We don't expect to make any friends with this but repeatedly calling for 'anger' and 'fury' at this England defeat is both bizarre and ludicrous.
A reminder – were it required – that in September both Liverpool and Alexander-Arnold were absolute dogsh*t.headlined ‘New manager needed if England are to end decades of failure’. It’s a strong start to blame Southgate – the 12th and most successful permanent England manager since they won a major tournament – for ‘decades of failure’ but perhaps Winter has been stitched up by his subs?It starts in the most bizarre of fashions, with English people being castigated for, well, being English.
‘Fortunately, there are more rigorous minds at St George’s Park prepared to analyse the tournament and come to more insightful conclusions, namely England having to learn to kill off good teams. They failed against Croatia at the 2018 World Cup , Italy at Euro 2020 and now France despite being on top for significant periods. Where was the anger at this serial failure? The same pain, again and again.
And yes, it is fine margins. A penalty shoot-out defeat is fine margins. A missed penalty to equalise is fine margins. And that’s fine . ‘England’s latest tournament trauma should not be met by a bland statement and blithe shrug of the shoulders by the suits. The players disperse back to their clubs, Southgate’s probably going, and the loyal fans who came here in their thousands are going back home, back to work, and the misery will subside.’
We really should not have to explain this but not all failures are equal, Henry. Bloemfontein is not the same as Moscow and Sao Paulo is not the same as Al Khor. Just like Liverpool’s failure to win the Premier League title in 2018/19 was not the same as their failure to win the title in 2011/12. And nobody said that Jurgen Klopp should hang for coming closer than most of the Liverpool managers that came before him.
There is the usual trot through ‘did not make substitutions quick enough’, which ends with ‘Southgate still could have thrown Callum Wilson into the mixer. Or turned to Trent Alexander-Arnold’s long-range passing’. Indeed he could. But England were dominant against France and the usual reaction to domination is not Change Everything. Especially when you have just sauntered serenely through the tournament with those players.
This is so facile. And so ridiculously dismissive of the work that Southgate has done in bringing inclusiveness, belief and joy to England.
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