@iarewt@HowlingToad@Ed_Acteson That’s not being a realist. That’s lowering expectations. He was very lucky and left it way too late against a championship level team
@HowlingToad@iarewt@Ed_Acteson Thoroughly dominated Holland in the semis you skipped that part. 1/3 was the fair result against Spain and nothing to be ashamed of. England deserved to reach the final and did.
@iarewt@HowlingToad@Ed_Acteson nitpicking. Whether ulike it or not, Eng dominated France and looked far more convincing than they did in the 2018 WC. That’s why results need to be analysed with a bit more nuance. Tuchel has Eng playing poor football. If the perf are worse &results are worse, that’s regression.
@iarewt@HowlingToad@Ed_Acteson Nope. Southgate played half of the last Euros with Mainoo, Rice, Foden, Saka, Bellingham and Kane in the same side. He even finished some matches with Foden, Palmer, Saka Bellingham all on the pitch together. Were now playing with 2 pure DMs and 0 creative player on the wings.