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Re: Cole Palmer

By Chuds26/6 08:38Wed Jun 26 08:38:47 2024In response to Re: Cole Palmer

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Many managers before him failed to even qualify, or to get out of very poor groups, regardless of whether we now have better players, they also had players to achieve more than that.

We may have good players, but other countries have better overall squads, and only one side can win each tournament. You very much seem to have the classic England view of thinking we are better than we are and have some right to win everything, whereas I would say we have been performing to, or slightly better than, par for what we have had available, ie. having around the third or fourth best squad and finishing in that position consistently.

I would love it if the next guy who comes in fails to even qualify and all of those hounding Southgate for every decision and for his "failure" get their comeuppance.

Edit: Before the tournament everybody was questioning England's defence. They have conceded one goal in three games, which was an unstoppable banger. Sure they haven't faced the best quality teams yet, and it may have come at the expense of the attacking threat, but it topped the group, which is the sole aim of the opening three games, so can very much be argued to have worked a treat.

Edited by Chuds at 08:41:07 on 26th June 2024