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England fans finally have a stick to beat Gareth Southgate with | Barney Ronay

14-Jun-2022 22:15:16 | Guardian

Despite his tournament success, supporters have not taken to the manager and the team’s disintegration against Hungary in the Nations League has given their complaints substance

Well, that escalated quickly. This was an unsettling, deeply toxic night for Gareth Southgate and his England players, although mainly of course for Southgate himself, who will now find not just his feet, but his entire weary frame held to the fire of furious public opinion.

England came to Molineux looking to cap this weary, depleted Nations League silly season with a win, a sense of momentum regained. What they got was 90 minutes of pain, lactic acid, bruises and a sense, in the middle of it, the feeling of something beginning to drift out of sight.