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How can you tell he's any good? We gave him nothing to do.

When Maguire is your best player you know you've been crap.

Southgate is mystifying.

The formation is wrong not the players. Bring on subs without changing the formation and it'll be more of the same. Southgate clueless.

Drop the 433 and go 442

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Shouldn't Southgate be clever enough to deal with USA tactics and change the way we are playing? It's what good coaches do. He's watched and done nothing. They are pressing so we need more in midfield so there is an outball for the defence - do that and they won't be so eager to press but at the moment they are unopposed.

One word, shocking!

Being outplayed all over the pitch at the moment. Southgate sits on his hands.

Aso couldn't tell where the wonder kid Bellingham is playing.

Need to drop a forward into the midfield. Can't Southgate see?

England reverting to type. Absolutely no link between defence and midfield so it's all slow slow then hoof!

Has he ever disagreed with a referee's decision?

Thought referees were being encouraged to let these minimal contacts go yet he gets a penalty for that. Very soft. Great, Ghana have just equalised - now go and win it against these cheats.

No pen. Absolute dive from the cheat and not even reviewed by VAR.

If we try to shackle them there will be only one result because eventually France will break us down and score. We will not hold them out by playing a negative game. How many times do we have to see that tactic fail before we realise it doesn't work? It's what cost us the Euro final when we went into our shell after scoring despite Italy fielding two geriatric centre backs.

Looks to be a clinical finisher and it would be nice to revive the Gabbiadini chant with Ohhh Gabi Barbosa.

If we play France the outcome will depend on how brave Southgate is. If he reverts to his normal timid self and sets out to try to defend and contain them we will undoubtedly lose in a dour game. However, if he is brave enough to shake off the fear and take the game to them we will have a good chance. I suspect he'll succumb to the fear and we'll lose narrowly.

I imagine it'll be Monday 28th as that'll be two weeks since the break began.

Massive upset that. Just seen the winning goal and what a cracker it was.

Wales need to bring on the big Bmuff lump and start getting it forward long and into the mixer. It's their only hope.

Looking at Mendy today maybe Chelsea should sign him 🙂

Andries Noppert. Think he's 28 and about 6'8". Plays for Heerenveen.

Gakpo scores a header. Nice goal - crap game.

Watching the slowest drying paint in the world would be far more interesting than this match.