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2 reasons: 1) People mistakenly equate the success of the EPL with the success of England. The best EPL players are foreigners. 2) The media hype them up too much that it gets into their heads.

Saka scores a goal, BBC says he will be among the greats. Mainoo makes a good pass, BBC says he will be among the greats. Kane gets subbed, BBC says he will be among the greats. Jude adjusts his socks, BBC says he will be among the greats. The media and the public are beyond delusional 😂

England does not lack talent. England lacks strategy and purpose. You take risks and attack the opponent, not busy passing back and hope to win by penalties. And of course, please bench Kane.

And yet Kane is still trophy less...

You people have got to chill out ... I am no England fan but to call Bellingham overrated at 21 is ridiculous ... It's the English media that hypes them up ...

That 2002-2006 team being called The Golden Generation has always tickled me. Frank Lampard is the only one I have seen admit that other teams were better. The Brazil team had 4 Balon D'or winners in that front line. A literal Golden Generation. France had Zidane, Henry, Vieira, Anelka. Let's be real.

England fans and media always overrate their team, scream “its coming home” every competition, always say we should beat this team and that team. Ultimately forgetting they’ve won nothing since 1966 which is nearly 60 years now. England are the Spurs of international football.

Hello! I've been following football since 1990 and some thoughts on the English national team over the years: 1. England cannot play as one team. 2. The English are insecure in ball possession. 3. Too high expectations and ego 4. Overpaid and overrated 5. Too conservative and naive tactics. 6. Your thoughts......

England created football to watch other countries win, Thank you England!!

Referring to Jamie Carragher as world class ends me. 😂

The best league is the one that produces the most successful teams in UCL and Europa Legue. That league is La Liga. And then you see how they have translated that into a World Cup and 4 Euros. But english media will never admit this.

The only golden generation we had was 1966, U have to put gold to be a golden generation

Have you noticed that English Media continuously compares England to Germany, France, Spain? That's a big factor. They think England is at that level, despite the fact they have not been able to compete with those teams in the past 60 years, if not in very sporadic cases.

Sam Allardyce said it few days ago: England may have [on of] the best league in world, but *75% is imported* talent. England does not develop players as it used to, it just imports those. Then they go and play for their own countries.

Only English think they have the best players in the world.

Although not English myself i have 2 main points to say 1 : The managers of the England National Team always no matter the year/tournament always pick wrong players for some reason , you telling me that guys like Peter Crouch and Jamie Vardy who have insane stats for England dont start all games to get accustomed with the others but you let someone like Kane (2024 euro) stay upfront who distrubs the balance of the team when Wattkins and Toney are in the form of their lives , Vardy especially in his time had the best stats out of everyone for England and only ever started 3 matches 2 : Mentality , i dont want to hear about the players diffrences the Greek 04 team at club level used to routinely brawl each other week in week out in way harsher enviroments for clubs with a lot more animosity between each other and at the Euros and in the NT they were like a family and this seals the deal for me , if you are not willing to be 100% with your teammates because of others things at club level then you simply dont want to win enough and no matter what else is happening you dont have the right to complain because that is the first cardinal sin of football.

The reason they haven't won a trophy in most people's lifetime is because they're not good enough. Yet arrogantly believe they are. And the premiership deceives you because the English players have the assists of all the foreign players. There's a reason why the likes of Italy, Spain and Germany have won multiple tournaments because they are just better.

England been cursed as chokers of soccer trophies the way South Africans are chokers in cricket trophies….

The problem is that there are always better teams than them. They think that they're the best but nothing can be further from the truth.

Come on... Southgate might not be perfect, but he took England to 2 consecutive finals... and none can blame him for 60 years of failures.

The problem with England is: i) they always think they have a 'golden generation', when neutral observers don't think much of their players compared to international talent, ii) they always blame the manager when they lose (or the referee, the ball, the pitch, the food, the fans, etc.) but rarely the players, iii) they think that club football success in the Champions League is some proxy to national success, forgetting to mention that these 'English' clubs are packed full of some of the best international players in the planet - i.e. take away the international talent and the club success in European club tournaments would be average at best, iv) the media build the England team up to be the favourites in every Euro/World Cup tournament and they never live up to this because expectations are set too high (again, confusing club-level success - where there are a lot of international players - with presumed national success where one cannot rely on international talent) compared to where the level of quality really is. Remember, in Euro 2024, England was in the easiest group and had by far the easiest path to the Final (playing the weakest countries) and despite this, they struggled and barely got through a lot of matches (penalties vs Switzerland for goodness sakes). Spain, by contrast, was somehow not a tournament favourite, despite being a team packed with natural, young talent, and showed controlled and exciting football throughout the tournament, playing what amounted to three 'Finals' on their path to the real Final - recall that Spain beat Italy (2021 winners) in the group stage, beat Germany (host nation) in the quarter final and beat France (multiple previous Euro winner) in the semi finals, just to get to the Final with England. Also, please don't blam Sven Goran Eriksson. He was an excellent manager and the best in Europe at the time. He had enormous success in Italy and Portugal, so when I hear players saying tactics were not there, this is total nonsense. The players were immature, uneducated, selfish and vain so they couldn't play as a team and they could never concentrate on beating their opponents as they were too busy trying to settle petty scores between themselves.

at least spain and greece won an international trophy despite their team's rivalry

The problem is - with all of their young talents - they still play 90s football. Standing around, passing back, hoping for a free kick or corner.

Jamal Musiala definitely made a great decision playing for germany. England dont deserve jude. Look at the entire media now attacking him. Though he wasnt at his best. He literally was never the problem there.

The real problem of England is the fans, period.

This problem goes back a lot longer than 2006 lol

Greetings from Germany. This is not a fair report. I'm very sure that England will win several trophies in future. Something went wrong. Splendid photo of the match against Italy, the goalkeeper has left the line too fast. I compare this all with an illness. A long disease takes time to be cured. England even did not qualifiy for some tournaments, I remember 1974. I watched Scotland against Zaire in Dortmund. But they are getting better and better, now two times in the final. For me it seems the disease is approaching the end. I'm elderly, the first time I watched England on TV was in 1958 playing against Brazil (0-0). I was highly impressed, England was as good as the celebrated world cup winner Brazil. Surely, 2024, Spain was the better team, but not immensely better. After the match against the Netherlands one could have been optimistic for the penalty shooting. First Southgate was criticized, reaching the final he became a hero, then one wished that he left. My respect for Southgate, he knew what he had to do, I'm not discussing the role of the WAGS, but I must admit, all were very beautiful.

I blame the media who constantly over-hype our players .

You're missing the point, again and again. You think that you have a golden generation; you think your team is the best in the world, YOU THINK. While the other teams are figuring out how to win a trophy, you think you already won. And then when you don't win, you make up excuses. Oh, that's the manager. Oh, that's the young player. Oh, that's this and that. The problem is that the Premier League is the best league in the world, and you think that this automatically translates in England being just as good. But you forget that the Premier League is also weak and growing weaker in terms of tactics in favour of mindless (but well paid) spectacle. That price tags are inflated and inflate the value of players, especially english young talents. What England needs is a little less hubris.

Well, it is a mixture of many things. Spanish football was in a similar position a few decades ago; when LaLiga was the "Star's League". We were the best league, but the national team always failed. Spanish players were not used to be the main protagonist of the teams; formation was not the keystone of every team; we were the richest ones; so, it was unnecessary to seize and develop a really strong tactician and player formation system. We did not export players on that time; so, our players were less competitive and able to adapt to different kinds of styles. In addition, Spanish football started a formative revolution during the 90s (not just in La Masia). On national team and club level. Less physicality and more understanding of the game and technical training. This kind of making things started on England just a decade ago. When the economic crisis arrived to LaLiga, we were forced to seize our football schools, export players and harvest the previous job done by national football federation. It took decades. That's similar in countries like France or Portugal, where there's a huge national football formation network (very young taleted players like Mbappe or Tchouameni were selected to be trained on national team academy when they were youngsters searching for a team). English football was very coarse and isolated of the ultimate football revolutions until premier league (mainly the Sacchi and Cruyff innovations), further more after the europe's ban from competitions in 1985, and started to be important and modernized on the late 2000s. You began to implement football formation like in Spain or France even lately. Now you have started to produce modern players instead of English players; but there's a lack of modern national coaches with its own ideas. It will take time cause you need coaches that experienced and developed modern football mentality instead of the old English one. At the end, modern English football is still in its infancy; like I said, just a few years ago Premier League wasn't even as professional as other leagues; first Spanish players that arrived to PR talked about the lack of structure and method inside clubs during 2000s. I even remember Malouda talking about the lack of the minimum tactical knowledge of English players when he arrived to Chelsea. Players like Phoden, Bellingham, Grealish or Saka are starting to show how can be national english football in a few years. You are doing well, but takes time!

It's cuz best players in the league are foreigners like Salah, Son, De bryune, Bernardo silva, Romero, Saliba and Odegaard not English players, Why is it too hard to understand for the english media

More than a half of the so called golden generation's players have never been considered legends outside England.

'...Hargreaves, Carrick..' picture of carragher 🤣

A non- football fan could see that English players (and Irish, Scottish, welsh, and some other Northern Europeans) are technically inferior to Latin Europeans and Latin Americans.

England is the only team I know that can make it to the final of a major tournament, yet everyone still moans about how we’re so rubbish. Granted, the football was pretty underwhelming for most of the tournament and we were definitely outclassed by a superior Spanish side in the end, but we were still one of only two teams to make it that far. The notion of “we had the easier side of the draw” just displays arrogance and basically says that Switzerland and Netherlands were both rubbish (which they were not). No side is easy when it comes to knockout football. If people just stop expecting that England should deserve to win and just celebrate when the team does well then maybe the pressure this country puts on our players would stop them becoming bottle jobs. Seriously, the England team is damned if it goes out early, damned if it loses in the final and no doubt most people would damn the team even if they did miraculously win. And to those crying about how England plays “boring” football, well we still made it further than everyone else but Spain, so maybe your teams should just play a bit better.

Im not English, but what Ive seen Southgate do is bring TEAM UNITY. Something theyve never had before, from what Ive seen. Which is why they are now competitive with the Very top nations in world football. Ironic Southgate is accused of being tactically naive, having crafted this team of players. Best coach England have ever had since my love of football began...

This is the thing England lose and you just get a lot of spiteful people talking absolute nonsense, How can they be overrated It's back to back finals, semifinals, always in the mix, win ratio very high only just got beat with a 83 minute winner goal to call Bellingham overrated when he's 21 years old, to call any of them overrated with how young most of these players are is crazy. The tactics is what's off and the inability to want to run at players and going to the space. This is where the manager has to drill them because they don't play like that in the premier League or wherever they go They shine so to call them overrated It's just spiteful nonsense from people who just love to h8 on English people for some reason It's really weird.. It's like an incompetent inside them.. or even jealousy.. I had people in the comments from places like Poland and Portugal trying to claim somehow they won because Spain won no idiot Spain won Spain alone and they deserved it.. At the end of the day this was a bad tournament all around most teams with great players did nothing would you call it in Mbappe overrated.. I don't remember seeing him in the last two finals but he's still an amazing player..

Yes about the premiers league but The clubs Owners Best players Are Not English

The Golden generation? 😂 English people I swear hahahahahahahhahahaha You’re telling me this Golden Generation would’ve beaten Brazil’s team of R9, Kaka, Ronaldinho, Adriano, Cafu, Carlos? Or France’s team of Zidane, Henry, Ribery, Thuram, Vieira, Makele? Or Italy’s team of Del Piero, Pirlo, Gatusso, Totti, Cannavaro? Spain’s midfield on the bench was better than Gerard, Lampard & Scholes. Argentina & Germany have always had better teams than us in any era of the World Cup. It baffles me that we use a million excuses for being losers but the ONE we’ll never accept is that our players were never good enough.

A Spaniard here. England are getting closer to win. Closer and closer. Undeniable signs: 1) they have reached the last two Euro finals; 2) they have reached the semis and the quarters in the last two World Cups; and, very important, 3) they are now consistently successful in U21, U19 etc... competitions. Those signs (realities) are unprecedented when considered as a whole. Honestly, I think it is just a question of time, and a little bit (just a bit) of luck. Things to perhaps improve: what did it to us was probably having a large number of players playing abroad (Torres at the time, for starters), although it is not a requirement (see Italy). This may be important because when players go abroad, they usually are signed by NOT leading teams, so they do have to battle against tougher competition almost every week, building in the process a better character, unlike what happens when they belong to, say, Madrid or Barcelona.

I thought I'm the only one who think that Bellingham is overrated. Good to know that there are still football fans with basic logic / common sense. Southgate biggest and dumbest mistake was building the team around Bellingham. He doesn't realize that if he want to build a team around 1 player , that player MUST be the leader , the smartest , the most skillful , the most dependable , the most creative , and the most consistent one. Bellingham is not that kind of player , his quality is nowhere near that level. He's not even reached sami khedira level yet. It's impossible for him to play the role of Zidane or Messi. He will never reach that level.

Fun fact since 2000 every world champion has won some sort of tournament whether that’s the world cup , euro or copa america , englands the only one who hasant

I don't think bonds and friendships correlates to winning. I doubt the likes of Casillias and Ramos were best mates with the likes of Pique, Busquets, Xavi and Iniesta. The reason we have been perennial losers in my lifetime and the foreseeable future is due to team cohesion and bravery. We have a weird obsession on trying to pigeonhole all our superstars into the team, which always leads to subpar performances due to players being played out of position. Why was Trippier our left back/Left wing back option over Mitchell, Alfie Doughty and Leif Davies who all had good seasons. Too many Superstar players who want the ball to feet. No pace or runners in behind to keep are opposition defenders honest.

The problem with england is the same problem that manchester united has..... And that is mentality too much arrogance not enough humility and worst of all giving into narratives instead of looking at actual performances......

This video is spot on 👌 The pundits of the Uk created all those expectations about the England team

England always get handed an easy group

How do you know England will never win trophies? Can you see 10, 20, 30 years into the future?

Getting to 2 consecutive Euro finals is no mean feat. Southgate's England team is actually pretty good. They look really solid all round, and there are some great talents on the team. They look like they can beat anyone on their day.

English players pass the ball sideways or backwards..they have been taught to play like this since they were kids..spanish players are taught to take risks play the ball forward be comfortable in tight spaces. English fans think players are good because they can run fast

English entitlement is crazy. They’re considered average at best internationally

The main problems are the sheer lack of self-awareness, the arrogance, and the lack of humility. Every single time a major tournament rolls around, I have to stop watching British pundits and reading the British media because I can't stand their deluded assumption that England is amongst the best teams in the world. They are not - anyone who has any knowledge of football knows this. At best, England are a second-tier football team. They are NOT at the same level as teams like Spain, Germany, Italy, or France. But the British media would have you believe that they are. Before the recent Euros final against Spain, there were British pundits like Paul Merson claiming that England should "easily" handle Spain! The delusion of these British pundits is off the charts.

Even in 1966 the third goal by England was fortunate as the ball was not over the line ( computer graphic clearly shows).

Spain's best player was a 16-year old school boy, and they started him. England's best player sat on the bench throughout the tournament... cameo appearances aside. Simple as that. Safegate was NEVER the right man for the job

Rio Ferdinand said Carrick as in Michael Carrick not Carragher. Jamie Carragher was an average defender. Carrick was a brilliant passing midfielder, the closest thing England had to a Pirlo and typical England they didn't know what to do with him.

This is really silly. Yes England still haven't come away with a trophy and this has gone on for a long time but they are knocking on the door because they are getting deeper into tournaments now more success on penalties compared to the past more success at getting to the latter end of the tournaments. You can't say that the players don't have quality come on. Jude Bellingham winning player award for RM team. Foden being the player for Man city. Yes, they still haven't quite got over the finishing line but with the right coaching and Manager who is tactically better than Southgate and the quality the current team has England can challenge for a trophies in the future. I do feel this is too negative. Saying England will never win trophies, how do you know can you see into the future?? Your basing the past failures on your theory that will affect how things go years into the future. Sport doesn't work like that.

The EPL hypes these players for marketing their product. The EPL is all about hustle and bustle, aggression and entertainment, which is a big positive for the EPL. International football is about keeping possession, which english players are unable to do. At the end of the day, the english players are not up to international level and this has been proven since 1974!

England will win when they compete as Great Britain.

Let's be honest and clear: in recent competitions, England have reached advanced stages of the tournament (semi-finals and finals) thanks to lucky draws, easy groups and easy draws. The game shown has always been poor, in all competitions from 2018 to today, except for a few moments of brilliance

What do you expect when you get a bunch of overpaid overrated pampered rich millionaires playing football for England

Let's be clear about one thing: 1966 could have turned out differently, if it wasn't for a referee mistake.

1. Don`t make one man (Southgate) the scapegoat for everything 2. Your league is not the best - it is merely the most expensive one

Never say never. I’m a 40 years old spaniard that grew up listening over and over again that Spain was never gonna win a World Cup. People said that there was a quarters curse in this competitions, since we never got pass it. Of course England can win it. Just keep trying. Nothing is impossible.

Southgate most successful England manager at tournaments

All the problems with England stem from two issues: overrated players on the one hand and delusional, out-of-touch expectations from the media and fanbase on the other. Regarding the players, individual English players may be very talented, even world class. However to play effectively as a team you need some levels of football intelligence and courage. Both of which are severely lacking in most English players. This lack of intelligence and courage is even reflected in the English managers and even their referees. I don't know if this is a DNA thing but it's very plain to see even tho it's very painful for fans to admit. The biggest irony is they call themselves the 3 lions. Oh please stop insulting lions already.

England's problem will always be the same: to think they are more than they are, to have no self-criticism, to be dishonourable, to over-talk and underestimate their rivals.

The media has built Bellingham up to be the next messiah, and the kid has believed it himself… now that all what the expected from him didn’t pan out like they’d hope… they’re taking back their hype of an average footballer.

@1:30 "All of these players are considered footballing legends today." Absolutely nobody outside of England thinks these players are footballing legends. Maaaybe Beckham and Gerrard, but winning one Champions League trophy really isn't enough to be considered a legend either.

Well, if you cannot even stop Cucurella (not really Roberto Carlos) what would you expect

I know it's all speculations but if after the equilizer England would have kept pressing like they did for about 5 minutes they might have had a chance to win it... But they had to change tactics and stand deep again... The were literally asking for the 2-1...

I feel it the English media and fan is also responsible in overhyping the situation and leading it to influence in the decisions of manager and pressurized the players as well.

To win a tournament, have midfielders who can easily score from behind at any opportunity. Get goalscorers who can score in any direction the ball is coming to them. Get at least a dribbler who knows how to reduce the opponents upfront and good defenders. Have a good teamwork.

The Creators Of Football having The richest League Ever And their National Team play all very very Crap

It's because there rubbish 🗑

If the "golden generation" were managed by Harry Rednap they would have won the world cup

England is not the best, England is not Brazil. Nobody fears England. Stop the hype, please.

Don't blame the media, people expect England to play good because they should. Massive red flag in mentality when players start blaming "media" for putting pressure... I mean, that's what players do, you represent your country, both glory and pressure. If you don't want it, reject the national recruitment

your biggest problem is your self-pity mixed with arrogance.

Southgate is the best coach in England national history .

England have never had a good manager

We must admit that this is probably the beat English National Team of All Time. They never reached so often the semi-final before and Southgate should receive a bit credit for that.

Honestly, as an england fan, There are some england players that do good, kane is kinda good at taking penaltys but its very wrong for him to face hate. Bukayo saka had saved england in the quarter finals with his goal, and now he faces racism just as he did after losing euro 2020. Kobbie mainoo did very well. But the thing is people need to appreciate the players we have, harry kane has to face severe hate because apparently hes a curse, listen no curse exists they dont he just has a hard time trying to score, zlatan didnt win much trophies i dont even know if he won any trophies just awards, Bukayo saka is literally facing racism, there is no space for racism at all it is absolutely wrong. And bellingham is only 21 these players are still young they should not be facing hate its unbelievable we need to grow up and show respect.

8:01 tells you everything you need to know about this guys knowledge of this subject.

winning against you was too easy

8:00 pretty sure that's Jamie Carragher But thanks for the interview parts at the beginning. I only knew about Barcelona & real Madrid players having similar issues for the Spanish national team.

Nice vid

The english players care more about the money they make at their clubs than winning a trophy with the national team. Why should they injure themselves for the national team?

That was so dramatic and intense. Better than any England game I've watched.

Madrid PR crazy tho😂😂😂

2006 team was way more overrated than the current one. I never understood the hype on Lampard and Gerard, especially when put together. They didn't add up.

Bellingham is not overrated. He had a great season at Real Madrid, scored and created lots of goals, and had previously been a revelation at Dortmund. He is one of the best players in the world. The signs are there that it could be going to his head though, and this is a testing moment for him. He had a poor Euros tournament, showed poor attitude and will either learn from it, or it might start to affect his club form. But you can't call him overrated just yet.

ENGLAND FOOTBALL IS OVERRATED..... TIME2 STOP BELIEVING THE HYPE. PASS IT ON! 🎯

To be honest, England always have a favorable draws. In world cup 2018, Euro 2020 and now presently, they are in the knockout stages facing dark horses all the time instead of the top 5 favorites. What if England was at the other side where France, Spain, Portugal, Germany and Belgium waiting for them? So far England is not impressive at all! They still can't beat the top 5 favorites. They lost to Croatia and Belgium during semifinals of world cup 2018. Then to Italy in the Euro 2020 finals. Then to France in the World Cup 2022 quarter finals. And now Spain in the Euro 2024. They have not shown any good quality playing against the world top 6 teams.

Spain had an extra day of rest. Even the media pointed it out. Fifa should change the rules.

2010 and 2012, England lost to superior sides. That German side was brilliant and won the WC in 2014 and that Italy side was full of stars that won the WC in 2006 and multiple CL winners. There is no shame losing to either. 2014 we had a poor side and were in the group of death with Uruguay and Italy. 2016 was genuine underachievement.

As an England fan I think a lot of the ‘fan base’ need to support the team unconditionally and not have such high expectations, unfortunately the media and KZfaqrs like that Rory don’t help. A lot of nations would give everything to qualify for major tournaments and/or make it out the group stages so it has been great to have been able to get to two finals, semifinal and a quarterfinal. We are going to have a tough WC 26 🇺🇸🇲🇽🇨🇦 qualifying group coming up so need to get behind the new manager and team! England may not get to another final let alone win a trophy but true/proper fans will support the new manager and team regardless! 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿

When English clubs win the Champions League, there are always the most continental players on the teams. Often only 2-5 English players in an English team. Wake up - see the reality - you are past the sell-by date!!

1998 they got hosed by the ref and Beckham losing his mind. People forget that team and the argentina loss. I think thay team could have done it

You have to learn to beat the better teams to win those tournaments. England's strategy - not just this year, for over 2 decades - has consisted of beating teams like Slovakia and Ukraine and hoping to avoid the big opposition until very late. It's just that with the expansion of the tournaments, particularly the Euros, those games against France/Spain now come much later than before.

England players are not overrated. First of all, the real reason, England dont have top tier native manager. Even UK. Second, the players always play under very big pressure. Three, England never have solid 11 team. They have three world class right full back. Walker, TAA and Trippier. For what? Their GK is so decent. They only have 1 proven midfielder who is Declan Rice.