"Top players affect big games!" | Gareth Southgate | England 2-1 Slovakia | ITV Sport
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This guy can never admit he’s wrong
It's hard and takes strength to admit when you are wrong neither of which southgate has
You won the game . Stop complaing . A manager is not some magic wizard that controls how players play on the pitch . Confidence and nerves are also a thing , and criticism does nothing but drag the teams morale down . Be happy with your win and praise your team. It's very few nations that get into the quarter finals of a euro!
He's not the nice guy everyone thinks he is IMO. He should just eff off and take his shambolic , boring , tactic free football with him.
@@karlbabst2484 we were playing like shit and he waited until the 60th and 80th minutes to make any substitutions. just stop.
A crap manager
He’s not acknowledging his pitfalls and mistakes. He’s taking no responsibility for the performance again.
He won't take responsibility. He's lucky to even be in the position he's in, getting paid millions to set England up to deliver that kind of performance. Eventually it will come to an end and he won't be on a salary of 5 million, but it's in his interest not to take any blame or indicate that he just might have had a hand in England's shambolic performance.
The result is all that matters. He did get lucky. 🍀
Southgate a yes man , a very average player when he played , and as our manager , he is negative , defensive , his player selections terrible , we play square , negative non football , no movement , backward , sideways football , over hyped arrogant players too !
He actually gives himself credit for throwing on Toney with a minute to go 😂
Its because it isnt a mistake, he is trolling us on purpose. Makes changes with 1 minute left to go in stoppage time. No way thats not an attempt to troll the England fans who booed him and threw bottles at him. 😂
Cole Palmer only got on the field cos Trippier took a knock. Then Southgate waited till 13 mins before the end to fetch Eze on and the dying moments for Toney.. *ANYONE* can make a mistake but when you WONT correct it and its gone on for all 4 games.........
And Slovakia made more changes, even tho they were ahead
Cost us the World Cup semi final and final of the last euros too.. madness not using subs
@@pavasite4278 and *first* ffs.
We won the game ffs
Palmer was awful
The fact that Gordon didnt come on means the exact same team will start again
So true , no shots on target and he doesn’t think the attack was the problem
I was almost relieved to see them go out, but he got his butt saved again by key players.
The torture goes on...
@@mistazed1170foden
@@yup9451don’t watch it then?
How he is a manager of England I will never know his tactics are pass the ball round the back for 90 mins nothing changes bench’s the best players and when we need s goal he doesn’t make a sub till the 72nd then 92nd imagine bringing on a striker in the 92nd should of brought Toney on at half time regardless of final result if any team touches Southgate when he leaves England they must want there tran relegated
When is an interviewer just going to ask....
"Do you have even the slightest idea of what you are doing?!"
That was an absolute SHAMBLES from start to finish.
They won’t ask it as they know it’ll be their last ever interview
They also won’t ask if we win the match as end of the day, that’s all that matters
I'm not even English and I was getting annoyed af. Every single game.
This one was especially bad and he got his butt saved by key players. The luck this man has...
Not quite a shambles at the end - but I'm with you 99.9% was a shambles - Southgates a lucky man tonight
Yeah mate he’s got no idea what he’s doing that’s why we’ve been to 2 QF’s, a SF and a final in his 4 tournaments as manager 🤦♂️
2 mins away from one of the biggest embarrassments in football and he’s giving it mr. Big bollocks like he’s a tactical genius
Let’s not pretend we won’t set out exactly the same against the Swiss. Southgate is an incredibly average and lucky coach. A moment of magic saved this from being one of the most miserable stains on the entire history of the England national team.
Let's not pretend you're not a moron and have anything of value to say either, ok?
It's those moments of magic which make sport special
@@jm-np4mu no it's not. playing well makes the sport special. thank fuck the spain game was on after so i could get that nasty taste out of my mouth
Did he not reach two semi finals and a final back to back to back? Take your negativity somewhere else. Broke bums
@@cp5589 reaching semi finals means absolutely nothing. Pure loser talk if you think that brings a sense of achievement for a nation as big as England.
Embarrassing. We've been shit all tournament long and the only thing he ever changes to the lineup is one CDM.
We have been bad, we've not played well yet we're in the quarter final, cheer up
Nah possession stats are solid - need to improve chances
@@marttyler2569 because we have had lucky as fuck draws, we would have got creamed in spains group
@@SB-hm4iw yeah i thought yous did well on the ball and chances in the 2nd half i mean kane had a sitter rice hit the post foden had a goal dissalowed
@@marttyler2569played 4 average sides and looked 2nd best in all. Now up against a technically good side. 👍
Southgate is mistaking passivity for patience. Could have made substitutions way earlier. Bringing Toney on in the last minute. Madness.
Well it worked
@@BobbyDaz Toney was spectacular, which is my point. Southgate should have brought him earlier, rather than gambling with 90 seconds to go.
Getting lucky isn't a great managerial tactic. We got lucky tonight, let's not pretend it was strategy that got us there.
@@MrErnestCC making the changes late didn't work. nothing about those changes required doing them late.
Toney looks class .
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90+ mins before our first shot on target? We made Slovakia look like 2002 Brazil. Glad to win be Southgate was very very lucky tonight
Slovakia weren’t even that good tbh. It’s just we offered nothing and allowed them to look goos
Doubt Brazil would have parked every player behind the ball but get your point
@@pavasite4278 completely agree mate, Southgate’s clueless
@@ivandennis7 that’s what Southgate does soon as we go 1-0 up, even if it’s the 13th minute against Serbia 😂
But Southgate says Slovakia are a very good team.....delusional politician, not a football manager
He HIMSELF has absolutely NO IDEA what he’s doing. The guy will never admit he’s not cut for this. Meanwhile England continues to get Lucky, and Gareth Southgate continues to PRETEND he meant all of it! 🤞🚫
he said he wanted toney to bring CHAOS with just 1min to go ....🙃
I think we were already chaotic enough
Hahaha! This guy is as clueless as a compass in the universe. He has not the slightest idea of what the actual Fu** he’s doing
what a brave move that was Mr safegate!
It was full blown panic. Abject desperation. And I don't want to see it again.
It really was.
Im watching Spain right now and they're tearing Georgia a new one.
They're so neat, so clinical, so drilled.
If England get much further, it will be an absolute miracle.
That one touch football❤
Funny thing is England might get to the final and Spain lose before that.
@@user-zm3px2qj4m Just because England don't meet Spain Germany or France . Anyway they will lose the final
@@user-zm3px2qj4mon paper it looks like England should make the final, but football isn't played on paper. The Swiss are playing as a team and the evidence so far they're going to beat England
They have a clear mind
The luckiest man in Christendom tonight
What that the stadium name?
@@popcornguy-wn4hhno its not its veltins-arena , im from that area but i don’t know what this guy talking about 😅😂
@@kevinf.9651 veltins is Hamburg stadium name?
The way Southgate was talking about how hard it was to break down Slovakia you'd thought that Slovakia was in the top 10 in the FIFA world ranking and not 44th in the world , England got lucky tonight , they won't be so lucky on Saturday
Slovakia had the most shots faced in all the group stages
This is like an advert, with the ending "You too, can be England Manager...."
"You put a sub on at that time...he maybe doesn't even touch the ball" he says!!
EXACTLY GARETH WTF
This man doesn't know he's born
2:04 I think Toney was saying what we all were at home
If it wasn’t for his impact he would of played 2 minutes of football 😂😭🤣
We are so lucky southgate needs to go still.
euros cup final, world cup semi final, still in euro 2024. yeah ur story checks out
@@davidmcnaboe thats cus of our players and the teams we've played in those tournaments. What great team have we beat with Southgate? Germany in the last Euro's maybe, but his tactics are crap and the results are based on team talent alone. As soon as we play a team with good players and good tactics, Spain etc, we're finished.
I heard on the commentary that between 1966-2016 England have won 6 knockout games....in 50 years. Southgate has won that many since 2018. Our football isn't electric, but he does get results. This is not the first time we've had good players. And we've had 'better' managers and flopped
We’re so lucky everytime according to you haters, if Messi or Ronaldo scored an overhead kick to win the game for their country you’d all be licking their ass. Support the fucking team
Who has Southgate’s England actually beaten?
If England win it it will be in spite of Southgate , rather than because of him.
Well, if they win it, they win it due to, his management, even if, it was publically wrong and. Not that entertaining, I mean, it will be a miracle if England win, playing how they playing however, it's about getting over the line. He done that today but, eventually, they won't be that, amount of time, Southgate must think, he's got all the time in the world 🤔⌚🌍 be patient but know when and who, to change, sooner.
Well if England do win it don’t celebrate seeing as you obviously don’t care
@@matthewsmith8727 criticism doesnt mean he doesnt care lmfao. Get real.
He lives on another planet to the rest of the nation.
Yes his version of probing is endless sideways passing.
Ego
Sadly not.
"We were too narrow the first half the solutions were wide" he says!!!
So bring on Gordon and Palmer then WTF!!
He's a fucking zombie or something!
I have a feeling if we continue playing this badly we could win the tournament. 😂
Definitely 😂😂 England are going to win it in the most boring and frustrating way that we won't even get to enjoy it when it finally happens 🤣🤣
This is my joke of the day😂
Hahahahah😂
I mean, Greece achived it 2004, why not?
😂😂
Big problem is this will make them think they are doing everything right. They where terrible today and got lucky. Slovakia where robbed.
Don’t see how Slovakia were robbed. Sure they were the better team but it’s not like they had decisions gone against them. The word robbery gets thrown around for no reason nowadays
No they wasn't robbed it aint over until it's over. England have always got a chance in the last minute
The possession at the end of the game was ridiculous, like 99% England - 1% Slovakia.
6 mins of ET, a first at this tournament, was the robbery
6 mins is no robbery when Slovakian players were lying on the ground all the time.
England very very lucky. Southgate to blame, collection of individuals and not a team and no style of play!
HE CANT KEEP GETTING AWAY WITH IT!!!
And he won’t
He already is
@@deanellis5150 His managerial run is quick sand, and on Saturday it will probably be RIP.
You're god damn right
One of the worst managers I've ever seen wasting an era of some of the best squads England have ever had.
Taylor, McLaren, Hodgson all easily worse, Capello and Sven had better squads and couldn’t get past a QF.
Is Southgate good? Not a chance
Is he one of the worst ever? Not even close to being *England’s* worst ever
@@Bert-lw1otU forget the competition during them eras. Hodgson team no where near as good
yeah the manager that got us to a euro semi final, a euro final and a world cup semi final ok, you plebs just wanna blame someone, the team is playing fairly meh but you cant just always blame the manager
@@Alfie-ps6ll Taylor lost to Sweden, Hodgson - Iceland and McLaren didn’t even qualify for a tournament, they’re all easily worse! I’ll give you the competition was harder for Capello and Sven, but that was also in part down to us never finishing top of our groups, so we get a tougher draw
He's a shite manager but the players ain't that good pal
England is going to struggle against Switzerland. Now, Southgate is going to think his Starting XI was the right one. Dude's too stubborn and sentimental to drop Saka and Foden.
Yeah, Xhaka and Co won't be quaking in their boots when they watch this lot, in fact Xhaka will just open up England at will...2-0 Switzerland.
Gareth will sleep easy tonight knowing he’s secured another 8 year extension from the FA after that Bellingham goal
In a way I wish England had lost so at least there was a higher chance of Southgate being sacked.
"you lucky bastard"
Bullet Tooth Tony
Complacency is rife in this camp and it comes from the manager. He has completely lost it.
Kobbie Mainoo was outstanding, I've hammered eze for his poor performance when he came on against denmark but today he did really well, dropped to left back at times, done well. Palmer needs to start over foden in the next game.
Anybody that comes on the middle of the pitch at 85 minutes will do well because they have legs.
Eze>saka atm
Southgate has literally no idea. Can only imagine when he called Foden and Stones over during the game the question was "what would Pep do"
Proof?
We have somehow bumblef*cked our way to the quarter finals.
Southgate is completely clueless
The worst thing about this result is that Southgate still thinks we played well?...even Bellingham who saved the day (and Southgate being torched) said they played really well in interviews?...are they all smoking something?...all this talk of England having great club players...they are great club players because their team mates from Spain, Germany, Italy, Holland etc...are even better and simply make the England look better than they really are!
Put all these 'great' England players together and we are lack energy, leadership and just play so sloooowwww... who knows what to expect against the Swiss...at least Southgate understand the process of how to make substitutions now!
They play better for clubs because they have competent managers and they care more about club football, that's how they make their fortune. None of these players care about England winning regardless of what anyone might think.
@@Disinfo321I do sense a lack of accountability and no real drive to improve from England. They only seem to switch “on” at certain moments. The rest of the time it’s a snore fest of them passing back to Pickford or a complete mess. And then things like Bellingham saying they played well and referring to valid criticism as “rubbish” plus Southgate refusing to change lineup or tactics or admitting mistakes comes across as arrogance and delusion. It’s almost like they’re gaslighting the fans and pundits.
true i dont know why teams are not fighting against this clown southgate its absolutely disgrace to watch this england team
Top players need a top class manager to manage them and Southgate isn't that manager
No question for me that the FA will go for a top rated manager next time.
That doesn't make sense. If you really are a top player, you'd make something happen regardless of the manager
@Kai-worldclass so your saying that no team needs a manager only top class players 😂😂😂😂
@@1970pizza That's the opposite of what I said
@@Kai-worldclass you said top players will make things happen regardless of the manager , so why have a manager in the first place
Why don’t our players run forward with ball, why don’t they pass it forward, why don’t they have courage to go after their opponents. Abjectly dismal performance from beginning to end, saved by 10 seconds of brilliance. Shocking!
“Even with the long throw I thought we can cause some chaos” - Jesus Christ. He was hoping and happy at that point that there was still a chance England could score. Any other manager would be furious they were in that position in the first place and apologise and promise to do better. This man has no self awareness.
So he only subbed toney on because "he had a feel"?
He's hopeless
"They're a good team"
Its fucking Slovakia...
Let’s be honest, we were lucky. We didn’t deserve the result based on who played the best. Nonetheless, super glad we won, that’s all that is important. Fingers crossed for a win next match.
the fans who went to see the game deserved something, luckily Bellingham and Kane were able to make it happen, it would've been so terrible for them otherwise
Forced to put Palmer on , 1 minute away from losing , no management utter shite
How he doesn’t realise Foden playing on the left is absolutely wasted is beyond me, all season he’s been playing from the right for city but he decides to put him in the left where he has been so ineffective and continues to do it, don’t understand it
He played his best in cam
Very lucky escape for England today. 2 shots on target, 2 goals! Ridiculous the number of times the players did a backpass to Pickford. Painful to watch.
Every time he blinks, it wipes his memory.
Surely that can only be the explanation for what's happening?
Southgate thinks england was playing world cup final
This was slovakia
England were odds on favorites to win this game
Slovakia should be proud of themselves
Odds on favourites is a massive understatement... They're almost always odds on favourites but Slovakia are one of the worst teams in the tournament..
How a third rate manager can make world class players look like they dont know what their doing... pr man for the FA nothing more ... 5 poor performances against teams not even in the top 40... must be one of the most underperforming teams we have ever had... and thats saying something... because weve had quite a few
THEY'RE* doing
Best p.e teacher in the world ❤
Most expensive pe teacher
Weak interviewer. Should’ve called him out on it. If the press don’t push this guy, the questions that should’ve been asked today, will undoubtedly be asked when the Swiss walk through to the semi final. Is either supreme misplaced confidence, arrogance or a bloke miles out of his depth.
This man is incredibly lucky to still have a job. He takes absolutely no responsibility for his mistakes and the team’s poor performances. He was forced to put Eze on because Trippier got injured and giving Toney 60 seconds to do something is criminal. No way he’s out here actually trying to spin this as some managerial masterclass.
We was 30 seconds away from goin out in embarrassment. A moment of magic saved us
We *WERE
He's trying to get sacked so hard yet they still find a way
A classic England night? A stressful and a horrible experience. I can’t take much more of this. Dreading the next game - might not watch it if it’s anything like today’s game.
"i never felt tonight would be the end of our tournament" is a very weird thing to hear from a man who's 'tactics' can only be described as his best effort to make sure that it would be
The trouble a Southgate thinks he's right cuz he's made it to a couple semi-finals but this is not the case. The reason why we've made it to the semi-finals is because of our players not Southgate tactics when it comes up against it. He's crap
if you can't be good, be lucky..
The thing with Southgate is I can imagine as a player he's not firing you up, he's so passive. He's not a pep, a Klopp or a Ferguson that's preparing you war making you want to leave everything you have out there...he's a participation medal manager and far too passive.
He looks like he drinks a lot of soy. He acts like this 'ard 'alpha' football player and he comes across as a bit of a tw*t tbh 😂😂 When he touches the players they look as if to say 'get your weasly hands off me, ya creep'
"Maybe we can cause some chaos ummghh"..the greatest tactician of all time. We Croats were very angry at our players and coach for dropping but when i see this team with that "big" names and Southgate we have nothing to be angry about. It’s a disgrace and mind boggling that they are still in the tournament.
The look of relief etched across his face speaks volumes
He's a dead man walking
I just see smug.
Watching England is like playing some management game on the PC, and you've got no clue what anything does, just out there hoping for shit to happen 😂
I said that to my mate earlier lol
@@cotton9087 😂🤣 it's so true haha
Init😂 it’s almost asif Southgate is learning the controls during the game and still trying to figure out how to bring on substitutes..
@@burchyscfc5988 🤣🤣
People should realize by now as displayed in this tournament that so called lesser teams give everything for the shirt and don't give a damn about their fifa rankings.
All I know is - every time I see Mainoo on the pitch, he is the best player on it.
Yh he's class if southgate don't start him I'm done with england
I can GUARANTEE you they won’t have a chance against Switzerland, get this guy OUT as soon as the boys return home.
Why wait, sack the wasteman now. Give poch a one month contract
We are unbeaten in the tournament
@@CovCitySkyBlueby the skin of our teeth in knockout football. After 3 poor games in the groups. Get him out
@@CovCitySkyBluesame is Switzerland and the also play football
@@CovCitySkyBlue unbeaten and what? The guy has the easiest group in the tournament and managed to only score 2 goals with the ‘golden generation’ of players, 1 win and 2 draws topping the group sums up the quality of the group. 2nd of all England has been given then easier side of the bracket, the fact England are favourites to win the tournament before it started, and now they’re giving this performance EVERY match is embarrassing. They’re lucky France, Germany, Spain, Portugal are on the other side, because it’ll be a battering if they played. Watch Switzerland knock England out. If u want to watch another 4yrs of Southgate football with this generation of players then you are not an England fan. The guy gets one goal and parks the bus, plays people out of position, and leave in form players on the bench, clueless.
Bellingham and Kane were the one who actually saved their team 😅
they were both shit all game. if others played wouldnt have gone down to that
He's talking as though the team has technical shortcomings, when in fact its about HIS tactical acumen (missing) and repeating the same mistakes over and over (a form of madness). However, I also think the team lack urgency, except when they are on the brink - which is usually too late. A very lucky man.
Guys can we just remember that england won. How many times have we seen england "play well" and lost. 96, 98 etc etc. As a Liverpool fan we have played awfully and still won. This isn't gymnastics, you don't get points you just win or lose. With football becoming so uniform the blue print of defending and attacking is there for all to see. Games are tighter now. We don't see 4-0 or even 3-0 that often. Like him or not Southgate has helped us defeat so many past demons. Beating Germany in a major tournament, getting to a final, winning on penalties, winning in extra time. The man has won more knockout games than nearly any other england manager. We give him stick, bellingham goes from hero to zero in a matter of 2 games. This isn't the way other countries support their teams. We should back our lads and not be so quick to complain.
Actually other countries media and fans are just as critical of their teams when they play far below the standard that they’re capable of.
French fans and media are losing their shit over their performance thus far
@Jon-cu4kv look how much we are slating Southgate after everything he's done. It's just a disgrace. Man's been one of if not the most successful england manager since 66 and we are still giving him stick for a game that we won ffs.
Gareth we would appreciate if you knew more knowledge about players’ positions, but I’m not mad that we didn’t lose.
ENGLAND WERE JUST LUCKY THERE SOUTHGATE NEEDS TO SORT OUT THE SQUAD MORE IF HE WANTS ENGLAND TO PROGRESS EVEN FURTHER.🔥.
What a throw! What a header! Never mind the finish, no goal without those precision plays.
Why didn’t he put substitutions earlier? I’m not a football expert by any means but life experience tells me that you can’t keep doing the same thing and expect different results
Slovakia utterly robbed.....England shocking
They had fuck all of the ball tbh were just lucky England couldn’t hit a barn door until Bellingham
Robbed means nothing anymore. The team that scores more goals wins the game. Stop waffling.
In the second half, Slovakia were barely trying. England were just SHIT, but I wouldn’t say Slovakia were robbed, they barely had any shots in the second half
Congratulations to England.
Fluke we should have been going home
Thank you!
@@ThatTallGuy0be quiet and support your country. If we won the Euros, you'll be telling everyone you never doubted them from the start.
@@England-fan01 I am supporting my team. Supporting your team isn’t pretending like we didn’t just squeeze through by a cnt hair. We only won because Bellingham is an absolute boss
He's turned into Mike Bassett England Manager 😂
This man should be apologising, and listening to the criticism, instead of letting Bellingham's moment of brilliance convince him that they played ok. Everyone 'is a good team' when they play against England, or they look like one.
Someone needs to tell him what we are all thinking
No one will dare to tell him anything for fear of being FIRED! Bunch of yes men around him and he's a yes man himself. He pees sitting down.
Respect to toney for not telling spasgate to get lost, bringing him on the 94th minute.
Gareth, play this team 4-4-2
Pickford
Gomez LB
Stones, walker CB
Trippier RB
Eze RM
Rice, Bellingham CM
Gordon LM
Toney, Kane Upfront
Palmer on 55th minute
Foden, Mainoo on at 63 minute
Watkins on 74 minute
Southgates eyebrows move higher up than his fullbacks
Now that you've mentioned it.. WHAT ON EARTH IS GOING ON THERE? very BIZARRE.
Where was this energy the last 3 games when these “big players” couldn’t change a baby’s nappy??
Heres what i heard. "Im horrible at my job. My top employees clean up my mess. Our organization is clearly world class and im qualified to lead them by virtue of their skill despite bringing no value."
How can any manager not utilise Gordon against a 37 year old right back? It’s absolute madness. If we sack Southgate before the quarters we might have a chance.
Soo GS is identifying the issues in this interview. But he's yet to action them and doesn't seem to until the final minutes of the game!!? Will he fix those issues he points out against Switzerland from the very first whistle?! I hope so, he has to!! COME ON ENGLAND!
He is the worst to ever do it!! Absolutely atrocious manager!!!
Suprised woke Garath Guffgate didnt start talking about Ukraine and Palestine
What England have achieved while he's been manager it's been despite him, not because of him. He's a hindrance to the team.
It was a horrible performance until the Bellingham goal
Slovakia deserved the win. Southgate out.
Listen, England might not thank me but get the contract out, put it on the table. Let him sign it, let him write whatever numbers he wants to put on there, given what he's done since he's come in. Gareth's at the wheel, man. He's doing it.
Are you Welsh?
"At half time I took Jude to one side and said, listen, don't score the amazing goal too early on, wait until about 90 seconds before I'm about to get torn a new one on live TV. That's why he's the best player in the world for me."
What a joke of a manager. This entire interview is him trying to justify his substitutions and gain credit for them. He got lucky end of… this team should be dominating Slovakia. Southgate wouldn’t get a premier league team job he’s unbelievably lucky to have this job
Southgate Tactical Masterclass !!
Shame on you Southgate
Lets just support England, lets be positive and maybe they will do well, it is not about life or death, it is just simply about a game of football and we need to remember that my friends.
Top managers affect games as well….. but you wouldn’t know anything about that, would you Gareth?
Lots of negativity here, as a foreigner watching the English game, there was every reason England should have made it 1-1 in regular time, so it would have gone into extended regardless.
Yes, it could be better, but it wasn't the near-catastrophe commenters here portray it as.
Absolutely abysmal football from start to finish. Says it all when we get a goal ahead of the 50th ranked nation, and we sit 11 men behind the ball for the remaining 30 minutes. Spineless.
England were lucky to win there. Let's face it. They really need to pull their socks up and play better than they did today.
I feel for Gareth, we can't forget he's the most successful England manager since 66.... He deserves the trophy to depart with. Hope it clicks for him ... And us 😅
I tell you what, this England team in first and second half, every player had a second touch , which is even 500ms slower, the opponent already can predict our move, wheras in Man city or Madrid for instance, all the 1 touch pass makes the team unpredictable in attack, do whatever it takes to accomplish that, Spain can do that, don't blame the pitch anymore