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He?s done a fantastic job at building a good attitude and harmony in the squad, giving it a more club-like feel rather than a bunch of individuals like the old England squads. Unfortunately he is very, very poor tactically. We?ve seen this time and time again when it comes to important crunch matches deep into tournaments but now we?re even seeing it in the tournament group stages against Serbia and Denmark. We do not have a working press, our line of engagement begins when the opposition are 20 yards into our half, it?s absolutely shocking. We had a right back in midfield which he says is an experiment. Said right back has no targets to hit with his admittedly excellent passing range bar Saka. We then bring on Watkins, Eze and Bowen, players who could benefit from Trent?s passing and we take Trent off. We have Rice playing as a strict anchor man like he?s Makelele - he isn?t an anchor man, he is best running forward from midfield like more of an 8 which is what he does for Arsenal. We have Foden on the left who isn?t ever going to stretch play there because he wants to be central, occupying the same space Kane wants to occupy because Kane is a deep-lying forward. We have a right footed left back who has no intention of overlapping - if you?re going to use Foden on the left, you need a left footed full back overlapping.

It?s absolutely abysmal all round. Denmark had us absolutely sussed tactically. I?ve supported Southgate and thought he deserved one more chance but he is blowing it with his negative tactics and mindset. The Kalvin Phillips quote is an absolute belter. He?s quickly unravelling and saying stupid sh** in interviews when previously he?s been very logical and measured. We?ll probably nick a win on Tuesday and go out to first half decent team we play.

Labour?s problem is differentiating between not supporting Israel and their actions and anti Israel doctrine

If you have a significant Muslim membership that?s a fine tightrope you have to walk


Corbyn couldn?t or probably wouldn?t walk that tightrope and choose to lay breaths on the ground for the black September terrorist dead

Excellent analogy re the cricket, test match tactics in a T20 era! wish I?d posted that myself.

Cult leaders? And you want debate? Brilliant. And believe me there?s very little that on here that goes over my head! I?ve got it well sussed, particularly the political threads on here. Very well sussed indeed.
Loved the War Museum, the Churchill war rooms also. I enjoy our history and visiting places that remind us of it, likewise the National Holocaust centre at Laxton, that shows we should never allow the rise of anti semitism in this country.
I get it..Farage is in your sights now, so pigeon holing all those who might vote reform is your latest crusade and I?m sure some are disgusted by Farage, likewise others may still support him, I?ve no idea. But you honestly don?t have any words left? I doubt that.