England In World Cup Chaos | An Impossible Job Reviewed
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- čas přidán 7. 09. 2024
- How An Impossible Job portrayed England under Graham Taylor and their fall from Italia '90 World Cup semi-finalists to not qualifying for USA '94. Was this the darkest hour for English football ...ever?
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Taylor stood up for his players and stood against racists!
Racism stopped existing at this point
Taylor is a legend in English football. What he did with Watford and villa in just a few seasons was amazing and he thoroughly deserved the England job. As a young villa fan at the time I was gutted when he left as villa were in a poor state when he took over and got them to Finnish 2nd in the top division from the 2nd division in 3 seasons. He took Watford from division 4 to 1 in 4 seasons too
He clearly wasn't the man for the job, but TBH there wasn't really a long list of candidates. Clough and Kendall were both past it and alcoholics at the time and there was no prospect of a foreign coach. Maybe Venables might have done a slightly better job, but then again he could also have sunk his own career (and we'd have missed Euro '96). Besides, he was in and out of court for most of the 90's (I actually did work experience in '94 at the High Court when he was there for the Alan Sugar trial). Wilkinson was ensconced at Leeds, and Jack Charlton wouldn't have left Ireland. Can't really think of any other top English managers of the time. All the top teams had Scottish mangers, Fergie, Dalglish, Graham etc and Keegan and Hoddle were only really just starting.
@@caeserromero3013 English managers don't seem to be as successful as Scottish managers with the list you presented of class Scottish managers. Zero premier League success from any English so far. Imagine England winning the world cup with a Scottish manager
@@Energyflash1979 I don't think that Scottish manager would live very long if he won a WC for the English 🤣🤣
Taylor was a great man, I always like his honesty and approach. It's just that he was a little out of his depth with the expectations placed upon his England team. Obviously there was some bad luck, and that Koeman tackle should have always been a red card, but this didn't happen because of one play or player. Ultimately Taylor inherited a job that was never going to work out. This England team was mainly one of rebuild, every country deals with this from time to time. Wrong manager at wrong time. Five years later, who knows what might have been.
To be fair to the guy, he never stood a chance . The sports journalists around them were a bunch of total arseholes who did hatchet jobs for fun.
Good I remember the bike in the press around the time of World Cup ‘94 the headlines read “Taylor’s Dummies” 🤨
Nice guy, out of his depth
Taylor never really had a chance, as the press were out to get him,because they wanted their favourite Terry Venables in the job.
They were out to get numerous England managers, Bobby Robson, Glenn Hoddle, Big Sam to name but 3.
Is that big Sam who’s bent as a $9 bill
Spot on and of course the southern press boys including his best mate Jeff Powell drank in his club..Powells hero worship of him was nauseating
The personal attacks were 100% out of order, but about what you'd expect from the British tabloid press. They never really help anyone but themselves, so no England manager should ever expect support from the press. He did come into the job at a less than optimal time, from both an expectational level (the 'High' of Italy '90 and 'Gazza mania' etc) and also from a depth and injury perspective. If you think that many of our best players were injured between '91 -'94 (Gazza, Pearce, Barnes, Shearer) and the lack of depth and consistency in MF (players like Palmer, Thomas, Sinton, Daley etc). However, lesser nations were getting results with lesser players. This is where Taylors coaching and managerial skills were lacking. He had on the surface a fairly decent CV with Watford and Villa. But ultimately (partially due to the Hysel ban) little European experience (I think Watford had 1 maybe 2 short lived UEFA Cup stints). Robson was very experienced in both coaching and tactics, especially in Europe, having won the UEFA Cup with Ipswich in 1981. Taylor was not very experienced in international football (maybe even naïve) and sadly it often showed, especially when it mattered most. He showed in '92 that he had no real plan B tactics wise. Yes he had a lot of injured players missing from the squad, but a good manager would be able to execute with whatever was available. I also think Taylor was not very good at communicating his ideas and tactics to the players, who often looked directionless and uninspired. If he had a masterplan, it was clear the players didn't understand it, or how to execute it. International football is not club football, where you can spend large amounts of time getting inside players heads and endlessly practising drills and tactics. You have to get everybody on board with the general idea from the off or it simply won't work. It looked to me that Taylor kind of lived out every armchair football fans fantasy/nightmare. You often think you could easily win the league if you could just put all the best players from the league in your own team. But it doesn't often work like that, especially if you have no management talent. A winning team is one that knows what each members job is and how to do it to the best of their ability, in compliment to the job of their colleagues. It's no good being a super fast winger with excellent crossing, if you get to the bye-line 10 seconds before your striker and vice-versa. I don't think many of the players in Taylors squads knew exactly what was expected of them or exactly how the team was supposed to play and exactly how they were supposed to set up to take on opponents. It seemed to be almost the Mike Bassett mentality of 4-4-2 come what may, roll the dice and hope for the best. And we got the worst.
Graham Taylor R.IP
It is always easy to criticise and pinpoint others mistakes. FA should appoint the press to be England’s manager.
Great video, always liked taylor, that 94 qualification run was unlucky
England didn’t have a lot of talent in the 1990’s Shearer was injured . Tony Dorigo ,Charlton Palmer and Paul Parker were regulars . You can only do so much with the talent ( or lack of it).
There wasn't a great deal of talent, and there were a lot of injuries, but other teams got results with lesser players. He omitted talented players (who were fit) for no apparent reason (Waddle, Beardsley etc). I think he just didn't have what it takes for international management.
I probably biased because I’m a Watford fan. Graham Taylor absolute legend in the town took us from old 4th division to runners up in the old 1st ( premier league now) . International football is totally different from managing a small provincial town club.
@@lucaschapman2188 Definitely at club level he had a fairly decent CV and reputation (albeit without a trophy). But yeah, international football is an entirely different prospect. But at the end of the day, he had the guts to take the job and did it to the best of his ability (however limited). That didn't warrant the Turnip headlines and the character assassination.
Carlton Palmer. That says it all.
Geoff Thomas, Keith Curle, David Bardsley....ouch
Benson and hedges😂
And what about Frank Rijkaard's wrongly disallowed goal (he was onside) against England in the penultimate match in Rotterdam?
True, many people forget about it
Brilliant review of it. Well done.
Superb video!
Poor ol’ England 🏴 their run of bad luck goes on… ⚽️
Interesting and concise - to the point. We need some more videos, lol...
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This is a great video. Subbed.
Thanks!
And Southgate moaned about a bit of critcism, he should have been in Graham's shoes.
These were the days when qualifying groups were tough.
Great content 👌 keep on doing this
The one thing you never mentioned, and is very important when reviewing his tenure, is the football his England team played was absolute shite.
They needed to be San Marino by 7 and Netherlands to lose. I was just born but I watched it on vhs
They were good in both matches against Holland.
@@marcschramm6958 it was that game vs Norway they weren't .
We were excellent at Wembley but we just couldn't quite finish teams off. The home draws with Norway and Holland came back to bite us though.
Earned a new sub, excellent vid!
Taylor was out of depth…
Should given the role to Terry Venables after Italia 90
Was there any mention of the defeat to the USA during the summer of '93? That was probably the beginning of the end - it came just after the Norway defeat too.
England ever beaten USNFT in a tournament? I'm bigger USNFT fan than England they're always underdog no heritage & hype. Glad to England last few tournaments under Southgate though
To be fair, they're all the worst manager we've ever had. Not one of them has ever escaped the criticism of the press and the fans. Taylor was no better and no worse than any of the other managers before him, and that includes Ramsey. In 1958, the press had a go at Winterbottom for his poor selections in Sweden. Ramsey's relationship with the press was always really poor (he had a pathological distrust of 'outsiders'), and Revie was slaughtered when he went to Saudi. Amazing to think that if that German had sent off Koeman and awarded the penalty and England had missed, that England would still probably have qualified. I have always wondered whether the Kraut was under orders to ensure that England didn't get through that night. To stop the hooligans from travelling to the States. FIFA does work in mysterious ways, after all.
Excellent coach. Bad decision to leave out Gascoigne against Ireland. The referees decision was appalling.
He left Ian Wright out of Euro 1992
For all that went wrong, Taylor was a *marvel* compared to Steve McClaren (aka the Wally with the Brolly).
I remember Taylor dropping Gazza from a qualifier with Rep of Ireland saying it wasn't a Paul Gasgoine type of game. The man was determined to stifle any kind of creativity.
That’s really unfair m. You seem like another England fan that think Gascoigne was robbed.
He was brilliant. On his day. The question you need to ask is how often did it happen.
He was disruptive. Required special attention and treatment. He cried when things weren’t going great (which is fine but not at the same time), he was shafted by Hoddle. Shafted by Taylor. It’s not true: it’s very different to manage someone and want them playing as a fan.
With respect to Gascoigne, I loved him as a kid and still do. I’m also 42 and mature enough to realise he was in many ways a god send, but in many ways he was a fucking idiot.
He was always overweight. As the Italians found out. He has that too heavy build like Ronaldo 9, where they need strict diets and a lot of discipline. Otherwise players with that build, their knees just buckle. Ronaldo 9 had knee problems, same as Gascoigne. It’s because they were prone to putting on weight. Gascoigne had zero discipline, and Ronaldo liked a party and a piss up.
Eventually both encountered managers that weren’t impressed by the mesmerising skills they had at 21 and reminded them that they are 30 and fat and live a high life and that something has had to give.
Gascoigne did incredibly well against Scotland and scored against a qualifying team. But he NEVER got near his performances in Italia 90. He joined Rangers and a big part of the terms is they let him play in both senses of the word. Great to have in a dressing room because the village idiot can be checked off but toxic as soon as something goes wrong.
The best players perform the best but also maintain their fitness regime and discipline. Or they are 3 season wonders.
I get the romance with Gascoigne. He was special. He was also his own worst enemy so if his football is off point, he’s out. He can eat as many kebabs as he wants.
But Gazza played Ireland in Italia 90?
@r4h4al What? Taylor took over after the World Cup. We played Ireland in two Euro 92 qualifiers, both ending 1-1
@@DannyBoy777777 I know I'm saying he was trusted in Italia 90 against Ireland so why not in following fixture?
@@r4h4al Different manager - Bobby Robson during Italia 90
4:15 Again, it was results like that cost England qualification for the WC '94, not Rotterdam.
Picking carlton palmer was a joke.
Nothing wrong with Palmer per se, but he's not exactly a player you'd build an international team around, especially one which wasn't sure of how they were supposed to play. Other teams got results with average players, but they were highly disciplined sides who knew their job inside out. Even Norway wasn't exactly a team full of super stars (most of them wouldn't have got in our team) and even Holland struggled with all those great players who also had vast experience of European and international football. You could argue it was a poor showing from Holland to make such a meal of a group that had a poor England side in it. They fell apart in the USA themselves...
International management is different to club management. The manager should rise up through the under 21 route like Southgate and Lee Carsley who should succeed him.
Southgate ended up getting very similar treatment to Taylor even with a far superior record.
He might be bad but he is not Steve McClaren bad. He didn't qualify for the Euros with the Golden Generation of players.
And also made some questionable decisions himself. Dropping Beckham, playing 3-5-2 formation against Croatia when they players weren’t used to it, and dropping Robinson in favour of inexperienced Carson for the crucial final game at Wembley.
England definitely has WAY more pressure than Watford. Haha
Gazza was injured almost all this period
Yes the Holland game was a disgrace but England should not have been in that situation.
The team selections were highly questionable.
Chris Woods?
Carlton Palmer?
David Batty?
Les Ferdinand?
Persisting with Gascoigne when he was out of form and there were other attacking midfielders who were in form.
I'd rather have Taylor than Southgate. I think.
Do I like this video.
Koeman should have been sent off, if he was, England would probably have drawn or won that match then qualified for USA 94, and it would've been very interesting how England and Taylor would have done.
Lol nice one
I don't think we would've done very well tbh
Also when 2-0 up at home to the Dutch
Gazza was deliberately elbowed in the face , should have been a blatant red card (it wasn’t given )
Gazza went off injured and the Dutch came back to draw 2-2
He was unlucky as well as dealing with injuries to key players throughout the campaign
@@alterbridgegod No probably quarters as usual.
@@twright1983 The Dutch player probably should've been charged for assault, yet like you say, wasn't sent off.
There’s a bit of Alan Partridge about him
Now I look back on it the abuse he got was excessive, even for the England job. I was only about sixteen so I had no point of comparison; the scorn seemed normal.
England is an elite team but difficult achievements
I found it though absolute rubbish. He refused to play Chris Waddle. Waddle in an interview himself said he would play for England if he asked him.
David Hirst was the best striker in the country at the time. Everybody knew it. To the point where Alex Ferguson offered a record 4.5 million for David Hirst. Everybody will blame the injuries, but even when David was fit, he still didn’t pick him.
there was also players like Gary Parker Stuart Ripley and the tricky Pacey winger Ruel Fox who was the form players.
So to say he lacked players is a load of rubbish. People forget the person who was stealing the headlines was Paul Warhurst. Who could play in virtually any position?
He’s better than Southgate
Banter national team doing Banter club stuff.
Typical.
and the only time you won it you pulled so many fast ones you should have won gold at the olympics for sprinting!!..........then you wonder ehy all hate you !!