Sexton Blake
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I was thinking exactly the same thing Southgate seems to have an Achilles heel when it comes to substitutions and he did not manage the penalty situation properly.I was thinking there's a lot of Tisdale in Southgate. Failing to make changes, even though it's obvious to everybody that things aren't working being the main one.
Understood making the substitutions ahead of the penalties but would not have taken Henderson off because he would have been a sound choice as a one of our penalty takers.
Expected better from Rashford but did not agree with his choice of putting Saka in such a pressurised situation when Grealish and Shaw were still in the line up.
Really felt for Kane and Maguire who both took excellent penalties and even more so for Pickford who made two really excellent saves.
Nevertheless the team still did us proud and taking the best team in the tournament to the brink is a major achievement.