Rivalries or not, the competition at the time of the GG was FIERCE and has not eased up.

I'd even take this CURRENT team over the golden generation any day of the week!

Our entire first team was elite except maybe the goal keeper

Love this comment , my favourite player of all time ....Rivaldo ! Might not be the best but I loved watching him play

The same can be applied to almost ANY team on the planet at that time.... what’s your point exactly?

Gerard

You could literally say this about almost any team

Gold is the standard for football brilliance. Hence, Golden Boot, Ball, & Gloves. But if you want to change football nomenclature, have at it!

It's relative to how good the country is. It doesn't mean they were the best in the world.

@mapled mapled You clearly don't know what the term "golden generation" mean do you. It shows from the way you put that in your non-sensical argument.

Spain must be triple platinum, won 3 tournaments in a row.

@@craigwilton4096 Brazil went to 3 straight final of world cup & won 2 of them. In modern day,it is very rare. Spain was great but Brazil 1994 to 2002 was superior!

It was a golden generation. Brazil had golden generations in 82 & 86. Even choking at consecutive World Cups, that generation is still revered. Same with Italy in the 90's

@@mediacenterman8583 you can't call them a golden generation and they collectively as an England team win nothing. The term golden generation is used too often. History only remembers the winners as 'golden'.

@@mediacenterman8583 Brazils 2002 WC squad was miles better than Englands. England had THEIR golden generation, the best English squad ever but never had the worlds best squad so to expect a WC from them was a bit unfair.

@@mediacenterman8583 portugal was the real golden generation google

@@RoadWarrior0000 you don't understand the term nimrod.

What about my beloved 🇲🇽

@@FCB_818 no

@@ursmokingbuj8546 🙃

Not true. Brazil had golden generations in 82 & 86. Even choking at consecutive World Cups, that generation is still revered. Same with Italy in the 90's

Underachieving Golden Generations at International level England 2004-2008 Germany 1998-2004 Portugal 2004- 2008 Italy 1996- 2002 France 1992-1996 Brazil 1982-1986 Holland 1974-1978 The players from those eras were phenomenal, but could not get the job done either for their NT

France too

Yep just like Keane and Evra, these guys tell the truth not lie and overhyped certain situations. Guys like Redknapp and Joe Cole embarrass themselves and don’t realise there’s other footballing countries apart from England

Underachieving Golden Generations at International level England 2004-2008 Germany 1998-2004 Portugal 2004- 2008 Italy 1996- 2002 France 1992-1996 Brazil 1982-1986 Holland 1974-1978 The players from those eras were phenomenal, but could not get the job done either for their NT

@m cressy r u ok? What u onabout imposters?

@m cressy like you imposting as a Triolling Bot..muppet

You are saying "for god sakes" like Spain haven't always had very good players and were known as underachievers in major tournaments before 2008.

They never had a inesta, busquest , xavi trio. A defense of ramos and pique. The only player i can remember from spain in 90s to 2000s is Raul

@@iv9449 irrelevant. One nations golden generation being better than englands supposed golden generation is irrelevant. You compare each nations generations with each other, not other countries'

Yeah you right, england shouldnt even be anywhere near golden generations talks, they haven't won anything. Teams that dont win anything deserve zero recognition

@@iv9449 you are being stupid. Many many teams have accepted "golden generations" that dont win anything, they just have a particularly strong bunch of players at the same time. You are purposely ignoring simple things man

He’s not English

@@vinbarnes9260 how did you work that one out? The English are white.. him being black sort of gives away that he ain’t English.. use your brain and don’t go with that bullshit

@@enochwasright8582 that’s not how nationality works but go off

@@eastlondon4417 England team not the British team.. he ain’t English you melt.. google what a English person is and you will see he is not English.. facts don’t change to make others feel welcome

@@enochwasright8582 why you doing this Enoch

England in a nutshell 🙄

Squad was totally world class in defensive and midfield players but lacked attacking players and a goalkeeper. Yeah we had Rooney but he was bang average in the important games and past it earlier than we hoped.

We had no pace on the wings was the main problem. Plus eriksen dogmatically sticking with 442 no matter what

Or maybe those English players were in teams full of the best foreign players from around the world supporting them. Of course Lampard will look great with Makelele, Ballack and Essien behind him.

The countries that did win International trophies had plenty of champions league winners too. Its hardly a unique thing with England

@@EllandRoar84 nornally those ones are the actual techniqually and tactically sound players. England lack that always.

Literally won 5 years ago

Wrong generation like 12 years later 😂😂

🤣🤣🤣 if you try say that on sky sports people will try tell you that he was good. He is an old version of Maguire, average defender who plays for a big club

Carragher won the champions league lol,Now we have Micheal Keane and Tyrone mings,Think that tells you everything

@@stephenwilson9480 having tyrone mings and micheal keane doesn’t mean that carragher was good

@@mcfcok1683 carragher wasn't good lol,No he only won the champions league,Europa League,fa cup,League cup,He wasn't even a regular for England so it just shows how good of a squad we had back then,Now we have Conner coady,Tyrone mings,But I bet in your mind there world class,

@@stephenwilson9480 i was agreeing with you mate 😭

The Spanish hated one another aswell Ramos and Puyol couldn't stand one another but made a brilliant partnership

@@od9694 Exactly

@@od9694 And later on it was Ramos and Pique

At home. Even Greece won a home tournament

@@JamesHussain82 they won it in Portugal

@@haafayn6075 true. Must have got confused, Portugal got to the final. My point is home advantage is massive.

I would have had him over Vassell

@@joeybill9472 Andy Cole or Darius Vassell. That’s like asking whether you want Jermain Defoe or Danny Graham

He was earmarked for Euro 2000 but got a toe injury that ruled him out

Could have been revenge against Maradona in the final. Never mind.

Rooney dropped deep was not the issue, the issue was we had to many CAM plus GK and squad players weren't up to much so had to play all the stars in a diamond

Square pegs... should ave built the team around a Gerrard and Rooney partnership (bench Owen) or possibly Scholes at number 10.

@@danieljoseph369 not the diamond, we still kept playing flat 442. We kept picking beckham, gerrard, lampard one other, and instead of a diamond, we shunted someone at left wing, whether lampard, cole, scholes or anyone else because "442 is englands identity", and we relied on beckhams crossing, so we had to have wingers and a left winger. Also, we chose our best players, not the best team. Tbh we overcatered for beckham

@@philwill0123 I meant they should of after Beckhams & Scholes time although their time lines up with Owens so my comment doesn't make sense

Not true. Brazil had golden generations in 82 & 86. Even choking at consecutive World Cups, that generation is still revered. Same with Italy in the 90's

@@mediacenterman8583 that Brazil went worldcup final and I don’t think that Brazil team is a golden generation

Most of the English players r overrated

No they don’t want a black man with that record

@@iioreoyziioreogang7972 So true, its not like that now, but the black strikers in the 90s were not given a fair chance. The combined caps for les ferdinand, Andy cole, and Ian Wright are a joke when you cinsider the talent.

@@iioreoyziioreogang7972 wow. You're victim mentality is embarrassing. You will get no where in life with your mindset. Change while you are still young

Ffs the amount of thick comments here. A golden generation means a nation having their best group of players at one time. A generation of good players all at the same time. Croatia has one in 98. Romania in the 90s. Holland in the 70s and late 90s. You don't even understand the terminology ffs. It's saying England were the best. Just had their golden generation.

@@paulearl8203 Andy Cole and several other England players have said to stop calling it a golden generation cos they never won anything.

@@tharcisse7103 he doesn't understand the terminology either. I don't think he comes off as a scholar. It has absolutely nothing to do with if you win something or not. Look past the word " golden" actually understand what the term means. Understand the nomenclature. Look up how Belgium are being described and how many sides in the past have veen described. Just be mature and realise that perhaps you're wrong about soemthing? Take it onboard and learn. How novel would that be on KZfaq?

@@paulearl8203 Everybody talking about it understands what it means. We're just saying it's embarrassing for England to call a side that never won anything a "golden generation" and that the reference needs to die. England have spent more money on football than any other country in history, and yet has 1 World Cup from before the moon landing, whilst kids from shanty towns in Brazil have 5. The concept of that England side being a golden generation is a handicap that needs to die. Instead of acting obtuse and refusing to understand what everyone's talking about, reflect your own desire for understanding onto yourself and comprehend what's being said. Not everything people say is to be taken at face value or as shallow as you've chosen to understand it.

@@tharcisse7103 you're the one seeing the word " golden " and taking it in a shallow way. It's relevant to each side. It's not saying they're golden as opposed to other sides. You realise that right? It's England's golden generation. Belgium have there's now. Hell this is Luxembourgs golden generation. That's the term. Not every side with a golden generation wins something ha. Andy Cole doesn't get it. You don't get it. You simply can't seem to wrap your head around the term. Turkey had there's in the early 00s. It's relevant to each side. Do you understand now? It's not bigging up England or comparing comparing to anyone else. Simply was our generation where we had a collection of world class players all at the same time. They were a failure in terms of results they should have achieved. But that's irrelevant. Belgium have there's now and are being described as such and have won nothing. You people seem incapable or unwilling to grasp the term and can't look past which side is the best or the word golden. It's show a real lack of intelligence frankly.

Belgium need to win something or else be added to this list: Underachieving Golden Generations at International level England 2004-2008 Germany 1998-2004 Portugal 2004- 2008 Italy 1996- 2002 France 1992-1996 Brazil 1982-1986 Holland 1974-1978 The players from those eras were phenomenal, but could not get the job done either for their NT

That defend needed a guy mobile like Azpi with Chelsea a good GK and a real 6 and pull out schools but cole or any decent play maker

That midfield 3 wouldn't work. Three attacking midfielders? And no Beckham? Swap Beckham for Neville at least.

That's true. He prefers Andrew 💪

@@sausagejockey4298 haha but he's a rag so I'd make sure a say Andy or ady 😂 MCFC OK 😂

Seems that way alright.

sometimes he likes being called Andros.

@@anandbala1 😂 hahaw

Exactly!

not to mention Germany, Portugal, Italy and France

You've missed the point. In this context we are talking about a group of talented individuals underachieving, Spain and Brazil are not being analyzed here. But FWIW Brazil had a golden generation in 82-86 and failed to realize its potential at the WC. This about underachievement, not success.

@@paulgray7014 Underachieving Golden Generations at International level: England 2004-2008 Germany 1998-2004 Portugal 2004- 2008 Italy 1996- 2002 France 1992-1996 Holland 1974-1978 The players from those eras were phenomenal, but could not get the job done either for their NT

Portugal google it

False. Many many different nationsl teams have had this moniker without winning the biggies. Example being Belgium these past few years

I however tend to agree with what Andy said.

They only won because they were hosting and because of a very bad linesman's decision.

@@cockoffgewgle4993 ever actually watched those games? England were the best team there and the final was a case of West Germany clinging on, not the other way around. Did they get the rub of the green. Maybe, but they didn’t rob anyone. Argentina in 78 really did rob teams, could have been different in 86 as well. I don’t think anyone is undermining how good those teams were.

After that, MF aside, you're clutching at straws. To win tournaments you need a SQUAD of 18/20 world class players.

@@10fcull44 I get what you’re saying, but you don’t need all of that, you just need to be the best team and get the results, Chile won the Copa America with basically two world class players, it’s not the World Cup granted, but they weren’t even top 3 on paper similar to England rn

Adam Crozeir, fa chairman.

@G [] Talk about triggered

Which golden generation was this?

@@EllandRoar84 Cole, Rio, Terry, Campbell, Neville, Gerrard, Scholes, Lampard, Beckham, Rooney, Owen. All top class players (maybe not Neville) and all around at the same time. All of them were in the team that lost to Portgual in 2004 at the Euros. Except Rio who was banned for missing a drugs test. They even had a good DM in Owen Hargreaves.

@@cockoffgewgle4993 did they win a trophy for getting eliminated by Portugal?

@@EllandRoar84 Nobody said they won a trophy. You seem to be in a different conversation.

100% agree. You can still have a golden generation that underachieves. Greece won the Euros in 2004 when Portugal had an outstanding array of talent. I defy anyone to tell me that, Figo, Deco, Pinto, Costa and a super young CR7 were not in the greatest Portugal XI and did not have a golden generation in that era.

@@mediacenterman8583 portugal google it

Golden Generation win gold that's why it called Golden.

@@sulaak those players won lots of medals just not for england

@@sulaak The Golden Generation literally did win Gold if you look at their individual careers at that time

@@sulaak no it isnt you idiot, golden generation refers to a pool of exceptional talent during a certain period.

@@sulaak No it does not. Underachieving Golden Generations at International level England 2004-2008 Germany 1998-2004 Portugal 2004- 2008 Italy 1996- 2002 France 1992-1996 Brazil 1982-1986 Holland 1974-1978 The players from those eras were phenomenal, but could not get the job done either for their NT

Or the Theo Walcott trophy 🏆 whatever

Brazil and France had a better squad though if you want to go into the 2010's Spain was miles ahead of England

@@thandokuhlezondi8672 well in response to that m8 spain were miles ahead of everyone in the 2010,s and you are forgetting Germany in recent years and greece won euro 2004 so England definitely had the players to do better than they did it sometimes comes down to luck or refereeing decisions but yes that spain team that you are referring to were on another level to everyone I would say?

@@simonoliver8576 I get that but again in that period you could argue that France and Italy had better squads Portugal was also pretty strong under Scolari with guys like Deco Ronaldo Figo Pauleta and most the players just won the UEFA champions league in the Portugal squad. I think the media put too much pressure on England

@@thandokuhlezondi8672 yeah fair enough m8 I mean the media always put too much pressure on England don't they? I am too young to see them win anything Haha but yes I agree Portugal had the players to do better and lost to greece in euro final 04 I think but my point was England had the players to do better than they did at the time I think quarter finals was the best that they did I mean this current squad did better than that in Russia 2018 and pound for pound they are inferior do you agree with me on that?

Who not English?

@@lanceyt4401 are you blind?

@@enochwasright8582 are you gonna answer the question?

Ffs, that Dwight York who not English. unless Nottingham decided to peel away and form it own country.

@@lanceyt4401 google the England teams before the 90s and you will notice something.. facts don’t change with time work it out for yourself

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