England's Failure: A Resultant Of Gareth Southgate's Biased Selection

England, after becoming world champions in 1966, had to wait for until 1990 in Italy before they could record another world cup semifinal appearance and also, had to wait another 28(2018) before making another under the tutorage of current manager, Gareth Southgate. Truth be told, no England manager has had more international tournament knockout games than him despite just being in charge for over 6 years now. A feat that has seen him earn some credit from pundits as he brought England so close to a major trophy in 2021 when they lost the European championship to penalties to Italy. Though a defeat, many saw it as an upgrade to the 2018 fourth place finish at the FIFA world cup in Russia. Consequently, expectations were high on the team going into Qatar as a result of the team's large number of players who're playing top level football ans are in the form of their lives. Hence, it was known that the manager would have sleepless nights as he has to pick just 26 players heading into Qatar. Upon the public release of the squad, many were left speechless at the omission of many players like Fikayo Tomori, Tammy Abraham, Jadon Sancho, James Ward Prose and Ivan Toney, just to mention a few. Also, it was a surprise to see players like Connor Gallagher and Callum Wilson and to an extent, Harry Maguire make the list being that he(Maguire) has lost his place in Manchester United to a better pair of Martinez and Varane. Also, the issue of who was best fit for the RB position was a huge matter of debate as all three RB's are spectacular players and have a huge value on the counter depending on the team's formation. Consequently, fans expected the players to fight assiduously for a starting shirt. More surprising for me at this world cup, is that one of England's most inform and creative players, James Madison, didn't play a single minute of the ball in Qatar which, is a shock to many. It is understandable that the coach has his preference, but then, it is so unruly of the coach who's hoping to beat the world champions come up with a poor game plan. Personally, I would expect that immediately after England's unexpected equalizer, a proper presser be brought on to ease the work load for a very impressive Bukayo Saka and a more direct Phil Foden who was trying to create a direct open up play for counter attacks as all four French defenders with the exception of Raphael Varane, marked very terrible yesterday. I was dazed to see Jordan Henderson remain on the pitch doing nothing and there was a Mason Mount and James Madison on the bench doing nothing. Easily, were the coach brilliant enough to read games, he should have seen that Jordan Henderson was just not good enough to make the team let alone, start a world cup QF game against the world champions. Hence, England's journey in Qatar ended the way it usually does at major tournaments despite the irrelevant and overwhelming press hype. If for any reason, anyone is to blame for England's crash, then it should be the coach as he was irrational, biased and unprofessional with his selection.

Same thing he did in July, 2021. Euro final against Italy was repeated yesterday.

I felt so bad when I saw the starting line up, especially the mid field.

The coach has always been biased!

That coach's name should be changed to southgoat instead of Southgate

They should hire Fernando Santos, the Portugal coach

LasisiAyodeji:
England's Failure: A Resultant Of Gareth Southgate's Biased Selection

England, after becoming world champions in 1966, had to wait for until 1990 in Italy before they could record another world cup semifinal appearance and also, had to wait another 28(2018) before making another under the tutorage of current manager, Gareth Southgate. Truth be told, no England manager has had more international tournament knockout games than him despite just being in charge for over 6 years now. A feat that has seen him earn some credit from pundits as he brought England so close to a major trophy in 2021 when they lost the European championship to penalties to Italy. Though a defeat, many saw it as an upgrade to the 2018 fourth place finish at the FIFA world cup in Russia. Consequently, expectations were high on the team going into Qatar as a result of the team's large number of players who're playing top level football ans are in the form of their lives. Hence, it was known that the manager would have sleepless nights as he has to pick just 26 players heading into Qatar. Upon the public release of the squad, many were left speechless at the omission of many players like Fikayo Tomori, Tammy Abraham, Jadon Sancho, James Ward Prose and Ivan Toney, just to mention a few. Also, it was a surprise to see players like Connor Gallagher and Callum Wilson and to an extent, Harry Maguire make the list being that he(Maguire) has lost his place in Manchester United to a better pair of Martinez and Varane. Also, the issue of who was best fit for the RB position was a huge matter of debate as all three RB's are spectacular players and have a huge value on the counter depending on the team's formation. Consequently, fans expected the players to fight assiduously for a starting shirt. More surprising for me at this world cup, is that one of England's most inform and creative players, James Madison, didn't play a single minute of the ball in Qatar which, is a shock to many. It is understandable that the coach has his preference, but then, it is so unruly of the coach who's hoping to beat the world champions come up with a poor game plan. Personally, I would expect that immediately after England's unexpected equalizer, a proper presser be brought on to ease the work load for a very impressive Bukayo Saka and a more direct Phil Foden who was trying to create a direct open up play for counter attacks as all four French defenders with the exception of Raphael Varane, marked very terrible yesterday. I was dazed to see Jordan Henderson remain on the pitch doing nothing and there was a Mason Mount and James Madison on the bench doing nothing. Easily, were the coach brilliant enough to read games, he should have seen that Jordan Henderson was just not good enough to make the team let alone, start a world cup QF game against the world champions. Hence, England's journey in Qatar ended the way it usually does at major tournaments despite the irrelevant and overwhelming press hype. If for any reason, anyone is to blame for England's crash, then it should be the coach as he was irrational, biased and unprofessional with his selection.

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LasisiAyodeji:
England's Failure: A Resultant Of Gareth Southgate's Biased Selection

England, after becoming world champions in 1966, had to wait for until 1990 in Italy before they could record another world cup semifinal appearance and also, had to wait another 28(2018) before making another under the tutorage of current manager, Gareth Southgate. Truth be told, no England manager has had more international tournament knockout games than him despite just being in charge for over 6 years now. A feat that has seen him earn some credit from pundits as he brought England so close to a major trophy in 2021 when they lost the European championship to penalties to Italy. Though a defeat, many saw it as an upgrade to the 2018 fourth place finish at the FIFA world cup in Russia. Consequently, expectations were high on the team going into Qatar as a result of the team's large number of players who're playing top level football ans are in the form of their lives. Hence, it was known that the manager would have sleepless nights as he has to pick just 26 players heading into Qatar. Upon the public release of the squad, many were left speechless at the omission of many players like Fikayo Tomori, Tammy Abraham, Jadon Sancho, James Ward Prose and Ivan Toney, just to mention a few. Also, it was a surprise to see players like Connor Gallagher and Callum Wilson and to an extent, Harry Maguire make the list being that he(Maguire) has lost his place in Manchester United to a better pair of Martinez and Varane. Also, the issue of who was best fit for the RB position was a huge matter of debate as all three RB's are spectacular players and have a huge value on the counter depending on the team's formation. Consequently, fans expected the players to fight assiduously for a starting shirt. More surprising for me at this world cup, is that one of England's most inform and creative players, James Madison, didn't play a single minute of the ball in Qatar which, is a shock to many. It is understandable that the coach has his preference, but then, it is so unruly of the coach who's hoping to beat the world champions come up with a poor game plan. Personally, I would expect that immediately after England's unexpected equalizer, a proper presser be brought on to ease the work load for a very impressive Bukayo Saka and a more direct Phil Foden who was trying to create a direct open up play for counter attacks as all four French defenders with the exception of Raphael Varane, marked very terrible yesterday. I was dazed to see Jordan Henderson remain on the pitch doing nothing and there was a Mason Mount and James Madison on the bench doing nothing. Easily, were the coach brilliant enough to read games, he should have seen that Jordan Henderson was just not good enough to make the team let alone, start a world cup QF game against the world champions. Hence, England's journey in Qatar ended the way it usually does at major tournaments despite the irrelevant and overwhelming press hype. If for any reason, anyone is to blame for England's crash, then it should be the coach as he was irrational, biased and unprofessional with his selection.

Ofunwa111:




You are right. His biased selection caused his downfall.

I was shocked seeing Saka double as 8 and 7, while Henderson hovered around him for a long spell. Teams that are objective in their selection always go far

aspher:


I was shocked seeing Saka double as 8 and 7, while Henderson hovered around him for a long spell. Teams that are objective in their selection always go far

True ..