Phil Neville takes full responsibility for England Women’s poor form

EnglandWomen boss Phil Neville said he takes full responsibility for his sides recent run of unacceptable poor performances.The Lionesses 2-1 defeat to Germany in front ofa record-breaking Wembley crowd was their fifth in their last seven matches.Weve not performed, Neville told Sky Sports. Ive not performed as a manager, the players havent performed as players and we take full responsibility for that and ultimately the buck stops with me.I need to be better as a manager to get more out of these players.The players have to pick themselves up. Thats what the best players do: they have to go through disappointment and success. Its a challenge." https://t.co/3VvbG7UdP6 Lionesses (@Lionesses) November 10, 2019Neville said he had not had any discussions with the Football Associations hierarchy about his future, but acknowledged both he and his players had to improve.The support Ive had from day one has been unwavering, he said.They knowthe plan we have set and from day one theyve shown me and the players unwavering support.What I would say now is that its up to myself as a manager and this group of players to start performing and delivering and repaying the faith that theyre showing in us.Nevilles side reached the last four of the World Cup in the summer after beating Norway 3-0, but lost 2-1 to eventual winners the United States in the semi-finals and then by the same score to Sweden in the third place play-off. View this post on Instagram Rest and recovery in A post shared by Lionesses (@lionesses) on Nov 11, 2019 at 3:54am PSTSince the World Cup, the Lionesses have drawn with Belgium and lost to both Norway and Brazil before a win against Portugal was followed by Sundays defeat at Wembley in front of a crowd of 77,768 the highest ever for an England Women home fixture.I think its probably the most frustrated as a group weve ever been, probably with each other, with the situation, said Neville, who was appointed as head coach in January 2018.Ultimately I have to take responsibility for it all and thats what I said to the team, the buck stops with me.The form that weve shown is totally unacceptable.The Lionesses play the Czech Republic in a friendly on Tuesday inCeske Budejovice.(function(i,s,o,g,r,a,m){i['GoogleAnalyticsObject']=r;i[r]=i[r]||function(){
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