Never once said he was better I said he has better chances created by a long way in a lesser team,was nonsense tho your point about defensive stats tho wasn’t it
Where's this stat that says he's created 20+ chances more than De Bruyne then? All the reputable stats sites have De Bruyne higher per 90.
As I keep saying we shouldn't be comparing Mount & Grealish as they are completely different players playing completely different roles but as you keep banging on about it....
Can you honestly look at the bottom section & tell me Grealish is better defensively?
Sky sports had it up last week he’s created over 20 more chances than second place De Bruyne
We might have a lot of games at Wembley but crucially if we win our group we then have to play one of France/Germany/Portugal in Dublin.
If I could sack Southgate and Steven Gerrard took over we would have a better chance of winning the Euros. Southgate is in essence a failed club manager and average TV pundit.
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If it’s so impossible nobody will want to take over from him then. Or will they see the job for what it is a nice rest doing what is a part time job on full time pay and not really have any real pressure.
I’ve just read the statement the only positive bit was that his contract is up and surely these idiots at the fa will use it as a time to get rid but knowing them they will either renew it or make up a nice little role for him.
I found that statement from Bothroyd disturbing given the talent at his disposal. He mutters on about players not getting opportunities for first team football, but has a squad that has included: Ramsdale, Aarons, Sessegnon x2, Cantwell, Davies, Jones, McNeil, Skipp, Bewster, Hudson-Odoi, Greenwood, Smith-Rowe......all who play regular first team football this season.
That's without mentioning players who already are in the full england squad. He's had loads of talent to work with and in my view has failed miserably.
I don’t follow it enough to be sure but aren’t all the managers he is up against in the the same boat, sometimes in life you have to stand back and say I am not good enough for the job I have and this is a moment for him, where he goes from here must be a worry for him as the teams won’t be knocking each other over to get him.
And, of course, the one who has played most regularly in the Premier League (well, as an outfield player) Eberechi Eze, hasn’t started either game.
Boothroyd is an utter, abject failure in that role. Which should come as no surprise to anyone who watched his club management career.
How can you bemoan that talent steps up to the senior squad? That's literally the nature of the job & the same happens in most other U21 squads.
Spain top their group having lost U21 stars to the senior squad; Torres, Garcia, Pedri etc.
Same for Holland; De Ligt, Gravenberch, Stengs, De Jong.
That squad he has is capable of so much more than 1 point in the last 5 games. It's littered with talent yet they've only managed 1 shot on target from their 2 games, zero from open play!
We crashed out in Euro 2019 under him too, failing to win a single game with a squad that included Maddison, Mount, Foden, Calvert-Lewin, Henderson, Wan Bissaka, Konsa etc etc etc.
It's embarrassing that the FA have been banging on about an England DNA for 7 years now whilst simultaneously appointing dinosaurs like Boothroyd to manage the top young talent.
How can you bemoan that talent steps up to the senior squad? That's literally the nature of the job & the same happens in most other U21 squads.
Spain top their group having lost U21 stars to the senior squad; Torres, Garcia, Pedri etc.
Same for Holland; De Ligt, Gravenberch, Stengs, De Jong.
That squad he has is capable of so much more than 1 point in the last 5 games. It's littered with talent yet they've only managed 1 shot on target from their 2 games, zero from open play!
We crashed out in Euro 2019 under him too, failing to win a single game with a squad that included Maddison, Mount, Foden, Calvert-Lewin, Henderson, Wan Bissaka, Konsa etc etc etc.
It's embarrassing that the FA have been banging on about an England DNA for 7 years now whilst simultaneously appointing dinosaurs like Boothroyd to manage the top young talent.
I wondered if I was missing something and Boothroyd was actually a progressive manager off the field, similar to Big Sam who was into analytics before it went mainstream.
He has a great deal of coaching qualifications so fair play to him for that. However he got in to the England setup (initially as U20s manager) as he's close, personal friends with then FA 'Director of Elite Development' Dan Ashworth.
He'd just been sacked by Northampton, leaving them bottom of League 2 yet 2 months later he was England U20s Manager.
It's important to note that the German u21 side of the early 2010s many of them went on to play and win the world Cup with the mens team in 2014
It's important
No-one on here needs convincing about Aidy Boothroyd's management style. I just find the idea that the U21 manager of any country could ever be on the hotseat because of how they're doing in a tournament, or during a run of a few games, to be deeply weird.
I didn't know that fans even gave a shit about U21 results for starters!
Watching the game all hail Boothroyd they have scored a goal.
It is nice to see the Lino stuck his flag up when the bloke is offside rather than waiting for an age to see what happens
It is nice to see the Lino stuck his flag up when the bloke is offside rather than waiting for an age to see what happens
And now a second. Stays like that we progress
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He should not be sacked he should quit and take no payoff, they will probably let him run his contract down and then not renew it wasting time and money on this joker.
Miserable failure from Boothroyd and a tactical disasterclass to knock England out.
2-0 up and not being caused any issues by Croatia at all. Brings off a midfielder to go 5 at the back. Where does the space for the goal come from? Midfield.
Croatia's strikers hadn't posed a threat all game. There was no need to bring another defender on.
2-0 up and not being caused any issues by Croatia at all. Brings off a midfielder to go 5 at the back. Where does the space for the goal come from? Midfield.
Croatia's strikers hadn't posed a threat all game. There was no need to bring another defender on.
It's hard to really remember much about his period in charge here, we had a good start to the season but it was pretty one dimensional percentage football. I think he only won once after that Leeds game in early November when we were in 4th position in the table. It says a lot that people were keen on Thorn taking over!
He might not be. However I’m sure he would have ambitions to manage the full national team and one way of progressing to that job is to do well with the U21s.
Once we got found out that season there was no plan b.
No way he takes that job, if he wants back into management there are many clubs that will give him a job he'd take before the U21s
