England vs Spain, Sun 14/7 @ 8pm (BBC & ITV)

[Bingoman]

So Spain have had sporting double today

 

[Favelado]

Pleased that Spaniards will have to reassess what a hero looks like and that kids here will want to be Nico Williams and Vox can fucking stick that up their fucking culos.

 

[Lord Camomile]

Kane’s still a great player. He’s just clearly not fit and completely shagged after his season at Bayern. I mean he scored 36 in 32 last season in the Bundesliga so I don’t think he’s done just yet.

Yeah, he's clearly had a poor tournament by his standards, but that's 7 matches off the back of a record season in a new league. Suggestions he's done are quite premature.

 

[Lotte]

Him and Yamal both, Favelado. Williams is great.

Kane is good for another tourney, I reckon. Also, nice to see not everyone on here thinks Southgate is shite, they certainly hate him on CaB.

 

[souljacker]

i hate football

 

[tommers]

Yeah, he's clearly had a poor tournament, but that's 7 matches off the back of a record season in a new league. Suggestions he's done are quite premature.

No something is clearly up with him. But you also pick the team for the system.

 

[Lord Camomile]

Can someone explain why Kane started every game? What am I missing?

He was joint top scorer for the tournament...

 

[strung out]

Can someone explain why Kane started every game? What am I missing?

Captain, England’s leading scorer, 36 goals last season.

And let’s not forget, he did actually win the golden boot

 

[magneze]

Best team won but England looked dangerous everytime they had possession in Spain half. That only seemed to happen about 5 times in the match though. Too many long balls to nowhere coming straight back.

 

[Ted Striker]

Meh...We'll only ever win 1 major tournament in our lifetime. I'm glad it's not the Euros tbh.

 

[dessiato]

At least it didn't go to penalties.

Had it done so I'm certain England would have won.

 

[Lord Camomile]

Best team won but England looked dangerous everytime they had possession in Spain half. That only seemed to happen about 5 times in the match though. Too many long balls to nowhere coming straight back.

Not every time.

Quite frequently we gave away possession as soon as we got into their half.

 

[marty21]

Ah well . I'd love Southgate to stay tbf , we are nailed on for the World Cup

 

[Hollis]

Captain, England’s leading scorer, 36 goals last season.

And let’s not forget, he did actually win the golden boot

Maybe that's the problem then. Because I'm only judging him on what I saw during the tournament.

 

[ska invita]

Can someone explain why Kane started every game? What am I missing?

Kane scores lots of goals when the ball is endlessly fed to him, loose balls in the box etc but how many crosses/corners did we get today? Barely any, and that's to Spain's credit.

Today demanded more creative attacking, not the knocking in Kane does

 

[Ted Striker]

It should still be in Southgate's gift if he stays or not. The players love him and he's done better than any England manager in my lifetime.

And he's a giant of decency in a trough of dickheads.

I think he's taken this team as far as he can, I think he deserves to escape with an achievement beyond everyone's wildest expectations.

Decent people will never forget what he brought to the role tbh. Not sure anyone can fill his shoes, I just hope they're competent and don't revert to the usual dickhead football manager drama.

 

[A380]

Meh...We'll only ever win 1 major tournament in our lifetime. I'm glad it's not the Euros tbh.

Yeah, better to save it for the next six nations…

 

[BigMoaner]

Best team won but England looked dangerous everytime they had possession in Spain half. That only seemed to happen about 5 times in the match though. Too many long balls to nowhere coming straight back.

The giving it away cheaply second half was what done them. Do that against Spain and this happens. Have to really slow everything down really and just focus on keeping possession.

 

[Favelado]

Kane scores lots of goals when the ball is endlessly fed to him, loose balls in the box etc but how many crosses/corners did we get today? Barely any, and that's to Spain's credit.

Today demanded more creative attacking, not the knocking in Kane does

Spain cut off passing into the box very well. Telling that England’s goal was a cutback I thought as they had other routes covered.

 

[Lotte]

And he's a giant of decency in a trough of dickheads.

I think he's taken this team as far as he can, I think he deserves to escape with an achievement beyond everyone's wildest expectations.

Decent people will never forget what he brought to the role tbh. Not sure anyone can fill his shoes, I just hope they're competent and don't revert to the usual dickhead football manager drama.

Oh, but he's never won anything and he doesn't deserve his knighthood! Because all England managers between him and Venables did amazingly!

I just hope whoever succeeds him manages to unite the team rather than cause discord in the ranks. I don't want us ending up like Belgium.

 

[BigMoaner]

I’m gutted.

 

[Wilf]

From the

So not offside then.

Erm, yes. Your point?

 

[Elpenor]

Southgate clearly great for the players from a pastoral POV and they love him and play for him and he has an unarguable tournament record though England are always scrapping their way through. Feels like the team need an extra few percent he can’t give them

 

[Steel Icarus]

Meh...We'll only ever win 1 major tournament in our lifetime. I'm glad it's not the Euros tbh.

Good, I was born in 1971

 

[Steel Icarus]

"Hello, is that Jurgen? Hi, it's the Chief Executive of the Football Association. I have a proposal for you - hear me out."

 

[mx wcfc]

My daughter just texted to check I was ok.

I pointed out that one of my earliest football memories was watching us on telly losing 3-2 to Germany in the 1970 Mexico World Cup.

I was conditioned to this a long time ago.

 

[souljacker]

"Hello, is that Jurgen? Hi, it's the Chief Executive of the Football Association. I have a proposal for you - hear me out."

We need someone like that. We can't be defensive when we have Palmer, Sake, Foden, Watkins, Mainoo etc. We need a manager like Jurgen to release these amazing players.

 

[BigMoaner]

I’ve spent the past two days daydreaming about a win. It preoccupied me when fishing yesterday. The ecstasy of finally actually fucking winning something. If we get close again I am not going to do it. It’s just a forgone conclusion it feels like now. I’m not going to invest in it.

 

[JimW]

Immediately went to check for any updated reports about our preseason friendly at Melksham, now the real football is warming up again

 

[strung out]

"Hello, is that Jurgen? Hi, it's the Chief Executive of the Football Association. I have a proposal for you - hear me out."

Knowing the FA they’d get Klinsmann…