Starboy Saka & Perfect Penalties Send England To Semi-Final | EURO2024
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- เผยแพร่เมื่อ 13 ก.ค. 2024
- How crucial is Bukayo Saka to England’s chances of success? Have they finally broken the mental pressures of a penalty shootout? Should England stick with the change in formation for the semi-final against the Netherlands?
Gary and Micah reflect on England’s performance that saw them beat Switzerland on penalties in the quarter-finals of Euro 2024.
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00:00 Intro
00:17 England’s change in tactics
05:55 Starboy Saka
10:05 Foden shines
12:40 Penalty shootout
18:37 Alan pops in on FaceTime
19:45 How Kane fit into new system
24:15 Will Shaw start next game?
26:40 Frank’s analysis
30:52 Netherlands vs Turkey
33:25 Outro - กีฬา
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Micah doesn’t get enough credit for his tactical analysis. He doesn’t just stop at “try harder” or “You’re great players”, he has a level of understanding of how modern football works and also an empathy for the footballers themselves. Nothing irritates me more than people talking like the old school England squads loved their country more or had a bigger sense of pride, as opposed to simply acknowledging the complete lack of modern football tactics which they are all accustomed to
He's a good laugh but I genuinely love when he gets serious and talks football. He's actually a top pundit
I agree with you but I hope he doesn't see this 😂
Always gives modern players an excuse typical mentality of well there all winners bullshit coward players can't hack the pressure so let's be nice to everyone
He's getting better. No doubt. But still a lot to learn. As we all do.
For real, hes slowly becoming the complete pundit, entertaining and educated. Hes just abit shit with football trivia, like he doesn't know anything that happened pre 2000. 😂😂
Saka refused that England looses this game. I am a Germany supporter, but Saka stood out , man. He was dangerous upfront , almost impossible to stop, and had defensive skills in the back. He is about to be worldclass.
Exactly. He was unstoppable all round and stepped up in every part of the pitch. Saved us completely. Hero
better than foden
It’s funny how before the tournament everyone was worried about the defence without Maguire yet Guehi and Konsa have been brilliant and haven’t looked out of place at an international tournament.
Tbh, we haven't played a proper dangerous attacking side yet. That defence is yet to be tested
@@Uzaairtop tier negativity. Well done
@@CMJames I'm not too keen on getting caught up in the hype like everyone else 🤷. I think I've read this script before somewhere...
You need to understand the teams England have had to play are not high level, Southgate gets an easy run to a semi final again
Absolutely, heard one commentator saying we need maguire for headers in opposition box, uhhh no thanks I’d rather take a better defender, to the people negative on this thread, maybe these teams have not been high level, they’ve also all been extremely well organised, England generally play better against teams that want to open up and leave some gaps at the back
Not a fan of Arsenal fan but when Saka stepped up for his pen I said to myself "you got this, son". I was so pleased and proud of him for the character he showed as a man and his redemption for the nonsense he previously endured.
Nothing against the guy personally but the arsenal fans just overhype him. He's a good quality player but not world class by any stretch of imagination
Wasn’t the cleanest strike I’ve ever seen - looked like it was near the heel but was very happy for him
Time to remove Kane as starting striker we need more mobility up top
I agree with you. Southgate needs to do that and makes use of any other players he has selected. Surely they don't want to be just Kane's backups. They have qualities too.
@@Siithabisoclueless
Kane needs a striker up front with him, if you're playing a lone striker then he should be dropped.
@@jamesjackson7004 Kane looks knackered, first season in Germany has taken a lot out of his tank, he needs resting up, bring him on second half as an impact player if needed...
Spot on.
Kane needs to be benched. He's doing nothing in the game. Playing too deep and his movement off the ball is anything but movement.
Like ronaldo, holding the team back now
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Many times throughout the game Kane was so deep that there were 4 players higher up the pitch than he was!!!!!
If he is going to start, he needs to get that play style GONE!
@@natsterjam 😂😂😂😂😂
Saka cross earlier in the game, Kane was about 8 yards away and not at all interested in running to get on the end.
I used to hate Micah because he is so loud and handsome, but now I love him
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You need to have a serious conversation with your wife
HAAAAAAA GUUUUUEEEEYYYYYY
how English lads take penalty last night was ridiculous 😇
Never seen English players are that cool in penalty for England 😇
I don't think I've ever seen a better penalty shootout performance from any team ever.
We can criticise Southgate for various things but he's certainly broken some hexes.
@@TheSpoovy dude i witnessed gerrard Lampard Beckham missing penalty. Bt this teenage group was effortless. 💥
Southgate deserve some respect from those so called club Legend who are now Pundit in media😡
It's because they're not English, and I can say that because I am a gay Irishman, so the algorithm is terrified of silencing my voice.
I noticed not a single one of them was fully indigenous to these shores. Diversity really was our strength last night
Oh man, for a second i miss read your ridiculous ? 😅
Micah has his chemistry glasses on again. Need some Bunsen burners there.
lab coat..
😂😂😂
His sunglasses / glasses game is impeccable
as a german
seeing a team with overall great players not getting to their top level but going trough no matter what, by great moments of one out of the squad and if necessary winning PENs... it reminds me of decades long ago
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Congrats - next stop Semis
Thank you!
Personally I felt bad for Germany because I think you deserved to beat Spain, it was a great effort. But as you say also being clinical and getting that bit of luck is a big quality in football. Thanks for the message.
Voller did a great job in 2002 with a limited squad.
Im born 84 1990 germany played stunning ,same for england what a squad and the semi final eng ger was a 50 50 thing, after 1990 till 2006 yes germany played not a beautiful football ,come on england no i dont say it😂
4 draws and 1 win in 90 mins and England are in the Semis… amazing😂
France 1 goal in open play in semis..amazing..why always the obsession with england??
@@AndrewHindleyFrance did not even score 1 in open play. Just 1 penalty and 2 own goals 🤣
It is not that amazing. This is tournament football. It can work like this
Which, given he's their most successful manager ever and has won them loads, is ridiculous.
france with one own goal and still in semis
I’m confused where all this Foden prop is coming from? He was invisible for 90% of the game and rightfully got hooked, the media protects him so much for some reason
Maybe because he is a top class player? Just a thought
Average
@@Forevermade32 I would always have him the team. Class player
@SimonFlynn-un1ur top class player that hasn't performed well at all since the euros started (regardless of it being Southgates fault)
@@SimonFlynn-un1urbe nice if he could score a goal wouldn’t it
Last match 1st shot on target 94min this match 1st shot 80th min significant improvement
😂😂😂😂😂true
I like your positivity
Also there were more shots but they just got blocked by a very solid Swiss defence, they definitely started attempting earlier than against Slovakia
Saka's penalty helped me get to a semi aswell
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It was his equaliser for me
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Hahaha. Great play on words
How they can say Foden was amazing is beyond me... sub Tripper, Foden and Kane for Shaw, Palmer and Toney, don't mind the rest
Yeah Foden was uselesss. I've got a feeling the pundits have been told off because they've been too negative, so are instead trying to find praise in an awful performance
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It was quite obvious that Foden and Bellingham don’t really gel together
@@bubbachua Has Foden gelled with anyone in an England shirt? Hes obviously great at City, but seems hes not very good at adapting to different systems/tactics.
they showed a good ball he played during half time and said he was amazing. i had been thinking he was useless. his overhead kick attempt was pretty funny
Alans "oh fuck off" had me rolling 😊
The lack of credit Pickford continues to get!! Yes 5 players scored there pens but Pickfords save puts less pressure on them
see France game for reasons
Pickford to me is a world class goalkeeper. 🤷🏼♂️ I’ve got no biased I’m a Millwall fan I just call as I see it!! lol
He has saved a pen in every single England shootout thus far
That akanji pen would be saved by any goalie that dives the right way. It was a terrible penalty
@@kemchy3838 So if somebody scores a simple tap in, in an important game it's less valuable because anybody can score it, that's the logic youre sticking with yeah? muppet.
My brother in law nailed it when saying “England have gone from 5% to 20%, yes it’s better, but still not good enough to be confident we’re going to win it”. In that quarter final they played high tempo for 5 mins after they conceded and scored. Then immediately dropped the tempo. Imagine what might happen if we went off at a high tempo from the start? We have the potential talent in the team to blow people away. That’s where the doubt & frustration creep in.
It is because they’re getting better each game!
It's not a God given right to win it (or anything). Nobody can be that confident naturally...Portugal/France/Spain/Germany have been a part of the tournament too. You just need to be in it to win it and England are still in it. That's all you can ask for and the usual slice of luck that accompanies the eventual winners or a competition
The intensity you talk about comes at a price - a vulnerability to concede. You can't expect that the whole game. They have to get the balance right.
Spain and Germany are levels above. However, the best team doesn't always win, especially in knockout tournaments. Would like to see a different striker and two left footed players on the left. Think we could be at Spain and Germany level with these changes
No team is good enough to be confident they're going to win it.
Foden excellent? Did we watch the same game? Constantly slowing it down when he should speed up, always backwards or sideways except lame attempted chip crosses that never threatened. Then playing 20 minutes at a snails pace before getting subbed.
Saka and Mainoo were the best two players on the pitch.
Very true foden was not good, can’t remember anything he contributed
When Trent replaced him. His name was mentioned more in 10 mins than foden s in the entire game!
I thought he was good
Agreed. He had an average non impactful game.
Saka has been a consistently good player for club and country, his should be the first name on every line up.
I feel like i watched a different game to Gary and Micah. Better yes, but still ponderous, barely a chance created, ALL the play down the right side till Eze came on, aimless passes between the central defenders before a pass to Pickford and his aimless hoof down the pitch. Only when the subs came on dis we start to take men on. The surrealism of the pod's take on the game epitomised by Micah talking about Gordon coming in on the left in the coming games! Poor kid has had about 5 mins to date, whilst we have cried out for pace and penetration on the left all tournament.
Yes. Is it their job to hype up a very average performance to build excitement? They jump on a couple of moments and make it sound like we've beaten Brazil 70.
and even with the Subs we only played well for 10 mins
Of all the teams left in the tournament only Spain have 'played' well. The teams who played better than us France and Holland are all out. Do you think Turkey, Austria, Germany and Portugal would take that or would they all to a man prefer to be in the tournament still???
@@sanjd6882
Which tournament are you talking about?
In the Euro24 competition I'm watching, France and the Netherlands are still in.
Still playing hoofball and still struggling to create chances. But at least we're organised. It's a low bar these days, but hey we're at the semis somehow.
We had 1 shot on target thanks to the brilliance of saka
Does the shot that Rice had not count then? 🙂
Can you count?
isnt that also some credit to Switzerland? we knew they would be tough to break down and difficult to get past, but now england have done it....its a kinda "it was only Switzerland" attitude.
I do agree England can be much better and need to be, but also gotta understand we been playing teams who have sat deep and had a very good unit and structure, especially the Swiss.
I also wonder if England do play well say against Netherlands and even in the final there will be some excuse....like "the other team didnt turn up that day, they were awful" or "its because Rodri was injured" or "it was a lucky england penalty" or "it was because other team had man sent off".
It will be something I guarantee it!
@@AlexWareham-ym1cn Wow, two shots, in 120 mins, yeah thats so much better.
Spain and Saka have taught us the importance of your wide players being great dribblers who are good at 1v1 situations. So I’d like to see Southgate fix the left hand side, by potentially playing Eze in the opposite position to Saka
Who are you kidding! A performance! Two shots on target in 120 minutes against Switzerland!?
The disrespect I was hearing on Saka’s name was infuriating people were calling for him to get dropped when he has been englands best performer for two years now, glad the lad shut his haters up
Couldn’t agree more. It’s clear that he’s been one of our best players. Football fans are generally proper thick, it’s scary.
That's what's sad about all of the punditry. Saka this tourney was the best of a bad bunch. Yet Foden is undropable. I get they want Cole Palmer in the set up but choose someone who is ineffective
Personally in the third group game I thought he and Bellingham needed resting..I don't consider that being dropped or disrespectful
@@GarymandersBut not Kane?
It’s the same with Kane now…nothing about Foden. The guy who had never done anything for England
Southgate got bailed out by an individual moment of brilliance again. That’s really all there is to it.
And the decisions on the penalty takers. Other than the wrongs. Your correct. Just like Brexit voters.
Brilliance it went through a load of players keeper couldn't see it oh well England got lucky again.
The Southgate apologists will tell you he keeps making semi finals and has done well. But they wouldn't dream of having him manage their clubs.
Three semi finals in four tournaments now. Maybe he is not as bad as you think?
@@joewhite22Which means what?
I think Gary was incredibly generous about Kane. The guy spent most of the walking about and his best moment came on the edge of his own box. Looks knackered from minute 1. He won't be dropped but definitely should be imo.
Kane’s average position in the match was along side Mainoo and Rice, well behind Foden and Bellingham. He definitely did not stay forward on the defenders, Gary needs to review his prescription.
Kane has been winding me up all tournament. We go long to him and he tries spinning the defender every fucking time. That is not his strength and he doesn’t know how to do it. He doesn’t feint, he doesn’t push deep to leave space behind. He backs into the defender and just turns to run and every time the defender has a free header or chest down. I don’t know if he’s a moron or if he has no faith in his hold up play.
That's coz Gary is terrified after the backlash he got after he criticised him earlier in the tournament. He won't criticise any of them for the rest of the tournament
Foden shines? Is there another Foden that I’m not aware of?
yes - he was crap
his twin who plays at city where the team is so dominant he gets a sea of space and time to shoot from outside the box or to find a target before someone exposes his lack of physical strength.
Never heard anyone say Mainoo has had a bad game whether for united or England what a player
Kobbie Mainoo is a young midfield GENERAL 🤩
I am surprised mainoo is not getting more plaudits since he came into the team. He has been very good. I guess people want to moan about Southgate and the fact we are not winning 3 4 nil
He's not world class yet, like the others. That means less scrutiny. Same for Guehi
Kobbie, at 18, is incredible. He can only get better.
@@SimonFlynn-un1ur
As a Utd fan I disagree, Kobbie is getting plaudits. Game by game he's replaced Trent, Connor, etc. He's the starter in midfield now.
"the tactics worked" is such a false conclusion. We were saved by one extremely good strike again, and still had to go to penalties against a team like Switzerland. The lack of threat down the left hand side is still worrying, it makes it so easy for teams to get the double on Saka because they can be fairly sure the ball will shifted that side. Kane is beyond useless this tournament.
The game was 50:50. A plus is that England didn't lose the ball like they were in previous games. The left hand side was non existent, but there's a good chance Southgate will start Shaw in the next game which may change that.
@@ninety_ldn lol the tactics didn't work - we created nothing and were being outplayed throughout the second half until switzerland scored the opener - then we changed 3 players and abandoned the system and immediately scored lol such a weird conclusion to draw 😆
@@samrizza8785 We didn't abandon the system, it was a bit confusing but we still kept the same 3-4-2-1 formation. Eze and Saka playing wingbacks, Bellingham dropped to where Mainoo was, Palmer and Foden behind Kane.
The back 3 looks more structured, wingbacks stayed high although we weren't creating much from the left and we didn't have people in the box.
Luke Shaw starting at left wing back and playing even 60 minutes will help with balance. Kane needs to stay up. Kane Bellingham and Foden will look to work together.
Palmer will look to be one of first subs on, so you can keep him for penalties later. Toney will likely be an extra time sub.
Although I would prefer a formation of 3-4-1-2 later on playing with Kane and Toney upfront, with Palmer behind them.
In theory we should be able to create more chances against Netherlands but we will see
Did I watch a different game where Foden and Bellingham were excellent 😂
yes champions league
honestly foden was crap
I was thinking that. Foden was AWFUL!
Lineker n Richard’s were at their best when they said what they really felt. When they got a bit of stick back from the England squad they have gone back and sat on the fence. Fact is we have been shocking
Honestly they need to have some self respect. Speak your mind and don't be puppets.
Embarrassing from Linekar, Micah and BBC all round.
Disagree. I think they have been honest throughout. Don't forget this was a higher level of opposition and was indeed a bit better from England. It still needs to improve though
@@SimonFlynn-un1ur mate we were playing against players from the MLS, look at our team? imagine Klopp or Pepp managing us?
more like they've jumped over the fence to the other side and run a hundred miles away from it! This was all a planned, hugely over-the-top, transparent act so they didn't look like they were hindering the team.
Deffo been told to get on the Southgate train and stop criticising them
I don't see how people can say England performed well; it was their best performance but it still took a great late goal to bail them out of trouble.
the stones pickford combo is something to behold - stones has slotted into macguires role perfecty
You must be new to football. You can play well and lose, you can play badly and win.
England played well, so did Switzerland, it was a close game between two good teams.
Also, you're literally disagreeing with world-class footballers. Who do you think is more likely to be right? You or a former England International player?
It all ends with Spain...
@@bipolarminddroppings they have pay slips to think of - all I see is slow ball movement 2 or 3 touch sideways back passing - and there are world class players - give me a break
@@MrRadiorobot i think Spain havent even started yet
The half-time analysis was genuinely baffling. Hyping up Phil Foden, especially. I actually disagree that it was that much better than the other games. It's clear the pundits are wary in criticising due to the previous backlash from the players. That was Kane's worst performance yet, but it was barely highlighted like previous games.
Because its Kane
@@Adamm357 agree shearer n lineker proper got stuck into him last time and rightly so. We pay them big money so they should be honest in their assessments of how bad they were
I actually thought Foden had a decent first half and did look better than previous games. He seems to be the only player willing to try and press consistently. Kane was abysmal last night and looks like he can't run
It was propaganda at it's best. Do they think the viewers are daft.
Thats what I was thinking half time. The performance was a slight improvement from the rest of the tournament, but the pundits were going on like we were 3-0 up at half time.
Saka the Goat 🐐 ❤
Star boy
I went school with Ivan and he’s taking his penalties like that from young and it’s obviously paying off 🔥
Great performance? They only played attacking football for the 5 mins they were 1-0 down. For those 5 mins they were a brilliant attacking force.
Brilliant attacking force? I don't think so. Though Saka goal was superb
@@SimonFlynn-un1ur For those 5 mins, learn to read.
We had three shots on target in 120 minutes and spent ET camped deeply in our own half, frantically firefighting. Against Switzerland. Let's not get carried away
Same speech since the first game, yet England is still here in the semies
It's not been great, but it's about the result .😂
@@romanoonamor7690yea, we've conned out way into the semis. Against Slovenia and Switzerland. We played for penalties yesterday and were hanging on in extra time. The one benefit I see with Southgate is that he is a complete luckbox. Other than that, we are dire to watch
You realize Switzerland are a very good team. They've recently been to most major tournaments. Reached the semi's of the last euros. Language like this is why people say English fans are arrogant and disrespectful.
Shut up and look forward to the semis
Everyone was saying England would probably lose this match, me included. Now that they won the same people are still complaining and searching for reasons to be negative. I’m really happy about this match.
They drew. Thats what most people expected. The surprise was winning a shootout
Yeah exactly just enjoy the run while it lasts.
That's what I say enjoy it, I get the feeling if England win the whole thing and I feel they will, they will still be saying negative things like that, 😂 Southgate deserves a little bit of credit surly?? I mean in the semi's not to shabby, from Ireland... Good luck England!!!
@@Jim-gh6mr i dont understand how people are surprised we won the shoot out when you look at our 5 penalty takers in comparison to theirs.
I watched some of the match I couldn't watch the last 15 mins of extra time. However when it came to penalties I said to my husband we'll win , I also said Pickford would save, I just wish I could be certain of the lottery numbers .
That penalty shoot-out was worth the admission fee alone, an absolute clinic.
We need Shearer’s take because this is too nicey-nicey. We’re making mountains out of molehills with these games.
Roy keane pleaseee!
Especially when talking about Foden and Kane. Trying to gas them up when they were shit
How embarrassed are you lot going to feel if we win it and you've spent the whole tournament miserable and mardy?
I'd rather not hear from shearer personally. Really boring
@@santinopaone-hoyland Not at all. The criticism is fair and we have been lucky these last two games.
Foden was great? I must’ve watched a different game..😂
I think you did. He was good
Average at best
@@PrestonCha81 Best game he's played so far this tournament though.
@@SimBir08 😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂💀
@SimonFlynn-un1ur yeah he created so many chances you're right.
Gary ... what game did you watch? Foden was shocking... didn't even notice he was on the pitch, Kane was nobody, not even in the game. The starboy took it upon himself, and won the game. You said they pressed? 😂😂 not at all..
Saka has been positive in an almost completely negative start to this tournament. Has he been the best? No, but positionally and mentally the most positive player who looked like he wanted to score. Hes been the saviour of England in a sense, glad he got his goal.
The halftime coverage on the Beeb was some sort of spoof. We were rubbish
It was one of the greatest works of fiction I've ever seen.
I’m sorry. Foden did nothing again. He’s a passenger. I’ve not seen him play above a 5 this tournament. Receiving the ball on the half turn means nothing if you don’t affect the game.
I don't know if they're running a Psy Op, but I see very little from Foden. He is so overrated its untrue. I know a decent player when I see one but I find Foden very unconvincing at this level. I think he's too frail to assert himself. To me he looks like an U15 playing in a mens' game.
So true, just passes simple and doesn’t do anything creative
He’s just carried the best team in England to a fourth consecutive title, has won a treble and won 6 Prem titles… he was good yesterday cycling the ball, looking forwards getting into space but because his stats didn’t reflect how good he was you have ‘Mesolithic Man’ saying he’s average!? Fuck me. Some of you don’t watch the game. Andrea Pirlo’s numbers as a 10 weren’t great but he dictated. Foden was good yesterday, not great, but nobody has been great.
@@mesolithicman164you clearly don’t know a decent player when you see one.
100%
Saka was indeed brilliant. Carried the team.
Foden and Kane did nothing, esp. Foden.
Trippier and Rice started poor in 1st half.
I don’t know what tactical south gate did we were poor way too slow in Posession. The line up was exactly the same, he tricked everyone that we were playing a 3-5-2 when it was the same 4-3-3
We had
Walker stones konsa tripper
Rice mainoo
Bellingham
Saka Kane Foden
It’s reverted at times
3-5-2
Walker, stones konsa
Saka Rice mainoo Trippier
Bellingham
Kane foden
To be honest it looked a lot more like the first formation. Please go analyze again England didn’t play any better it was better than Slovakia but come one one shot on target.
I’m an England fan but this is utter non sense to praise southgate.
You didnt mention that every time the ball was cut back in or crossed in, Kane was never in the right position to score. That is his only reason for being in the team. Time to bench him and play another striker, a decent captain would do that.
Don’t know how foden “came to life”
you're not alone... he's legit passing the ball to ghosts. Neither team knows what hes doing.
He's got some unreal PR lol. Micah needs to take the blinkers off.
Foden was rubbish again.
@@Scallion_DFoden was great. Lively link up play in the final third.
@@Nick_Flanders Haha.
@@Nick_Flanders lively what ? Best thing he did was flop an outrageous attempt at an overhead kid , and get subbed off , shoulda happened at half time tho
Gary watching a different Kane to everyone else?
Shit scared of him now
As much as I love 'The Overlap' , Gary and the boys have absolutely nailed the Euro's! 😃
Gary or Michael couldn't get Rou Keane crying at Inside Out 2
I just don't understand how you guys are talking about England putting in a performance. We were poor again! Marginally better but still super poor! I heard Micah call us brilliant on the post match. What game are you watching?!!!
1 shot on target in 90 minutes and they're talking about massive improvements
Exactly, we have been shit the whole tournament.
What else do you expect from these ENGLAND hypocrites
isnt that also some credit to Switzerland? we knew they would be tough to break down and difficult to get past, but now england have done it....its a kinda "it was only Switzerland" attitude.
I do agree England can be much better and need to be, but also gotta understand we been playing teams who have sat deep and had a very good unit and structure, especially the Swiss.
I also wonder if England do play well say against Netherlands and even in the final there will be some excuse....like "the other team didnt turn up that day, they were awful" or "its because Rodri was injured" or "it was a lucky england penalty" or "it was because other team had man sent off".
It will be something I guarantee it!
@@wrfootball3847 one shot on target in 90 minutes against anyone be it san marino or spain isnt much of an indication of massive improvement
The only team who had as few shots on target as England against Switzerland in 90 minutes this tournament was Italy who were given absolute pelters by pundits after, saying theyre a terrible Italian side, no ambition etc
@@wrfootball3847germanys created loads of chances lmao
I'm sorry but we are all completely papering over the performance of the game! It was exactly the same team as previous with just a slightly different setup which in the last game everyone was fuming about his selection but for some reason no one complained this time? The team played a little more front foot for a while but started reverting back to backward and sideways plays....we eventually get punished for this with them scoring, at this point its like 75 minutes and we had made no subs even though we cried out for it! Suddenly he does his reactionary subs like always, England push for a goal, get it with some talent rather than a sub! We then push for last 10 minutes which was the best part of the whole game. Extra time, we revert back and sit back, tbh we should have lost if they had better players! England win by the brilliance of the players taking the penalties and a horrendously bad one by Akanji!!
I'm all for being positive when it is due but the result is a complete smokescreen for the actual game. We play like that vs the Dutch and we are out! But again Southgate will get the plaudits for making another Semi final....The narrative is a joke tbh....no England manager has had draws like Southgate has....the tactics are always horrendous, the subs are always reactionary....we win only by the talent in the squad and it has been like this for 6 years!!!!! Only a proper decent CV'd manager would have won Euro 2020 and done better in other games!!!
I'm baffled as to how they have seen an improvement. It was like watching paint dry for 120 minutes.
As a Scot, have been saying for years~ England is possibly the only team on the planet that doesn’t need a manager. Just let the boys play.. they will find the way!
100% pens is cold and 🥶 palmer started it off
Nice
All he’s good for. Palmer is mid
@@Slice998You need to leave terms like "mid" in ya basement littleman
@Slice998 Hes been the best Chelsea player you fool.
@@Slice998premier league young player of the season haha. Do you even watch football?
The main criticism most people had this game was that Southgate made his subs about 10 mins too late.
Make them in the 60-70th minute, not the 78th.
i cant remember who it was but a pundit last night said southgate showed his tactical class by bringing on subs that affected the game positively after 80 minutes of shite. i swear the FA have private meetings and ask these guys to please be nice to southgate
@@harryc8433can't agree more. I seriously don't know what that's about
Harry Kane was dead on his feet 50/55th min needed him off. Its abit like Ronaldo the focus is on him and if he doesnt look fit enough we are struggling with him upfront
Yes. Southgate can not do that against the Netherlands. He should not just rely on "luck".
It literally took going behind for England to play aggressively like it always seems to do, playing for draws
The BBC has warned these lot to stop being negative towards England its so obvious
FACTUALLY , this was Englands best performance. Was it stil a performance bordering on CRAP? Absolutely 💯!
Harry Kane is a problem
Can't believe how positive they are when we again went behind, again created less than a worse opposition and again didn't even win the game 🥴
Oh behave, just because they went behind, have you ever played
@@Cagefighter they went behind to Slovakia literally the game before as well. Pulling it out of the fire isn't a good thing you know, that luck is finite
It was a performance on par with Netherlands (exactly the same thing happened, went behind and came back) except Turkey battered them in the last 15 minutes.
Was a much better performance than France, who appear to play for penalties after the first 30 mins.
Spain are the best performers so far.
That's the final 4 🤷 don't know what you're on about
@@randomdaveUK Portugal and Turkey are both much better teams than Switzerland though aren't they? And much better teams than anyone England have played. England who have looked second best in games against Slovenia and Slovakia as well as the Swiss now. They wouldn't have even made it out of the Holland group
@@mikelyons6570 We probably would because it's easier to qualify out of groups at these Euros now than it is to go out of them. If we were in the other side of the draw though, we'd be out by now. I've never known a jammier manager than Southgate in all of football. It's like he's getting all of the luck that previous England managers never had.
Hard to argue with the fact this side of the draw with groups has been an absolute gift. Again.
You can only beat what's in front of you and every team knew who could be in their side of the bracket if favourites topped their group. And not all the favourites topped their group.
If we beat Netherlands and make finals. We could be against Spain who have been the best team so far, or against France, who we should have faced in the Semis.
Either way, we'd still have to beat the team in front of us.
Every team in England's half of the bracket probably believed they could make finals.
Mad how this developed to Frank Lampard being the next England Manager 😂😂😂
Staggering shout wasn't it?
Must be the wine talking. Absolute ridiculous suggestion. Then Linekers comes in with "Eddiee Howe perhaps". As if Eddie Howe and Frank Lampard have done the same in management. FFS.
Best comment I've heard so far was from Barry Glendenning of the Guardian who said - I was watching the BBC coverage at half time and thought that I saw something else, almost like I was Principal Skinner - am I out of touch?
Turns out he wasn't
The pundits were watching a different match from me...
Yeah lol. Made me question my sanity luckily it turned out the BBC was totally in the wrong.
100% I was confused
Same, I was going on about how shite foden was only for the pundits to start rimming him
Huge fan of the pod, I’ve watched quite literally every episode since you started it and love it!
I thought the punditry and analysis on BBC was well off the mark after the game last night. It was far too positive for what was another terrible performance in all honesty. If you’d listened to the analysis, you’d have thought we’d played like 2002 Brazil when, in reality, we were extremely poor.
i love this pod but ITV, BBC (except for shearer who is not as bad as gary or micah for this) and a few of the major publications like the guardian are living in a fantasy world with their praise for southgate. every other word has to be something comforting as though he's a toddler on the brink of tears
I’m glad it wasn’t just me who thought this. I was confused at half time when they were all waxing lyrical, we had 0 shots on target for 80 minutes..
That's a bit of projection that kid. Didn't come close to going on like it 2002 Brazil 😂
The first half was a lot better than what we've seen to be fair against a much better side, swap Kane for Toney and Trippier for shaw and I think we put two goals away. Let's not forget switzerland aren't half bad and have had a great tournament so far. The second half was poor but by the time we got back to the analysis we were all buzzing off the penalty shootout.
Tactically the first half I think we nailed it, pushing Trippier and Saka really high, Saka running their left back ragged and rice dropping deep to create space for bellingham on the left-centre channel, again the left side and up front really took a lot out of us, passing was a significantly faster and sharper and we saw a lot more forward passes in comparison to the tournament so far, still can improve in this area but switzerland had barely any chances.
Gareth really got away with it in the second half again, tactically got it completely wrong, reacted too late and who knows what formation we were playing in extra time, 4 number 10s, eze at wing back, shaw at centre back.
@@dean1807 needed Shearer in there.
Palmer x saka in my humble opinion must start the next game on the flanks
This will be Walker's last tournament, Trent starts right back at next tournament.
💯
Reece James!
If we play 3 at the back with wing backs yes, but if it’s in a back four he can’t do the defensive work
Is that why he won the prem and champions league in a back four…
Much better than the previous four games - seriously? No shots on target till Saka scored. Kane running around to no effect, starved of service. Far too much reliance on Saka to break the line. Spain vs Germany was a different level. Thank goodness for the penalty takers.
Preferred it when they were being honest. Almost in disbelief watching MOTD at half time and how much they were raving about the performance. Maybe they were drinking plenty of wine before going on air too. Watching a completely different game to me and a lot of my friends. 5 shots in 120 mins of football of which only 3 were on target. Swiss had almost twice as many and they were better than us in extra time.
We've been incredibly fortunate with the qualification groups, groups at the tournament and how every draw has played out under Southgate. I believe that even the sides that didn't get out of the group in 00,14 or even qualify in 08 would beat this team. The historically stronger teams such as the Italians, Germans, Dutch etc are a shadow of their former selves. Delighted to be in the last 4, but lets not kid ourselves here.
Im a United fan, and I was screaming down the house when Saka scored honestly, I was so happy for him after everything that he's wrongly been through, what an incredible show of character. Was very very please happy for him, and after he'd also kept us in the tournament as well!
I don't understand everyone's insistence on praising Foden. He was OK. In a system that COMPLETELY caters to him. He had a decent 1st haf, and was completely anonymous 2nd half. Yes, he's pretty good on the half turn. But when teams sit back, he doesn't have the guile or creativity to unlock defences with a clever pass. He's the most one dimensional number 10 I've ever seen in the supposed "world class" bracket. Good technique does not make you world class. Saka has to bend over backwards and carry his team over and over to get even a fraction of the pundits' praises that Foden gets for picking his nose.
Spot on
It’s actually maddening the way they’ve reported on both players this tournament.. feels like we’re being gaslit.
Fantastic channel. Enjoying the content from the tremendous trio. 👍
They didn’t have a shot on target until Sakas goal and until after he was forced to make a substitute post the Swiss goal. What game was Richards watching?! Yes it was better than previous weeks but the positive play after the substitutes showed penalties could have been prevented.
Everyone’s talking about kane, no one’s talking about how average foden’s been.. he’s a subuteo player, doesn’t take anyone on or break lines, no pace, hasn’t offered anything other then re-cycling the ball. He’s lost without haaland, Eze & Palmer both more dangerous.
It should always be said how disgusting the reaction was to Saka and the other boys from the last Euros. Saka in particular has had fantastic seasons since and then to not only score to save England but to score the penalty the way he did. The mentality for such a young kid, he deserves all the praise.
I never understood this. I used twitter at the time of the last euros. And all I saw was people talking about how the racist abuse they got was awful. I then tried to find this racist abuse on Twitter, on England instagram posts. There literally was nothing
@@Jack-bs3iureally? On instagram there was tonnes of monkey emojis and slurs being used and pretty sure twitter was the same
i’ve accepted that england are on the same level as slovenia, denmark, slovakia and switzerland hence why we’re drawing with them after 90mins. that is now england’s level under southgate, so we should be delighted to scrape through on penalties.
Good its because the true Englishness is gone tell me how bukayo saka & kobey mainoo are English??? Don’t worry i’ll wait 😴
@@JimCrow-o4i They were born here, have accents from English regions, grew up with our culture and customs? Any more?
@@JimCrow-o4i without them England would be well below Slovenia, Denmark, Slovakia and Switzerland😂
@@JimCrow-o4i if you can't see past skin color and completely ignore that most people are second or third generation with an English passport, who grew up here. Then it's a YOU-problem.
Just because you Draw with someone in a game of football it doesn't mean you are on the same level as them. Football has never worked like that.
Must have been watching a different game to me.
Rice & Saka men of the match for me. Great to see the midfield & team function.
By gum Shaws important for us 🏴 hope has returned after this one.
Wondering how passionate Jimmy Hasselbaink will be when 🇳🇱 & 🏴 meet given he's part of Southgate's coaching staff and a close friend of his from their times @ Middlesbrough ❤❤❤
That's what I was thinking to. Hopefully no Agent Hasselbank
He is from Suriname anyway. 🇸🇷
This small brain mentality as if JFH is the first ever backroom coach to play against his own country. Just enjoy having a semi 🤫
Heh, he'll go missing then resurface at a press conference in Rotterdam.
We'll still pay him his pension though, Philby got his...
@@jimb9063eh?
Well our journey with Germany is over for these euros, but I feel a tremendous amount of Schadenfreude, because the English have to endure another 90 minutes of their team
Yes, great - you can watch us with all the rest of the losers. Thanks for having us!
2:49 - Micah being absolutely devious
It was better than our other games but it still wasn’t great. Our formation change helped nullify Switzerland but we got lucky 2nd half. Southgate again did nothing to change it and we went behind. But for a Saka wonder strike we would have lost. The subs didn’t really change the game. After our goal we didn’t create anything really and just accepted pens. Soon as we come up against a good side we’ll lose
Wooooo another Podcast, Yay!
The game I watched ended in penalties after a single shot on target against the "formidable" Switzerland. Where can you watch the game they watched?
Really starting to rate Gary since I started following these podcasts, he genuinely knows his stuff, not afraid to say it how it is, but when Alan was on video call...priceless 😂😅
Yes they were better but honestly its not hard playing better when all the games so far were extremely poor, they have missed all the big teams running up to this semi but do not build the hopes up they need to play much much better to get through.
I am baffled by the amount of positivity from the pundits and press. We were awful again, admittedly due to the low bar we set it was couldnt be much worse. The BBC waxing lyricals at HT was pretty surreal to watch.
They have obviously been told they have to be positive after the backlash from the criticism.
Yeh definitely. Even talk sport looked to have backed off@@martynshaw972
The sound delusional...
Whereas I get, by now, it's obvious this is pretty much it in terms of England's performances, there will be no miraculous improvement. We may as well cross our fingers, wave the flag and 'get behind the lads', but all that gushing at half time just made the pundits look like idiots.
@@martynshaw972By whom?
Football today is far more competitive than it was 25/35 years ago, teams are fitter and more tactically estute. The days of ovewhelming teams is gone.
Spain 4-1, Germany 5-1
@@AlexWareham-ym1cn out of almost 48 games?.
i agree - i saw it when germany were against scotland
Individuals in the 90's are much better. R9 or Van Basten would score 60 + goals a year in the EPL. Especially with the rules! They'd be worth 150+ million today. R9 in his first season at Barcelona scored 47 in 49 games. At only 19. He was phenomenal at every club. Won the world cup for Brazil. 2 serious knee injuries cut his career short. Van Basten scored 300 goals with 80 assists. Played 302 times only. Due to problems with his ankle. Retired at 28. They faced the best defenders. Bad pitches. Played in a time when it was tough! People today donot understand that these modern footballers are athletes. With a tactical set up. Class is Class my friend. R9 was better than Messi and CR7. Faster, stronger, better dribbler, and shooter. Was deadly one on one. Deadly long shot. Van Basten was pure class. Both feet, Great shooter, strong, Great in the air, Great first touch and turn.Both smart and great at breaking the lines. Making runs. Anticipation like a sniper. Modern football, like most sport is about being athletic. Brains aren't needed. Robotic players who cannot create or produce a moment of individual brilliance. These Euro's have been boring. Worst in history. Spain, Germany, Turkey and Georgia are the only teams that haven't put you to sleep.
I love how Gary admires and bigs up the players of today, that time he was a HELL of a player, better than most. Class act 👊
Kobbie Mainoo is a young midfield GENERAL 🤩
Better from the lads, at least we are in the semifinals 👌🏼🏴
It was a good goal. A slightly improved overall performance. Effective and clinical penalties. That's about it. Media getting carried away as usual. It's either feast or famine with the English press. And in both instances they're usually over-egging the pudding.
spot on
Everyone loves B. Saka now because he saved England from elimination...until he missed scoring a goal or a penalty...
If the pundits think that was a "performance", then our standards have undoubtedly dropped.
1 shot on target in 90 minutes…hardly an improvement on the 1 shot on target in 90 minutes the game before
The ballers in this squad that always want the ball and make things happen are Palmer, Mainoo and Trent
Then there's excellent wide options and three great strikers to choose from
Bellingham is a force of nature, but needs to grow into a deeper Bryan Robson type role
No reason at all why this team can't dominate this level and play great stuff while doing so
The mentality of these guys is impressive - they're being held back right now
As good a player as Saka is, one aspect of his game that never gets talked about is how responsible he is defensively. A complete player.
Was he watching the same game as me? The Swiss were more dangerous
Not sure why everyone is acting like everything is sorted now. 1 Shot on target in 90 Mins. Trippier was dog shit, Kane was dog shit.