He says you need to pick in form players, then contradicts himself by saying you know exactly which players France are going to play where…so which is it? In form players, or consistency in team selection??
But we need players who perform for England take a look back on that 4-0 Hungary defeat we played on form players like the fans beg for and look what happened we got humilated
@@HarryKanee It wasn't due to the players but tactics from Southgate. Whenever England plays a team that are very good in transition and can keep the ball well they struggle a hell lot.
@@GIBBO4182 You can't ONLY expect him to pick players on form though, can you? How do you get cohesion with the team if it changes every 3 months due to form?
@@jamesgunn7 which is exactly my point I’ve said elsewhere in the comments. If you pick solely on form, you would have a different team every game, which has never worked
Micha's story telling is impeccable. His passion and the way he takes you on the journey with him is incredible! I feel like I feel every emotion with him😂
There isn’t a lack of CB’s anymore, that was two years ago. Now we have Tomori, Dunk, Colwill, Mings and Guehi that can play the left centre-back role, with Stones, White, Chalobah and if needed Walker at the right CB spot. There’s no need to fit Maguire in, if there’s others playing regularly at a good level.
He’s picked him when he’s not playing well and initially it was understandable, then it went on and on. Soon it’ll be 5 years on and he’ll still be picking him
^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ go on top comment , just to add maguire came on for man u v arsenal and they then conceded 2 goals ........ he looked like a 40 year old bardge boat , slow , cant turn , cant pass , un fit , and gaz said ahhhhh but hell play well for me i dont ask him to do such things (sarcasum) come on
@@HarryKanee Mate, if you give one of these CB's a run of games next to Stones, they'll do just a good of a job, and most likely be even better, because they actually play football. The only reason Phillips is in the side is because of a lack of depth at DM, if there were three more English players in that postion, he shouldn't be in the squad either.
For all of his laughter and good vibes, he has fascinating insights from not only the golden generation of the NT, but from playing for an EPL winning team, working with elite managers and even briefly playing overseas. Very few players have that profile.
73 year old Huddersfield supporter here living in Singapore - first time seeing this - THE best football chat show I have ever seen - really interesting stories - thankyou guys
Gary Lineker i have been watching you from i was a kid in Jamaica cheering whenever J.Barnes put in those crosses for you!I am in awe of the way you have kept your body in shape even at your age!I wish u long life SiR Gary!!!
Superb goal. That and Paulo dicanio’s ridiculous goal against Wimbledon. Was lucky enough to see that live and there was a split second of silence when it hit the net as if you couldn’t believe he’d done it. Unreal technique
It's amazing the amount of times they get asked a question and Shearer answers a different one. Like that question about an opposition goal and Shearer babbles on about the Van Basten goal against the USSR. I never realised Shearer played for the Soviets in the 80's. Must be frustrating if you're the person asking the question.
People ignore how many individual errors Tomori made last year. A lot of what people perceive to be ‘Maguire howlers’ are errors caused by others not pressing or putting him under the pressure
Micah is spot on here. I remember Frank, Gerrard and Rio during pundit after talk were talking how there was no comradery for England squad, meanwhile when the tournament is over and they talk to their club teammates, every single one of them were talking how great it was to get back together with their countrymen and play for their countries. You don't have that with England back then, but Southgate manage to instill that feelings to the national team.
He did years ago but to keep failing and losing in semi or finals will only install a failing culture every other manager was sacked after not winning anything but yet he’s lasted this long and we can’t say we’ve been that good we get easy group games and easy qualifiers as soon as we play a good team they lose
Hi guys I am a Portuguese emigrante in England since 1993 and I would like to thank you for your awesome podcast , it's different , it's fun , it's awesome. Anyway I am a man u suporter and I have a question for Alan. Do you think you would been an even better footballer than you were if your decision were to join man u when you went to Newcastle ? All the best to all of you and thanks for an awesome podcast
All managers have their favourites…and picking players based solely on form means you would have a different starting XI EVERY game…which has never worked!
i know but to have a favourite who is maguire is mental dunt play for 2 years at his club , when he does he leaks goal or scores own goals . if i did that i get sacked or sectioned lol
@@darrylbrookes2780the only time he didn’t start Maguire, we lost 4-0 to Hungary. Can hardly blame him for not trying other players, when they failed in a meaningless game against an average team
I respect Southgate for the 2018 World Cup. He gave us unreal memories and got us further than we should’ve really (granted we had an easy run), the issue with Southgate is he’s never been an elite manager. 1-0 up inside a minute in a euro final in your own country, it is not acceptable to park the bus for 90 minutes and that’s where we will always fall short. He’s gotten to later stages because of the unreal players he has at his disposal, any elite manager would get us over the line in that final and I also think in the france game in qatar. His game management in big moments is horrendous and that’s not a dig it’s just fact that the job is too big for him
Easy run💀 CMon mate we weren't even beating teams like Iceland and Slovenia in major tournaments but once we do it's easy you have to beat what's Infront of you
@@HarryKanee You can repeat this comment as much as you like but you're still wrong. We've done okay because of the players we have and not because Southgate is some sort of masterful tactician.
@@HarryKaneeprior teams and generations underperforming doesn’t give Southgate and this team a free ride. McLaren, Capello and Hodgson got battered for not winning the games you mention and rightly so. The mindset of past failures meaning what Southgate is doing (winning games we should be winning) is outstanding is a loser’s mentality. It doesn’t hurt enough to lose because ‘we did well to get to the semis/final’. And lost to an Italy team that didn’t even qualify for the WC in said final! OP is bang on. Southgate has been great with the media, got the team all singing from the same hymn sheet and pride in the shirt back. However, he goes the same way of all his predecessors - is in winning positions and gets it all wrong with his game management and poor decision making under pressure.
The fact that Maguire and Kalvin Philips are in the squad blows my mind. I mean being French I love it, because it makes your team not as good. But if Deschamps insisted in playing Thauvin or Umitit, I'd be up in arms. These are players were in the 2018 squad, the latter even scored a key goal vs Belgium. But they haven't delivered enough since and have been deservedly dropped.
Your totally right we don't want players that haven't played for there club..we need players that are playing consistently but Southgate pics his favourites that's why we fail at every tournament
I love how Gary is so selfish when asked who he’d have liked to have played with for England. Instantly thinking about the player that would assist him the most. Once a striker always a striker 😂
Loved this one sat on my terrace on holiday in Turkey with a rum and coke. Bloody lovely. Totally agree with Big Meeks...Southgate picking his favourite will almost certainly cost us when it matters...Best group of England players who actually all get on with each other...Time to go hard or go home.
I Saw some compilations of Gary. I never watched them and they are pretty rare to find tbf. Born in Germany 89 doesnt really Help aswell, to get to Know all the great english players. But From what I have seen, I think Gary played Like R9! Not the fancy tricks, but the drive and the Speed to get past the Last Defender and His positioning. The Scoring ability was pure. The stats tell the rest. My father told me he was scared of him!
Maguire was a literal pressing trigger for Senegal. Against France he was getting caught under crosses and eventually was beating by a cross. Against Germany in the nations league, he had a hand in two goals. He was dodgy in recent games against Italy and Iran. He has become a liability for England. A long way off the great defender from the Euros
Idk what maguire you're on about but in an England shirt he's England's best defender since Bobby Moore most goals for England as a defender and constantly in every team of the tournament at a major tournament
love your comment Micah on what happens when they put on the England shirts - Southgate IS changing that but something went wrong with england in 70s post Cloughie not being appointed - we stopped playing mavericks and became too careful. So hope we can change that. I remember 1966 and I want another before I die
Yep. Younger fans have no idea how brutal the media used to be . here was no socials back then, but tabloids would openly mock managers and sabotage their own country's chances with negative headlines and borderline treachery. The mental pressure resulted in players crumbling. RIP Graham Taylor & Bobby Robson.
Southgate is the equilivant to Walter Winterbottom he has set the foundations for success...but we now need the final piece which is an Alf Ramsay...The man who has the mental dynamism in game to be brave enough to take risks make choices that make a positive difference
I wonder if the managers mentality also plays a role when it comes to fear of failure. I always got the impression that Capello didn't do a lot to strengthen his players' mentally. 23:20
Hey guys im from Hungary and totally don’t understand what you doing guys in the last 20-30 years 😅 you guys always have at least 11 world class player
Micah is spot on, they want too much Premier League and they are biased They have a good squad but they don't have a good manager/tactician Deschamps is world class manager
Southgate is a great man manager and clearly bought a much needed sense of togetherness to the squad, but he is tactically inept which becomes blatantly obvious every time we actually play a top team, and it's cost us in the last 2 tournaments. the other thing is when he got the job he said he'd pick players based on their form, and that's gone completely out the window.
You know when it was 1-1 against France last tournament, neither manager made any changes! To say Southgate cost us is a fallacy, especially when we finished the game having had more possession and more shots on target than France! Revisionist history at its finest!
@@GIBBO4182lmao if neither manager makes a change at 1-1 and one of them loses then he should have made a change. Southgate isn’t cut out for that top level decision making
Why is it so important that women become more involved in men’s football? Surly they should make women’s football the best it can be… If it’s an equality thing then how will it work if a female manager gets into an argument with an opposition player or manager, Will the male be deemed a woman abuser etc… why can’t men have their game & women there’s?
Best trio out there @micah gets me all the time... the funniest thing so far is when he called the coach a dickhead In Italian and the laugh after that #priceless
Pep would be such a great appointment for all parties; I think the England job is such a toxic position. It would be a real test of skill and character to manage a squad full of top-to-world-class players.
May I nominate for The Prestigious Title of; The Head Coach of the 3 Lions AKA England. The following suggestion as an Avid EPL Follower and a Huge BBC fan; 1)Jack Wilshire 2)D. Beckham. 3) Pep or Klopp
This isn't about where England were before Southgate. It's about his tactics and management as a coach. Micah is spot on, the players he has make him look good regardless. Based on the squad England has, they will reach the Semi-Finals in the international tournaments.
Also, hard not to do a hearty "phwoar" at Alan's front 6 of Bellingham, Rice, Foden; Rashford, Kane, Saka but Ready Salted Missionary Position Southgate would never dare
This is the team I would play with copying pep’s tactics with stones dropping into midfield to push Bellingham more forward and giving foden the freedom to attack. Kane Grealish Foden Saka Bellingham Rice Shaw/Chilwell Walker Tomori/ Colwill Stones Pickford Bench: Rashford, sterling, Madison, Phillips, Ben white, Callum Wilson
Sorry Alan Shearer, but Portugal have the 3 plus 3 best players. Bernardo Silva, Bruno Fernandes, Vitinha, Rafael Leão, João Felix, Cristiano Ronaldo. Love the podcast!
I don't understand why people are negative of Gareth he's still our best manager since 66 world cup semi final and a Euros final plus he's the reason we're even watching the national team remember people were turning their backs on England but Gareth has changed English football golden generation didn't accomplish any of those and they had better sqauds micah says he picks people he likes but we need players who perform for England
Used to play as a striker at a half decent level on Saturdays then pub league on Sundays. On the Sunday one season we came up against a team you could tell were really bad from their results. I had the exact same mindset as Lineker and Shearer. There’s goals here. 6-0 up at H/T I’ve already got a hat trick, manager takes me off. We win 9-0. In the reverse fixture, we embarrassingly (a bit like England v San Marino) go 1-0 down. Order restored quickly 7-1 up at H/T, again already with a hat trick. I say to our manager don’t you even dream of taking me off here… So I stay on, end up with 8 goals in the game and we win 17-1. I’m comfortably the top scorer in the league. A few days later this team decided they’d had enough and cut their losses and folded. So I lose 11 goals!!! And the team lose a 26-1 favourable g/d! Thankfully we still won the league and I was still top scorer but maybe in hindsight he should have subbed me again in the second game!
Southgate might've made England better than they were, but like you said they weren't great but they've always had top quality players, I think what Steve Clarke has done with Scotland has been more impressive and they're yet to even qualify for a tournament, so who's to say another manager wouldn't do a better job, England need to freshen things up
Crazy thing is England's squad is one of the best in the World, problem is fans got favourites and the manager has favourites, Maguire plays cause he fits the system and Tomori is a better defender but the long passing from Maguire is mint ( he doesn't fit Utds system and he should've made the move to West Ham), Henderson am not sure cause he's in S. Arabia, but Rice is currently clear of him and does the same job better. And am surprised Rashford doesn't start at Lw, him and Saka tire out Full backs and force teams to defend do their life
We can all see Southgate's negativity and Fear, and we dont like it Any Coach should always be looking to improve the team, all the time, This does not mean chopping and changing, But it means you look Southgate does not even look, PS The CB's with the most wins in the Premier league, are Stones and Gomez And they both have won everything and beaten everyone Benzema, Messi, Mbappe, Ronaldo,
The reason England followers are negative towards Southgate is for the following reasons: he got the job by default (not due to any past achievements, he was actually a very poor coach at club level), his in-game decision making leaves a lot to be desired& ultimately he's failed to achieve anything with the national team despite the wealth of generational talent he has at his disposal
Why are we negative tho he's the reason we're all watching England look at the improvement we've made under him before u say easy routes why weren't the golden generation beating teams like Slovenia Iceland etc plus you have to beat what's Infront of you
I dont get the whole picking players for internationals on club form. The premier league for example is very different to international football and the systems players play in are different. Trent shines for Liverpool but England dont use their fullback in that way, which is why he doesnt get picked over Walker, James or Trippier. Works the other way as well, Pogba never shone for United but was a big reason France won the world cup because he suits how they play etc. For me, Maguire should be in the england set up regardless of what United do. He has been in the team of the tounement for Euro and world cup and plays really well for them.
Micah is spot on with the Southgate situation
He says you need to pick in form players, then contradicts himself by saying you know exactly which players France are going to play where…so which is it? In form players, or consistency in team selection??
But we need players who perform for England take a look back on that 4-0 Hungary defeat we played on form players like the fans beg for and look what happened we got humilated
@@HarryKanee It wasn't due to the players but tactics from Southgate. Whenever England plays a team that are very good in transition and can keep the ball well they struggle a hell lot.
@@GIBBO4182 You can't ONLY expect him to pick players on form though, can you? How do you get cohesion with the team if it changes every 3 months due to form?
@@jamesgunn7 which is exactly my point I’ve said elsewhere in the comments. If you pick solely on form, you would have a different team every game, which has never worked
I absolutely love hearing Gary’s stories about his time at Barca.more please
He played for Barca? 🤣
@@dreamer2355did you guys play for barca 😂😂😂
Micha's story telling is impeccable. His passion and the way he takes you on the journey with him is incredible! I feel like I feel every emotion with him😂
his laughing is wearing thin now.
There isn’t a lack of CB’s anymore, that was two years ago.
Now we have Tomori, Dunk, Colwill, Mings and Guehi that can play the left centre-back role, with Stones, White, Chalobah and if needed Walker at the right CB spot.
There’s no need to fit Maguire in, if there’s others playing regularly at a good level.
Spot on. Would like to see more Tomori
He’s picked him when he’s not playing well and initially it was understandable, then it went on and on. Soon it’ll be 5 years on and he’ll still be picking him
Sure there's no need when he gets into the team of the tournament every major tournament he's our highest scoring defender and you still slate him
^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ go on top comment , just to add maguire came on for man u v arsenal and they then conceded 2 goals ........
he looked like a 40 year old bardge boat , slow , cant turn , cant pass , un fit ,
and gaz said ahhhhh but hell play well for me i dont ask him to do such things (sarcasum)
come on
@@HarryKanee Mate, if you give one of these CB's a run of games next to Stones, they'll do just a good of a job, and most likely be even better, because they actually play football.
The only reason Phillips is in the side is because of a lack of depth at DM, if there were three more English players in that postion, he shouldn't be in the squad either.
Micah gaining new authority in these. There's a thoughtful lad behind all the bluster.
Thats why i wanted to say , he’s really impressing me
Sparky getting rid of Big Mics 🤣
These podcasts are the most entertaining in football by far 😜
For all of his laughter and good vibes, he has fascinating insights from not only the golden generation of the NT, but from playing for an EPL winning team, working with elite managers and even briefly playing overseas. Very few players have that profile.
Couldn’t agree more Micah was eloquent and passionate today as he always is but ther was an element of sophistication to his words today
Absolute love this lads. Only negative about this is it's not long enough
I think the 30-33-minute pod is just about right.
.😊pln
they do shows regularly
All 4 goals for Gary in the Bernabeu Vs Spain, what a guy
Brilliant podcast
Great chemistry between you 3
Hilarious stories too 😆
Enjoy the weekend guys 🙂
73 year old Huddersfield supporter here living in Singapore - first time seeing this - THE best football chat show I have ever seen - really interesting stories - thankyou guys
The only thing you've missed is your occupation lol
global team consultant @@MBroz
Micah's unrequited love for David Beckham....a story for generations 😂
Keep up the great work gents 👏👏👏
Micah styled out the Weigman question perfectly while Al nods with approval 👏🏽😂
Gary Lineker i have been watching you from i was a kid in Jamaica cheering whenever J.Barnes put in those crosses for you!I am in awe of the way you have kept your body in shape even at your age!I wish u long life SiR Gary!!!
The exchanges between Gary, Micah and Alan is hilarious, guys. Thoroughly enjoying it. Keep it going guys. Cheers!
That Van Basten goal , still my favourite goal of all time. The technique unbelievable.
It was an impossible angle on unreal swerve. Iconic.
@@Revelian1982 I agree amazing.
Lucky we got good footage/angles of that goal unreal
Lauren James scored on like that in the World Cup we just had.
Superb goal. That and Paulo dicanio’s ridiculous goal against Wimbledon. Was lucky enough to see that live and there was a split second of silence when it hit the net as if you couldn’t believe he’d done it.
Unreal technique
It's amazing the amount of times they get asked a question and Shearer answers a different one. Like that question about an opposition goal and Shearer babbles on about the Van Basten goal against the USSR. I never realised Shearer played for the Soviets in the 80's. Must be frustrating if you're the person asking the question.
Good on you guys for giving becks his flowers. Criminally underrated by fans but his peers are always biggin him up, as they should
WINS Serie A and still barely gets a mention. Thank you Micah for finally being the ONE pundit who pulls up Fikayo's name.
Tomori doesn't get a look in because he only plays in Serie A, yet Henderson gets in the squad while playing in the desert?
Have you watched much of Tomori? He wasn’t great for a team that actually struggled defensively last year
Why do you want inexperience players to play so badly Southgate knows more than all of us
People ignore how many individual errors Tomori made last year. A lot of what people perceive to be ‘Maguire howlers’ are errors caused by others not pressing or putting him under the pressure
@@akamiguelsanchez9985 andhaving a midfield with v little defensve capabilities
@@HarryKaneeare you crazy? Clearly we know better than the guy that got the job
Love the camaraderie and the admiration the three have for each other. Great stories!
It's fun watching your podcast! Keep up the good work guys!
These three are funny as anything. Best banter of any podcast😂😅😊
Micah is spot on here. I remember Frank, Gerrard and Rio during pundit after talk were talking how there was no comradery for England squad, meanwhile when the tournament is over and they talk to their club teammates, every single one of them were talking how great it was to get back together with their countrymen and play for their countries. You don't have that with England back then, but Southgate manage to instill that feelings to the national team.
He did years ago but to keep failing and losing in semi or finals will only install a failing culture every other manager was sacked after not winning anything but yet he’s lasted this long and we can’t say we’ve been that good we get easy group games and easy qualifiers as soon as we play a good team they lose
Hi guys I am a Portuguese emigrante in England since 1993 and I would like to thank you for your awesome podcast , it's different , it's fun , it's awesome. Anyway I am a man u suporter and I have a question for Alan. Do you think you would been an even better footballer than you were if your decision were to join man u when you went to Newcastle ? All the best to all of you and thanks for an awesome podcast
All managers have their favourites…and picking players based solely on form means you would have a different starting XI EVERY game…which has never worked!
i know but to have a favourite who is maguire is mental
dunt play for 2 years at his club , when he does he leaks goal or scores own goals .
if i did that i get sacked or sectioned lol
@@darrylbrookes2780the only time he didn’t start Maguire, we lost 4-0 to Hungary. Can hardly blame him for not trying other players, when they failed in a meaningless game against an average team
I respect Southgate for the 2018 World Cup. He gave us unreal memories and got us further than we should’ve really (granted we had an easy run), the issue with Southgate is he’s never been an elite manager. 1-0 up inside a minute in a euro final in your own country, it is not acceptable to park the bus for 90 minutes and that’s where we will always fall short. He’s gotten to later stages because of the unreal players he has at his disposal, any elite manager would get us over the line in that final and I also think in the france game in qatar. His game management in big moments is horrendous and that’s not a dig it’s just fact that the job is too big for him
Easy run💀 CMon mate we weren't even beating teams like Iceland and Slovenia in major tournaments but once we do it's easy you have to beat what's Infront of you
@@HarryKanee You can repeat this comment as much as you like but you're still wrong. We've done okay because of the players we have and not because Southgate is some sort of masterful tactician.
@@mitzy123 do you want to go back to round of 16 exits or group stage exits
As a Welshman watching that game all u needed was the next goal and Italy would of been deflated
@@HarryKaneeprior teams and generations underperforming doesn’t give Southgate and this team a free ride. McLaren, Capello and Hodgson got battered for not winning the games you mention and rightly so. The mindset of past failures meaning what Southgate is doing (winning games we should be winning) is outstanding is a loser’s mentality. It doesn’t hurt enough to lose because ‘we did well to get to the semis/final’. And lost to an Italy team that didn’t even qualify for the WC in said final!
OP is bang on. Southgate has been great with the media, got the team all singing from the same hymn sheet and pride in the shirt back. However, he goes the same way of all his predecessors - is in winning positions and gets it all wrong with his game management and poor decision making under pressure.
This and James n flav for now are the best football podcasts on TH-cam. Shout out to the club and AFTV too
I can't get enough of this podcast man. Love it so much
The fact that Maguire and Kalvin Philips are in the squad blows my mind. I mean being French I love it, because it makes your team not as good. But if Deschamps insisted in playing Thauvin or Umitit, I'd be up in arms. These are players were in the 2018 squad, the latter even scored a key goal vs Belgium. But they haven't delivered enough since and have been deservedly dropped.
Your totally right we don't want players that haven't played for there club..we need players that are playing consistently but Southgate pics his favourites that's why we fail at every tournament
20:00 wasnt it colin hendry that gazza flicked it over in that iconic goal against Scotland too 😆
Oh yes, the big man got fucked over by our midfield not tracking anyone.
Tomori was class that year. Can’t believe he didn’t get a sniff
I love how Gary is so selfish when asked who he’d have liked to have played with for England. Instantly thinking about the player that would assist him the most. Once a striker always a striker 😂
Love to hear your stories brilliant.
Keep them coming lads.
Micah is truly one of the few people who makes me cry & laugh and sometimes it’s just at him laughing so hard 🤣😭
Loved this one sat on my terrace on holiday in Turkey with a rum and coke. Bloody lovely. Totally agree with Big Meeks...Southgate picking his favourite will almost certainly cost us when it matters...Best group of England players who actually all get on with each other...Time to go hard or go home.
Omg you boys did beckham justice
I love how Gary needs to take a breather every 13 minutes
Best show out right now🫡
I Saw some compilations of Gary. I never watched them and they are pretty rare to find tbf. Born in Germany 89 doesnt really Help aswell, to get to Know all the great english players. But From what I have seen, I think Gary played Like R9! Not the fancy tricks, but the drive and the Speed to get past the Last Defender and His positioning. The Scoring ability was pure. The stats tell the rest. My father told me he was scared of him!
Shearer was one of our most lethal strikers, up there with greaves
Fantastic start to the weekend. Absolute joy to hear your stories
Best one yet. Part of the best ever Ghana team.
The goal I would have wanted to score was the the overhead kick from zlatan that was unbelievable
Another brilliant one, folks!
When Gary said “ England won 4-2 I scored all 4 goals “ big flex , big man ting 🔥🤣🤣
Spot on about the Van Basten goal Al still the best I’ve ever seen,next time you see the Roberto Carlos goal watch the ball boy behind the goal 😂
Really enjoy Gary Lineker’s story.
The Ben white situation with Southgate was strange. And the fact Lewis Dunk and Ward Prowse aren’t getting call ups is silly
These should be longer. Please
Maguire was a literal pressing trigger for Senegal. Against France he was getting caught under crosses and eventually was beating by a cross. Against Germany in the nations league, he had a hand in two goals. He was dodgy in recent games against Italy and Iran.
He has become a liability for England. A long way off the great defender from the Euros
Idk what maguire you're on about but in an England shirt he's England's best defender since Bobby Moore most goals for England as a defender and constantly in every team of the tournament at a major tournament
@@HarryKanee fifa don't even do a team of the tournament.😂
@@HarryKanee Why are you hellbent on defending Maguire? I honestly think Southgate would play him with one leg above someone in form and fit;
Exactly, he got beat in the air by Giroud yet hit the post...I think he's not suited to England's style. We could play way better than this.
Shearer is right about England's front six, they're some players those boys!
And he didn't even mention grealish!
Micah's laugh is too contagious man 😂😂😂
love your comment Micah on what happens when they put on the England shirts - Southgate IS changing that but something went wrong with england in 70s post Cloughie not being appointed - we stopped playing mavericks and became too careful. So hope we can change that. I remember 1966 and I want another before I die
Yep. Younger fans have no idea how brutal the media used to be . here was no socials back then, but tabloids would openly mock managers and sabotage their own country's chances with negative headlines and borderline treachery. The mental pressure resulted in players crumbling. RIP Graham Taylor & Bobby Robson.
lets also not forget the FA board who did not appoint a maverick. @@mediacenterman8583
1966, yeah right, it belonged to the Germans but for dodgy officiating. Gave England false optimism, where were they in the 1970s?
The people stand with Micah, his views on Southgate are bang on
Best podcast ever
I'm a united fan and I shouldn't like any of these 3 but all 3 are just top guys and always a good listen
Oooo I didn’t even know they were releasing an episode today, but I guess I can start my birthday celebrations right lads
Happy birthday my man have a good one! 👍
Where's Ian Wright?
Brilliant show
Spot on Micah, Southgate's issue is his preference for nepotism.
England manager should be from England, Germany manager from Germany and so on.
There’s no good english manager
@@punkster2542 absolute nonsense
France definitely matches England in terms of talent lol
Like 2 WC players in every position
Ong they played their B team the whole WC and almost beat argentina.
The camera irritates me the way it keeps zooming in and out when someone talks
boys have turned this into a full on living !
Epic podcast guys
Southgate is the equilivant to Walter Winterbottom he has set the foundations for success...but we now need the final piece which is an Alf Ramsay...The man who has the mental dynamism in game to be brave enough to take risks make choices that make a positive difference
I wonder if the managers mentality also plays a role when it comes to fear of failure. I always got the impression that Capello didn't do a lot to strengthen his players' mentally. 23:20
Did I miss it? I didn't hear anyone talk about Pep and the England job
the best ex player podcast in youtube !!!
Thank you Micah for speaking the truth, Alan doesn’t want to accept it cause his England bias
I'm so pleased Micah had the courage to speak the truth about southgate
I feel Eddie howe would be perfect for England because he is English and plays expansive football
Micah is slowly becoming the best pundits around
Hey guys im from Hungary and totally don’t understand what you doing guys in the last 20-30 years 😅 you guys always have at least 11 world class player
Btw best football podcast ever ❤
Micah is spot on, they want too much Premier League and they are biased
They have a good squad but they don't have a good manager/tactician
Deschamps is world class manager
What did Alan shearer say about Roberto Carlos' goal? I didn't get that
Southgate is a great man manager and clearly bought a much needed sense of togetherness to the squad, but he is tactically inept which becomes blatantly obvious every time we actually play a top team, and it's cost us in the last 2 tournaments. the other thing is when he got the job he said he'd pick players based on their form, and that's gone completely out the window.
You know when it was 1-1 against France last tournament, neither manager made any changes! To say Southgate cost us is a fallacy, especially when we finished the game having had more possession and more shots on target than France! Revisionist history at its finest!
Southgate would fit the women's national team with all due respect
@@Wozefootballchannel I wouldt know, i dont watch girls sports
@@GIBBO4182lmao if neither manager makes a change at 1-1 and one of them loses then he should have made a change. Southgate isn’t cut out for that top level decision making
Guys…. U don’t need to tell us every time your going on a break. Just edit it in. Love the show anyway!!!
Why is it so important that women become more involved in men’s football? Surly they should make women’s football the best it can be…
If it’s an equality thing then how will it work if a female manager gets into an argument with an opposition player or manager, Will the male be deemed a woman abuser etc… why can’t men have their game & women there’s?
Best trio out there @micah gets me all the time... the funniest thing so far is when he called the coach a dickhead In Italian and the laugh after that #priceless
Cracking show again gents!
Pep would be such a great appointment for all parties; I think the England job is such a toxic position. It would be a real test of skill and character to manage a squad full of top-to-world-class players.
May I nominate for The Prestigious Title of; The Head Coach of the 3 Lions AKA England. The following suggestion as an Avid EPL Follower and a Huge BBC fan;
1)Jack Wilshire
2)D. Beckham.
3) Pep or Klopp
This isn't about where England were before Southgate.
It's about his tactics and management as a coach. Micah is spot on, the players he has make him look good regardless. Based on the squad England has, they will reach the Semi-Finals in the international tournaments.
Ok Golden generation had better sqauds and had decent managers why couldn't they accomplish what Gareth did that team should of won something
@@HarryKanee should 'have'
Also, hard not to do a hearty "phwoar" at Alan's front 6 of Bellingham, Rice, Foden; Rashford, Kane, Saka but Ready Salted Missionary Position Southgate would never dare
Better than Brazil's? Casemiro,Guimaraes,Paqueta Vini, Neymar, Rodrigo,Jesus...I think Gary Lineker hadn't dipped his thoughts properly..but it's allowed 😊
It was shearer that said it
This is the team I would play with copying pep’s tactics with stones dropping into midfield to push Bellingham more forward and giving foden the freedom to attack.
Kane
Grealish Foden Saka
Bellingham Rice
Shaw/Chilwell Walker
Tomori/ Colwill Stones
Pickford
Bench: Rashford, sterling, Madison, Phillips, Ben white, Callum Wilson
You forgot Trent and James, Nketiah too. Pep would definitely play that team. Gotta wait til July 2014 now
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Not sure about Nketiah and Trent. Reece James 100% and I’d have Ivan Toney if he wasn’t banned
@@CB-ms2cq Trent is awesome and one thing Southgate did get right is to play Trent in midfield
Beckham was amazing at crosses and free kicks. Think Micah has a bromance going on 😂
Maybe Argentina? The De Paul - MacAllister - Enzo then Messi - Di María - Julián?
Sorry Alan Shearer, but Portugal have the 3 plus 3 best players. Bernardo Silva, Bruno Fernandes, Vitinha, Rafael Leão, João Felix, Cristiano Ronaldo.
Love the podcast!
I don't understand why people are negative of Gareth he's still our best manager since 66 world cup semi final and a Euros final plus he's the reason we're even watching the national team remember people were turning their backs on England but Gareth has changed English football golden generation didn't accomplish any of those and they had better sqauds micah says he picks people he likes but we need players who perform for England
Used to play as a striker at a half decent level on Saturdays then pub league on Sundays.
On the Sunday one season we came up against a team you could tell were really bad from their results. I had the exact same mindset as Lineker and Shearer. There’s goals here. 6-0 up at H/T I’ve already got a hat trick, manager takes me off. We win 9-0.
In the reverse fixture, we embarrassingly (a bit like England v San Marino) go 1-0 down. Order restored quickly 7-1 up at H/T, again already with a hat trick. I say to our manager don’t you even dream of taking me off here…
So I stay on, end up with 8 goals in the game and we win 17-1. I’m comfortably the top scorer in the league.
A few days later this team decided they’d had enough and cut their losses and folded. So I lose 11 goals!!! And the team lose a 26-1 favourable g/d! Thankfully we still won the league and I was still top scorer but maybe in hindsight he should have subbed me again in the second game!
lmao@sunday league
@@PazLeBon rofl lol hahahahaha
David Beckham was unbelievable!
Southgate might've made England better than they were, but like you said they weren't great but they've always had top quality players, I think what Steve Clarke has done with Scotland has been more impressive and they're yet to even qualify for a tournament, so who's to say another manager wouldn't do a better job, England need to freshen things up
Crazy thing is England's squad is one of the best in the World, problem is fans got favourites and the manager has favourites, Maguire plays cause he fits the system and Tomori is a better defender but the long passing from Maguire is mint ( he doesn't fit Utds system and he should've made the move to West Ham), Henderson am not sure cause he's in S. Arabia, but Rice is currently clear of him and does the same job better.
And am surprised Rashford doesn't start at Lw, him and Saka tire out Full backs and force teams to defend do their life
Bang on Eddie.
We can all see Southgate's negativity and Fear, and we dont like it
Any Coach should always be looking to improve the team, all the time,
This does not mean chopping and changing, But it means you look
Southgate does not even look,
PS
The CB's with the most wins in the Premier league, are Stones and Gomez
And they both have won everything and beaten everyone
Benzema, Messi, Mbappe, Ronaldo,
The reason England followers are negative towards Southgate is for the following reasons: he got the job by default (not due to any past achievements, he was actually a very poor coach at club level), his in-game decision making leaves a lot to be desired& ultimately he's failed to achieve anything with the national team despite the wealth of generational talent he has at his disposal
Why are we negative tho he's the reason we're all watching England look at the improvement we've made under him before u say easy routes why weren't the golden generation beating teams like Slovenia Iceland etc plus you have to beat what's Infront of you
We sound so entitled. We've always had supposed "generational talents" but never been had any success.
hardly all English , just the whiney self entitled % we have at all of our domestic clubs lol
I dont get the whole picking players for internationals on club form. The premier league for example is very different to international football and the systems players play in are different. Trent shines for Liverpool but England dont use their fullback in that way, which is why he doesnt get picked over Walker, James or Trippier. Works the other way as well, Pogba never shone for United but was a big reason France won the world cup because he suits how they play etc.
For me, Maguire should be in the england set up regardless of what United do. He has been in the team of the tounement for Euro and world cup and plays really well for them.
I remember Shearer having to play right back in the world cup after Becham got sent off kicking Simeone
Spot on Micah on Southgate