Thomas Siniecki, Media365: published on Friday October 11, 2024 at 4:14 p.m.
Lee Carsley, the new England coach, is not expected to succeed Gareth Southgate beyond the end of the year 2024.
England’s improbable defeat against Greece on Thursday evening at Wembley (1-2), while the Three Lions had already equalized late through Jude Bellingham but conceded a new goal in added time (double from Vangelis Pavlidis), plunges supporters into turmoil and the media do not hesitate to talk about “a disordered and outdated England”, according to the Daily Mail. At Sky Sports, we specify that Lee Carsley is now hesitant to apply for lasting succession to Gareth Southgate on the bench of European vice-champions, he who was promoted (officially) on an interim basis from the Espoirs to the A.
“It was my idea, I thought about it for a long time”
The new Irish boss (that’s why he doesn’t sing God Save the King), who started well in September with two victories against Finland (2-0) and especially at home in Ireland (0-2), ” thought it was important to try something different” and said he was “happy to take responsibility for it”, in order to justify initial choices which caused much discussion. Jude Bellingham and Cole Palmer played in a different role than usual, the first almost in No. 6 and the second in false No. 9.
“It was my idea, I thought about it for a long time in terms of construction and feeling. We tried something different by trying to overload the midfield. We had experimented with 20 minutes in training on Wednesday, we are disappointed that it didn’t work but we shouldn’t rule out these different things. We’ll have to try again, it’s an option for the future.” Finally, by recalling that he must not continue his mission beyond the month of November… But that is another story that the Federation could decide to resolve differently, if however Lee Carsley raises the bar in terms of results. A place other than the first in its group in Nations League B, synonymous with direct promotion to League A, is thus excluded.
