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Southgate was way too cautious tonight. That’s the defender in him, Italy made changes, prodded and poked, we sat back and waited to be unlocked. 
 

You can’t defend a 1 - 0 lead for 110 minutes. A better manager would have put more forward players on around 60 minutes, especially with 5 subs.

 

Writing was on the wall with penalties and their keeper.

 

It was there for the taking tonight. 

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1 minute ago, sexpistol said:

For people saying Southgate was wrong to put Rashford and Sancho on for pens so late? A lot of captain Hindsight’s on here. Many teams do this.

 

They are young players he should have given them time to settle their nerves.  He should have took Mount off after the 1st half as he offered very little.

 

Italy had to much though and we couldn't reach their level.  Deserved winners overall.  

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2 minutes ago, Spondon Owl said:

The crime was to leave changes so late when we clearly needed impetus on the pitch. 

 

Win the game before penalties.

Yep they’d been sat on a bench for nearly two hours and then expected to jump up and deal with it. Never going to happen 

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4 minutes ago, alanharper said:

Best team on the night won. Best team of the tournament won.

 

Still feels vvank tho, dunnit? 

Were they the best team in the tournament? They were lucky against Spain and Austria.

They were the better team tonight though.

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2 minutes ago, Mac_77 said:

Southgate was way too cautious tonight. That’s the defender in him, Italy made changes, prodded and poked, we sat back and waited to be unlocked. 
 

You can’t defend a 1 - 0 lead for 110 minutes. A better manager would have put more forward players on around 60 minutes, especially with 5 subs.

 

Writing was on the wall with penalties and their keeper.

 

It was there for the taking tonight. 

 

Dunno about for the taking but agree with most of what you said.  Italy were on another level though.  

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Southgate is a loser. Always has been.

 

We got to the final despite him, not because of him. The guy should show some balls for once and resign first thing in the morning.

 

The fact Sancho got so few minutes during this tournament tells you all you need to know.

 

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Just now, Inspector Lestrade said:

 

Dunno about for the taking but agree with most of what you said.  Italy were on another level though.  

I don’t think they were on another level. Yes they were better and were very dominant second half but in regulation play they didn’t beat us.

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1 minute ago, 0742 said:

Southgate is a loser. Always has been.

 

We got to the final despite him, not because of him. The guy should show some balls for once and resign first thing in the morning.

 

The fact Sancho got so few minutes during this tournament tells you all you need to know.

 

Oh dear.

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2 minutes ago, Steve Down South said:

 

Agree with both comments.  England ultimately second best despite some good individual performances.  Southgate is great in front of the media but too negative for my liking and I question his tactical nous.  I wouldn’t trust him to get the most out of the talented players at his disposal.

 

He doesn't use his substitues well. When Italy were getting a grip on the game he should have changed things round with subs but he didn't. Mancini was regularly freshening his team by his use of subs.

 

The BBC pundits are saying the same, Southgate's reluctance to use his subs was baffling.

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