Three Lions fans are fed up after enduring a nightmarish year which saw them exit Euro 2016 to minnows Iceland before losing two managers in three months.
England supporters have voiced their disappointment at the current state of English football.
Sam Allardyce’s departure as boss after just 67 days was the latest in a year of many lows for the national side, with BBC pundit Alan Shearer describing them as ‘a laughing stock’.
England laboured to a 2-0 win over Malta at Wembley Stadium in their World Cup qualifier on Saturday evening, and many fans left disenchanted after a seemingly lacklustre display from the Three Lions.
England’s Dele Alli in action with Malta’s Gareth Sciberras
Goals from Daniel Sturridge and Dele Alli proved enough to see off the European minnows in Gareth Southgate’s first game in charge as interim boss, but it wasn’t enough to sway fans still hurting from their Euro 2016 exit to Iceland.
Some described the performance as ‘passionate-less’ and ‘a joke’, accusing the ‘millionaire players of not wanting to play for the shirt’.
England’s Dele Alli shoots at goal as Malta’s Ryan Camilleri looks on
Others lamented ‘the politics within English football’, highlighting Jack Wilshire’s inclusion in Roy Hodgson’s Euro 2016 squad ahead of Danny Drinkwater despite the disparity in match fitness between the two.
Having won his first game as interim manager, Southgate will take his place in the dug-out for tonight’s World Cup qualifier in Slovenia.
England interim manager Gareth Southgate
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