Casemiro was always talented but also the poster boy for too good, too soon and unmotivated as fuck. I was surprised when Real Madrid bought him and even more when he excelled there, it’s unfathomable for anyone who watched him in his São Paulo days.

So not all that surprising that he fell off massively after 1) crashing out of probably his last WC and 2) moving to United lmao

Definitely true, but I think they should try to build on the momentum and take a step up coaching wise. Southgate has done his part but he’s not even close to the level of the players he has available.

They massively overperformed in the first half of the season and built a nice 15-point lead, but their coach left to SA in July. Then they appointed Bruno Lage, who started off well but wasn’t very well liked by the squad, I guess, because I’m pretty sure they were dropping points on purpose at the end of his run to get him fired.

Then they appointed an assistant at the club, a direct request from the players. Form dropped and then recently they massively fucked up the last bit of lead they had by losing a hugely important game to Palmeiras 4x3 after leading 3x0 and even having the chance to make it 4x1 with a penalty kick. Then just a week later they did it again by fucking up a 3x1 lead and losing 4x3 again, this time against Grêmio, another direct competitor to the title.

Their mental has to be in the mud now and I don’t see them coming back to the race, they’re fucked.