Finally someone has said it. The BBC pundits have always danced around the subject.

Onmysheet yeah true, they normally shy away from that subject, but it was now rare to find top quality playmaker (except rooney) in the ENGLISH premier league, thats embarrassing

gerrard was creative

he's right

I agree

He just set him straight

Overrated?

@@fooli91 Dumbass?

@@postrock3374 gerrard is England's best mid

@@Keenangoal na

Red Pill Mackerel is it home yet mate?

And Pickford!

Yeah explaining that coaching 7 year olds won't help England in the next 2 years is very insightful 😂

Southgate is an atrocious manager

Terrible Manager.

Well the answer was start diving🧐 hope Italy score a contentious winning goal, lets see if this "who cares" mentality persists then.

@@notreal1477 you make your own luck and we made ours by playing on the front foot and dominating. You can’t complain about how you lose when you have four times fewer efforts at goal than the opposition. If we’re gonna be reductive and boil it purely down to refereeing decisions, what about the fact the free kick they scored was never a foul and that Kane should’ve had a pen in normal times? The salty reaction from the wider football world is very revealing

@Ben Evans Exactly, just because we are doing well right now!

@@notreal1477 just like the penalty decision they got against us a few years back in a 1-1 draw.

@@notreal1477 Salty tool. Italy have been diving and cheating for years more than any Nation, you plank.

The weakest german team in decades though north Macedonia beat them too potentially Gareth will get us into the final without playing against a decent team

@@kco212 leave off… “worst German side in years” that a week before beat Portugal 4-2(could have been 7). Can say the same nonsense that your saying about any team but you still have to beat them.

@@kco212 weakest German side that trashed Portugal who beat France (if it wasnt for the france penalty which shouldn't of counted)

@@kco212 The weakest team with the likes of Neuer Rudiger Goretzka Kimmich Kroos Muller Gnabry Gosens Gundogan etc... Such a weak side

@@pena1197 He didn’t say weak, he said weakest which is true.

Were your back heels beneficial to the team in any way lol

thanks for sharing that John

As we have seen the England team over the years, 95% of the players just play with aggression with no technique. (Gerrard, (Lampard), (Beckham), (Scholes), even Heskey. The only skilful players have been Rooney and Owen.

Beckham was also a technical player

Onmysheet nah, scholes had technique, but the players around him didnt, all they did was whip a ball in the box

Yep. And that studio is now probably the best in the world. Those chairs are the most comfortable in the world.

Two semis?

@@shahee6579 nations league

*3

@MonsterGames now three semi finals 😉

@Mo Luther He’s not a great manager England only beat Croatia because they’re old now. And England aren’t good enough to beat Scotland And England only won the group cause it was an easy group and they’ve only scored 2 goals (and Kane isn’t scoring). And England only beat Germany because it’s the weakest Germany side. And Ukraine were rubbish and that’s why England got past them. And Denmark were robbed even though England had more possession, more shots, more shots on target and were fouled more. Or …Gareth Southgate actually knows what he’s doing and is working to that plan.

@@emilymcplugger Ah yes,two semi finals and one final,but he's not a great manager Please name 5 England managers who have done better than him,from all time..

@Plastic Iron The third Er …I can’t. That’s my point. Gareth Southgate has now won more knockout games at major tournaments than any other England manager. More than Sven Glenn Bobby Graham Terry Kevin Steve Fabio Roy Sam Don And Ron. People can come up with excuses for getting further but he still is the first England manager to get England to the Euro championship final. We appear to be the only country in the world to take pleasure from putting our team down when they make it far in a competition.

@@emilymcplugger ah,I get you now by your 1st comments last point

I think its safe to say in hindsight that he shouldnt ever been made england manager lol

King FuckFace we have the best young national team in the world at the moment u mong

Jake and Hes wasting their talent by playing 8 defenders in one match

King FuckFace yep

@@snakehddjj6103 lol no he's not

What cause we made a semi because of the easiest possible route ever?

The five years previously wasn't any better either

1998-2016 was a dark era

Southgate has massively improved the side whether people like it or not. No one expects England to even do well in tournaments these days, but so far that is 3 semi finals in 3 years, 2 for major competitions (not sure if nations league counts). People will complain about the teams they faced also, but England were crashing out in the round of 16 to the likes of Iceland and I'm pretty sure that the likes of Colombia, Sweden, Croatia (whom beat England), Germany and maybe even Ukraine are all better teams.

@@pena1197 So true. Finally someone talking sense. I have been watching these videos again to remind myself how bad if was. I think that is why that song became so popular as that first line: "Looking back on when we first met. I cannot escape and I cannot forget" rings true to every England fan!

@@carlybishop6160 Not to mention there was a point that England couldnt even qualify for a tournament (Euros 2008), then losing in the first round after group stages (euro 2012) and the same after in 2016 to Iceland. In the world cup it's been the same story also, knocked out in the first round after group stages (2010), finished bottom of the group stages in 2014 (where a finished Italy, not the best of Uruguayian teams and minnows Costa Rica finished above England). Notice how it's been the same story over and over again right up until Southgate got appointed, his first major tournament (Semi finals in the 2018 world cup - massive improvement already), 3rd place in the Nations League (the pattern of consistency starting to form - though can't break that semi final deadlock and in fact a semi finals curse is beginning to form as opposed to a group stage curse or a round of 16 curse lol), and now 2nd place in the Euros, first finals in 55 years with countless of different managers not being able to even once get into a final within that long timeframe. Every tourney so far there's literally been an improvement - not a step sideways or step back; WC2018: 4th, Nations League: 3rd, Euro 2020: 2nd. Was the closest to winning it aswell, the fact it went to penalties meant that the game wasn't decided by a result but by a 50/50 lottery chance in penalties, shows how far England have come through.

And so am i

@King FuckFace 😃😃

@King FuckFace yeah, but I wasn't surprised that we got beaten by Croatia.

@King FuckFace why cant fans get excited? Thats what footballs about. When wales got far in the euros their fans were loving it yet didnt win it

On Gerrard? Lol

I'm curious how you feel today going into the World Cup next? Still think Southgate has changed the culture? I can't wait to see Harry Maguire slipping over every match until we get knocked out by Switzerland or Cameroon.

He still has changed the culture. Although, the quality of his coaching and quality of the players is somewhat questionable. Watching them against Germany was revealing when comparing them with Brazil, Argentina and France. Not knowing the best team and also starting players who aren't in form

It's why, despite feeling we need better, I just can't hate Gareth Southgate. He's rebuilt my faith and enjoyment watching England and I can't thank him enougu

@@josephkerrigan733 😂😂😂 Idiot.

I thought every englishman hated him? He made england play the most boring fotball in the history of the sport

is it fuck,CMON CROATIA!!!!!!!!!

No, it’s not!!! 😂😂😂😂🇭🇷🇭🇷🇭🇷🇭🇷🇭🇷

A Hasnath I agree.

Haha...

coming home early

@AdmiralOddSock He's alright

@AdmiralOddSock terrible yeah? The people who hire managers know a lot more than you.

@AdmiralOddSock the best England manager in 55 years

@AdmiralOddSock he’s a better manager than than Roy hodgson and Fabio Capello for example

@King FuckFace love the delusion of english football fans

England should've reached the final easily. They would've lost to France anyway but being runner up is a perfect start.

@King FuckFace A perfect start for Southgate's career as manager.

I'm English and I find this comment cringey as hell. Until we win either the euros or the world cup you can't say anything else is a 'reward'

@King FuckFace yeah I'm still proud of what we did that summer and the amount of buzz it created was unreal but to comment that we are reaping our rewards is stupid

Well this aged well.😭

This aged very well 😂

Tommy Robinson?

Don’t get ahead of yourself

Hes gonna go home alright😂

Has it ever been home?

@@F1ukez 😂😂👏🏼

Its always on penaltys for us 🤦🏾‍♂️

The possession was more a choice than anything else. Parking the bus instead of being unable to retain the ball. However I agree it needs to improve. We have technical players coming through now. No excuses

Yes, just happened to have met Italy later this time. The evisceration would have happened earlier were it not for a favourable draw.

@@oldskoolmusicnostalgia I mean we went to ET vs them and the only goal they scored was a set piece so…

@@oldskoolmusicnostalgia difference being that England had the players to play much better in 2020 yet most of them were on the bench.

+AnderHerrera21 He talks exactly the same. If you're British, you should be able to understand 90% of what he says no matter what part of the UK you're from.

+Azrael I am but if you compare this to now, he has adapted his accent slightly

***** Perhaps, sounds exactly the same to me.

Carragher talks gibberish.

@@NinetayFour 90% lmao

First Englishman to screw up a penalty shoot out as a player and a manger

And yet the idiots in them comments are STILL disrespecting the man. England fans are fucking IDIOTS.

@@rooneye Its embarrassing. I've heard people this week on phone ins still not having him and saying England haven't played anyone. And these are England fans ffs.

They're*. England are shit. I'm English and i think our national team is quite tragic

@AdmiralOddSock Scholes in midfield wouldn't have made a difference

You just lost 🇮🇹😎

@@nein236 touché

@@nein236 unnecessary man

You’ve just drew to Denmark 1-1 😊

@@nein236how was the 2022 World Cup xx

Not really..

@@cr3amy479 Bit late...

He sure did it didn't he? God i love reading all these comments praising Southgate just before the finals and semifinals with people thinking they were finally gonna win it.

@@mesicek7 I mean...we nearly did win it? And it was clearly just a jokey, random comment. Why you so triggered? Is nuance and irony lost on this generation now?

@@erosion271 Because the current generation you have has been hyped up even more than the golden generation. Because of all the shit they won under the youth selection - u21/u17... But those mean shit.

Yet they play well for him

​@@Pdmc-vu5gjaged badly

Lol

England will beat Croatia on pens and lose to France 3-1. I predict these things!

No, it’s not. Not even in the final. And you’ll finish fourth behind Belgium.

LoL

its a shame he doewnt know the best formation to get the best outof the players in particular Kane and Sterling

@@predictivetextisforaunts nob

One game. Remember how close Italy were to losing to Austria. I think the pressure got too much. But look at their games leading up to. It just looks such a different England than ever befoee

@@carlybishop6160 "how close" was that? A Marko Arnautovic "goal" which was miles offside? Enough with those narratives, Italy had the best chances in this game but somehow because Austria were better for 20-25 minutes out of 120, the perception is that Italy were close to losing. As for England it's too easy to say it was "just one game" when that game happened to be the first time they were coming up against a technically superior opponent. The same would have happened earlier had the drawn not allowed them to avoid France, Spain and Belgium.

@@oldskoolmusicnostalgia England can keep the ball when they want to. I think England were lured into a false sense of control, that despite Italy turning up the heat, they could just keep defending and see out the game. In extra time when England had composed themselves slightly, they found themselves to be a bit more dominant on the ball. England are a side that can dominate possession; but you need the right players on the pitch and a more attacking mentality. Had the game remained 0-0 for a longer period I think England would've had more of the ball.

@@oldskoolmusicnostalgia So Germany and Croatia didn't count?

he doesnt play hes just the manager

Agree

@King FuckFace We lost because we got tactically exposed and had no creative midfielder to dictate the play. Nowadays we do, it's just about how solid we can be at the back. We won't win the tournament, but we'll be better equipped to face the bigger teams

@King FuckFace i'm talking about from the 2018 world cup to now. Players such as Maddison, Grealish, Foden etc. are all better and more creative players than the likes of Lingard and Alli

The thing is, he didn't have a very good squad selection available to him for 2018, but still he picked the best he had. I don't think Mclaren, Capello and Hodgson did the same.

Why u saying this now after England have their best squad in years

Back then, maybe. But not now. For starters we've had 4 Premier League teams in the Champions League final for 3 of the last 4 years. We've had world class managers tell the public that the Prem is the toughest league to compete in. It's the most funded league in Europe also.

Someone had to say it, at least Gareth Southgate was completely honest.

Not according to UEFA and their team of the tournament. Look it up for yourself.

owendagreat1 we won 2 games out of the 4 and they weren’t great at all, no idea how gerrard got in that team

Jacob Pickerin he was the only one trying

@@owendagreat1 Gerard was one of the reasons why England had not achieved. He was not good enough.

@@robertpirsig5011 Yeah neither was scholes or rooney

Jacob Pickerin you just turn me on

Laurence's Daddy Football's coming home again!

Shaf No, it’s not.

i94Rules you freak

I think he was implying that the players faked cramps becoause they were scared to play

Gerard Ward lack salt in diet lol

captain mike topping No. it’s not haha!

@Wawawa considering England have one genuine foreign born player raheem sterling and he is Jamaican, seems to make sense

Even a translator would find it hard to understand Carragher.

Well its easy being a pundit m8 you can literally say what you like but yeah southgate has done a good job with England overall I dont think we will win the euros tho m8? 😁😁

doubt it tbh

@@jaxob_5850 doubt (2x)

I reckon he probably knew about unfit, average and overrated players being picked for the national team by the England managers at the time due to not having many good English players to pick from. As well as being much more careful with his squad selection, he has helped develop better English footballers, and you can see how they played much better under him.

Lol it's one tournament

@@ay613 2 and if we’re playing like this now, think about what state this puts us in for Qatar 2022

@@locky244U do know we are in a final and since Ukraine we have played some decent football the stats show it. We look alright

@@locky244 ultimately I'd much rather win a tournament than lose playing like Spain.

@@ay613 no really😂 I’m just looking forward because if we win against Italy and perform well and win the thing we’ll be serious contenders to win the World Cup in Qatar, don’t you agree?

*2021, outdated

as he should lol, he was in the team of the tournament

@@ForestDa1865 exactly mate he will never make a good manager. he has 0% people skills combined with never thinking he's wrong which is one of the worse combinations you could have in a person

Cause of the teams they played in the world cup

If you’re not first, you’re last

Some bloke had a whole conspiracy about southgate's pragmatic style and it's frustrating me cos I forgot what he said and I can't find his comment🤣. Something to do with us conceding a goal and falling apart in the big games idk.

@@safcjoe7062 Southgate is shit. So is England 🤣

22grena I beg your pardon

And overrated too. Current crop of England players are far more comfortable on the ball and technically superior to supposed “golden generation” - That generation used to play hot potato with the football and looked petrified to be in possession of it and couldn’t wait to get rid of it. The current England side would smoke them, both technically and mentally. The Golden Generation was bullshit. Overhyped big names that used to get their arses handed to them whenever they met a good side. Put it this way, you never saw the likes of Barca or Real clamouring to sign these supposed superstars did you? - They were only (over)rated in England, not anywhere else.

They were piss poor because, the only good players available at the time were Rooney, Gerrard, Lampard, John Terry and Ashley Cole and they were past their best, also Rooney was a striker and couldn't score at a world cup until 2014.

Not really if Manchester United or Ireland are poor he hammers them.

just because you get rid of a foreign player like aguero or pogba doesnt mean an english player is now gonna be as good as them. a foreigner cap will only reduce the quality of the league, wont make your national team any better. the cream will always rise to the top, look at players like rashford or sterling. foreign players didnt stop them from getting into their teams' starting 11 because they're talented.

It might force english teams to develop young players instead?. Look at La liga, the top 2 teams earn 80% of the total league revenue. In turn it forces the 'lesser' teams in the league to develop its own talent ie. athletic Bilboa

@@66kaisersoza *Bilbao. Lol!

@@bare1330 Probably, but then as the quantity of English players in the EPL has been declining over time, there has to be a link. England managed to find quite a lot of good players for their teams in the 1990s and early 2000s and there were more English players in the EPL back then.

No one thinks England is going to win Euro 2020.

@@JoshuaMSP1995 see how england being hyped to beat france now in 2022

Roy Keane meant past England players, Paul Gascoigne and Paul Scholes played for England in the 1990s and early 2000s. Scholes retired around 20 years ago. They said the players in the last 20 years or so were not very good.

Embarrassing yes but Ireland aren't even a strong footballing nation as England. It's not our number 1 sport. England have had high expectations on their backs yet they have underperformed most of the time.

You're surely not comparing Ireland to England in terms of football? England has a huge world acclaimed league, invest hundreds of millions in football and a huge catchment population. Ireland has around five million people and rugby is by far the most popular sport. Ireland qualifying for and being competitive in past world cups and European championships was really the pinnacle of expectations for Ireland. It's not Roy Keane who is saying England have all the best players and are going to win the euros with ease

@seanq5223 so Keane can just bitch about England without any comeback? The population thing is so pathetic - you don't hear English people playing the population card when they lose at cricket to India - a country with 26 times as many people as England. Is there no Rugby played in England? If the Irish Love Rugby so much, then how come they've only won four grand slams and lost more games than they've won.