"It was UNFORGIVABLE!" | England vs Denmark reaction
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- The lads discuss England’s messy draw with Denmark and figure out what needs to happen next as Trent Alexander-Arnold (probably) exits the midfield, Jude Bellingham goes full Alan Pardew, and the left wing remains completely empty.
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We've got defeat in the round of 16 in extra time written all over us 😅
England surviving into extra time is a little hopeful.
If you look at the draw we're unlikely to play anyone good until the Ro8. Ro16 will be 3rd place from Group D/E/F. As much as we've been shit we've basically conceded zero chances so far. Denmark scored a complete worldie otherwise never looked like scoring.
Southgate's never been knocked out by a non top side so I think we'll make it to the Ro8 where we probably play Switzerland or Italy/Croatia. And tbh neither of them are anything special so might shithouse our way to the semis without ever playing a decent side.
Extra time would be nice
@@bengreenbank I recall a Danish Player inexplicably spanking a shot miles over the bar when unmarked in the six yard box
We have to get past the group stages first. If we lose against Slovenia we could be going home early
This is Englands 8th straight piss poor performance.
Literally.
We haven't played well for 8 matches on the trot.
Southgates tactics suck and dropping a player or two wont change that.
Absolutely right. Tactics is the entire issue. If you put Ancelotti in charge he wouldn't drop Foden or Kane. He'd get all our best players on the pitch tell them to press high up the pitch, get on the ball take risks and score goals/create chances.
We have an unbelievable selection of attacking players. Teams like Serbia/Denmark/Slovenia should be absolutely shitting themselves facing us.
We don't press, we don't take any risks in possession or make any attempt to create chances or score goals, our full backs don't push up the field to pen them in. That's a tactical choice.
A good manager could pick this exact team and get great results with different tactics.
@@bengreenbank ye walker actually admitted he won't attack because he's scared of being caught out of position and then conceding and then being slated for being out of position.
His first thought as England right back should be "can I get forward".
If the players are too scared to attack, that's the managers fault.
@@NeilLewis77 It's infuriating. why are we scared of what the likes of Iceland, Slovenia, Denmark and Serbia can do to us? They are all glacially slow and I think Oblak is the only player any of them have who'd improve our first XI.
We should take the game to them.
Our squad is incredible and we play like we'd be happy to get out of the groups.
@@bengreenbanksome people saying we need to get our best players on and make it work. Others saying don't be afraid to drop big names if they don't fit the system...can't both be right!
@@Klinsmann1985 I’m right. Glad I could clear it up for you
Gordon not having a minute in this tournament is shocking
Why?
What difference would it make?
Gordon wouldn't have any time or space too.
He struggled against Iceland.
@@NeilLewis77 he was arguably the best player against Iceland, the who team was shite so doesn’t make much difference but if you want to talk about poor performance against Iceland Foden was awful. First off Gordon wouldn’t be drifting inside to the opposite wing like Foden does, he’ll stay wide. Also he likes to get in behind rather than come short.
@@nufcguy being our best player in a terrible team performance kinda proves my point.
Even if Gordon plays and plays well, it doesn't even help us beat someone as bad as Iceland.
We can drop all 11, it won't help.
The problem is bigger than "fodens drifting inside".
Foden drifts inside for man city ALL the time.
He plays on the wing most weeks and just won player of the year as a winger.
I'd much rather see us play a different style that gets the best out our best players, rather than dropping our best players to play like Aston villa.
@@NeilLewis77 Sometimes the best players have to be dropped to actually put together a decent team. For too long England have relied on exceptional moments from individuals.
@@redbloodcell4047 yes Portugal, Spain, Germany, England and Belgium could all drop their best striker for a faster striker.
But they choose to stick with their best striker because their best striker scores more goals and can be trusted more than their faster strikers.
Strikers like fullkrig, Lukaku, kane, morata, Ronaldo might not be as mobile as other strikers but sometimes it's really handy in football to have a guy who's brilliant at putting the ball in the back of the net.
I don't want to play like Aston villa and hoof balls up to our fast striker for him to chase.
I want to play like barce, Bayern and man city who create chances for their world class striker in the box.
This idea of dropping our best player in order to play a more basic primitive style of football just seems so counter productive to me.
Englands style is keep possession in "safe" areas and hope the front 4 produce magic. If the opposition work this out and decide to press then panic!
For the Slovenia game I'm expecting him to drop half the team so he can give the back up players minutes.
Why would a terrible pitch have suited Denmark Luke? They played far better football than England. Surely if the pitch was better they'd have zipped it passed them much easier. The pitch might have helped save the draw.
Yeah that's a bit of a dissing. I thought the Danes played very tidy. Yes they were physical and pressed us a lot, but they were also very good with the ball. It was a masterclass on how to play against a very predictable England side. Iceland and Serbia also did a job on us. We are getting schooled too easily.
That comment really bothered me too. Unfortunately I hear this kind of thing often from them.
Luke typified the seemingly well earned perception of the average English football supporter: victimized braindead arrogance. Complaining about the weather, claiming a shitty pitch suits the team that could actually complete passes on the ground properly, and last but not least calling top flight professional footballers “pub players”, with Vish joining in to talk about the POLLEN COUNT?? As someone who has gone to an emergency room for environmental allergic reaction, I get a pollen count fucking you up, but it is certifiably insane to bring this up to excuse a poor result.
Such off-putting comments from them. I’ve listened for a while, and this is some of the most pathetic reactionary trash I’ve ever heard from the Ramble.
I feel for Marcus, because while he is the most English fanboy of English fanboys, I feel like he is fairly even keeled, and he had to deal with Luke throwing a fit on this one.
@@MoonManChu not to mention the "player for player we have the best team in the world, all hail the premier League, I don't understand why we can't win. The other team doesn't have any star players because I don't watch other leagues" that every other English pundit has said for the past 30 years of losing.
I don't actually remember if it was said on this episode but I've heard it recently and often enough from them.
I hear that all the time and it bollocks, England only have 4 top tier club players and they aren't even playing well. There is no depth if they get injured.
I feared it was over as soon as I saw Bellingham was wearing Kim Kardashian’s undercrackers
You know it's bad when even the pundits are complaining. They've been living up Gareth's arse the last 8 years, claiming fans don't know what they're talking about. Yet here we are, exactly where most fans thought we'd be.
to be fair, the fans dont know what theyre talking about one way or the other
Sometimes people end up being right for the wrong reasons.
Just a little reminder to everyone England are not out of the tournament.... there's still a game to play maybe even a few more!...who knows what can happen
You're not wrong Gary Neville being his biggest advocate but they are still hesitant to really have a go at him
Christian knows much more than everybody else though. What a blessing.@@christianhatim6170
Southgate has turned into David Moyes without the prickly negativity and I HATE IT .... Southgate OUT!
@@parklife. Calm down .... so what do you want, everyone to accept mediocrity as you clearly do???!!! Player for player we are miles ahead of Denmark but they have the far superior manager who gets his players to work as a unit whilst we looked a bit lost.
Moyes in?
@@Klinsmann1985 No one wants Moyes ... WHU ... Man Utd .... Sunderland .... Leicester .... Burnley .... Brighton ... see ... NO ONE WANTS HIM 🤣🤣🤣
This all feels like Season 8 of Game of Thrones. Great cast, crap ton of money spent on the production, show-runners lost interest (lining up their next job) & lack of writing talent caught them out. Everyone hated how it all finished. That's Southgate's story right now
A lot of great analysis here. But ridiculously disrespectful comments about the Danish players and team. Denmark pressed the confidence and energy out of the English team. And the English players don’t have the in game intelligence to change what isn’t working. All the players, except for Saka, kept running into the press zones and making it easier for Denmark.
*Southgate doesn’t have the intelligence
He doesn’t have the minerals…
Trent’s been taken off twice before 60 minutes and both times it’s made England look even worse.
Probably because his replacement.... Gallagher.... just runs around like headless chicken.
Harry Kane NEVER presses!As a Spurs fans I have watched this happen time and time again. He won't run 5ft to challenge for the ball. The one he loves to do is job towards a player with the ball and as he gets closer (to a point where he could quickly run towards them and shut them down) he instead slows down. It's not a one off, it's his game and I've watched it for years!
No matter how good Kane is, he seems to me that he is a selfish player who only really cares about his own accolades
The fella that said Southgate will just swap Trent out for Gallagher is right. The whole system needs a rethink but Southgate hasn't got what it takes.
Ben White saw this coming, that's why he opted out !
He got sent home from Qatar cos he was mincing about and they don't like it out there
We have 3 right backs in our starting line up, do we really need to bring Ben White into the conversation? 😂
41:45 Serjio Roberto Livingstone Pohlhammer - The King, The Legend...The Toad
Don't know why people are so surprised. The last four matches against Denmark (regular time) have ended with three draws and a loss to England. But as always we believe that we are superior. Reality check needed. And the excuses were bollocks , the pitch was terrible (it was) , the heat was terrible (yeap) , but Denmark is not an exotic country and their players played on the same pitch and really they are pro players so it is not better for them than England. And even though England has got the star players , but the danish team has players from Barcelona, Roma , Anderlecht, Man U, Benfica, Tottenham, Brentford, Leicester, Milan etc etc and my point is that a team of pro good players playing as a team and with a game plan will almost always beat a star team with no game plan.
Slovenia are no mugs. They did to Denmark what Denmark did to England and were literally ONE SECOND away from beating Serbia 1-0. They will be chomping at the bit to play England. Especially if stubborn Southgate continues with the TAA in midfield and Foden on the left debacle.
Mate. They've got a world class keeper, a decent prospect up front and 9 NPC's in between them. Their highest profile other players are rotation options for Udinese, a side who finished 15th in Serie A last season.
We should be absolutely fucking rinsing them.
Get Bellingham/Rice/Foden in midfield. Gordon on the left push the full backs right up the field, pen them back and obliterate them. All but 2 of their players are Championship level. This should look like when City draw a Championship side in the FA Cup third round and are 3-0 up after 25 minutes.
gaving9041 Calm down
14:30 is exactly what I've been thinking. The 4231 doesn't work cause Bellingham disconnects the midfield, forcing Rice and Trent to go back or out the FBs
Yeah kind of but the major issue is that Rice and Trent have never played together before and we have our bellend of a manager trying it in a tournament when he had 2 friendlies before and he didn't try it once...Rice doesn't trust Trent enough to venture further up the pitch where he is far more effective like for Arsenal because he's nervous about Trent covering behind him..
Luke has changed his tune from the last episode
Yep, even though all of the same issues were apparent against Serbia.
😂😂😂😂 I bet you never change your tune about....anything
Play 3-4-3 (move Walker inside) and wingbacks (Gordon and Saka) so there's natural width on both sides.
I agree with this, back 3 would look after itself no need for forward 3 to ever drop deep
The pollen count 😂😂
This is a football video not a weather update
Yeah we know but you obviously didn't watch this video or listen.@@bobbypukes605
‘Unsavoury’ is a weird word choice considering the amount of banners I see at premier league games calling it what it is when it comes to British fans. Racism, kick it out.
So there you go, we miss Henderson 😂 and why did we look so knackered even though we didn’t press?
The way this pod was going after first rubbish game in defense of Southgate I was astounded
Guys I've just stumbled across this channel and gotta say I love it already. Proper.
BTW SOUTGATE OUT NOW
Harry Redknapp in - it'd be a hell of a ride - and isn't that the point? Could really win it too playing to our strengths...
Watching England is like watching football in slow motion
England play a style of attempting to keep possession at all costs. And if a player gets pressed by the other team, they pass it backwards as it is safe. A few presses and an attack turns into a ball for the England goalkeeper. Opposition teams know to just press them a little and their attacks are nullified.
How is it possible to get sooo many super stars to play soooo badly game after game?? Its genius of the wrong kind
Gomez is a better left back than Trippier. At least he can get forward and offer width, Trippier can’t even run anymore but Southgate doesn’t want him to get foraward he just wants him no further than 5 yards from the cb.
We ain't winning the trophy that's clear... doesn't matter who's picked or what system we play... injuries poor selection and player burnout hasn't helped but let's face facts we are not as good as other countries... there i said it...took me 34 year's to finally admit it 😂
Funny that he’s suggesting Bellingham gets dropped when Foden was refusing to pass to team mates and shooting from anywhere on the pitch just to be “that guy” and go for the glory
You guys touched on it and I think that leadership is a big factor. The only man on the pitch with any motivation skills in the last two matches is Pickford, and his voice can only reach the back four.
It's not leadership it's a selection issue, there is no balance on the left or outlet because Foden comes inside and Rice can't play with Trent because he's concerned about going forward he doesn't trust Trent to cover behind.
@@johnhopkinson7573 I'm not saying leadership is the only issue, but it is a glaring one.
Tactically, England are all over the place and we'd be here for hours listing the issues.
2:58 Marc certainly does that for palace. What are you waffling about?
England 🏴 were simply a disorganised rabble who were given a lesson in organised TEAM play, we’ve got the best players but we’re the worst TEAM !
12:25 actually FYI foreigner players have been la liga player of the year for the last TEN years.
The inability to press properly means that we are the Man United of international football.
Do you think Southgate and the team/squad will actually look at that Denmark game and learn or just say everyone is just being critical of us
Did you honestly just say the Listeners don't know about football for suggesting Wharton? That's embarrassing for you, just say you haven't really watched him
Basically England lack the 5 aside and 7 a side training. This kind of training that will translated on to the pitch.
Everyone keeps saying how good England were in the first 30 mins against Serbia. The reality is Sebia sat back and allowed England space. After the goal Serbia came out to attack and then England struggled.
All the talk before the tournament was about how to break down defensive teams.
Other teams have looked at England's recent, pre-tournament games, and are taking advantage. Slow, negative.
Foden at 10 Bellingham next to rice, Gordon on the left. If foden stinks up the joint take him off at half time, put Bellingham back at 10 and bring Wharton on.
Or drop Bellingham, play Wharton at the base and Foden in the 10.
@@michaelwynn8019Foden is worse
Totally agree
@@markjohnson3196 Genuine question, based on what metric is Foden worse? Can you bring some numbers to back it up. I genuinely need to learn why people hate Foden.
Bellingham - 31 caps - 9 goal contributions
Foden - 36 caps - 12 goal contributions. And I think it's fair to say Foden has never got a run at his preferred position.
I could absolutely be wrong
@@DeanRTaylorit's just fashionable to follow the narrative
Surely Austria are dark horses now, they've been excellent
23:55 Ty from AFTV moment
It's a vegetable patch for both sides man!!
How can you play football if you don’t move your feet. The England players looked like their feet were superglued to the pitch
Kanes legs are gone , he always looking for fouls first before running with the ball , he gets them more often than not but he slows play down badly and he can’t press at all so he drops deep to get involved in build up play to look busy.
He a quality finisher but we need more energy bring him on if we need a goal and teams a sitting in defending that’s were Kane comes in.
Southgate out his depth
I don't think Trent or Gallagher are the answer for England. Foden must play in his preferred position and bring in Mainoo or Wharton in the middle and Gordon on the left.
It suits Denmark to have a shitty pitch? What is this guy smoking. We tried to play just as fast and possessive as England and I think the pitch was a hinderance to both teams. What a moronic and disrespectful thing to say.
You hit the nail on the head, all he is going to do is drop Trent and play Gallagher, which wont solve anything, you just know that will happen
Well, we've got Slovenia next. So we'll obviously win that one. Out of the three teams, that is the team that we shouldn't have any problem with. Then, predictably, you'll all be talking about how great we are. And back on the hamster wheel we'll be. The life of an England supporter.
Too many overated 100 million players, that's the problem.
England can't play possession football, anything like Spain, and lose attacking momentum when they try to.
We need lots of pace , on BOTH wings, a high press ,lots of movement, and quick forward balls, for 90 mins.
If he plays Gallagher we are doomed he simple is not good enough. No other top country would ever say ohhh well he’s a good runner. Every single football or as I prefer to call them ‘professional athlete’ should be more than capable of running
This was mostly good analysis, but the only people still advocating Rice as a 6 either haven't seen him play there before, are unfamiliar with Wharton's game, or both.
We are so polite we don’t. want to embarrass the opposition
@8:55 it's Twitter, not x
way over the top about Bellingham, he played an incredible through ball to Watkins that should have been finished
Thank God the firing squad is no more. You know it all pundits would have Trent first in line 😮
This England squad couldn't beat an egg
You have to ask the question, is Harry Kane a winner?
Gomez will be a better choice than Trippier by a country mile,he can play with his left foot. Trippier is a major problem in the team full stop
Southgate has no plan, no coaching ability. HORSEBRAINED!
He is straight up copying the current Italy set up, but doest have the personnel. Its funny because All he has to do is swap Saka to the left, tell Trippier not to go forward and just invert, and tell Walker to be the only one that overlaps. Or Play Dunk or Gomez as the "left back". The only thing that doesnt make sense is why Southgate doesnt do this. Saka has played on the left, and has even played wingback. Foden likes to cut in. Walker likes to overlap. Saka is literally the only option that offers width, so play him on the left because you have no other player that can provide width on the left. Walker, Trippier, TAA, can all provide width on the right. This way Bellingham can run in behind, run into the channels, and be more aggressive in offense. Kane can drop in and has options in Bellingham and Saka. This even allows TAA to play the balls he wants to. Gallagher actually doesn't solve the issue, because he is more often out of position than Trent, hence why he harries so much. This shape also allows England to press in a 442 more often, and thats the most effective way to press nowadays.
GALLAGHER NO WAY. headless chicken ,will get booked early and then Southgate will dither about taking him off.
All he does is run around and clatter into things. Very English lol
Southgate isn’t going to any of the things mentioned here to make England play better
I think Southgate will quit before the next game.
Wow even these lot have turned against Southgate...thought they'd go down with the ship. Remember them lecturing us mere mortals not long ago that we should be happy to have Southgate 🤣
If any other country had this bad a manager their fans and media would be going after their FA. They’re getting a free pass here. Southgate should have been replaced after the Croatia loss. A good manager would have won that game. I blame the FA and the pundits who defended Southgate for years. No one can tell you what England’s style is. Is it 80s retro?
Don't blame Southgate. Blame the people who hired him. The last England manager I liked was Glenn Hoddle.
funny cos you two thought Southgate was the bees knees in Lions watch
the change that needs to be made is so obvious,play trent at right back and his swashbuckling style will immediately up the tempo and change englands game in so many ways,he can step into midfield allowing rice to surge forward at times,he can switch play quickly,he can release runners with his long balls and cross in for kane,it would make an immediate statement that england care more about modern footballs cafu's forward abillities than walkers defensive,hes the best full back in the world so shud play and him stepping in to help rice like he does for liverpool wud allow both foden and bellingham to play as 8s or 10s and gordon or palmer on the left,also the thing that proves southgates shortcomings to a tea is just bringing on gallagher for running and physicality when he shud bring on mainoo or wharton for technical abillity and keeping the ball,all international football is built on possesion of the ball because its slower than champs lge etc
The only change that will make any difference is the manager.
We know bro… the only English person who doesn’t is Southgate
Put Maiono in the effing Team!
Southgate has been in over head for years now.... Get kloop tp manage this team for the world cup. Its loaded with talent he can figure it out and has enough cache to pick his side.
You are to much here guys. You call Denmark players pub-players and think our DK team is not even half decent. You lost me there and you have some attitude problems, Maybe this is part of Englands problem.
“The pollen count in Frankfurt may have something to do with it.” …. I’m out. I don’t listen to excuse making morons.
Sack Southgate and bring in Touchel
Play Gomez at left back and play 4 3 3. Play Eze or Gordon on the left.
and move Trippier to RB because Walker is overrated and do nothing.
It won't make any difference.
Change formation. Change players.
But we will still lose playing Gareth's slow boring safe tactics.
Eze was RUBBISH. He aint ready
@MultiBurger1
He was. However nobody has been good yet so hard to judge
@@MultiBurger1
Southgate only trust seniority. So he will pick players bases on their age, if there is 2 similar player who play in the same position he will pick who has older age then he will be chosen.
The idea that there's nobody else to play left back other than Trippier is quite bizarre to me. Joe Gomez has played there plenty for Liverpool, including/especially last season, and he was largely really decent. (No point pontificating about England's chances and what changes need to be made anyway, Southgate's clearly been the issue for a good while now. It ain't coming home, that's for sure.)
Is he really good enough for what England need? He's a centre back. Is he going to bomb forward, overlap with Foden, and whip crosses in with his left peg? Do I have the wrong impression of him? To me, he's just a big lump.
@@bobbypukes605 Depends how the team's set up in general. Sure you won't get him overlapping and whipping it in on his left peg, but he's no slouch either. "Just a big lump" is definitely harsh. Personally I wonder whether playing him at LB in a rather limited capacity would allow a system to work in which Trent is at RB playing much more like his usual game, with Bellingham deeper (relatively) alongside Rice, Foden ahead in the 10, and someone else offering more natural width on the left such as Anthony Gordon.
Isn't Gomez right footed?
@@Klinsmann1985 He is, same quirk as Trippier ultimately. Not sure it'd be too much of an issue if playing more of a restricted role anyway. Gomez was genuinely solid at LB for Liverpool last season.
@@AfroBenJen sure he is, just doesn't seem like much of an impactful change to replace one right footed left back with another
1 minute in and you guys started on fire 🔥 😂 ending that rant with the WOKE team tactics 🤣 briliant chemistry banter
How can tactics be woke?
Its not dtraight away its 8 years !!! Sack ommediately keep same players minus trent new tactics Any new manager!!!! Even Linekerhaha!
What in the fuck is that "this is where woke gets you" comment about
It’s about the FA picking Southgate not on footballing management credentials
I thought he was being sarcastic
We will still manage to shit house our ways to a deep run 😘
These issues were glaringly obvious before the tournament but you still had so many pundits clamouring for Trent in midfield and Foden on the left.
Exactly right, the same people asking for Trent in midfield and Foden on the pitch are now calling Southgate incompetent
@@mrzubairarshadExactly. I’ve been commenting on here for weeks about these issues and so many people were disagreeing, hopefully they can see how obvious it is now.
Trent and foden arnt the issue.
I've seen foden play on the left for man city.
I've seen Trent play midfield for Liverpool.
Never seen either of them as bad as they are for England.
Doesn't matter what players you pick if the tactics are garbage.
@@NeilLewis77Trent is a very good player but he’s not a midfielder and he should never be playing there, he looks lost. Foden in isolation is not the issue but it gives the team a total lack of balance. I’m not criticising them individually.
@@ConorF727 i agree Trent looks lost.
But so does harry kane and Phil foden and Declan rice and Jude Bellingham.
Honestly I've watched Trent run dozens of games from a midfield position.
I'd prefer him at RB but it doesn't matter.
We could play rivaldo, R9, ronaldinho and still look disjointed and isolated under Gareth.
Southgate, 5 million a year plus pension and he still plays people out of position. If Southgate was a proper manager he would stand on the touch line and frantically order them up the pitch but he stands there with his thumb up his arse.
He'd have to remove Steve Holland's head from his arse before he could get his thumb up there.
Luke complaining about Bellingham's Adidas advert and then say he has to "just do it" it hilarious because that is quite literally Nike's slogan.
Ooo banterrrr
No plan is the plan. If we had a plan we'd already be gone. The beauty of this chaos type football ( magic) no body can read England. Total football by accident he doesn't need a left wing or mid field left. Straight down the centre right. Gotta allow the higher power into the performance
So basically playing chess by making random moves hoping to win?
Told ya's.
Moyes out
The England manager should be a democratically elected position chosen by the fans every two years.
No one the fans want would take the job
I wouldn’t trust the general public with a vote… “Boaty McBoatface?” Hello???
On reflection think boaty would get more out of this team than Southgate!
I don’t think you realise how thick the average person is.
@@ConorF727I don't think you understand how much smarter the average person is compared to an FA executive.
he is a fool......are you blind
😂😂😂 so now people are starting to comment on these videos....go watch others talk shit
You’ll come to realize, they’re shite
Unforgivable??? Grow up
The lack of passion and energy is unforgivable
Absolutely no nuance in this chat at all. It's all just bombastic statements saying stuff like 'unforgivable' and Bellingham should be embarrassed. No one played well, and we were poor. But there has to be some calm and rational criticisms not just these silly angry statements. Having a go at Southgate for playing Trippier at left back, fine. But then absolutely no chat on who they would play there instead, or what specialist left back they would've taken instead?
Crux of it is England just are not used to being pressed, and are finding it hard to play so far deep when teams press. For the first 35 mins against Serbia they sat back, and we looked great. As soon as they started to press us, as Denmark did for the whole match, we had no idea what to do and how to play out of it. That's why not giving Mainoo a chance is madness because he is one of the few press resistant players, and someone who can progress the ball himself.
As a more general point, not to do with the lads discussing the performance on this pod, there's a lot of people trying to re-write history and say that Southgate's England have always been bad etc. But that's objectively untrue. I think we would all do well to remember that. Not saying we can't criticise Southgate because we absolutely can and should for these 2 matches so far, but lets not pretend England have always been poor under him because that's false.
I'm a bit confused the pitch doesn't get brought up more. If I was English I'd be raging about it
It's because Denmark managed to string together 29 passes per attack (I can't remember which video talked about it but I think it was 25 passes on average per defensive action which is even lower than Sheffield, the lowest in the Premier league), all on the floor. It's difficult to use it as an excuse for one team and not the other. If Denmark were playing hoofball then yeah we could complain.
It was the same for both teams !
If English players are so good, how come most top flight prem teams are virtually filled with overseas players?
Man City are the best team in world football. Can afford any player and have 4 English regular players, Walker, Stones, Grealish and Foden.
All England’s players also play in those teams. Your logic has failed
Zzzzzzzz.
John 11.25-26 Jesus said unto her I AM the resurrection and the life he that believes in me though he were dead yet shall he live and whosoever lives and belives in me shall never die believest thou this Amen
Serbia and Denmark knew how to set themselves up before this tournament started, as do Slovenia.... So do every other team in the world. Southgate has broadcast how he is prepared to play ,....and everyone knows who he'll pick and that he cannot make a tactical or practical substitution , during half time , or at any other time that will make an impact or change the direction of a game.... We have plenty of good midfielders and defenders , why does he think he needs to experiment ? Absolute total boll$& ks....
you poms are playing brilliant football under the best manager . so far you poms are the highlight of the Euros . with a brilliant Kane , he wins wherever he goes . look at the great job he`s done at Bayern , 1st time they went trophyless in donkey years , scores heaps of goals against weak teams and when the pressure is on , he goes missing , you poms are lucky that you have such a world class player , i`m so envious 😂😂🤣🤣😂😂🤣🤣🍻🍻🍻🍻🍻🍻🍻🍻🍻🍻🍻🍻🍻🍻🍻🍻😁😁😁😁😁😁😁😁😁😁
The England manager should be a democratically elected position chosen by the fans every two years.
You can't trust people. People like Coldplay and voted for the Nazi's...