Italy v England / England v Germany

The squad just doesn’t have any ‘pazazz’ or ‘ je nais se quois’ about it. There’s no player like  (in recent times) a Rooney, Owen etc

Didn’t watch tonight but can sort of guess the performance

The problem for England is that most of the players in the Premiership that the pundits all fawn over aren't English, and that’s why we won’t win a World Cup anytime soon

Pick your best top flight 11, how many qualify for England ?

Another example of the English game being run for the benefit of the “plastic” Premiership and it’s “global” audience, at the expense of the National game, and down to league 2 and below

Quoted from lee65

The problem for England is that most of the players in the Premiership that the pundits all fawn over aren't English, and that’s why we won’t win a World Cup anytime soon

Pick your best top flight 11, how many qualify for England ?

Another example of the English game being run for the benefit of the “plastic” Premiership and it’s “global” audience, at the expense of the National game, and down to league 2 and below

I just cant understand how pitting manchester united u21s vs rochdale in a cup game every year hasnt given us an english de bruyne

Quoted from LH

Go on then I’ll indulge you all: who comes in as England manager tomorrow and wins them the World Cup?

Howe, Potter, Gerrard, Viera and Pochettino all seem better prospects than Southgate nowadays.. possibly Cooper too..

Superiority complex syndrome .

Quoted from Bigdog

Howe, Potter, Gerrard, Viera and Pochettino all seem better prospects than Southgate nowadays.. possibly Cooper too..

I'd take Hodgson back over Gerrard!

Quoted from Abdul19

I'd take Hodgson back over Gerrard!

And yet Celtic have regained their dominance ever since Gerrard left Rangers.. and Palace haven't been fighting a relegation battle since Hodgson left and Viera took over..

Quoted from Bigdog

And yet Celtic have regained their dominance ever since Gerrard left Rangers.. and Palace haven't been fighting a relegation battle since Hodgson left and Viera took over..

0 relegation battles in 1 year for Palace and the dominant team of the last decade return to winning ways in Scotland. Have you seen how bad Villa are? Pochettino is a good manager but I don’t think he can win England a WC. Potter and Howe are comfy at their current desks.

I think England's best hope going into the world cup is to draw another flukey passage to the latter stages like the last 2 tournaments.

Quoted from male private Nale

Is anyone else sick to death of seeing these bloody women commentating on top flight football for no other reason than they aren’t men?

Fair play they like football and that’s great but I want ex top flight player insight not a tick box exercise.

Its not just football, its every sport. Look they a few good knowledgeable women pundits, which I prefer to the dribble that comes out some of the ex players, but they are just too many our screens.

Just on your comment on wanting an insight from ex top flight players, these are the players that achieved nothing with England, but just slate our current team, which makes me laugh. I have watched enough football over the years to understand whats required and don't listen to the crap before and after the games.

The game is over analysed these days, a simple game complicated.  I am not bothered whether a player has run 26 miles, made 20 passes, made 15 tackles etc etc etc the only stats that count are goals for and against.