10]

5 games. The rot was seen in that friendly against Iceland. They've played exactly the same in euros.

[@imouto4hire]

It has been more than 5 games. England couldn't even lay a glove on the worst Brazil side in decades back in March. England has been terrible for this entire calendar year, and Southgate has done absolutely nothing to change the performances.

[@footyball66]

We got demoted in the Nations League.... we are in with the rubbish teams next time. Not France, Spain, Germany.... we're in with Iceland, Slovenia, Estonia.....etc....

[@oddy532]

The pundits are practically apologising now for the criticism in the early games. Its ridiculous that the players have had a go back when the criticism is not personal and based on performance only. Do the players expect the media to push a narrative that performance levels have been good enough after what we have seen

[@thewellandvalley2103]

For the very first time ever (in 34 + years of supporting England - Italia 90 was my first tournament), I would say that even if England somehow won the tournament, playing like this and fluking it here and there, I just wouldn’t care that much. I’m not looking for perfect performances, just bloody something that I can be proud of.

[@steve10]

I know what you mean , I'd be overjoyed because we haven't won anythung in my lifetime, it would feel like reward for all those years of hurt. However I don't think I could ever give Southgate any praise at all for it , it feels like I would be celebrating for all the past heartbreak of teams almost winning it , I wouldn't be celebrating what this team have done so to speak. After the initial celebrating though , in the cold light of day , if we won playing like this and just winning on luck then I would feel slightly embarrassed, I've felt more passion in 98 when the 10 men gave absolutely everything to win , the tears of the goal by Campbell being ruled out, still hurts , because we deserved to win that night , I have more feelings over the memories of that night than anything the last three tournaments have provided. I don't remember feeling pride of getting to the final a couple of years back , my ultimate memory is Southgate going out of his way to make sure we drew that game, he gave us no passion , so I feel none. A loss in a knockout game in 98 makes me more proud of a team than any of Southgates games as manager.

[@Rebel-IV]

Win or lose Southgate has to go

[@jeremymuir4332]

similarly if England somehow won playing in this fashion I think I'd feel overwhelmingly disappointed for everyone they beat. England have to aspire to be better but I don't know where the inspiration is coming from. I can't imagine what the fans watching these games live are thinking, watching this calibre of player completely freeze.

[@hyywe240]

You arent an england fan steve. You must be seething that southgate won again. Semi final, final, quarter final, semi final (possibly better) but you would rather play more attacking and lose? Absolutely embarrassing ​@steve10

[@thewellandvalley2103]

@@hyywe240 Why on earth would we lose if we played more attacking football? Even with the current system, the selection of players is confusing. Playing about 15 10s with Kane (essentially a 10)?

[@ibrahimisa7928]

This tournament Switzerland are playing much better than England, England are literally hanging on with a lot of luck and eventually their luck will run out. I'm afriad Switzerland will put England out of their misery in their next game just like they did with Italy, England (1) Switzerland (3) is my prediction

[@finfog4590]

I predicted the same. England will score first and then the Swiss will hit back with 3.

[@sammyhill69]

And the lottery numbers?

[@kailashpatel1706]

@@finfog4590 I think it will be 3;1 to the Swiss, the English will score first from Kane...The Swiss will work the way back in and win the match with 3 goals as you say...

[@seanpowell-l1b]

I think England will beat Switzerland

[@MeggySpletzerReactsV2-bd2tf]

No chance.

[@woodycfc711]

We wont beat Switzerland

[@England-fan01]

Are you on drugs? Of course we will!!

[@woodycfc711]

@@England-fan01 How do you think we will beat them

[@Andreweroo]

Foden HAS to be benched. Enough of this "we have to get him in somehow," he's unreal but the reality is England play better without him

[@ralph9182]

He is real. I've seen him 😊

[@3brenm]

Please put the hungry young players on. Defo Gordon to give us a left wing threat, maybe palmer, and sub kane ffs. We have pacey strikers on the bench desperate for a go

[@footyball66]

It would be nice to see him at least do this by 60 minutes if we aren't playing well. I don't think I can watch the next game. I'll give it a go, but if we are dross and we go 1-0 down - I am switching it off.

[@3brenm]

​@@footyball66 i said at half time i was switching off if there were no subs but i ended up just turning the volume off and doing something else

[@Jabarri74]

@@footyball66 94th minute subs is how imaginative GS is

[@Simeon-the-Magnificent]

Calm down, think before you type. Kane is top 3 striker in the world right now.

[@jt8083]

Bellinghams goal was magic and he deserves credit for it, but we are missing the point that if the number 10 role was being played well for the 90 minutes we wouldnt need saving with 30 seconds to go would we.

[@ILikedGooglePlus]

+++

[@charliewaters2259]

The number 10 role wasn’t the only thing that went horribly wrong tho yesterday we couldn’t progress the ball through the lines from the defence good enough, any team that presses us well will make life difficult for us

[@jamo98]

Bellingham was one of the only players trying to progress the ball up the pitch. The problems are further back. We had lots of possession without progressing the ball, we don’t seem to be able to play through the lines.

[@adamgrimsley2900]

No we wouldn't. The team is dreadful. It isn't working.

[@allbies]

Foden would look far better as that 10, Jude was struggling to get himself into the right pockets. I'm in the camp that I wanted Rice and Bellingham to be the midfield pair, but since Mainoo has come in and done well I doubt we'll see that at all at this point which means if we want Gordon on the pitch, Foden or Bellingham have to be left out if we intend on keeping this system. It's a ridiculous and unfortunate circumstance that Southgate has forced us into.

[@Dan-mm1yl]

Why would you bring on a sub with 120 seconds to go? Teams do that when they are winning and want to run down the clock

[@Alex-tu9bh]

Worked though

[@Starmerispureevil]

Pickford is Englands most attacking player. He at least kicks it forward.

[@masibam7752]

😂😂😂 all his passes are forward..just one went out of play😂😂

[@MilesThorne]

We can't even play out from the back against Slovakia, 80% of our passes were in our own half, we gave the ball away, had no ideas going forward, left naturally wide attacking players (which we were crying out for) on the bench. It's too late to change all these problems especially with Southgate making the decisions. Zero chance of playing a decent game let alone getting through the next round. The worst thing is that Southgate is oblivious to what is going on.

[@Kingbruce115]

I wondered if he was trying to get them to lose, lol

[@cspeeddawg7763]

Couldn't agree more watching the back line playing keep ball is infuriating.

[@Kingbruce115]

@@cspeeddawg7763 I thought inviting disaster also,

[@MrRhurbarb]

It is not too late my friend, but Southgate must be bold now. He needs to do things which he has never done before.

[@Stuffthatsfunny1]

It's incredible that he's the only one who can't see the problems and the very obvious solutions

[@connorriddle]

GK - Pickford LWB - Saka LCB - Gomez CB - Stones RCB - Walker RWB - Trent RCM - Bellingham LCM - Rice LW - Gordon ST - Kane RW - Palmer Gives Kane the space to drop into the 10 and allow Palmer and Gordon to run behind either out wide or cut inside and play more as a front 2 to give space to Saka and Trent Park Rice on Xhaka for the whole game to keep him quiet and we beat the Swiss In fact I’m convinced that team wins the whole thing.

[@stretfordender11]

When has 343 ever worked 😂 it’s like a make belief formation. It completely takes away of the main reason of 352 which is to pack the midfield and dominate possession. Some people are clueless about tactics and formations.

[@simonb1996]

Brilliant set up for this particular game.

[@TDR-146]

So you're putting one of your two centre mids on a man marking job all game, essentially leaving Bellingham as your only central midfielder?

[@MichaelDavis-dp9xm]

You could start with either eze or gordan on the left if the starter is having a poor game make the change on 55 mins but Southgate won't do this unfortunately.

[@UnboxRacing]

No Mainoo? Watkins deserves a go running the channels like he does for Villa.

[@nikobellic570]

Southgate doesn't drill them to play any other way than this dross. This is why we are likely to go out.

[@johnmichaelson9173]

I couldn't agree more. We all thought the game against Iceland prior to this tournament starting was just a blip. Sadly it's just England under Southgate. England have some brilliant attacking players in a really good quality squad & yet we are awful. I have just had enough of the whole England thing, it's embarrassing people trying to justify Southgate by saying a win is a win.

[@alexanderroc3359]

Totally agree with you! It's embarrassing having the England flags flying when the team play like this...... Something is very wrong.​@@johnmichaelson9173

[@England-fan01]

We're still in the tournament! And we will still win the Euros. It's coming home!

[@monrush]

The whole Trent can't defend thing.... So bored. He is the best defender in the world .. no.. but he was a good enough right back to help Liverpool win the champions league which is the highest standard of football there is. In the next game England should play Trent at RB, walker beside stones and Gomez at LB

[@sbiscuit4247]

Luck that he deserves!! 😂😂😂 The man has lived off luck. Lucky results, lucky draws in tournaments, lucky to have a strong squad. The man is a passenger supported by has been players / mates.

[@gunzlepug]

Lucky with easy groups.

[@garethnoble8513]

I'd rather have a lucky manager, rather than the unlucky ones of the past

[@DJ_Intrusion]

@@garethnoble8513lucky or not Southgate has earned 28 million pounds since he became England managr and we haven’t won anything whatsoever… 3.5m a year for a clueless manager who relies on lucky wins and easy draws in every tournament… If this was any other person in any other job, they’d of been sacked after the first month, yet Gareth has lasted 8 years with absolutely no success… He needs sacking regardless!

[@garethnoble8513]

@@DJ_Intrusion What if he's lucky and wins it? 🤣🤣, realistically all the teams we've played have played super deep with half decent players. Yes England haven't been great at breaking them down, but if they play Holland in the semis or Germany in the final they'll be a lot more space on the pitch as the other teams will attack more.

[@eirehere3026]

International football will never be as entertaining as watching club football but what Southgate is giving us is nearly unwatchable.

[@nickwoodward819]

Neville is usually fairly sensible on this, but here he is part of the problem. Southgate is a fair-weather manager. He had a group of new players that he had a good prior relationship with, improved the atmosphere in the camp, and that went a long way. But he had easy runs and barely responded when things did get tougher. That's glaringly obvious now we're experiencing problems. Ultimately coaching matters, and we look lost. His ineptitude is impacting the players now

[@TangoBinAlsheed]

ABSOLUTE SOUTHGATE MASTERCLASS

[@mikeyward710]

When we went 2-1 up I thought he would take Toney off !!!!

[@_Damian_.]

Gary Neville looks like he's using a Gary Neville filter.

[@UnboxRacing]

Clever!

[@MargotDobbie]

Saying Gary Neville looks like Gary Neville. Well done mate

[@bendalgliesh5458]

He does, it looks like some kind of snapchat filter I thought that. Almost cartoonish

[@jezcorrigan651]

Until Southgate drops Foden on the LW for Gordon to provide some balance we’ll struggle every game It was telling we scored about 5 seconds after Foden was subbed. It embarrassing that Southgate made no changes despite having no shots on target for about 90 minuets. He’s out of his depth and it’s individual quality that has saved us

[@drsgme69]

@@13tgd foden is world class in peps team, but he doesnt fit in England atm

[@drsgme69]

@@13tgd bro foden is player of the year in prem league. Touch grass

[@drsgme69]

@@13tgd you are deluded haha

[@Jabarri74]

We can all see that GS seems blind to where he's playing Foden isn't working. Yet every game same old shyte team

[@jxswu3224]

​@@drsgme69 he has Rodri and Kevin in man city, two of the best game manager and passers in the world

[@andrewmk10000]

“The definition of 'insanity' is picking the same team over and over again and expecting a different performance

[@tipfinance3934]

Einstein

[@Jimboslice35]

He’s been lucky for 8years Gary let’s be honest here

[@footyball66]

World Cup - knocked out by Croatia, then got easily beaten by Belgium in the 3rd place game. Easy run at the last Euros and at home for a lot of the games. Failed to beat an uninspiring Italian team at Wembley.

[@Jimboslice35]

@@footyball66 so you agree with me?

[@footyball66]

@@Jimboslice35 yes.

[@matthewdoyle3877]

@@footyball66 Could you do better than Southgate fool?????? Easy run to 2021 final, still had to win games

[@Jericho642]

Southgate is the Sunak of football; the unpopular choice, well out his depth, under experienced and over promoted, running around telling everyone “the plan is working”. Everyone else can see there is no plan/it’s not working, but hes getting increasingly incredulous that you’re asking for better.

[@cheapaschipsaus6601]

England are like a Rolls Royce with the hand brake on being driven by my mum

[@pablorolls]

"Two strikers" against stubborn teams in a low block. Toney instatly helped Kane upfront when he came on. This might be an idea for the next game?

[@adamgrimsley2900]

I don't understand why he is playing a way which means the possibility of progression is lower.

[@Bigb3nn]

Play Trent as inverted right back. Suits him better. Then play rice and Jude as double pivot. When England has the ball Trent will invert into the midfield to help rice and allow Jude to move forward.

[@ralph9182]

Exactly. It's seems so obvious...

[@SilentSzZ]

Jude Bellingham in a double pivot would be a criminal waste of talent. You wouldn’t see his goal in the first game or half of the goals he scored for Madrid

[@keithrobson6656]

Pundits keep saying we can't get any worse Hmm do you wanna bet 😁

[@mattgaskell945]

Southgate is too conservative and defensive in style. They retreat to a low block when they need to take the game to the opposition. They are unbalanced and they don’t take any risks. Play Trent at RB, Mainoo and Bellingham in central midfield with Foden at 10. Gordon on left and Palmer on the right. But he won’t do that.

[@goldenboots507]

Southgate is the problem, not the players. He plays an old fashioned style of football. Its HIS coaching thats the issue

[@Chen-Mr]

雖然我不懂什麼足球戰術…… 但昨天的比賽 有眼睛的人 都看的出來 英格蘭太差了 在上半場落後一球後 約有 10多鐘只在後場互傳…… 要不是知道是歐洲國家盃…… 我還以為是哪個“低級別聯賽” 而且更弱的那方是“白色球衣” 這麼多好球員卻踢成這樣！ 到底是誰的問題……

[@nellypringle2875]

The good thing about this is, going into our fifth game of the tournament, that we're all in it together: we all know England are labouring heavily and the team lacks cohesion and we're all desperate for it to come good. I don't think anyone is blaming the players as individuals, we know they care and are trying. The problem is the obvious imbalance in the squad and in the system we're playing - and Gareth Southgate is where the buck stops there.

[@Jabarri74]

Exactly no-one is blaming the players. Some of them have underperformed but not with the way the team is set up with no one to even pass to

[@linusboyz]

I competely disagree with you, in a wrong system and imbalanced team , u would usually still see brilliant individual sporadic moments , there was none zilch save for 2 moments , one was rice hitting the post , the other was bells wonder goal! Absolute Horror Show. Cowards trying to waste time

[@nellypringle2875]

@@linusboyz I don’t know: you make it sound like they’re playing badly on purpose to annoy you.😄 We’ve lurched into the quarter finals though, haven’t we. I find it inconceivable that we wouldn’t be playing better in a more balanced team with a manager who was far better tactically.

[@linusboyz]

@@nellypringle2875 yes to playing better , but only becoz it can’t get any worse. But this bunch of bums are pretty useless save for Jude. Kane is slightly above average and rice is average. The rest are just the purest garbage on planet Earth 🌍. Ps I like foden but he’s garbage so far.

[@paulwaymondo7568]

Southgate stops for Red Lights on GTA.

[@GhassenAthmni]

Foden, Walker and Trippier need to be dropped

[@sammybeck4855]

Add Kane and Saka to that list. One of the other midfielders needs to come out too.

[@supersonic_treble]

It worries me that the players or the coach don’t seem to see what the whole nation sees.

[@cspeeddawg7763]

Im banging a £100 quid on England to lose so its a win win for me! We lose I win, we win im a few beers down with a win haha.

[@tonyrichardson2637]

this game smells penalty's.

[@redjacc7581]

This is the same gary neville who said kyle walker is the best right back in the WORLD!!! LOL he got taken apart by that slovakian guy for the entire game. LOL

[@michaeloshea7360]

Jeez....how does he get work?.... wokey, drab.....and keeps telling us he knows a lot about this and that yet talks the same ol pony all of the time..... surely there are much better voices to hear or call on?

[@ArjunGhag-ix7te]

27 seconds from awful defeat but the Brummie Lion did what he does. UCL Winners just find ways to win - that's why Klopp, Pep, Don Carlo, Don Fabio, Gary Neville, Carra, Gerrard, Scholes, Rio all love Trent & Jude together ( as they are this generations Pirlo to Del Pierio or Thuram to Zidane !). Mate spot on about Foden was very poor. Cancelled a nice goal with a sloppy off side. Hit a freekick from a nice position into the wall. What's gone wrong with the ManC boys. Has pep worn em out? Is there a cold virus in the squad sapping some of the energy to make runs behind & receive worldy passes from Trent?

[@mrhussain9008]

Man City hater.. The best player of the tournament so far plays for Man City. (Rodri) The guy has ran the show in every game he played.

[@Howlerss]

Lol throwing Trent's name in there thinking people wouldn't notice. He's average.

[@UnboxRacing]

Rodri is special. Foden has been a lightweight. He needs to sit in a 3-5-2.

[@johnmichaelson9173]

You're a not seriously putting Southgate in the same conversation as Klopp & Pep. Yes Bellingham scored a brilliant goal but that apart England were awful for all but 5 minutes.

[@Lonelypressplay]

Hop off Trent’s lap bro, it’s getting weird.

[@Kurgan618]

Capricious and bungling is how he should have described Southgate

[@markoarkaina8656]

Southgate out, Klopp in.

[@joso7228]

NOW

[@richardhutton1971]

Why not move Walker in to centerback and have Trent Alexander as rightback

[@TheDamsull]

Bellingham thinks he’s the best thing since sliced bread he’s a prima Donna

[@justmadeit2]

He is an incredible player, he’s at Real Madrid at only 21

[@saffiejallow8858]

Apart from his goals, his rubbish. Biggest Pr fraud overrated player

[@jordanharrison8454]

@saffiejallow8858 Spoken like a clueless mong 👍

[@lukegale6890]

Pickford Walker stones konsa shaw Mainoo Bellingham. Foden Palmer. Kane. Gordon

[@Saywhatnow-o3w]

Best goal I’ve ever seen. Special moment by a special team. If you look really hard you can see the team are really playing well. England beat a team ranked 57 in the world. Not that many teams are better when you come to think about it. People also have to realize that England topped the toughest group in the competition.

[@TangoBinAlsheed]

NOT JUST A COLLECTION OF PLAYERS, A "TEAM" WAS FORGED YESTERDAY. JUST APOLOGIZE TO SOUTHGATE & ADMIT YOU WERE WRONG

[@mzanzibariful]

I think we should bench Trent. That’ll change everything.

[@joe-vl3nd]

Were like our Country Broken nothing works 👎🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿

[@freakdancing4144]

Southgate is on 5 million a year. It's unbelievable.

[@adamstevenson3415]

My thoughts exactly 😫

[@sheffsteel7]

agree especially when you consider how poor his CV is. He's only been a league manager for 3 seasons, which he was poor and that was 17 years ago. Probably explains why he seems to be a novice regards starting tactics, formations and dealing with in game changes, the reason is because he is a novice.

[@banditbaker1675]

Single-handedly Southgate has turned a talented group of players into a clueless Pub team. Unless he makes some massive changes (which he won't) England will be coming home empty-handed again

[@wezlo8733]

Everyone hating so much, yes we’ve had disturbing performances but this is football. It only takes one match to get back in form. Hopefully now Gareth sees the changes that need to be made.

[@snsaha2012]

A garbage 🚛 truck driver racing a formula 1 car😂😂😂.

[@ssrmy1782]

Southgate has had to be forced to change his system, which clearly isn't working. It looked much better with Toney next to Kane, and Kobbie was the best England player on the pitch. You'll know all you need to about Southgate if he reverts back to his failed system against Switzerland.

[@tomking9461]

stop being bottle jobs. neville anorther bottle job

[@masibam7752]

As non English..I think that's their best game so far..very positive attitude and attacking..they can only build from here.

[@basharatmohammed4561]

Neville is a friend of a Southgate no criticism towards the manager, last world cup when England got knocked out, He blamed Pickford, not a single blame to Southgate

[@joso7228]

Southgate picked Pickford

[@robbo8074]

Same as when Ole was united manager

[@Parissolemn]

Rotate foden and Saka and walker 1,000%

[@justmadeit2]

Hey Jude, we did play bad, you took a bad game, and made it better, the minute the ball went in to the net, then England win, we can get better, better, better, better, yeah oh yeah yeah, nah nah nah nah, hey Jude 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿

[@paulturner4419]

English players are overrated.

[@rickylocock9068]

Ypu really have to rate Southgate for his management style. I mean, only this guy knew that bringing on Tony at the last minute, he knew that Tony would come on and make a huge difference. 🤣

[@johnfarnborough6424]

Don’t underestimate the role of Toney in the Bellingham goal. Blocked the defender from getting close to Jude, and was the only one to follow in the shot in case it was saved or hit the post. I think he would get the best out of Kane, if we can find some way to get them both in the side.

[@adamlock1285]

Why are none of the 200 English journalists asking Southgate why he isnt playing Gordon and Palmer.

[@chasey2327]

Where are the clever attacking runs into space, the unconventional passes and vision, speed of thought and movement? just non existent so far...every other set of fans will be booing the further we get as we dont deserve to be there. It's all slow, clunky and looks lazy.

[@thetotaldepravity]

Gary Neville introduces examples from his new book, "How to be charitable to losers."

[@bfitz7038]

His luck will soon run dry 😂

[@Collioure232]

The only glimmer of hope I have is that Switzerland won’t sit back in a low block and will come out and play (and they should, they are a superior team to England with a better manager) as I think we are obviously set up to counter teams. It’s the only way Southgate knows as he doesn’t have the tactical ability to deal with teams that sit back. The only way we go through the next game is the quality of individuals and a lot more luck IMO

[@kevh7941]

Counter attacking teams play out from the back with fast decisive forward passes. England haven't played a single one yet

[@kailashpatel1706]

@@kevh7941 The Swiss will hopefully not notice our back line is suspect...Walker looks dead poor, Stone's distribution is wonky, maybe the years are catching up..Yakin the Swiss Coach will have observed that you can get at them...but maybe not..

[@kkng5529]

Southgate's biggest mistake was only to bring one injured left back Luke Shaw. Second was not picking Grealish in the squad who can play along side with Foden. When Saka not playing good enough, both wings of England were paralized in attacking and putting players in the middle under high pressure from opponent's defenders. Sofar England's goals were started from right wings to create space and opportunities for Jude and Harry.

[@nav2009]

He has got further then the last manager since 96

[@Maj1794]

ITS MY BIRTHDAY TODAY 🥳

[@Random__is__resistance]

Happy birthday, mujeeb COYG 🎉

[@ItIsWhatItIsInit7]

Birthdays are haraam u disgrace - dont beg it

[@andrewridings1502]

Happy birthday

[@guitarreilly]

1 day closer to death

[@England-fan01]

Happy birthday, mate! 🎉🎉🎉

[@mrsev765]

Gareth Southgate is england manager: Gary Neville: "we've been woeful" Literally everyone else: Surprise Pikachu face

[@stevevenus1]

Got to put Gordon on for Foden. Bellingham to start with Foden coming on to replace him if required.

[@OUTBOUND184]

Again, why do people insist that Trent is in any way a defensive player. Mental.

[@PeterDeakin-bf9jr]

The fullbacks have invented this game of football tennis, you pass it to me I will pass it back to you, you pass it back to me I will pass it back to you, you pass it back to me ...... why why why...the net is at the other end of the field for goodness sake, if you can't think of anything more adventurous than this, football isn't your thing.

[@ralph9182]

No... Southgate has invented this.

[@richardbetts816]

It’s ok England are going to take a mini retirement until Saturday

[@MrAndy71717]

Ridiculous! In the knockout stages he beat Columbia (penalties), Sweden, Germany, Ukraine, Denmark, Senegal and Slovakia. ALL of them, bar Germany, are games England HAVE to win. They are not an accomplishments. He has got far in tournaments because of lucky draws not tactics or ability He got relegated from the Nations League. He should have been sacked after his car crash performance against Italy in 2021. A rabbit in headlights, utterly our of his league England are a moments team because the manager has zero football ability and his only skill is PR. Wasting a talented squad.

[@hyperbole6529]

Don't listen to him, he says southgate is England best manager for 40 years. Probably why he failed at management himself he doesn't have a clue

[@JimmyChino55]

Southgate has only won 4 times in 24 against a top 10 ranked side and never beaten a top 10 team in a tournament.

[@Leewoods123]

Gary is another melt perpetuating this myth that England have played well consistently during Southgate’s tenure. No they haven’t! They’ve had the odd game or two where they’ve actually played well and performed but for the vast majority of the time they’ve been flat and uninspired. They’ve gotten relatively good results during Southgate’s time and relatively good finishes at tournaments, relative to the resources they have but that’s masked how poorly they’ve played for the majority of Southgate’s time in charge. When you think about it, England haven’t won a tournament in FIFTY EIGHT years/TWENTY NINE tournaments since ‘66 (and even their one tournament win was at home) - it’s the biggest consistent failure in international sports history with the players they’ve had to choose from/budget/resources over the years. Utter embarrassment, should be ashamed!🤦‍♂️🤦‍♂️

[@Nick-yb9xz]

Just watch the first 2 minutes of that game. Just passing to Pickford, then to Walker, then to Stones and back to Pickford. English football is about quality long balls, knockdowns, wingers, and crossing, shooting, set plays. Not Pep style of football!

[@dappadixful]

Kane needs to be dropped. The team has no dynamism with him involved. Opposition teams don’t fear him. He’s a goal scorer but not a trophy winner. With Kane involved England will not win the trophy. Ask Spurs, Bayern and England in the last two tournaments (missed penalty, missed chances). Kane is not ‘clutch’, Bellingham is.

[@TooDarnSoulful]

I have to question Southgate and Holland's judgement, why are we playing at such a padestrian pace ? pathetic to watch !

[@michael7286]

Apart from the last gasp goal and the early goal in first half extra time, the rest of the performance was shameful for English football. No fan of any nation wants to watch this non creative, clueless, fearful, negative, style of football. This is not the England way of playing the game ... COME ON ENGLAND - Up the pace - Create - Attack - Win.

[@SirArtsy]

England are not Brazil, Netherlands, Spain or even Italy of old. Collectively they've always been a team built on rigidity, passion & physicality. They are not going to play like the '98 Brazil, the Netherlands of the late 70/80s or even recently the Spain of 2010. People need to put things into perspective, especially these pundits when it comes to performances. Are you expecting Kane to do 4 step overs, beat three men and place the ball into a empty net by rounding the goalkeeper? You play to the teams strengths. We are not a team built for possession, great dribblers or with beautiful one-two touch football with great individual flair players like those teams of old. If we're going to win its going to be done our own way, tournaments are funny sometimes (see Greece), its not always won due to performances Gary, as a United man yourself you know the importance of the end result how many finals did you win by 'Performing' to your best? It's all about winning at the end of the day, we can dream of playing like the tika taka Barcelona all we want but at the end of the day its the result that matters! You need some luck, a will to win and be able to play the whole 90 minutes with that attitude, which is exactly what we did against Slovakia. You cant score like that without that willingness to run for the whole 90minutes, give some credit too, would you all complain if we played like that but got the final with a chance of winning the tournament? Ask yourself that.

[@encouragesolutions2595]

What a snake this guy is. Last night him (and many other "experts") were raging mad and ready to sack Southgate, hang draw and quarter him and feed him to the crows. With a huge dollop of luck, now "Gareth" is doing a great job and Engerland are close to "deservedly" being favourites. What a load of tosh.

[@recruitmentwebsites]

Still overhyping Jude Bellingham, what about Toney header back across goal for Kane to score, service Kane has not been getting, what about Palmer getting the play forward with every ball, or Gallager stopping the rot in midfield. Bellingham is a great player but overhyping him is not good for him, football or England.

[@user-hp6ls8qy6d]

A confident, well organised team like Switzerland makes them the favourites. Forget that our team playing in top clubs in the Premier League, La Liga and Bundesliga.

[@steve10]

The players getting upset at criticism , normal criticism not full on nastiness, just shows the sign of the times we live in , Southgate is treating them like spoiled children and how dare we be nasty people by dare criticising the performance. The media were disgraceful to Graham Taylor in 92 , it went overboard , but if that was over the top then , this media criticism is nothing, they have been kind in comparison. Pundits treading on eggshells because they might lose their job if they speak their mind against Southgate. It seems to me Southgate has got them more worried about criticism than their performances. Bellingham saying his celebration was a backlash to the criticism???? Well if you had all put in a performance there wouldn't be the backlash, you are playing poor , are they expecting lovely praise for playing awful 🤷‍♂️ Southgate is treating them with all this modern nonsense where no one learns from mistakes because he doesn't want anyone criticising. He probably puts it all down to far ri gh t thugs. Southgate seems almost evangelical with the way he treats his players.

[@dazv3605]

Walker at LB, no thanks, I thought we were more balanced with Saka at LB, since Trippier is cooked, I'd pick Saka and Konza at CB. I think those might be the only changes.

[@arthurdick9553]

A lot of navel gazing here. Different squad. Different tournament. Different manager. ‘66 aside they always disappoint ! The golden generations never deliver.

[@kevinbyrne5265]

Gary, you were a great player, but your punditry is really off the top of your head and, waffle really, say what you saw, the Southgate method for eight years, always boring, the qualifying group, no opposition to speak of, the Euro group, the easiest of all, Slovenia, and no disrespect to them, couldn't score a goal, just to get through that group was all Southgate wanted, and Slovakia? They deserved to win when England only depend on a speculative bicycle kick everyone is calling brilliant, I've seen school kids do that, its special when it goes in but iif the goalkeeper was where he was supposed to be he would have comfortably gathered it no problem, or a player on the line. It was sheer luck and England should be out given the awful displays in four matches now. Who wants to watch that headless chicken football England have been reduced to? So Gary, take a breath and think about what you are saying before it comes out of your mouth because you don't actually think before you speak. If they win the Euros playing like that football is dead and nothing to celebrate.