Social Zone: Fans blame Gareth Southgate as England edge towards Nations League relegation
England manager Gareth Southgate has been hit with a wall of criticism following a humiliating 4-0 defeat to Hungary at Molineux.
Once a hero of the nation, Southgate has now been anathematized by a large section of England's fan base after suffering the worst home defeat in decades.
The Three Lions completely collapsed in Wolverhampton as Hungary ran riot and picked up their biggest away win over England since the 'Match of the Century' back in 1953.
'You don't know what you're doing,' the England fans chant at Gareth Southgate.
— Paddy Power (@paddypower) June 14, 2022
After reaching a World Cup semi-final and a Euros final, it appears the final straw for supporters was getting relegated from League A Group 3 in the Nations League.
Perhaps the issue lies elsewhere. According to some, England lost the match because they took a knee before kick-off.
Southgate needs to go. But our PC media tied itself to his mast so hard after taking the knee to BLM, they cannot even criticise him. He’s a walking spreadsheet, time to go, this is utterly dreadful
— Martin Daubney ✌🏻🇬🇧 (@MartinDaubney) June 14, 2022
#ENGHUN pic.twitter.com/1g0i1DcWeh
Perhaps it is Southgate who is the one working on a whole new level, and has masterminded the result in order to strengthen Jordan Pickford's position as England's number one and get the Arsenal fans off his back.
Gareth Southgate losing 4-0 to Hungary to prove to arsenal fans that Ramsdale shouldn't be in the squad pic.twitter.com/CVuAr81NDS
— Gerg (@GEszenyi) June 15, 2022
England found the back of the net just once during this international break, with Harry Kane converting a late penalty against Germany.
UNBELIEVABLE from Nathan Collins! 😱😱
— Premier Sports (@PremierSportsTV) June 14, 2022
A marauding run from the @BurnleyOfficial man and a striker's finish with the outside of his boot to give @FAIreland the lead 🇮🇪
"Now that is something SPECIAL!" 🗣️ pic.twitter.com/vut4jwVuwM
Couldn't play that again if you stood over that 100 times! Spain lead Australia 5-0.#WorldCupofPool pic.twitter.com/qimFOEbPZD
— Matchroom Pool (@MatchroomPool) June 14, 2022