The top three were for sure Joe Gomez, Lewis Dunk and Adam Wharton. They all had incredible tournaments.
@BennyHarveyBigMan
Ай бұрын
Didn't put a foot wrong
@yungdkay1008
Ай бұрын
Gordon??
@lucidvibes8133
Ай бұрын
@@BennyHarveyBigMan Didn't do a minute wrong
@uknsaunders
Ай бұрын
Dunk still had a stinker by being picked despite being terrible in the friendlies
@ComradeOgilvy1984
Ай бұрын
I think Jack Grealish and Ben White had a particularly good tournament. Jordan Henderson, too.
@martinherrington9499
Ай бұрын
England possession 2022 World Cup v Iran 79%, USA 56%, Wales 65%, Senegal 62%, France 58% England showed 2 years ago they can dominate possession, even against a very good team, and keep attacking after they score a goal. No one adequately explained why they WERE able to play like this in 2022, but not in 2024.
@tmkent
Ай бұрын
This is spot on. 2022 was arguably England's peak tournament performance of recent years. I heard it described as "Southgate's worst tournament", presumably because we got knocked out in the Quarters. Well I'd rather get knocked out in a tight game after playing 5 brilliant games, than get rolled over in the final after 7 games playing absolute tripe
@martinherrington9499
Ай бұрын
@@tmkent yeah it’s funny. People telling the story of the Southgate years seem to forget 2022. This (mostly good) video does the same. In the early games against weaker opposition, once they scored, they kept attacking and scored 12 in 4 games. Against France they had most of the ball, took more shots than France, and more shots on target. France maybe slightly the better team on the day, but still England had chances to take it to extra time. The best tournament of the Southgate era, and England’s best since at least 2002. Keep THAT kind of performance and progress going, and England should win something - and deserve it when in happens.
@EmissaryOfStuff
Ай бұрын
Must have been because of Kalvin Philips😜
@markool88
Ай бұрын
Because Kane was playing with runners
@martinherrington9499
Ай бұрын
@@markool88 Nine of the eleven in the game v France were the same prayers as v Spain. The changes: Guehi for Maguire, Mainoo for Henderson. The “runners” in the France game were Foden on the left and Saka on the right - both of whom played v Spain. One team scored 12 goals in the first four games and had the bulk of possession v France. The other played constipated football and couldn’t keep the ball v Spain. I still don’t get it.
@paulocezardinizjunior346
Ай бұрын
Was trippier bad? Yes Was it his fault? Absolutely no Southgate asks a very much right-footed right back to play as an overlapping left, which is obviously not working. If u look at right-footed LB, that worked in the past they usually come inside as an extra midfielder.
@akwilson1676
Ай бұрын
Bro had Gomez and refused to play him all tournament.
@paulocezardinizjunior346
Ай бұрын
@akwilson1676 I don't usually say this (most of the time, I believe that managers see something I don't), but I genuinely think I could do a better job than Southgate.
@paulocezardinizjunior346
Ай бұрын
@akwilson1676 also, the foden slander is nuts. He didn't play well, but Southgate literally played to his weakness.
@akwilson1676
Ай бұрын
@@paulocezardinizjunior346 He played to all of their weaknesses. Trent is weak in his positioning, Rice can't play as a 6, Foden can't hold the width, Kane is not poacher, Jude can't play as a 10,...He knew all that, and still decided to use them the way he did. If that's not tactical incompetence I don't know what is.
@paulocezardinizjunior346
Ай бұрын
@akwilson1676 This jude at 10 thing is nuts. Too many people actually believed that he could do it. He is an 8, he has the brains of an 8, and he tries to carry the ball here there is no space to do it.
@justinlewis4970
Ай бұрын
Gordon’s six minutes were some of the best of the tournament. The guy is fearless and tenacious and will pay in high gear for 90 minutes. Hope he gets the minutes in 2026.
@martinherrington9499
Ай бұрын
@@justinlewis4970 yup. Given the lack of attack on the left Gordon looked like an obvious choice. Then Trippier could stay home and defend, which he does well.
@matthewdobson100
Ай бұрын
this is just such an overeaction to one pass. he got the ball once tried to beat a man on the outside (what people wanted him in the team for) and ran it out of touch imediately. then he came deep to get the ball (the thing no one wanted him in the team to do) and make a good pass forward, which was indeed nice, but the notion that represents "some of the best of the tournament" is just silly. you can't judge what he might or might not have done in the rest of the tournament from those contributions.
@matthewdobson100
Ай бұрын
for the record I thought he should have been used at left midfield in a 3-4-3 from the first game of the tournament after it was obvious from the warm up games what Southgate was going to do with Trippier at left back. so it's not that I don't like him or think he shouldn't have played but i think people have ovreacted to some of the subs performances who came into the game in totally different scenarios to starting players.
@agin1519
Ай бұрын
I’m going to go ahead and say that his getting injured because he tried to take a selfie who going downhill at speed on a bike might’ve caused Southgate to lose a bit of trust in him…
@robwalters2537
Ай бұрын
He would’ve solved most of our tactical issues as well
@Jack-jb4qd
Ай бұрын
Southgate totally fucked England this tournament. Taking 1 LB that wasn't even fit Playing long ball and losing the possession 90% of the time Playing an unfit Kane in a system that doesn't suit him Playing players out of position Not using his squad, Watkins, Gordon, Palmer, Wharton, Trent should ALL have had more minutes. He even mentioned players had fatigue! Why didn't you rotate then? He bugs me that he gets the praise that he does and even more so that it was HIS choice to leave..
@adamcetinkent
Ай бұрын
He has such a misaligned self-image.
@unknownllama9833
Ай бұрын
Trent shouldn’t have got more minutes, southgate doesn’t trust him as a rb so he want played there and Trent was given 2-3 games in midfield and he wasn’t good so he was dropped, isn’t that what people want southgate to do? Drop players that don’t perform regardless of their popularity?
@QuaZamp
Ай бұрын
@@unknownllama9833 yeah he has done it a number of times and people forget how much advocacy there was for certain players from the media that turned out to be totally wrong. You’ve got to start Kane, you’ve got to find a place for Trent, you’ve got to play Kyle Walker, you’ve got to get Bellingham and Foden on the pitch, Rice is the best midfielder guaranteed starter. I think he made lots of the changes people asked for but almost all of them didn’t work.
@garethgriffiths1674
Ай бұрын
Rice though had a terrible tournament: constantly giving the ball away, or padding only sideways. @@QuaZamp
@Jack-jb4qd
Ай бұрын
@@unknownllama9833 Trent should've got more minutes. There were times we were chasing an equaliser and we had walker on the right crossing the ball in and trent (one of the worlds best at it) sitting on the bench. Im not saying trent shouldve started games, I'm saying that he should've got more minutes. My point is that Southgate didnt use his squad properly
@alfiesamwell
Ай бұрын
Pickford was one of our best players in the tournament his passion is second to none , when Foden went in to the middle he got the game ticking moving for the ball calling for it Our matches lacked movement off the ball decoy runs and even calling for it Kane was a donkey up top
@nil_db
Ай бұрын
Pickford's long balls were a bane
@Lylepr
Ай бұрын
Agree but he ran out of options playing short when teams pressed us and Kane was unable to get on the end of anything. Partly Pickford's last resort.
@collapsiblechair9112
Ай бұрын
he shows a lot of energy and passion but it gets in the way of his footballing intelligence, at times he was mindless with his insistence of booting the ball aimlessly upfield.
@adamcetinkent
Ай бұрын
@collapsiblechair9112 yeah, he screams football intelligence when not under pressure
@marshac1479
Ай бұрын
Awful. Losing possession with hopeless kicks down the field.
@Sam-es2gf
Ай бұрын
Not helped by our "hold up" striker being fucking useless. Maybe with Toney it could have been a plan B but as it was, just gifting the ball away.
@seanandben
Ай бұрын
Kane was - (as people were saying to quote you) - consistently bad throughout the tournament and there's no excuse for it. He's been England's saviour so many times in the past, but those days are gone and it's time for a change. I can't see him being England captain in the next World Cup if he makes the squad as he's beccome too slow and predictable.
@rolitshindane5742
Ай бұрын
Lol love the ingrained man city excuse making for Foden
@abody499
Ай бұрын
9:00 Guéhi did make mistakes, but he showed he can recover well and apart from being involved in a couple of errors, he was the best CB in the tournament. In Guéhi, England have a top CB for the present and future.
@Alex-cw3rz
Ай бұрын
James Trafford Burnley's Goalkeeper is very young and 2 seasons ago when he was at Bolton had the lowest goals against of the entire league 1 and the most clean sheets. Therefore as a very young footballer especially for a goalkeeper. After all his premier league experience as well.
@larrysellers7891
Ай бұрын
I’d have to disagree on the Kane front. His performances were so bad he looked like a willing saboteur. Saka’s on the right and has cut past his man to play it into the six yard box! Kane’s stood immobile somewhere near the eighteen yard line, staring down at porridge spewing from his boots like a breakfast volcano. Bellingham’s in possession, middle of the park, looking to play a one-two off the striker? Kane’s dandered over to the touch line to check if everyone’s happy with their ticket allocations. Foden has the ball looking to play it through for the striker to run off the defender! “Are you f….. kidding me!” “Make a defender run towards his own goal!” “Nein danke!” Kane’s in his own half looking like a dementia addled pensioner that’s lost himself in the dayroom.
@tris421
Ай бұрын
I really don't see how you get Bellingham Rice and Foden in the same team without the 3 at the back. Even if you get Wharton in there then you're already shifting out one of them out of position. Either a lot more rotation is needed or some tough choices needed to be made.
@1972dsrai
Ай бұрын
It should have been about having a system and putting the best player possible into each position, not just shoehorning your best players into the team just to have them on the field. Southgate was just too scared to drop certain players and it ultimately cost England.
@steveallen3434
Ай бұрын
He just needs a better team to play for
@paulricketts10
Ай бұрын
We've all had a good look at Bellingham, Rice and Foden in the same midfield with Kane up front and it doesn't work that well. Bring on the 'tough choices' please.
@tris421
Ай бұрын
@@paulricketts10 tbh the only place it even makes sense without seeing it is Fifa.
@mh.1.
Ай бұрын
_I actually think we could play bellingham as a second striker type and then perhaps play a midfield diamond of Wharton, mainoo, rice and foden? I don’t know though. Not enough stretching of the play going on unless we play a Watkins ahead of kane or Gordon (did it at u21 euros)._
@martinherrington9499
Ай бұрын
I could NOT understand when they went to a back three why Saka was on the right and Trippier on the left. Trippier is a good right-footed crosser and Saka can cross well with his left. Suddenly we would have had a crossing threat on both wings. (Of course with Kane never making the run towards goal, it might have made no difference!)
@thrilla72
Ай бұрын
You answered your own question right at the end lol Kane is a detriment to the team
@tmkent
Ай бұрын
@@martinherrington9499 The only positive thing you can say about that decision is that *somehow* it drew the only good performance of the tournament from Saka. It's odd that he got to the byline more often in one game as a wing back than in 6 games as a proper winger. However your point stands. It was utterly baffling.
@yingyang1008
Ай бұрын
After all those years of the Gerrard/Lampard saga - now I feel like we have a new Foden/Bellingham saga I don't think it's that tough a job to be honest, but you need the gravitas to stand up to egos in the dressing room
@iad77
Ай бұрын
Playing devil's advocate, shouldn't the manager be telling Pickford to play short to the center backs or full backs? So was he told to hit it long to Kane or did he just do it on his own?
@Mljones6
Ай бұрын
I think this channel does great analysis... So I'm really confused by the Pickford piece. His distribution is a strong component to his game, he can play fantastic long passes and is happy playing short. It was very obvious that Southgate had told him to take no risks and play long - then Kane just didn't jump or challenge and we lost the ball. People speak about Pickford as though club football just doesn't exist. Baffles me.
@thrilla72
Ай бұрын
Yeah I expected Kane to at least challenge for those long balls
@roolaing
Ай бұрын
Instead of 'a new keeper developing', why don't you just improve the world-class shot-stopper you already have?
@audacious0604
Ай бұрын
Forcing Trippier to play on the left, Rice as a 6, and Foden on the left, while leaving players like Wharton, Gordon, and Palmer on the bench, is why we underperformed. In a way, it's not even Southgate's fault, as he's not the kind of manager to play proactively. However, it's inexcusable to put players in unsuitable positions and expect them to perform well. I believe the true weakness of England lies in the lack of quality English managers. If the FA insists on hiring domestically, I don't see how the England team can improve.
@hertor8803
Ай бұрын
I agree that we don't have many quality English managers but we did try Sven and Capello. Have a look at England's championship record since 1966. We're not an elite team. We're top 10 and pretty consistent but that is all. To be fair to Gareth his tournament record is favourable probably because there are some good young players and he knows how to set up well defensively, but attacking he's a disaster. For me we have always looked technically five years behind the best teams. I think that's more down to youth coaching then England managers. Just look at the way every member of the best teams shape their body when receiving the ball and the confidence they have receiving and controlling the ball under pressure. We only ever have a few players who can do that. I've seen over 10 England managers now and it's always the same.
@QuaZamp
Ай бұрын
@@hertor8803 this guy gets it ☝️ We have caught up with some of the good teams ….. of 10 years ago. We’ve not got a player close to Modric / Kroos. We thought we’d won the final when Rodri came off - little did we know that Spain could produce a team full of people that have similar skills. We have Mainoo, Foden … Wharton…other countries have it throughout their whole team and their bench. If we are honest Spain looked years ahead of England in terms of possession based football and chance creation (they did to everyone to be fair). Maybe the next generation will improve but unless you have two teams worth of world beaters (injuries and subs) you can’t hope to “deserve” to win an international tournament.
@steveallen3434
Ай бұрын
If you have left-footed players play them because I think if he played Wharton and Gordon on the left they could have worked in tandem to defend that side of the pitch and gave the opposition more to think about. Because I think that how good teams work in pairs
@droidgeist
Ай бұрын
It's not personnel. It's tactics.
@QuaZamp
Ай бұрын
@@droidgeist it’s personnel tactics
@TheWolfXCIX
Ай бұрын
Mainoo is the only player who can really be proud of their tournament. Although i blame Gareth more than all the players put together
@hottakehylas
Ай бұрын
You're forgetting Guehi. Him & Mainoo had awesome breakout tournaments
@TheWolfXCIX
Ай бұрын
@@hottakehylas Guehi was solid, true. But I can't say he ever blew me away, he just did the basics correct
@adamcetinkent
Ай бұрын
I blame Kane. Such terrible self-awareness.
@hunteroliveira999
Ай бұрын
Cole palmer?
@TheWolfXCIX
Ай бұрын
@@hunteroliveira999 did as much as he could in moments, but he barely played at all
@sharkfinn7234
Ай бұрын
Foden played centrally in the final and that was his worse game. Its also not fair to compare bellingham’s euros to his.
@tikalenjoyer1553
Ай бұрын
Comparing Bellingham to Foden is crazy. One had a good (but not great) tournament, the other had a horrible tournament.
@Daniel3NT
Ай бұрын
so most of the time England played with no left back, no number 6, and no right foot winger. What could have possibly go wrong?
@switchpete
Ай бұрын
He looks like a city fan so much doesn't he 😅
@Zombie4k
Ай бұрын
You need to prep these videos more. The fact that you missed Saka is bad but you also kept referring to the England 5 at the back in the Spain game when we had reverted to a back 4.
@justadad6871
Ай бұрын
As a casual Palace fan, it's depressing to hear all the talk of "be at a top 6 club" regarding our current players 😅
@arvin9425
Ай бұрын
Just shows how good palace's recruitment can be
@carlmcclatchie2122
Ай бұрын
You are underestimating 2 things about Konsa I think. 1 Villa are upwardly mobile, so that will mean he will be playing in bigger stake games and that historically tends to get you in the England squad. And 2 stones will be too old at the next tournament and konsa is the obvious replacement, he was forced to play left side and even left back for part of the Switzerland and he does not play either of those roles for Villa, he will be Englands next right right sided CB, once stones gets the boot for being even slower than he is now.
@averageperson8882
Ай бұрын
Guehi was definitely England’s player of the tournament. Stepped up when it counted and looked head and shoulders above the other defenders. Hopefully he becomes a main stay for England in future tournaments.
@MrTroy1811
Ай бұрын
Southgate got every decision completely wrong at every stage of this from the lead up to during the tournament, which is poor when you would expect after 8 years and pervious experience he would have learned something. Was he trying something new and rolling the dice or was he just massively out of his depth? I believe the latter and most of his career has been built on luck with players coming through and tournament opposition. Just a few things he got wrong:- Leaving it too late to try a system or use of new players in qualifiers or pre tournament friendlies Squad selection - dropping experienced players like Grealish with tournament experience and squad morale for Gordon when he had no intention of using Gordon Squad selection - taking a bunch of new players he had no intention of playing, Squad selection - Not using his whole squad like previous tournaments Squad selection - Not taking a left sided centre back - Brainthwaite Squad selection - Taking injured players Sticking with same formation and starting line up even though it's clear its not working Substitutions - slow and too late Not subbing or dropping big name players underperforming- notably Kane, Bellingham, Rice Same outdated tactics for every single game - no shock tactics, use of squad or formation to try something new against different opposition Whole game plan was for penalties or to nick one from a set piece which with this squad is unforgivable
@android1617
Ай бұрын
Thanks for showing some love for TAA instead of joining in on the circle jerk around Kyle Walker.
@LNJ93
Ай бұрын
Finally a good Pickford take! THANK YOU! Amount of pundits and journalists calling him England's best ever goalkeeper and a guarantee to be starting in 2 years. He CANNOT be starting if we want to be a positive possession team. He's a good goalkeeper when defending his goal but not great, so plenty of room for improvement. Ramsdale (Should be playing now)/Trafford (if he improves) please!
@bugofcake
Ай бұрын
awful take, Ramsdale is far too mistake ridden and has severe confidence issues (which is the one thing you do not want in a goalkeeper). Trafford is not ready yet and as for Pickford. He's a GREAT goalkeeper when defending his goal, little room for improvement. And as for the kicks, it was mostly down to his teammates not winning any of the second balls, not really his fault.
@duyanhng8430
Ай бұрын
@@bugofcakethe last part of your comment is so dumb it’s absurd
@adamcetinkent
Ай бұрын
@@bugofcakeif your team can't win second balls, stop humping it long
@NedTesco
Ай бұрын
Interested to see what Dean Henderson does under Glasner this season as well. And yeah hopefully Ramsdale moves for more minutes
@KOBKStreak
Ай бұрын
@@bugofcake Pickford literally kicked the ball with such a curve, it went away from 2 England players, to the right and straight to a Spanish player in space!!
@rikachu571
Ай бұрын
Given how little time international managers get to build affinity and cohesion and coach systems/tactics, I’m a great believer in taking advantage of club connections. Ideally Ben White on the right if we are playing Saka and Rice. On the left, Guehi, Mitchell and Wharton.
@Mansa_Musa3099
Ай бұрын
Seems harsh on Pickford. He was clearly capable of playing that pass to Stones - my assumption is that his instruction was to go long.
@1972dsrai
Ай бұрын
It really made no sense considering Kane wasn’t moving and able to get onto any of them. It was simply going back to Spain each time and giving them another chance to create an attack.
@Mansa_Musa3099
Ай бұрын
@@1972dsrai It makes sense if you are terrified of the Spanish press. Better that Kane loses it with 10 men behind the ball, than Rice with just the CBs to beat. NB. Not advocating the hoof just explaining a potential rationale.
@NicholasLoxwell
Ай бұрын
Englands biggest weakness is it's vast array of exceptional talent. "Too many chefs ruin the broth" as they say. You either need someone with a compatible style to come in as manager and force their creed on the team to the best of everyones ability, or you get a great, worldly manager who can truly bring the best out of everyone. Luckily theres a special one hidden in the shadows... The revolution may be on the horizon...
@TIMxisxHERE
Ай бұрын
England got this far DESPITE Southgate, that's how much individual talent this squad has. England played their best game when behind, as soon as they go even or in front, they just sit back. Why are you sitting back with so many creative players in your team? Why do you put Foden on the field, but then make him track Rodri all game. Pick someone else who is more suited for that. To me it feels like Southgate had by far the most talented squad, but always tried to sort of adapt to the opposition and the scoreboard, without actually utilizing what he has on the field (and the bench). I think Southgate totally wasted the first attempts of this generation. 'Making it all the way to the final' is meaningless when the differences on the right and left side of the bracket are that big.
@squidguard1
Ай бұрын
You had the easiest run of games to the final. You really aren’t that great, outside of a about 2 elite players , the rest of your squad is pretty standard for this level, just overrated and overhyped by your media. You will never, ever win another tournament lol
@TIMxisxHERE
Ай бұрын
@@squidguard1 You're adressing this as if I'm english. I'm not and none of these are my players. But you cannot pretend that this isn't a great squad. It's just that Southgate is extremely poor. You could clearly see this everytime they went behind, because when pride kicks in, it is literally their individual quality that lets them beat opponents. Put De La Fuente before this squad and you'd see something WAY better (or any top coach really). The fact that Foden was doing the tasks of a defensive midfielder, while when in possession he is in exactly the same spot as Bellingham... I mean, this is really really really basic stuff. And it's even worse BECAUSE their squad actually has a lot of variety (which back in the other golden generations wasn't always the case), but Southgate just doesn't know how to use it.
@markmann860
Ай бұрын
Saka is excellent but Bowen is more direct and might have worked better at times because he makes the sort of runs that, as you say, Kane dropping deep needs.
@adamsaunders9876
Ай бұрын
I'm hoping the new strategy will involve a harder working striker that maybe not so lethal but allows our play to be on the front foot, we have plenty of goals in the team if it was allowed to get into the opponents penalty box more
@adamcetinkent
Ай бұрын
Rice needs Wharton to cook.
@IggyGoesPop666
Ай бұрын
Southgate turned into David Moyes during this tournament as he constantly played his first eleven, ignored the fact that he had a squad of players, played way too many players out of position, played the most negative tactics even against lesser team whilst the pair of them hang their careers on Kalvin useless Phillips ... and that is why the pair of them are unemployed!
@James-gr5mx
Ай бұрын
kane played every game and was terrible he never let watkins play and chose his favourite players. palmer should start instead of foden but he only let him play 10 min. rice couldnt play as a CDM he never can pass a ball or have vision
@EricBandoo
Ай бұрын
Trent is the best incisive ball player we have…A crime not to use him
@gentleken7864
Ай бұрын
Foden is not a runner. Kane is not a runner either. Saka was the only one to try and run in behind, but that was in the second game, where Trent was not playing. First eleven too static, but when Bowen, Gordon and Watkins came on they ran in behind.
@LevyHappyClapper
Ай бұрын
James Maddison was by far the best player in the English team
@ArnyBoy
Ай бұрын
Stop baiting us by putting the red thumbnail and then having this prat on screen
@nickwoodward819
Ай бұрын
The number of comments slating England fans for expecting more is just nuts. As if because the golden generation existed and failed we are hyping up the team. Pisses me off really.
@babakmohajeri3370
Ай бұрын
just imagine after Palmer's goal, if Southgate was subbing Walker with Trent and Foden with Gordon to use the momentum, the game could change. He did only 3 changes and Toney came so later. Meanwhile Spain was constantly refreshing his team. i think even England had a better bench but Southgate was so afraid to make changes.
@richwebb3943
Ай бұрын
Pickford made one good save. The one you showed was straight at him. He couldn't do anything about the goals we conceded, but his distribution is fucking dreadful. Ramsdale or Trafford (if Ramsdale can get a game somewhere)
@bugofcake
Ай бұрын
His team mates fault for never winning the second balls, or down to the tactics of Southgate
@benjamincorbett
Ай бұрын
He rarely makes blunders really. I’m sure you’ve seen Trafford 😂 and ramsdale who are very error prone. Need an a new keeper to come out of nowhere.
@jacobknock6559
Ай бұрын
@@benjamincorbettBut top keepers will make one or two but if we’re confident of going and scoring two or three then i think people won’t be as annoyed, I do like Ramsdale in cause i think in his day he can be up there with his shot stopping too
@benjamincorbett
Ай бұрын
@@jacobknock6559 yeah he can, needs to play first team though. He’s decent too, needs to get more experience to work on the concentration. Pickford is decent with his feet anyway, just was bad this Euros with it.
@elthamo
Ай бұрын
Mate, Kane was definitely injured, did you see the yellow card he got? That was because he couldn't move fast enough to the ball and fouled the player. When did you last see him get a yellow?
@1972dsrai
Ай бұрын
Kane clearly has a back injury. He was sub’d in the UCL final and missed the last couple of games of the German season because of it. He was not fit going into the Euro’s.
@thrilla72
Ай бұрын
Walker is the ONLY England player who got into the Euro 24 team of the season. Those goals in the final weren't his fault, he had to mark two players
@eeextras3896
Ай бұрын
What option did Pickford have? Whenever he played it short, the ball just ended up back with him. Even the throw in on Spain's penalty area ended up back at Pickford. Just because you're a Man City fan, doesn't mean England should try and play like them.
@DeltaRunner6
Ай бұрын
All im gonna say is that you clearly dont know much about pickford in terms of his goalkeeping profile, he is known for being very good with the ball out his feet, he can play out from the back but it was the instructions southgate was giving him which is why he would boot it long
@relicreturns
Ай бұрын
Love to see the Four Four Two resurgence - "Athletic" style content with way more personality - but please drop the 80's rock soundtrack!
@AndarBarrishi
Ай бұрын
“Left/leaves a LOT to be desired” not “little to be desired”. Very big difference.
@VBD_tts
Ай бұрын
Just in case you might be interested, could you do an analysis of the french team ? Seems like they had similar issues to england this tournament with players not really in their elements
@Rassalcon
Ай бұрын
I remember when the argument for keeping Pickford as our number 1 was because he was better with his feet than our other top goalies...
@tomwarbrick9154
Ай бұрын
You've made yourself look a bit foolish there. Do you think Pickford was just being asked to go long? He's very capable when it comes to playing out from the back when asked, he was one of our top performers, and most likely played to the tactic his manager asked of him. You've got plenty of excuses for Alexander-Arnold, so please use the same approach for Pickford, who gets enough stick already.
@iad77
Ай бұрын
Without wanting to bash Southgate too much, a lot of the problems were down to style of play, the system and players in unnatural positions and experimenting in a major tournament when he should've used the friendlies in the last year or so to try different things but it was always the same thing....
@markool88
Ай бұрын
I feel like no one wants to admit that the best England side cannot have Foden and Bellingham starting. It has to be one of the other
@jctrewin
Ай бұрын
Saka is good but Southgate really needed to consider benching him for a couple of games with the wealth of other options we had. Same with Foden and Bellingham. He was too rigid and needed to give far more chances to the 2nd xi.
@Adam-pt3cb
Ай бұрын
With Southgate gone we’ve surely got to be putting white in at right back. Better than Trent the last two seasons and has a good on pitch affinity with saka.
@1972dsrai
Ай бұрын
In defence of Southgate England had never reached a Euro’s final until he took charge.
@Episode_13
Ай бұрын
England playing possession is not how they play in general, will take years to change the culture and mentality of possession play etc.
@RatelHBadger
Ай бұрын
But given all the players in the squad, you'd expect them to play naturally at some point.
@tflp1950
Ай бұрын
Surely Pickford was just following direction in repeatedly doing long-balls. It's not a lack of ability in Pickford.
@squidguard1
Ай бұрын
There is definitely a lack of ability. He’s never been good with his feet
@robwalters2537
Ай бұрын
Criminal that Gordon didn’t play. He would’ve solved so many of Englands tactical issues (Kane would have a runner, Trippier wouldn’t have to provide the width, and no one would be shoehorned on the left out of position).
@stgeordie2638
Ай бұрын
Did you miss the Trippier assist for Fodens disallowed goal?
@commentarytalk1446
Ай бұрын
Should have gone 3-2-1-2-2 or in short: 3-2-5 in the final. It's what Pep's City looked like with Sterling era and Fernandinho. You've then got Rice and Mainoo as DMs in front of the defence. Bellingham helping dropping deep in front of those two and Gordon and Saka as wing-back with pace and skill and Palmer and Watkins up front. Bellingham has so much talent he needs to dominate the middle of the pitch and disrupt, dribble, destroy, head/target, distribute and he'll have done his main work load all match controlling the middle. With the wings and forwards and late Bellingham run if needed and support Rice/Mainoo should be enough to control Spain's wings but generate a lot more threat going forwards.
@tmkent
Ай бұрын
Blaming the 1st goal on Kyle Walker's positioning is like holding up a flag saying "I know nothing about football" He had to shuffle across. That's the full back's job. If he hadn't the ball would have been rolled into Olmo for an even easier tap-in
@78dgray
Ай бұрын
I hope Lewis Hall shines this year at Newcastle. Has the potential to be a strong left back for England.
@andrewcopeland9637
Ай бұрын
Cucurella since December has improved a lot. Especially since February. He has been a real spark outside of galladog who just runs
@marineboy1964
Ай бұрын
I wonder if the new England manager is going to make Kane England captain and start him every game going forward, I f**king hope not
@TheIncredibleBeard_
Ай бұрын
I think you're overlooking Lewis Hall and Tino Livramento for the full back positions.
@kjaamor2057
Ай бұрын
Pickford went rogue with the passing directness, Foden went rogue with the pressing. I've never been Pickford's biggest fan but I still prefer him over our other two. Foden is a dream that we need to give up on, frankly. Without Pep telling him exactly what to do he's a bit of a headless chicken. My favourite English player was Toney. Whenever he came on the entire shape changed, because we had someone who could lead a line. That has never been Kane's strength and the role he was saddled with this tournament made it an impossible task for him.
@johnhawkinshawkins1284
Ай бұрын
Southgate proves F.A stands for something other than Football Association.
@agin1519
Ай бұрын
It’s fantastic watching all these Poundland football managers say how rubbish Southgate was. Then in the next breath they say that Walker was the problem. Or slag off Trippier without referencing that he’s mostly been selected to keep it tight at the back. Walker goes with the closest threat. Watch your channel buddies’ tactical explanation about how Spain moved their players. Or how almost no one in the whole country saw this as Southgate rebuilding a team and trying things and adjusting. It’s not a team that’s played together much. I think the FA should save its money and chose a new rotating manager for each game from the obviously talented crop in the comments…
@neildean7515
Ай бұрын
Ghehe and Saka were the best, most consistent England players in this Euros. The balance of our team was shocking and under a World Class modern Coach, this team would have win the world cup. Tripper at LB and tubby Luke shaw was an embarrassment. No wonder Bellingham was pissed off, he was told to play the final Against Spain on the LEFT WING. He’s the best player in our midfield.. a No.8 or 10. Foden disappointed with 7 games, 0 Assists and 0 Goals…Harry Kane’s movement, positioning and movement into the box was shocking. Kane, Foden & Bellingham all played position No.10.. all closing each other space… shockibg to watch at times and i am amazed Southgate didnt resolve this. Not playibg Gordon was shocking. Palmer was a fresh of breath air.. what a swagger and performances does he have.. class..Thank you Southgate, but we need to move on..
@James-gr5mx
Ай бұрын
watkins and palmer should of played but he chose his favs. why was foden and kane playing every game and they both did nothing the entire euros. trippier at left back is insane
@Adrian-xb5fq
Ай бұрын
Ghehehehehhehe
@iad77
Ай бұрын
Midfield 3 rice, Kobee, and Wharton. Bellingham at 10, a rejuvenated rashford on the left, Palmer or saka on the right..... Up front? Who replaces Kane? Watkins? If he continues to improve and score goals at the highest level maybe....
@TotalitarianDemocrat
Ай бұрын
Are you playing a back three?
@iad77
Ай бұрын
@@TotalitarianDemocrat I don't think we can with the forwards we have... If we play wing backs then I don't see how to fit the wide forwards into the team.... But set up in a 4231 and have someone like stones step into the pivot, then the full backs change to center backs, Shaw for example is fine playing CB
@TotalitarianDemocrat
Ай бұрын
@@iad77 You can't fit in all of Rice, Mainoo, Wharton, Bellingham, Rashford, Palmer/Saka and Kane/Watkins unless you play a back three.
@iad77
Ай бұрын
@@TotalitarianDemocrat yeah my mistake I put a number 10 with 3 mids 😂.....I can't see us playing with a back 3 though with the wingers we have... It should be an option in some games though
@c0mbat15
Ай бұрын
Do I have to watch 40 mins if video to find out the scores?
@EricBandoo
Ай бұрын
100% we have a good enough bunch of players to play foot front football and fear no one💪🏾
@mickeyclarke7914
Ай бұрын
Gomez should of started over Trippier who when forced to play on the left is worse than predictable yet Another mistake. From Southgate
@nelty0987654321
Ай бұрын
Bellingham definitely feels the pressure. Nothing wrong with that necessarily but it's a problem when it affects your game
@MrPasseh
Ай бұрын
I think that what was so frustrating, aside from left back, the answers to all England's problems were there and never tried.
@damienjeremyweir4543
Ай бұрын
one thing I dont wanna see is England playing long, it might work against smaller teams but I think especially during the final it was our achilles heal
@stevekingswell9143
Ай бұрын
Slightly calmer background music please - really enjoyed your analysis & can’t argue with much at all. 👏
@Kingbruce115
Ай бұрын
Totally agreed with you 2 mins in. Also, the England team (in my opinion) needs to find a way to make the players in better condition. Would be interesting to see how many times England has been knocked out in tournaments by teams that had an extra day to prepare? Also a new ethos to always attempt to win the game in normal time, no more of this "see t into extra time". Continue the great sports phycology within the England team Southgate spearheaded too,
@imransubhan4436
Ай бұрын
Walker gets TOTT but all you have to say about him is that he's old and Arnold is infinitely better 😂😂😂
@Redonepunch
Ай бұрын
Seems like a combination of a manager who isn’t very good and some players who are unable or refuse to adapt, which ultimately falls on the manager for playing them.
@Episode_13
Ай бұрын
I thought Stones looked a bit shaky most games, it was his fault Swiss scored, needs evaluation for sure!
@BezJones
Ай бұрын
If McCarthy can get back to full fitness maybe he can be the guy? Good shot-stopper but also great with his feet.
@tmkent
Ай бұрын
England possession: Vs. Slovenia: 74% (0-0) Spain possession: Vs. Croatia: 46% (3-0)
@hottakehylas
Ай бұрын
Loads of times Pickford did pinpoint long pass ball though tbf. I was generally impressed with him.
@adamcetinkent
Ай бұрын
Savage.
@1972dsrai
Ай бұрын
He had a good Euro’s overall, but his distribution in the final made no sense. He was simply giving the ball back to Spain each time to launch another attack. Kane wasn’t getting on the end of anything as he was carrying a back injury going into the tournament. He was sub’d in the UCL final because of it and missed the last couple of game for Bayern.
@rebeldeath
Ай бұрын
I hear what you're saying about Pickford, but the clip you used to demonstrate his poor distribution sees Kane crouching down (3:22) so that he could cushion head it on to literally no one. But yeah, he probably shouldn't have lumped it anyway, it's time for a change. I think he could have found Shaw later in the game (following the infamous Walker throw-in).
@thrilla72
Ай бұрын
4:45 how can you blame Walker for Saka not tracking that run!?
@mark5566
Ай бұрын
first and im gay
@adamcetinkent
Ай бұрын
Congratulations.
@DjokerFan
Ай бұрын
Mark Gay-hi
@paulricketts10
Ай бұрын
I agree that Wharton should've have been used. He's sort of non showy one or two touch forward passer that English fans or managers have never rated. FFS even German fans took 10+ years to rate Kroos for doing the same thing. One of Bellingham or Foden should've been dropped for Palmer who was obviously in form. And I agree that Kane can't press or play effectively with two 10's, because when he drops into midfield there's three 10s. He needs runners going beyond him but despite that he was still shite. Btw Guéhi did put a foot wrong when under no pressure he shanked the ball straight out of play when trying to pass to Watkins late on against Spain. One throw-in and 5 passes later it was 2-1.
@watchmejumpstart24
Ай бұрын
Am I missing something or did you not give ratings for the players? lol
@sharkfinn7234
Ай бұрын
18:00 rodri came off in the first half
@MBradleyH
Ай бұрын
Walker wasn't great this tournament but arguably still one of the better players that played, and the first goal wasn't his fault. Shaw got caught, players had to transfer over and then there wasn't anyone to pick up Williams, so the comment and example were a little cheap and out of context. The midfield were so poor because of the lack of players who could really grab it from the defence and go, Rice would just get stuck and play drab passes and we really struggled without that left foot in leftback just to progress the ball forward on that side. Should have mentioned how Shaw getting caught let to the goal. I do agree that Wharton should have played as Rice showed this season with Arsenal that yes he is an 8 but he needs to receive the ball higher. Kane really needed a second striker on if he was to play with players that have the quality to cross and find him when in the box, as yeah on the runs he didn't attack areas but when we were up there with possession around the box and Kane was up there we rarely cross it in. Just really need to get the balance of the team down as Southgate returned to form of previous England managers where he tried to fit names into the team rather than using a system and actually trying to play a style of football. Seemed like every match Southgate just picked the 11 and went "Goodluck, have fun out there and see what you can do" with no tactics or ways he wanted players to do.
@elthamo
Ай бұрын
I am optimistic for the future now Southgate has gone but with two caveats. We don't have a lot of options at left back, also I watch a lot of football both Premier League and EFL and I don't see any centre forwards coming through. I always think England's best performances are when they play three at the back and doing this would solve the left back problem. My preferred formation is 3-5-2 which gives strength at the back, plenty of options in midfield and the ability to switch to attack seamlessly with two forwards giving headaches to the opposition's central defenders, something which hardly happened in this tournament where oppo central defenders were having cigars.
@dave3580
Ай бұрын
Really harsh on Pickford. England are not Man City, our midfield are not good enough on the ball. He did pick out Stones who in turn would simply just pass back to him. He was clearly instructed to go long by the manager.
@christmascritters3691
Ай бұрын
Bro Ramsdale was bought with specific intention to be good at playing out from the back, his long kicking is what is poor.. no way another new English keeper will be ready to play in the World Cup. It was so frustrating to watch Pickford in goal with Aaron sitting on the bench watching him flounder.
@RizZy28
Ай бұрын
The whole plan from Southgate for this tournament seemed to be "I hope something happens"
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