Scotland played with incredible determination and motivation. It was England and this was their āfinalā. I will be surprised if they play with the same commitment and energy against Croatia.
Similarly, I will be surprised if England are as ineffective against the Czechs.
I will continue to support England and Gareth Southgate until we are out of the Euros and beyond.
There have been some very unreasonable assessments of Englandās performance. This type of performance regularly happens in the early stages of the FA Cup when lower league teams are drawn against Premier League teams.
I think that Southgate has been brave in bringing young players like Foden, Mount, Sancho, Bellingham, Phillips and others into his squad.
Generally, since he has been our manager, he has received a lot of praise and, suddenly, after drawing with Scotland, he is considered a very poor manager with no tactical nous.
We are 2 games into the Euros with 4 points but, to read some comments, you would think that we were on the verge of being knocked out. We havenāt conceded a goal yet and I thought that our central defence was our āweakest linkā.
Letās get behind Gareth and his young team.
I seem to remember that our early progress in World Cup 1966 was not particularly smooth in the early stages.