by Sanguine »
16 Jul 2024 14:14
Silver Fox Well, now the haters ill get to find out if the grass is any greener (Hint - it's probably not)
Indeed. Time will tell. Only Capello (who couldn't even get us to a QF) and Hoddle (marginally) won a higher percentage of their games than Southgate, since Ron Greenwood over 40 years ago. Two finals and a semi-final, after one final and two semis in our entire history beforehand. Only Capello's England scored more goals per game since the 1960s. Best defensive record since Hoddle. Guy has been a huge asset to the England setup.
And international football is hard.
- Germany have one QF in their last four major tournaments, and since the last Euros have lost to Japan, Colombia, Poland, Hungary, Turkey, Austria and North Macedonia.
- Italy haven't played a knockout game at the World Cup since 2006, and since the last Euro final at Wembley they have lost to Austria, North Macedonia, England (who are SHIT) twice, and been thumped by Germany (also SHIT, see above).
- France won as many matches in normal time at the Euros as did England. They can't beat Germany (who are SHIT) either. And since the last Euros they have lost to Denmark (twice), Tunisia and Finland.
We've been spoilt the last few years, even if we have come up short at the end of things.