Introducing Allardyce as "former England manager" is the most hilarious thing I've heard all week

Scraped through one of the easiest if not the easiest group. We were lucky we made it to the final and the best team won.

As soon as kane come out of that back 3 at 60 minutes, i knew we would lose , what was southgate thinking he was our best defender

No point in reaching a final if you're just hoping to have moments.

Kane literally didnt run for pure games. No movement, no link play, Clearly injured. Just like Switzerland, we played with 10 men with Kane on the pitch v Spain.

He thought Gordon was one of our outstanding performers with Gareth giving him a grand total of 4 minutes😂

Kane knew he wasnt fit enough but put his own ego first, it was the same thing for Spurs in the champions league final against Liverpool. You cant win anything playing with 10 men but Southgate didnt have the balls or sense to drop him.

In international football, you don't necessarily have to play your best players; you have to play your best team. That means some of your best players will have to be on the bench.

LOL What is he talking about? "We reached the final bla bla, where are Germany, France, Portugal etc.? They aren't in the final..." LOL, bullshit, Sam. England reached the final because it was in the other half of the draw, separate from these teams you mention. Germany, France, Spain and Portugal were all on the other side of the draw. That's why lucky Southgate's England crawled to the final.

You're right, France, Germany, Italy, Croatia. We managed to avoid playing them all. We were forced to play Holland unfortunately. Could've been Turkey, but we got that penalty for nothing, so that was good. Pity we didn't get free pens in the final too.

We had the easiest of routes to the final and lost to the best team in the tournament...

Spain are a team confident on the ball, real ball players . England are not a team scared shitless to play the ball ,and thats all there is to it

Why Phil Foden was in starting line up in every game? He was the worst player in England team. I wish Palmer or Gordan was there instead of him.

Did he say that we did well because we got further than germany or portugal? Did he know that spain were on that side of the draw?

Pickford kept the dream alive, but Spain's beautiful first touch football is just too good and ended up prevailing.

This is what happens when you drink 5 bottles of wine for 2 decades.

España ganó a Croacia, Italia, Alemania, Francia e Inglaterra. No creo que exista un precedente similar en alguna fase final de una Euro. Derrotó a muchos campeones del mundo y de Europa con mucha soltura. Desplegó un futbol precioso de control de juego, posesión de balón, presión al contrario y juego vertical de ataque. El control del juego fue total en muchos minutos de sus partidos con un medio del campo impresionante (Rodri debería ser bota de oro). Récord en una fase final con 7 victorias consecutivas. Récord de goles marcados por un mismo equipo, 15, y además fueron marcados por 10 jugadores distintos... Increíble. En definitiva, el mejor equipo del torneo con diferencia. Ganó el fútbol, ganó España. ¡¡¡Felicidades!!!

Theres no captain in that team. No leader, no one organising in game. Henderson was never the best player technically, but his type of player was what was missing. He wouldnt have allowed england to keep dropping deep, he would have led the press. He would have been talking to his team mates constantly. There was no one in that team running the game on the pitch. Walker said after the last 16 game. I know we keep dropping deep after scoring, but its not something southgate has told us to do. That was ridiculous thing to say, as he was basically admitting he could see it happening in game, but didnt have the gumption to tell his teammates as it happend, push up, dont sit back. No leadership, too many players being picked in the wrong positions or in systems that dont play to their strengths. If you have to squeeze trent in by playing him as DM, dont play him. If you have to squeeze foden in by playing him as a left winger, dont play him. Sam even agreed. The whole tournament has been a joke, and scamming their way to the final was just increasing the pain for everyone. Safegates tactics with that bunch of players is just awful. Hes far to cautious to be an international manager of such a talented squad

"No france, no Portugal, no Germany in final" what a muppet They were all on the other side of the draw haha

For God's sake GO, Gareth. We need a manager of spirit and inspiration. "Surely not a foreigner", says Sam. Why not? Klopp would be amazing lol.

Spainish football is far more superior to english football, period. The epl is the worlds most overhype and overated league with less quality, laliga is underated, lt has won a record more CL, europa, ballondor, and uefa mens player of the yr

Harry Kane can never start a major tournament game for England again. Have to move on from him being the main man

Not sure Sam knows what day it is

It's not the loss that shows Southgate is an indecisive & weak manager. It's his playing Kane despite obvious evidence Kane isn't fit that disqualifies Southgate. England has better strikers sitting on the bench. Ivan Toney, Bowen & Ollie.

Spain worked unbelievably hard without the ball. England should have released the handbrake and gone for it. England have a group of extremely skilled players but they need guided by one of the best managers in the world.

If you are gonna sit back and play on the counter for an entire half you better have some pace up top. You had Kane.

A Spanish coach would do wonders with that squad

The only England manager with 100% win record. Bring big Sam back 🙏🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿

with respect to Big Sam, you CANNOT use injuries and inexperience as an excuse. The euros take place every 4 years. Injuries are a factor for all the other countries. It is up to the coaches to plan their squad accordingly, so they can peak at the tournament. The fact that Southgate was "experimenting" in certain positions for the first two games of the Euros tells you just how under-prepared England were. England were extremely fortunate to get to the final, being helped illegally by VAR along the way, so people in England should just accept that one of the main reasons that the EPL is so good and popular is because they have top quality foreign players.

Something tells me that Safegate wouldn't trust the 'rhythm' method 😅

The problem is these players in the prem are coached by foreign managers that can win, Pep, klopp. We dont have a English manager who is up to it.

Big Sam record is still intact 😅

Mike Bassett sorry Big Sam says the prem stops the development of England players yet apart from the home win in '66 this is Englands best ever period, we had great flair players in the 70s and couldnt even qualify for tournaments and the 80s was no better. Top managers arent interested in International jobs which is why people hoping for someone like Klopp are deluded 😎

100% win rate as England gaffer. Proper geeza.

The best TEAM won! Say no more....

in Indonesia we have a word "Kutukan" which means "Cursed" so a cursed trophyless Harry Kane word for it are "KutuKane"

You can't play out from the back. You can't keep possession. It was the young new players who carried you that far with a lot of help from the players which hardly got on the pitch.

This notion of England players are on par with the Spanish players is really crazy. No English player is better than the Spainsh players.

I was fed up with kane after 5 minutes I could see it was like the group games no attacking just now and again ,kane on walkabout that's all he done now bring on the young guns and get them ready for the world cup the best team of the tournament won so we can't change it

Genuinely shocked that Allardyce came on and gave this BS interview. How Southgate is getting sympathy support for getting to the final with THAT SQUAD despite those awful performances is beyond me, but then again, it’s very British so I wouldn’t understand.

Pickford should of got an award for being the most exciting player in possession

ENGLAND OFF THE BALL JUST STAND STILL

Southgate bottled it. Kane wasted a whole half doing nothing. Too much of a mates club.

Sam best England manager EVER

Thought they were absolutely rubbish to be honest. Uninspiring stuff

Yeah to be fair, Gordon learnt a lot from playing 4 minutes of football.

I manage a team ( bit less quality thn england ) but I say to players - if you don't do the bizzo, don't expect to stay on the pitch. And if your replacement does the bizzo he keeps his place. That motivates people like kane and bellingham who think their place is guaranteed. And the players like watkins who came on. How demoralising is it for watkins to see kane on the teamsheet, and having one touch in the penalty area in an hour, after he came on and scored in ten minutes ? Upshot is, I said before the game, I would have started with watkins and palmer. I would have also told Bellingham he was a borderline starter based on his overall performances. A story geoff hurst himself told me in person. After the 1966 final where he scored a hat trick alf ramsey shook the hand of each player as he got on the team bus to leave wembley. The next game was in October I think. Ramsey did his great game Bobby well played Nobby stuff and when he got to Hurst he said well done and thank you etc Hurst replied "see you in October" To which Ramsey replied - If selected Geoffrey, if selected !

I've read a good article (Guardian) how England lost the final in a 10 minute spell just after the equalizer. Starting wih a Walker throw- in back to Stones, we didn't touch the ball in the Spanish half. Spain regained control, kept possession, any time we had a chance of a break we gave the ball away or Spain tackled to win it back. Then Spain made it 2-1, though still needed Olmo to head off the line. Worth anyone watching again what happened after Palmer's goal.

As a Sunderland fan we were dead & buried in the Premier league. Until Sam took us over, 1st thing he did was make us hard to beat he sorted our defence out. It took about 4 or 5 games to make us solid. He then started on the attacking areas but he made our midfield solid & physical in the middle & got 2 fast wingers in. No big boot football at all. It was entertaining & after 6 or 7 games wr were flying. Ultimately we stayed up only getting beat about twice. England took him from us, we fell to pieces & he was out of the job at England before he'd started basically. Don't underestimate for 1 second his knowledge of knowing how to win football matches. He proved it time & time again with so called unfashionable clubs against the big boys. I honestly believe we would have won something by now if he'd kept the job.

my head hurts

As a spurs fan I hate to say it I expect it at this point the kane curse is real too i knew before the game but my God I do feel for him

Ridiculous. Even if Kane told Southgate that he was fit I am sorry but he doesn’t need to rely on Kane s opinion. They can judge it in training. 15-20 mins into the game Southgate knows his fitness. Get off Kane s back.

Kane looked like a 5 year old in his own empty space, confused, ignored

Not a foreigner what a Muppet. But agreed with the players pool. English young players need more game time.

Spain were sublime as a team. Their press, passing and movement was on another level. They wanted to win and England didnt want to lose. England's set-up and overly defensive mentality cost us dear. Can Sky do us a favour and actually have some decent analysis/a programme dedicated to what England need to do to fix these problems and win a tournament? Instead of endless soundbites and ex pro's saying how negative England have been under Southgate....and then go into the ridiculous 24x7 over-hyping of the Premier League. Doubt that will happen though, as the Premier League is their cash cow.

Extremely diplomatic comments from big Sam...

you don't break a team up "player by player" this is a team sport... some players add detail and one off performances but in the long run is the team as a whole that wins tournaments.

Achieving another final without playing any of the best teams on the way and then losing against the first quality team we meet leaves us all with quite a hollow feeling:(

Sam giving his big opinion 😂😂😂

England is absolutly not good team, just they are moment team.

One time too many for England. Will they ever do it? What's the point of reaching finals (twice on the trot) and semifinals if you don't go on to win?

That’s an excuse Sam. Our team players aren’t good enough with the at their feet

English fans never learn always overhyping your team and arrogance is the worst part of it. Hope you are humble now.

Alf Ramsey didn’t pick the best players, he picked the best players to fit into the system of play that he wanted. A number of that England team weren’t the best player around in their position, but together they gelled into a memorable winning team. Managers since have struggled to find that balance.

This English squad was overrated. Harry Kane was either fatigued/injured/he’s aged faster than we thought. The CBs weren’t impressive, weak spot at LB. Rice is not on Rodri’s level, Mainoo good but too young. Saka and Foden are good too but overrated. It’s hilarious the English media put so much pressure on this team when they’ve actually overachieved considering the lack of quality. There was a time when England had Terry, Rio, Cole, Neville, Gerrard, Lampard, Scholes, Rooney, Owen etc. And they didn’t win with that squad & yet these fans are expecting them to win with this? 😂😂😂

Why do we need his Opinion? No seriously why?

Why aren't England prepping their youth and under 21s coaches who have had success for the job of taking over from Southgate? As an outsider looking in it seems a logical long term plan

England conceded first goal in most of the game. How is the defence outstanding?

we need to play players in their best positions and how they play for their clubs. Spain did that and won. no need to complicate it.

South Gate is not good enough

Just one comment, in spain we were always having high hopes and poor results, party because of big egos. In 2008 Luis Aragonés, the manager who started the 2008-2012 era decided to leave out Raul, plus some others, you can’t believe the shitstorm he had to go thru, but he created a TEAM and won…

What an achievement, Back to back Euro Cup finals, no any team in the Euro Cup history can achieve this rare feat except England themselves........ All credit goes to the England team for playing back to back Euro Cup finals..........

"achieving another final" without playing any of the good teams..... quite an achievement

Why does England need an English manager, we've had them and won fall

The only man who would have won the World Cup and Euro’s

‘It has to be a foreign manager’ so I guess that is a no to Jurgen Klopp or Pep if available 😂

Spain was hands down a better team

Can't beat top nations ain't good enough simple and won't change unless can one day get a good manager

Watch the Under 21's play... It's a world away from the defensive senior team.

Big Sam should get his chance!!!! He’ll do Marvels with this England team

England managed to avoid playing a good team until the final. Then they lost as soon as they did because they simply aren’t good enough as a team.

Don't you mean DISGRACED former England Manager? Entrapment has won. No Sam, your utter greed won. 😆

When you watch good teams you can almost see the links between them . The ball moves around quickly. Everything is just so much smoother. Everybody seems to know what they are doing. Bad teams are always stop start. There is never any flow.

Spain were better than us, they are better than us. There's no shame in that. We now have to try and do something about it. It's changing now I think. The France approach, reactive, moments, keeping it tight is over. Not just Spain, Germany, Portugal, are proactive 'club style' teams, pressing etc. We can and must develop our game in that direction. We have the players. I don't know if we have the managers - Graham Potter? Eddy Howe? Or are there other, lesser known coaches? We need technical expertise over big names IMO.

Don’t think any individual English players is as good as yamal and nico Williams

England have nothing to be ashamed of they lost to the best team of the tournament. Just keep chugging head and developing good players. We've reached two finals in three years. There was a time not so long ago that the quarter-finals was an achievement. Let's get behind this team and push for the 2026 WC and win it.

Listen king and short Southgate is not the man for the job

Should be reinstated . Crazy FA . Big Sam for me all day long .

Get Klopp or Pep or Jose or Carlo. We need a serial winner boss to turn silver into gold. I saw 1990 & 96. This is much better than a semi loss on pens. We mainly lost cuz we failed to sub on Trent. The only great long ball passer 3 🦁 have. Bobby Robson made the same mistake by not building his 1986 & 1990 teams around Hoddle Kobbie played poorly & Kane was brave but his injured back held him back. Guehi caused the 2nd Spain goal via a bad long ball turnover & pickfords saves were very good but his passing long balls were poor. U can't win big cups with 34% possession. U need at least 40%. Spain extra day of rest & fresh starters in Defence after yellow card bans made a big difference in aiding Spain. Nice Gareth was not as brave as Sir Alf, who dropped unfit world-class Greaves to win 1966 WC. Harry, as an impact sub wuda been fine. The Maths Profs sent lots of messages asking for ice cole & Trent to start of be subbed on at 65 mins. Bobby Robson & Sven wasted huge talents of Hoddle & Scholes. Nice Gareth is wasting defence splitting world-class skills of TAA & Palmer. GS is too loyal to Harry & Foden & Saka & Kyle on our right flank & and Pickford, who turned over the ball many times via bad long balls. Capello said to Skys Kaveh Solekal that it was the main reason we lost to Croatia in 2018 in the Semi. Impact sub Latauro won 3 in a row cups 4 Argentina. Harry cuda been our Lautaro Martinez.

We have the talent to win the World Cup. Play to win put the best team on the pitch not the best players. Find a manager who can unlock all the talent we have.

I tend to agree with Sam in that there are perhaps too many foreigners in our league. However the only problem with that argument is that surely the same applies to other major nations, although it begun to? What a gentle guy Allardyce is, I've never heard him speak at length before.

England has some excellent players available for the squad, but I think that the media hypes them up too much. If you go through the first 11 from goalkeeper forward, there are varying levels of quality. We played most of the tournament without a left-back for Christ's sake. I rate Southgate as the best England manager in history off the back of the last 8 years. I know that a lot of the players achieve success at club level, but they invariably play with world-class foreign players. In my opinion, we have a core of excellent players, very few of whom have the 'X-Factor' that will truly worry international opponents. One of them (in my opinion) could be Trent, who suffered from his team-mates refusing to find space for him to damage the other teams - a basic flaw in the execution of the game-plan to say the least. During Liverpool's success in Europe, Trent bossed the games from right-back (how many players can do that?) and world-class teams were terrified of him (but still couldn't stop him). I know Saka is a wonderful player, but his style of play cannot be sustained through a tournament; a decent team can neutralise the threat from the wing relatively easily (unless it's a truly great player like Mbappe) - Spain just doubled up on him all night and Cucarrella and Williams then capitalised on him not doing the same. Looking through the rest of the squad, there is (maybe) Bellingham or Palmer that have the potential to have that 'X-Factor', but neither are proven yet. It's not unusual; most countries have to make do with merely brilliant players and rarely do players ascend to the levels I'm talking about. Germany have none that I can think of. France have two. For all their 'Golden Generation' hype, Belgium had none that I can remember. I believe Spain have four or five contenders in that squad and last night was an announcement of more to come in my opinion.

When did we start to celebrate getting to a final. You can't fill a trophy cabinet with runners up medals and pride. Everyone is so proud of the lads. Screw that! Spain were the favorites going into the final because their manager got more out of his players then expected. Spain were not tipped prior to the tournament starting. Southgate on the other hand, managed about 60 minutes of decent football out of a group of proven world class individuals.

I heard that Kane quickly fled the scene, afraid of getting the Full Metal Jacket 'Soap in the towel " treatment in the cabin. Seriously, this is so superstitious, but you have to get rid of Kane and see how it goes without him😅 If Bayern doesn't get a trophy this season again, you know it's real...

100 % An Englishman, Big Sam for ENGLAND! Wish he had not left SAFC..

If only we kept big Sam as manager he'd have won at least one of those tournaments.

At least we got to the final😢

England were fortunate to even get to the final. Talk about that Sky, talk about a manager that is clearly out of his depth.

“Surely not another foreigner. I couldn’t stand it last time that happened.” … spoken like a true Brexiteer

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