England suffered their worst home defeat since 1928 on Tuesday night as they were beaten 4-0. There are a lot of factors at play, but most of the scrutiny has fallen on the head of manager Gareth Southgate.
An international manager's job is a double-edged sword and Southgate is learning that the hard way. He is the most successful England manager since Alf Ramsey, reaching a World Cup semi-final and a European Championship final with a talented squad but after a disappointing round of fixtures, doubts are beginning to circle within the fanbase about whether he should even be in charge for the World Cup in November.
A change of management is of course, unlikely to happen, especially with only a handful of games and limited training time ahead of the 2022 World Cup, but what can change is the personnel. Southgate gave a number of new players the chance to prove themselves over this international break, however other than Marc Guehi, no one truly staked their claim to be starting in the long term.
