It’s not coming home again
Heartbreak
Semi-final. England fail. Again.
This time it’s all on the manager, I’m afraid.
Thomas Tuchel has to take the blame because it was horrific to watch us pinned in our own penalty box for 30 minutes against Lionel Messi and Julián Álvarez.
He got the squad wrong and, if I’m honest, I was wrong about Spence—he looked quality—but we should have had a fit right-back option, and that should have been Trent or Walker. Why not use Mainoo? Take Garner instead of Henderson? Maguire instead of Konsa? Look to freshen the attackers when going 1–0 up? It’s all ifs, buts and maybes now.
I’ve experienced many a loss watching Liverpool and England. This feels worse because we threw it away. We were better than them for 60 minutes. We kept Messi quiet, and then the manager made changes. We shut up shop and threw all that good work away.
I don’t see how he stays after that. After everything he said about Southgate’s England, all the talk about losing our way, and then to come up with that dross and lose the coward’s way.
Sack him before the engines have even turned off on the plane. Go and beg Pep to come and manage us, and if that doesn’t happen, go and have a chat with the lovely Eddie Howe.
We’ll dream again at the Euros.
Thank you for visiting the dwelling place
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