England’s Anthony Gordon

[andyc35i]

4 minutes ago, Shak said:

Honestly the main reason I didn't want England to win was that Southgate clearly got the huff that Gordon didn't lick his arse in the press and froze him out for the rest of the tournament.

 

Hope he comes back pissed off and fucks the entire league up the arse all season.

Yeah there has to be something off there. He got four minutes of football the whole tournament which is just outrageous when the team was so shite 

[Dr Jinx]

Bowen got the same treatment. Some outrageously poor use of the squad available by a fraud of a manager.

[NSG]

Probably rock up at training tomorrow  

[Danh1]

Hope he’s hungry and wants to prove a point, rather than having took a knock to his confidence 

[huss9]

we flying out germany tomorrow?

[geordie_b]

18 minutes ago, Danh1 said:

Hope he’s hungry and wants to prove a point, rather than having took a knock to his confidence 

 

Back to the team that were ready to sell him whilst he was out the country

[Danh1]

Just now, geordie_b said:

 

Back to the team that were ready to sell him whilst he was out the country

Fair one  

 

 

[RodneyCisse]

Get him home under some proper coaches ready to be the premier leagues best left winger this year.

[Pilko]

Should have had himself 3 weeks on a beach somewhere instead of wasting his time trying to impress that stubborn big nosed negative prick in training.

 

Hope he comes back with the bit between his teeth and proves him wrong next season in a black and white shirt, and secures his England spot under a vaguely competent manager.

[Kid Icarus]

Absolutely ridiculous that he played 5 minutes, did what he did and that was the end of it. Pardew HBA levels of spite.

[Skeletor]

Didn't he do that interview where he basically said the criticism was fair whilst the rest of the fannies were lying their arses off saying it wasn't Southgate's shit tactics that were to blame for us being negative and performing so poorly.

[Geordie Ahmed]

It's so strange when you consider the left hand side was the biggest problem for England and in Gordon you had the best LW of the league available and he only got 4 mins in a fairly meaningless game

 

[Kilcline]

6 hours ago, Geordie Ahmed said:

It's so strange when you consider the left hand side was the biggest problem for England and in Gordon you had the best LW of the league available and he only got 4 mins in a fairly meaningless game

 

Straight up negligence from Southgate.

[Groundhog63]

35 minutes ago, Kilcline said:

Straight up negligence from Southgate.

Or spite

[Kilcline]

22 minutes ago, Groundhog63 said:

Or spite

Aye, "the interview" will be a potentially interesting footnote in the inevitable biography of Southgate's reign that we'll see in a year or two 

[RodneyCisse]

1 hour ago, Kilcline said:

Straight up negligence from Southgate.

Cant wait for him to get the Man U job.

[Groundhog63]

12 minutes ago, Kilcline said:

Aye, "the interview" will be a potentially interesting footnote in the inevitable biography of Southgate's reign that we'll see in a year or two 

TWE for that tome 🤪

 

Preface written by James Milner, no doubt 🙈

[nufcjb]

Didn't wor Anthony come back for pre-season training from the U-21s Euros earlier than expected after playing and winning the tournament?

 

Wonder if he'll come back soon before the other international players seeing Southgate used him for fuck all and knowing the lad himself is a workhose and has that psychology of player who doesn't like to stop and put his feet up?

 

 

 

Edited July 15, 2024 by nufcjb

[Nucasol]

1 minute ago, nufcjb said:

Didn't wor Anthony come back for pre-season training from the U-21s Euros earlier than expected after playing and winning the tournament?

 

Wonder if he'll come back soon before the other international players seeing Southgate used him for fuck all and knowing the lad himself is a workhose and has that psychology of player who doesn't like to stop and put his feet up?

 

 

 

 

I’d rather he miss the Japan tour TBH. Come back after that.

[nufcjb]

1 minute ago, Nucasol said:

I’d rather he miss the Japan tour TBH. Come back after that.

He doesn't need to play. Just get him around players and coaches that love him for his confidence, let him get that rotten month he's had with England out of the system. Like someone said earlier, hopefully he's hungry and motivated and not let the Euro fiasco knock him down.

 

Trips can stay home all he wants.

[Sibierski]

A nice rest for him, training with legit top talent which he would’ve learnt from and be motivated to improve.

 

Now a weeks holiday and back to our squad to hit ground running.

[WilliamPS]

I don’t think it was personal with Southgate, more that if Gordon was given 30 mins it could make calls for his inclusion to be deafening - Southgate wanted to play both Bellingham and Foden and didn’t want a LW, so avoided it.

 

Had Grealish been in the squad with his greater PR I think Southgate’s hand would have been forced

 

 

[On the Grid]

I'm wondering now if maybe his attitude to not wanting fitness staff getting involved in his routines had any part to play? Possibly fidnt go down too well if it was forced upon him and he didn't align with the England view?

[80]

2 minutes ago, On the Grid said:

I'm wondering now if maybe his attitude to not wanting fitness staff getting involved in his routines had any part to play? Possibly fidnt go down too well if it was forced upon him and he didn't align with the England view?

Yeah I had wondered that. 

 

Very open-minded to theories like this but ultimately there's a good chance Southgate is just a shit manager who couldn't see past using the same 11 and predetermined subs over and over again.

[TRon]

5 hours ago, Kilcline said:

Straight up negligence from Southgate.

 

This. Talk about shooting yourself in the foot.