Gareth Southgate got a lot wrong on Thursday, but he got two things right.
Speaking just after his team’s dire 1-1 draw with Denmark, the England head coach admitted his group has “problems.”
Nailed it. No argument there.
And Southgate was right on the money when he predicted the English public and press would be deeply “disappointed” with the pair of displays at Euro 2024 so far.
But good press-conference performances won’t do anything to appease the general sense of dismay at England’s woefully disjointed start to a campaign they began as one of the favorites.
Sure, England sits at the top of Group C, having followed up an unconvincing 1-0 win against Serbia with a markedly worse tie against the Danes, a showing that laid bare some of the deficiencies with their head coach’s approach.
Southgate has done more at major tournaments than any recent England coach, reaching a World Cup semifinal and quarterfinal and coming within a couple of …