X reacts as struggling England advance as group winners despite Slovenia draw
- England finish top of Group C despite 0-0 draw with Slovenia
- Three Lions yet to impress fans after three games
- Social media unimpressed with latest performance
By Tom Gott
England sealed their place as Group C winners with a 0-0 draw against Slovenia that, once again, left fans wanting a whole lot more.
For the third game in a row, England made incredibly hard work of a game for which they were supposed to be heavy favourites, and supporters on social media did not hold back with their assessment of the team.
Despite the tactical tweak of introducing Conor Gallagher in place of Trent Alexander-Arnold, England got off to another horrible start, with Benjamin Sesko coming close to opening the scoring in the opening stages.
England are terrible what is this start. No intention. No fcous. Southgate had no plan in training.
— NovakFan4life (@ss_cfc1999) June 25, 2024
Horrendous start here, Trent’s fault probably
— Liam (@allez_lesrouges) June 25, 2024
Bukayo Saka thought he had scored 20 minutes in with England's first actual glimpse of goal, only for a quick offside flag to quickly end the celebrations.
It was a glimpse of what England could do when they started playing quickly, but for whatever reason, that was the last time we saw the Three Lions try to ramp up the pace.
Saka scores. Offside though. Finally some good play from England, running off ball, quick passing, movement
— The FPL Fan (Andrew Yee) (@TheFPLFan) June 25, 2024
robbed of a saka goal :((
— Jen (@awfcnorth) June 25, 2024
At the interval, Gareth Southgate went for another roll of the dice, withdrawing Gallagher and introducing Manchester United's Kobbie Mainoo in his place.
Finally some Mainoo minutes
— Jake.Dodson (@Jakedodson087) June 25, 2024
GALLAGHER OFF MAINOO ON, LORD HAS ANSWERED MY PRAYERS
— Tyler (@Polaryze_) June 25, 2024
That tweak brought a brief moment of positivity, with Mainoo looking confident on the ball and actually making things happen in the opening stages of the second half.
The youngster looks to have done enough to earn a start in the knockout stages.
Kobbie constantly in position to link with whichever player has the ball, encouraging the kind of passing and movement that benefits England’s better players.
— Muhammad Butt (@muhammadbutt) June 25, 2024
proper footballer.
Mainoo done more in 10 minutes than trent and Connor has in this euros
— anthony reed (@tonyreed2015) June 25, 2024
However, despite the odd glimpse of Mainoo's quality, this was yet another woeful performance from England.
England sucks #EURo2024
— (ישעיהו) Isa Ben David (@davidc_18) June 25, 2024
A new England Euro24 tactical: bore ourselves through.
— Andy (@Andy_sMyName) June 25, 2024
Oh.
It’s not new?
Can anyone point to what England would LIKE to do tactically?
— Oli Harris (@ohchopper) June 25, 2024
Like if everything clicked and they had the perfect game, what would it look like?
The Three Lions may be through to the knockout stages, but this is where things start to get interesting.
Limping past Slovenia is one thing, but a similar level of performance against superior opposition could lead to a brutal time in the next round.
Good to top the group of course as that was the aim.
— Jake (@18jc2__) June 25, 2024
But let’s not celebrate this. Poor performances and we need to play miles better in the knockouts.
We’re now going to play teams that actually do know how to play. https://t.co/e6yd3x02Cq
I’ve never felt so underwhelmed by England’s performance. No passion, no enthusiasm basically everything is missing in this team! England will have to do so much better in the knockout stage! #EURo2024
— EuroCelso Reactions (@EuroCelso) June 25, 2024
Tough watch (again). Subs made a difference but not knowing your best team going into the knockouts is poor. Raise it.
— Daniel Manning (@danielmanning29) June 25, 2024
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