No Pickford as England lose last pre-Euro warm-up

LOL Iceland 1-0

Southgate out!!!😂😂🤣😂

Bloody useless, that fella!

😂😂😂😂

Think I’m a better goalkeeper than Ramsdale, and im 65 years old!!

I don’t doubt that England will win this match but, after 10 years in charge, Southgate still doesn’t know his strongest XI.

A sign of a bang-average manager.

Ring ring, ring ring… "Hello?"

"Jarrad is that you?"

"Err who's this?"

"It's Gareth Southgate, I think I may have fucked up."

Jarrad putting on his mum's voice. "Sorry, our Jarrad's gone on holiday and I've, errrr, he's not taken his mobile with him."

Colin

It's crazy. 8 years ago he suddenly decided to bring back 50 year old Ashley Young and try Walker as a third centre-back at the World Cup -- not beforehand.

Now, he is toying with playing Arnold as a midfielder and looks like we will get the 33-year-old right-back as a makeshift left-back.

Meanwhile, he can't figure out how to utilize Foden properly. I worry Foden will end up as an isolated winger and eventually be displaced by another square peg in a round hole.

Southgate is a serial bottler, eg, Croatia and Italy. With so many brilliant young players available, his teams are dull and boring. And he lets the media choose his squads.

Southgate out!!

Southgate's lads would be nowhere right now without Palmer.

Southgate needs to learn how to use Foden rather than keep going with his Palace love-in.

Who’s the Geordie beanpole doing the punditry?

She makes Shearer sound almost exciting.

Wow, still 1-0, Good job, Gareth lad, you've clearly got it right with your decisions.

So the Cunt (As per Andy Crooks), has only been on as a sub for five minutes, and according to the commentator, has made two chances already.

Of course, they were very simple chances which any player could have made, but this commentator makes the Cunt (As per Andy Crooks) sound like he’s the best player on earth!!

If I was Bellingham, I’d ask for Spanish citizenship. What a waste of talent this is.

Fucking Shite. 😂😂😂😂

The likes of Germany, Spain, France etc must be shaking in their boots at the thought of having face this useless bunch of shit! 😁😁😁

Is really anyone interested in England unless they get in the final?

Branthwaite out, Gomez in… just sums it up really.

I'm not one for knee-jerk reactions, but Southgate should be sacked immediately.

That was absolutely embarrassingly shocking. Those players were not playing for the Waistcoat Wonder tonight.

A worryingly uncommunicative bunch of players if you actually care about the national team.

After tonight's performance, lucky Jarrad, think yourself lucky.

Is Mike Bassett available?

The players and their manager were complacent.

Kane drops off, goes searching, ruins Foden's game. Gordon was lively but on the left always cutting in onto his right foot.

Saka came on, looked leggy and off it. Stones looks nice on the ball but he slows the tempo at the wrong times. In fairness to Trent Alexander-Arnold, he injected much-needed pace and tempo during his cameo. I was delighted to see his scuffed daisy-cutter go wide though!

The defence looks a shambles. I'm afraid the hype is all wrong. This team should have lost three-nil tonight. Southgate is a total bottler.

I expect England to struggle big time against Spain Netherlands, Portugal, France, Germany, etc.

Two accurate attempts on goal in the entire match.

Abysmal!

I chanced 5 mins of the second half to see if the decades old script had changed – not a chance.

Without foreign players to provide a cutting edge, English players are utterly bereft. Reasonable teams cede the ball in the middle of the park then piss themselves laughing at the sideways "going nowhere" passing.

Just dreadful.

That's a Sunday morning team, and wouldn't win the Ale House League in any country.

If this is the end product, then England won't get close in this Euro Tournament.

I only had half an eye on it as I was in a different room, so kept popping in to have a look occasionally… it didn't look good. I guess we'll see if they up their game once the tournament starts.

For any England supporters travelling, as you come out of the station, head down the "Bahnhof Strasse" until you hit a square. Turn left and there is a good Schalke pub down on the left.

You can then come out, turn right, and walk back towards the square but carry straight on and you will pick up the trams.

Get off at the "Schalke Mile" just before the stadium or visit on the way back. A few bars there. Once refreshed, you can just hop back on the tram to the Veltins Arena.

Coming out and getting back on the trams can be a nightmare with long waits.

It might be different as the capacity will be reduced to about 54,000 in comparison to 62,000 plus for league matches due to the difference with safe standing for the latter.

Gelsenkirchen isn't the greatest or prettiest of cities, so if you fancy an alternative, Dusseldorf is only about an hour away on the train, 40 minutes from the airport.

For you England followers, safe travels and enjoy.

Don't forget, if you happen to bump into any Schalke supporters make sure to say "Gluck Auf". It is an old miners greeting, which in English translates to Good Luck. It is common to say it.

By the way, did England play today?

Sure they did and got frozen out by another lousy team.

Why don't you quit now, Southgate? Klopp needs a job.

Tom #27,

No idea… but I think Iceland won.

Rob #13, shaking with laughter!

England may be narrow favourites, although that may have changed.

But I can't see past France, and I've said elsewhere, Germany on home turf will be in the mix.

Spain, although also not the force they where? Outside shout, Belgium?

Tournament football is all guesswork. In fact football in general is!!

Good news on Mykolenko, who played 45 minutes for Ukraine last night, and has made their Euro's squad.

There were reports after the derby game when he went off with a serious ankle injury that he would miss the Euros. 👍👍

I don't tend to watch tournament warm-up games because they're largely experimental and dull viewing. Saw the news we lost last night, and I can't help feeling unsettled by the defensive issues.

We're all biased on here, but not taking Branthwaite seems like a mistake to me. Left-footed, can pass, gets forward, a threat at set-pieces, can play in a 4 or a 3, and is clearly the future.

Weird choice from Southgate – also weird him not taking Grealish in my view. Form or no form, you need a wildcard in tournament football and he can be that.

'Lacklustre' sums up England's performance last night; whether it was because players didnt want to get injured before the tournament started which led to such a poor performance, I don't know.

I am not the biggest fan of Grealish but he is way better than Gordon, who looked like a kid stepping up to play with the big boys. Surely there has to be a better option than Trippier at left-back.

Southgate leaves out Branthwaite who has played over 30 league games this season, yet includes Gomes and Quansah who have played a lot less. Also includes Mainoo and Wharton who have had less first-team appearances than Branthwaite.

And when the subs were made, Alexander-Arnold didn't impress at fullback, the lad still hasn't learnt how to defend. Yes, a lovely passer of the ball and good at free kicks but his main job as full-back is to defend.