Some England fans have finally got what they wanted - an excuse to go after Gareth Southgate

England's disintegration against Hungary in the Nations League has given the complaints of disaffected fans substance

England's Gareth Southgate (left) and Mason Mount at the end of the UEFA Nations League match at the Molineux Stadium, Wolverhampton. Picture Nick Potts/PA Wire. 

Well, that escalated quickly. This was an unsettling, deeply toxic night for Gareth Southgate and his England players, although mainly of course for Southgate himself, who will now find not just his feet, but his entire weary frame held to the fire of furious public opinion.

England came to Molineux looking to cap this weary, depleted Nations League silly season with a win, a sense of momentum regained. What they got was 90 minutes of pain, lactic acid, bruises and a sense, in the middle of it, the feeling of something beginning to drift out of sight.