Nah mate, it’s kinda sad but prem + Bellingham is all I hear about from a few of my lads.

Some of them genuinely didn’t even know Kane was popping off for Bayern until I showed them some highlights and match reports.

Considering these are the same journos who shat on him for losing his first ‘cup’ at Bayern during the summer, it’s just pure bullshit.

Also, the english media seemingly doesn’t want to report on how well Guirassy is doing either.

While this point is true, the 8-2 is still head and shoulders above imo because it’s so funny that Coutinho came on and gave his parent club an extra helping of the beatdown they were already receiving…

I don’t know of it was mentioned further down but you’ve got to bear in mind managing a national team gives you less time to work with the squad and you can only choose from the selection you have available. It’s such a stark difference from club footy where you’re with the squad every day and you can make transfers to fill gaps or bolster positions.

Even if England has an amazing squad right now, Howe might not think it’s worth swapping out from a Newcastle team that he’s designed from the ground up and has managed to bring into the UCL.

Also, while jokes are constantly made about Southgate and the mates XI, he still managed to get England to 2 WC semis and 1 Euro final.

Factor in how shitty the journos and boomers are in this country as we all know and it’s almost expected that if another manager was to take up the managerial position and then fail in their first comp, this incredibly critical nation of ours would be calling for a resignation almost instantly.

Eddie’s made the right choice in my opinion. Managing at the international level isn’t always the dream job.