The ramblings of a Toxic mind…
the antidote to Southgate was always Southgate 2.0. It was like deja-vu all over again as England played on the front foot to get ahead but then dropped back as Tuchel lumped on defenders just inviting the 2-1 loss to Argentina. read the rest of this rubbish
but does he realise he's the reason? England's 2-1 victory over Norway in the World Cup quarter final was a meeting between two teams that are almost identical. read the rest of this rubbish
but why don't they do it more often? England beating Mexico in the heat, humidity and height of the Azteca is something they'd never done, beating anyone there is something they'd never done. read the rest of this rubbish
the one half against Croatia is the exception. England have played four halves of football so far at this World Cup and the one decent half against Croatia is the outlier, the rest is just Tuchel's Southgate 2.0. read the rest of this rubbish
but that is the lowest of low bars. It was funny hearing the ITV commentator tell us how bad Croatia had been recently, listing all their losses and then tell us how difficult it is to beat Croatia are when England beat them. read the rest of this rubbish
about England. Another two dull qualifiers and the pundits are wetting themselves over yet again another two Southgatesque performances, that saw them beat Andorra and Serbia. read the rest of this rubbish
and expecting a different outcome thing already. Another Continuity Southgate display from Tuchel and his England side as they bored their way to another underwhelming victory over the might of Latvia. read the rest of this rubbish
nothing has really changed. Far too many people were getting over excited about Lee Carsley's debut game as manager, seeing a 2-0 victory over a nothing Ireland side as some great new beginning, when in reality nothing much had changed. read the rest of this rubbish
and it wasn't really a thriller. Another Ange tactical masterclass in having the ball and doing nothing with it but passing for passing sake saw them lose the NLD without Arsenal having to actually do anything, while yet again coughing up goals from corners. read the rest of this rubbish
and predictable. The standard England qualifying games are back, with a struggle against a flat back 10 Hungary before racking up bit of a score, that again shows why England won't win anything once they qualify with ease. read the rest of this rubbish