Jamie Carragher and Harry Kane slam fans who abused Gareth Southgate after England’s 4-0 defeat to Hungary at Molineux on Tuesday.
Carra quickly took to defend the Three Lions boss after he was met with heavy boos following the humiliating thrashing, conceding three goals in the final 20 minutes as they suffered their worst home defeat in 96 years.
It ends a torrid and underwhelming run of four games without a win for Southgate’s side and with fans chanting ‘you don’t know what you’re doing’ in the manager’s direction, ex-England international Carragher insisted Southgate had actually ‘overachieved’ during his time in charge.
Also this idea that Southgate is holding this group back is nonsense, this squad is no better than 2004/6 1996/98. Southgate has overachieved albeit with favourable draws. Rest up boys & come back to your normal level 🤞🏻#ENGvHUN https://t.co/hNp3z7n2EU
— Jamie Carragher (@Carra23) June 14, 2022
Carragher said on Twitter: ‘”You don’t know what you’re doing.” Shut up you clowns.
‘This manager has taken the country in two tournaments to the best positions since 1966.’
In a second tweet, he added: ‘Also this idea that Southgate is holding this group back is nonsense, this squad is no better than 2004/6 1996/98.
‘Southgate has overachieved albeit with favourable draws. Rest up boys & come back to your normal level.’
Carragher’s Sky Sports colleague Gary Neville, was more diplomatic however, saying that he felt ‘sympathy for the fans and for the players’.
He added: ‘This isn’t right. Players/Coaches will have to collectively come together to start to influence the programme to get that clear break..’ after another gruelling domestic season.
Southgate accepted ‘results were his responsibility’ after the defeat, adding that he was ‘hurt’ by the boos and taunts aimed at him.
The record-breaking defeat was the first time ever lost a home match by four or more goals without scoring.
Southgate said: ‘In the end this is about winning matches with England, tonight was the sort of night a lot of my predecessors have experienced.
‘I’m not going to stand and say it doesn’t hurt but it’s clear to me what we tried to do across these four matches, the two Nations League games have heaped negativity and pressure onto us and don’t normally have that with an England manager.
‘The players have never stopped, results are my responsibility. I understand tonight is a chastening experience. This group of players have been unbelievable for their country. It’s important people stick with them as they’ll be strong moving forward.’
Harry Kane was asked if the squad were still under the right path under Southgate. Kane hit back: “Yeah. Without any question. That’s not even a question I should be answering if I’m honest.
“It’s a disappointing night. First half, I thought we created enough chances to score, but it’s been the story of our Nations League so far. We haven’t quite had the cutting edge.
“But the second half is unacceptable, once we went 2-0 down, to concede in the way we did. But it’s no time to panic, we need to keep our heads up, look forward to a break and come back stronger in September. It’s our first big defeat in a long time.”
He added: “We’re preparing for a big World Cup, and will learn a lot from this camp. Let’s not forget where we’ve come from: a first final in 60 years, and a semi-final at a World Cup. Compared to where we were over the last 50 years, it’s no time to panic. It’s not going to be perfect every game, the fans have to understand that.”
‘Let’s not forget where we have come from.’
Harry Kane spoke with @bbcjohnmurray following England’s 0-4 defeat to Hungary.
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@Im11941: Who remembers when England reached a World Cup semi with the easiest draw in history where they avoided every top team & Southgate got labelled as a genius by the pundits & media and England fans started wearing the same silly waistcoat he wore
@WillB_2003: Golden generation just lost 4-0 at home in a competitive game. He’s not immune from criticism, that was abysmal
@CelticShady: If Southgate gets sacked he wouldn’t get a championship job
@_mgh27: How can you look at the last like 10 games tactically and seriously say he knows what he’s doing with the players he has at his disposal
@zdpj_: Overachieved hahahaa you’re on a wind up
@BeeW1994: You can’t be serious Jamie? He’s beaten teams we are EXPECTED to beat, we then lose to anyone who is an actual threat. It’s not good enough.
@AdamPatel4545: And now he’s lost 4-0 to a team we should defo be beating. Sacking him now isn’t gonna change anything though – if it was gonna be done it had to be done after the Euros. He should’ve walked. He needs to change the system, that’s the best we can hope for rn
@lukepeo1867: Stop backing your mate it’s time to go
@aiello_matthew: Why is it when we lose it’s because we’re tired, no other players play a season of football and these 4 games? When we win it’s Southgates amazing best manager ever
@thfc_dylan_: You’re not the one paying money to go and watch that rubbish if you actually paid for one then you would understand the feeling you are in no position to tell the fans how to feel about a performance
@James_macey1: Well done Gareth Southgate for winning games against teams below us in the rankings and losing every big game possible with his negative tactics 👍🏻
@olib1986: Southgate is the reason this side won’t win anything, and hasn’t won anything. Break off the shackles and let them play!
@alexlfc_1: How has he overachieved? We have reached the latter end of competitions with a ridiculous pool of talent in an era where, barring France, there are a limited number of genuinely good international sides. Not to mention his inability to use the best fullback since Dani Alves…
@HeatonBobby: 3 – 0 down with 6 minutes left and bring on maguire to concede another goal .
@MrBoywunder: You just want England to lose don’t you, I respect it 😂
@martinsmfc: Wake up Carragher you mug – the bloke is under achieving with one of the most talented squads we’ve ever had. He has to walk – simple
@davidwalker951: With the pool of players he has he sets up to not lose the games rather than try and win them and this is the best pool of players top to bottom that we have probably had
@KierxnOfficial: He doesn’t know what he’s doing? Yeah he took us to the Euro’s final, where’s our trophy? He made 3 subs in the final and the main purpose for these subs were for penalties. They all missed their penalties. He’s been lucky with the teams we’ve played within tournaments 🤝
@CFCLiam_2: Ahh yes let’s give him another year because of past performances!! We’ve been terrible for a while, time for change
@OllieLR92 (Replying to @Carra23): I agree with you quite a lot but tonight you are talking nonsense. We are miles off it….. 2004/06 is also around the time you didn’t even want to play for England isn’t it?
@Scorge86: He has Jamie but he plays far too defensively. We never create many chances which leaves you open to being caught on the counter too often against inferior teams. This is the most technically gifted group of players we’ve have had in a very long time and we play like Pulis stoke
@JamieWinchcomb: He has no idea what he is doing. We didn’t have any test in the Euros. Our hardest game was Germany and at that time they weren’t on form and we had home advantage. This team are boring and too defensive we have zero chances at the WC of we stick with Southgate.
@CriminalCosta: Easiest euros run of all time in our home stadium and lost to a team of pensioners that can’t qualify for a World Cup
@PaulAndo1987: Easiest World Cup run known to man, and pretty much a home Euro’s tournament to be fair.
@zanetalkssports: Nah you can’t look at the players he has and the style of play he chooses and say – he knows what he’s doing. The good results lately were mostly because of the quality of players. England should be beating any team in Europe/ World with ease but they let Hungary score 4…
@Kingy78_: Couldn’t have hand picked 2 better routes, won’t ever have a better chance of lifting a trophy, hasn’t got a clue what our best team or formation is 2 games before a World Cup. Going to waste yet another tournament.
@EwenDCameron:
World Cup 2018
Lost 3 games to Belgium (twice) & Croatia.
Teams you beat to reach semis.
Panama, Tunisia, Colombia, Sweden.
The Euros run was just as favourable and all your games were at Wembley.
Germany have improved immeasurably in a year. England going backwards.
Gareth Southgate looks back on tonight’s defeat at Molineux:pic.twitter.com/ubhHfdsDsV
— England (@England) June 14, 2022
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