{"id":196555,"date":"2024-07-04T16:41:03","date_gmt":"2024-07-04T16:41:03","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2024\/07\/04\/phil-foden-concedes-there-is-only-so-much-gareth-southgate-can-do\/"},"modified":"2024-07-04T16:41:03","modified_gmt":"2024-07-04T16:41:03","slug":"phil-foden-concedes-there-is-only-so-much-gareth-southgate-can-do","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2024\/07\/04\/phil-foden-concedes-there-is-only-so-much-gareth-southgate-can-do\/","title":{"rendered":"Phil Foden concedes \u2018there is only so much\u2019 Gareth Southgate can do \u2013"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><\/p>\n<div>\n<p><strong>England forward Phil Foden admits the players must share the blame for the team\u2019s underwhelming showings at Euro 2024 this summer.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>The Three Lions won just one of their three group games and came within seconds of elimination from the\u00a0last 16 at the hands of Slovakia, only for a stunning overhead kick from Jude Bellingham in the dying embers to take the game to extra-time.<\/p>\n<p>Manager Gareth Southgate has been the primary target of criticism from the England fans, but Foden leapt to the defence of his boss and insisted the players are also at fault.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI feel like the players have got to take some of the blame,\u201d Foden said. \u201cThere has to be some leaders to get together and find out a solution to why it is not working.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThere is only so much the manager can do. He sets you up in a system and tells you how to press. If it is not going like that you have to\u2026 you never decide when a person is going to drop deep, as well. Maybe change the formation you are not used to. The players have got to adapt to what the other team is doing to be better.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThat\u2019s what I spoke about before \u2013 maybe not just sitting back and accepting it. I feel like just having a chat maybe when the ball goes out, getting together having a chat and saying, \u2018what\u2019s going wrong?\u2019 I feel like against Denmark we didn\u2019t really do that. We just kind of accepted that they were putting pressure on us.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cYou can obviously prepare for a game but you can\u2019t prepare for players moving out of position and making it awkward for you, so hopefully now going into this game we can get it right. It is something we have definitely spoken about recently and, going forward, hopefully you will see a different side to us pressing-wise.\u201d<\/p>\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-alpha-channel-opacity\"\/>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/07\/01j1ydt89fd59739g6bp.jpg\" alt=\"Gareth Southgate, Phil Foden\" title=\"Gareth Southgate, Phil Foden\"\/><\/figure>\n<p>Southgate is under pressure \/ James Gill \u2013 Danehouse\/GettyImages<\/p>\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-alpha-channel-opacity\"\/>\n<p>Foden went on to sympathise with Southgate, acknowledging that\u00a0England\u2019s players have not done enough to protect their manager.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI feel sorry for Gareth,\u201d Foden explained. \u201cHe has not set out to do that. In training he has been telling us to press and be high up on the pitch and I feel like, sometimes, it has to come from the players.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe have to be leaders and I feel like in those games we could have got together a little bit more and worked out a solution. So yes, I feel like we have spoken about it more and if it happens again in a game, we can get together and find a solution and see where it is going wrong and adapt our press.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>England will hope for a much-improved performance when they face Switzerland in the quarter-final of\u00a0Euro 2024\u00a0in the first of Saturday\u2019s two games.<\/p>\n<p><!-- CONTENT END 1 --><\/p><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>England forward Phil Foden admits the players must share the blame for the team\u2019s underwhelming showings at Euro 2024 this summer. 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