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His loyalty to mediocre players is England’s biggest downfall as a team. If the head of the snake isn’t working properly, how can the rest of the body?

Southgate is not a good or bad coach, he is just an average and safe choice. Expecting England to win something under his leadership is a daydream.

It’s crazy, Harry’s positioning is what causes him mistakes that some people say are “unlucky”. If a boxer gets knocked out it’s not luck it’s understanding where your position was wrong. But for some reason we overlook that with this guy? It’s not personal it’s Just visible 😅

I'm pretty sure if Southgate stopped picking him for England he would push for a move out. So Maguire knows he doesn't have to play first team club football, can relax with the high salary he's on at United and gets called up for the national team. So it's a win-win situation for Maguire and in this way Southgate is indirectly contributing to the circus at United as well.

Southgate reminds me of Ole. Both are ready to back Maguire to the death. Even if it leads to their downfall and the failure of the team.

I heard Neil Warnock say on TalkSPORT this morning that the only reason Southgate keeps picking Maguire at this point is so he can give two fingers to his critics, kinda “I’m right, you’re wrong” mentality. If that is the case (and I do think Warnnock is on to something) that is completely irresponsible by Southgate. It’s the kind of decision making that will cost us the Euros.

I actually feel bad for Maguire because it’s Southgate who’s the real problem when it’s clear to everyone he shouldn’t be playing over Colwill or Tomori yet he continues to pick him which is ridiculous. Your setting up a disaster just by playing him… Southgate is a big cause in this problem.

Harry maguire had a great performance the other night! He really stepped up and scored a vital inspiring goal for Scotland!

Talking about a player who has made countless errors, posted personal stats after a loss for his club, no accountability for mistakes and blaming others, and cups his ears after FINALLY sticking the ball in the right net.... if you ask me, he's brought it on himself. Southgate in the mud for picking his fav's. Own it waistcoat.

I lost some respect for Maguire when he turned down the opportunity to prove himself at West Ham because he didn't want a pay cut. I don't he deserves to play for England now especially when other players like Tomori don't receive any chances.

I’m Irish so I’ve no skin in this situation, but the talent in that England squad is frightening. But, having a squad full of elite Champions League players will only get you so far with a Championship level manager. Harry Maguire wouldn’t get in to the Ireland team ahead of Nathan Collins and John Egan.

The problem with Southgate is that getting us to a final made him bulletproof despite that final being the best example of why he's not good enough. Yes, getting to a final is more than most of his predecessors have done, having got us there he completely failed to manage the game. He wasn't able to convert a half of dominance into more than a single goal lead, and he was painfully slow to react when Italy took control of the game in the second half.

People saying maguire is good for England, the only games they can quote are against San Marino and Andorra. He was at fault for a france goal in Qatar, he was miles out of position for the zinchenko goal, an own goal last night. He is not a good defender. It is a disgrace to defenders like white tomori Konsa and many others who do play regularly

thank you mark, Southgate is trying to gaslight everyone into thinking their opinions were wrong and based on “bullying” I’m starting to hate Southgate

Southgate is responsible for Maguire becoming the most reviled player in English history, Southgate is the bully in putting this player into the lion's den (pardon the pun) when the odds of calamity seem to shorten by his mere presence on the pitch alone. This situation now seems to smack of some psychological turmoil related to Southgate's own public humiliation and history as a player. Like he's using Maguire as some kind of healing factor in his own psyche whereby he imagines Maguire somehow at some point taking a winning penalty in a final and healing Southgate's personal soon to be 28 years of hurt from Euro 96.

The only "unfair treatment" surrounding Maguire is that he gets selected ahead of other defenders in far better form who deserve that place ahead of him. I understand team cohesion is a thing and keeping a core group of individuals/leaders together is important in a team sport, but at some point you have to draw a line and put form first. He's not good enough and his confidence/luck is obviously at rock bottom, we are carrying him and we shouldn't be as Centre Back is a key position.

We’re at a point where the England squad has a case for being arguably the most talented in world football, Maguire isn’t awful and he’s overhated, but he shouldn’t be getting a sniff of that team

Thing is England have an abundance of great CB's, and they're being robbed of the opportunity of playing for their country. England have Stones,Gomez,Tomori and Colwill but Southgate wants to play his friends Maguire,Dier and Mings.

As an outsider looking in, England have an abundance of talent at every position. Southgate really is the only problem with the squad. If you had a proper manager, you'd be a force to be reckoned with.

Can someone please lemme know a reason why Tomori isn't starting for this England team? Literally won a Scudetto and went to a CL semi last year, what more can the lad do to get a start in a friendly vs Scotland?!

It's official. Gareth and Harry are definitely in a relationship. ❤️

Lewis dunk was brilliant last night. The favouritism is unreal. The same applies to Henderson and Phillips. Bowen and JWP are examples of those who have been robbed of a place

Southgate has been holding this team back for years.

I think the fans are just as much to blame for him still being here as the FA are, the fans saying "but he got us a final and semi final" any other manager would've won either competition don't let our past failures blind you the squad is so much better than before

Gareth Southgate getting us to believe in Harry Maguire is like trying to convince your 90 year old grandmother she’s going to be a gold medal winning gymnast

He’s set of players are absolutely insane he should be winning tournaments

Its a crazy squad, if u had a prem team of the England pool it would be considered a stacked team

absolutely spot on, couldn't agree more with pretty much everything you said I'm almost wondering whether Southgate's using Maguire as a scapegoat in case he fails to win the Euros in 2024. He does seem to big up his own faux achievements ("this is the second most successful period in English football history") ignoring the fact that he's had such easy runs in major tournaments (I bet Sven wished he had quarter finals against Sweden and semi finals against Denmark rather than quarter finals against Brazil or Portugal) so I think he's probably using Maguire, and to an extent Phillips too, as scapegoats for is England fail next summer to mask his own deficiencies.

So many talented cbs from England and yet Southgate still decided to play Maguire who's the FIFTH choice cb for Man United. Even Luke Shaw is better and he's a left back!

Completely agree with mark he isn’t a good enough coach

I do agree that he's trying to pr himself, as outrageous as it sounds I think he put those defenders and keeper on thinking they will concede and he'd prove a point. It backfired because we had a dominant performance and he had to bring maguire on to show maguire can also do it which backfired as well with the own goal. It sounds mad but i can not fathom why he'd bring maguire on in that game.

Southgate might just be the manager version of Lukaku

Harry uses his big head OFF the pitch to satisfy Southgate, Southgate is happy with his performance. Simple as that

Southgates outburst has worried me more than anything. Rather than being composed and say “It’s unfortunate that he scored an own goal, it’s unlucky. I believe in Maguire and we will all continue to work hard to improve” But no. Instead he says YOUR ALL BULLIES STOP BEING NASTY!

When he scored the own goal I just laughed and said "why is he even on the pitch?"

Dunk looked solid last night, hope he continues to get a chance and it's not just a token appearance for a friendly. Dunk and Stones would be my choice of pairing right now.

Imagine if England was managed under arsen wenger. The attacking football and fluidity of the team would be amazing and also his knowledge of English football is still top notch

Whole of England: “Maguire is a terrible player, he should not be in the England squad” Southgate: “But he my friend”

think Southgate is living his failed international career through Maguire. Because he got constantly overlooked (not berated as much as Maguire) but overlooked, felt he was underrated and mocked at times.. he doesn’t like to see or want this experience for Maguire because he feels like Harry Maguire was resonant of himself in his career, therefore give him umpteen chance after chance to prove (not everyone) but ‘himself wrong’ 🤣

Well said Mark! I agree with every word!!

The second goal by France against England at the world cup was also his fault

Brilliantly articulated points Mark. 👏👏👏

Southgate reminds me so much of Ole at United. He had his favorites too. He would never give Eric Baily and Van De Beek any minutes instead would just pick Maguire and McTominay no matter how badly played.

Harry is the most backed player in the media No other player will get away with this

Totally agree .. people and rival fans think that Maguire is too much under scrutiny but they should rather watch the match rather then taking our views as excuses

There's a lot of talk about the 'golden generation' - Gerrard, Lampard, Rooney etc but this squad is far better. So much strength in depth and the chemistry is incredible. Will be a massively missed opportunity to not win anything with this team

U R ABSOLUTELY SPOT ON ABOUT EVERYTHING YOU JUST SAID

Also the fact that he didn't give a single minute to Nketiah after giving him his first call up? Instead played Kane in yet another meaningless friendly

I am sick and tired of southgate now I swear he has something for maguire in his mind. Absolutely ridiculous how he is still our manager!

Best video you've ever done Mark hit every nail on the head 👏🏼 👍🏻 we needed this

The two centre backs in the first half were brilliant. On and off the ball.

Hamish McGuire was incredible for Scotland! What a sublime finish.

the most bizzare thing i heard him say was when they asked why he doesn't play foden in particular position and his reply was to the effect cause pep don't play him that way i don't either lol

It isn’t like Maguire has been poor, is a liability and puts the ball into his own net… oh hang on. 😅

So happy Mark is calling this out!

Well spoken, this needs to be heard

Am Jamaican and we hardly win anything But I love the England team and south gate is really doing my head in

Last season Dunk and Colwill were brilliant for Brighton,give that combination a chance for England.

Very well said Goldbridge 👏👏👏

i feel bad for tomori and colwill who got selected by southgate but dont play any minutes between ukraine and scotland.

Southgate should be no wear near that generational england squad…. colwill and tomori not getting a lick of football this international break is disgraceful

I couldn't agree more with every single word you said.

Couldn’t agree more Mark 👏🏻

Agree with everything you said. Whilst it’s claimed that Maguire has not let England down, it could be argued that picking Maguire has caused England selection problems aelsewhere because the midfield is having to be slected to compensate for his weaknesses. Maguire was definitely at fault for the Ukraine’s goal last week (marking Guehi instead of protecting the middle of the goal).

I think you're spot on here. When Southgate came in he said he would pick players based on performance for their club sides. JWP and others would disagree

It's not the first dumb comment from Southgate recently either. Remember he defended Jordan Henderson's move to SA and implied anyone criticising him didn't understand the situation. Southgate's never had tactical nous or in-game management, but he was always good at positivity and sensible comments to the media - even this is slipping now. Maguire should not be close to the England team, and for him to defend him when his reward was an own goal kinda proves that his "haters" were right

No way is anybody surprised. This is exactly the type of thing he'd say.

Completely agree but unfortunately our words fall on deaf ears. Maguire will be the cause for England losing a game and when that happens Southgate will double down and claim we ruined him and his mental health

To be fair, if we ignore Maguire's bad positioning, his lack of scanning of what's around him, his inability to spot danger, his inability to spot and execute a forward pass, his inability to progress the ball up the pitch, if we ignore all these small details, Maguire is actually an average defender.

Fair play award to Maguire. He scored a goal for Scotland.

Spot on Chum, he’s lucky to be in charge of the England team!

You nailed it. Agree with you !

I agree with Mark on our failings on the international stage recently. With a better coach and one with some backbone! I geniunely believe we would be sitting here now having equalled Spain's record of 3 back to back tournament wins. Certainly the World Cup in Russia and the Euro Final vs Italy was a joke! Maybe a Messi inspired Argentina would have stopped us in Qatar (personally I think we would have won that too) but whatever way you slice it, Southgate has blown a fantastic opportunity to cement immortailty as an England manager.

This man just said this England team reminds him of the Spain team in 2010😂

Every single word you've said here is absolutely true. I'm not your biggest fan but you're absolutely spot on here!

Southgate is just trolling every England fan. Picking Maguire and Phillips for the squad let alone the team proves it. The ridiculous reasons for selection are deliberately contradictory.

Goldbridge ended Southgate’s support network and career in eleven and a half minutes. 😂

Pretty sure Southgate is more interested in getting a knighthood than he is actually winning trophies.

Mark you're one of the only pundits to be neutral on a player despite their nationality. I appreciate your analysis.

This is everything I’ve been saying for years. Just better and more elegantly put. Well done sir.

People have been saying all this for years. The quality of the squad has always made him look like a better manager than he is

He’s the same guy who says he won’t play Foden centrally because he never plays there for City. While HM is picked when he never, NEVER plays for United.

Mate I totally agree. We have another golden generation with a pants manager

WELL SAID MARK! Perfectly summed up!

They should bring in selection metrics in order to be available for selection for the England squad, namely minutes played for club, pass completion etc then the England manager can only select from a pool of players who meet the criteria cause right now Southgate is going off of favouritism not performance metrics

If there's one good thing here, it's that I believe this will be the beginning of the end for Southgate...

Everytime Maguire gets the ball it takes him five minutes to decide to pass the ball six yards sideways. Completely ruins any chance of building any agressive play with pace - and that coupled with the fact that Rice has to protect him means England are always passive. Passive until Kane gets pissed off and drops deep to progress play.

Absolutely correct brotha! This is so hypocritical and nonsense coming from Southgate.

At Leicester Maguire was excellent. He seemed comfortable in a low block/counter attack style. He read the game well, great on the ball, good interceptions, good tackling, great heading and excellent passing. Today he seem a little slower than he used to be and is less comfortable when playing in formations other than a low block. He is not the same player. He was fantastic but is now past his best and limited to the low block. Not suitable for Man Utd or England. Ironically West Ham would have suited him and he probably would have played well in that team. Must not play for England.

The best one he’s said all week was the stuff about Foden while playing Maddison out of position and picking 2 players who don’t play I am not a england fan and can only hope he stays in charge forever cos they will never win a thing under him

What shocked me the most was Maguire getting the captains armband when Kane went off

Perfectly summed up the Southgate situation. The FA should be investigated for hiring him when you consider how ridiculously underqualified he was. It's another example of nepotism running through the archaic institution. The likes of Harry Redknapp (a vastly superior manager), and much more experienced British managers didn't even have a chance to get a look in, as if this would happen in any other large organization. There would be lawsuits and unions kicking up a fuss, because it shouldn't happen. Overhaul the FA!

I agree with so many things you say Mark, but no way on Earth you think that England is more stacked than Portugal, France or even Spain, the only thing that will be going home is England packed up without reaching semis

Picking Maguire is also linked with the non-selection of Ben White. Regardless of any personal issues that White has with the England set up he's a first class defender and should be picked. He would remove Maguire from selection. I bet White becomes an England regular with the next England manager.

We either get a manager who plays players out of position, or a manager who pick players under performing. It's been the same for years now.

well put. totally agree.

He just wanted to give harry some minutes before he sits on the bench till octobers int.break 😅

I actually agree with you Mark....England had the best team in recent years....and they should have won the Euro's & The World Cup. It is a major missed opportunity and the coach should have been fired after the Euro's. If you go back to the game against France...he just did not know what to do when France was ahead and he just watched the game slipping away. Abosultely no imagination and creativity. Contrast that to how the French Manager took off Giroud in the Finals when that line up was clearly not working. What happened? France came alive and from thereon could have won the game against Argentina. Southgate lack the vision on how to use his squad when things abd not rolling. He is afraid to think out the box, takes risk and perhaps create greater opportunities. If he is not sack England will miss this opportunity to win a major trophy. For the records....I am not British. I am Jamaican...using cheering for Brazil...but I can clearly see that England has the deepest and most talented squad than all the other Nations...and even much better than any other English team for decades.

This is what corporate control brings. A large part of success, for both Pep and Jurgen, is that both refuse to be ruled by those upstairs on football matters, whereas Southgate is literally a puppet for his superiors. That isn't management. It's not even a man!!