Southgate went into self preservation mode against Croatia in the last tournament and was shown up to be a poor tactician so clearly not learnt anything.
We had everything stacked in our favour including it virtually being a home tournament and still he did exactly the same. Mancini showed some nous and all Southgate did we go ultra defensive while he was being proactive.
Throw into the mix he brought 2 players on cold from the bench to take penalties, 1 hadn’t taken one before and Rashford wasn’t even in good form, both understandably missed.
Germany we beat were shite. Ukraine we should always beat anyway really and against Denmark we were awarded a penalty which wasn’t really a penalty to get to the final and still Southgate was shown up tactically.
Thing is with Southgate is he’s the F.A’s wet dream of a manager…speaks well and is quite possibly one of the most politically correct people on planet earth.
