As it has been for the past 50 years, the problem is the players, not the manager

Amazing how England fans blame the manager, decade of under-achievement after decade....

Posted By: Tricky Hawes on June 13th 2017 at 21:47:23

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we're not a bad team, we're simply an average team. (n/m) (Other Football) - DrDublin, Jun 13, 21:45:04
- Our youngsters are over-rated, amd the media are expecting too much from them (n/m) (Other Football) - Cheltenham_Canary, Jun 13, 21:52:07
  - Who precisely is over rating our young players? (n/m) (Other Football) - norway, Jun 13, 21:56:24
    - Funnily enough only those slating them for being overrated (n/m) (Other Football) - Steve in Holland, Jun 13, 22:03:54
      - Exactly! The media haven't rated an England team since 2006 ffs. (n/m) (Other Football) - norway, Jun 13, 22:10:28
        
        Five live have done it straight after this game (Other Football) - Cheltenham_Canary, Jun 13, 22:30:17
        
        And what did they say exactly? (Other Football) - norway, Jun 13, 22:59:29
- I think we are an extremely promising team. (n/m) (Other Football) - Steve in Holland, Jun 13, 21:46:53
  - I don't, France are a different class with ten. (Other Football) - Men without hats, Jun 13, 21:51:19
  - :) Yup, I think this is the golden era, the team to win the World Cup. (n/m) (Other Football) - DrDublin, Jun 13, 21:49:23
    - I do agree that we need a dominant central midfielder though (n/m) (Other Football) - Steve in Holland, Jun 13, 21:50:40
      - Agreed, with one of them, defo win it. (n/m) (Other Football) - DrDublin, Jun 13, 21:51:49
- Gareth Southgates record already unconvincing (n/m) (Other Football) - Jim, Jun 13, 21:45:44
  - He's the thinking person's Stuart Pearce (n/m) (Other Football) - mr carra, Jun 13, 21:47:46
  - As it has been for the past 50 years, the problem is the players, not the manager (Other Football) - Tricky Hawes, Jun 13, 21:47:23
    - That's because he is a pretty shit and uninspiring manager (n/m) (Other Football) - Mickdundee, Jun 13, 21:49:27
      - Like all the ones before he m, (n/m) (Other Football) - Tricky Hawes, Jun 13, 21:50:32
        
        And I quite liked venables (n/m) (Other Football) - Mickdundee, Jun 13, 21:52:57
        
        I liked Glenda. (Other Football) - Garry Brooke, Jun 13, 21:53:33
        
        I liked him too. (n/m) (Other Football) - Mickdundee, Jun 13, 21:55:43
        
        I think he's a particularly dull one (n/m) (Other Football) - Mickdundee, Jun 13, 21:51:43
        
        Whereas I'm sure you liked Hodgson, Capello, Ericsson... (n/m) (Other Football) - Tricky Hawes, Jun 13, 21:53:01
        
        before *him*, too? (n/m) (Other Football) - Tricky Hawes, Jun 13, 21:50:52
  - Oh well. (Other Football) - Garry Brooke, Jun 13, 21:47:20
    - haha (Other Football) - Tricky Hawes, Jun 13, 21:49:52
  - The commentators on ITV keep going silent, I don't think they're bothered. (n/m) (Other Football) - DrDublin, Jun 13, 21:47:16

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