It's been about 30 international tournaments since England won anything. 0-30. Very optimistic. And we'll hear the same thing in 2026 about the World Cup.
If your doing a France England combined 11 the team is Maignan, Walker, Saliba, Stones, Hernandez, Tchouameni, Camavinga, Bellingham, Saka, Mbappe, Kane. Think France have slightly better squad than ours.
3:09 two France players would start for England? Any of Mbappé, Griezmann, Maigan, Koundé, Hernández, Coman, Tchouaméni, Rabiot, Saliba, Pavard, Camavinga, Mendy, Upamecano and Kimpembe would play for us if they were English. How is this man paid discuss football?
He is delusional but also has a point, the three are probably Mbappe, Greizman in the midfield alongside rice and Bellingham and then reverting Camavinga at centre back to replace maguire
@@dantejordan459are you happy with underachieving? Yes he might be the most successful “on paper” but it would be like having the fastest car in race and celebrating coming second when you should be doing better. Countless times hes proven he doesn’t have the ball or maybe the knowledge to make big decisions at key moments. The players are carrying him
The expectations that make everyone that isn't English laugh at you when you lose. Maybe just try supporting your team and enjoying the ride for as long as it lasts.
We do enjoy the ride, but there is nothing wrong with having expectations with the squad as we have seen what we are capable of, that’s why we are so passionate
You'll win the big trophies eventually the big money is now in England with the premiership .. Money means England can invest in its youth .. bearing fruit now too
Glad I read this because I was going to post the exact same thing. People like Mer-sh-(hic) and Rio Ferdinand are the type of pundits that get us laughed at.
There are Paul Merson's in every country. I bet if we spoke your language, consumed your media, talking about your national team we'd hear similar hyperbole.
No way he’s just said only 2 French players get into our team lol, Griezmann would easily start at LW, Mbappe EASILY gets in at RW, Tchouaméni would easily be our 3rd maybe even 2nd best midfielder over Rice (maybe), Theo Hernandez at LB, Saliba and Konate are far better than any CB’s we have except Stones and maybe Tomori who dosent even get picked anyway and Maignan in over Pickford
Griezman, Mbappe, Tchoumeni, Saliba, Hernandez you'd imagine get in. Everything else is debateable if not England's advantage so 5-6 that's about right for the 2 favourites
@@siddharthreddiar3353 I can't see where Griezmann would get in the England team at the moment. I wouldn't pick him over Saka, Kane, Bellingham or Foden
😂 "shocked". What an absurd statement, especially from someone as old as Merson who has seen us knocked out for 40+ years. Yes, we have a good team, that's not a guarantee of winning anything. Please stop this nonsense, and take it a game at a time.
Finally someone talking sense, england are a great team but let them win a game at a time , rather than the arrogance of organising the parade before the first game
England is one of the favorites. They have a chance of 10-20% of winning it, meaning 80-90% chance of not winning it. Hardly shocking if they don't win it.
Mad people underrating France so much, they have the best player at the tournament, their defence is very solid with about 5 center backs who would play for England, a midfield that includes Kante who plays the role that England are missing even if he is playing in Saudi with Camavinga able to play if he can't who would also play in the england team.
Totally agree. Well I'd also say Dembele/Coman are better than Rashford/Sterling/Grealish.....and are arguably on Saka's level....maybe more when at their best.
As a German, i am a little surprised about the way the gentleman at the start creates expectations. Germany never went into a tournament with the attitude we must be champions! A tournament like the Euros is very difficult and you certainly don‘t win because you have two or three exceptional players at club level. For England, it would be nice to finally win something, but this will allways remain a team effort
every tournament it's the same speech but yet England NEVER EVER do anything in these international competitions.. so why would it be any different now lool 😂😂🙄🤦🏾♂️
The arrogance would be unbelievable but this happens every single tournament. Beckham, Scholes, Lampard, Beckham, Rooney... "Gonna win everything" Now its, "Foden, Jude, Saka, Rice! Gonna win everything!"
Not sure what he is smoking. Not one of our defenders would get in French team. Midfield and upfront is a toss up. We are not superior to France we definitely need to chill.
With a combined XI we'd have the entire French back line including the goalkeeper bar probably Walker... Outside of the defence Mbappe & Griezmann would walk into the squad, the rest would be England players, so 6/11, Merson is just a really bad pundit.
It never ceases to amaze me how these football experts, who have played the game and worked in the game for so many years, who have seen and done it all, will before every tournament proclaim that England will win, despite 58 years of failing to do so.
and they wonder why every other country in the world doesn't like England jesus christ not anywhere near the tournament and already think they've got it won 😂😂😂😂😂😂
England have world class players, but guess what. SO DO OTHER COUNTRIES!!!!!!!! We are one of a few teams with world class players, so this hype and entitlement that we should win automatically is RIDICULOUS! 🤡🤦♂️
france's second xi could probably beat us. even belgian are looking strong again - an attack of doku, de bruyne, trossard/tielemans and lukaku is not to be underestimated
@@jeanjacqueslundi3502 The Portugal squad certainly *looks* amazing... but that hasn't stopped them from having 3 pretty average/underwhelming tournaments in a row. England have looked much better at all 3.
@@sthill1993 Well it's poor coaching. But if we are considering form alone, than Belgium isn't much better. And with the same coach..they aren't gonna do much better. But player for player Portugal isn't inferiror to France or England. And England don't have a great record with them......nor tradition in the Euros.
Southgate will probably recall Mason Mount after a few decent games for Man U and play the following team full of experience and solidity. Pickford Walker Stones Maguire Trippier Henderson Rice Mount Saka Kane Rashford 😂
We dont see the french players often, literally every competition they bring in new players but at the moment England has some great players but France have some players who can win this championship.
This is exactly how the English media hypes up their fans creating a toxic environment for the players. No team ever wins just by talent, chemistry, playing style and opponents all play a major role. Management is extremely key especially with a talented squad, you can’t get in the way of a strong team by having them play conservatively , but it’s England, they messed a generation with Terry, Rio, A.Cole, Lampard, Gerrard, Scholes, Rooney etc, for them everything can and it usually goes wrong 😂.
I think what journalists and media tend to forget is that it's more than just having talented players. It's about having a team with a never say die attitude, a team of brothers/family with a warrior spirit. England squads of recent times have always been filled with individual egos & prima donnas and this has cost them dearly.
It's not unreasonable to give England a good chance of winning the Euros, as they got to the Final last time, but to expect them to win is over the top.
Last Euro they had the biggest chance to win at home. But with Southgate in charge you know, as soon as England will face with a team in his level, they fail. Because that is the time the role of the manager becomes critical. They lost both to Italy and France in last tournaments, because those teams had better managers.
France's whole defense gets in our team. Camavinga in midfield easy, Tchaoumeni too. There's at least 5 players. Then you add Mbappe, maybe Greizman. France are a better side. They have experience in winning cups and beating big sides. Bellingham, Kane, Rice, Saka and Foden mat get in the France side! Bellingham and Kanr definitely!!
Yeah put White,Stones and Walker as a basis(can't settle on Shaw at LB)and with Rice,Bellingham and Foden in that midfield,you actually have a good solid structure and support for Saka,Kane and Watkins
Great defences are what wins competitions most of the time and simply england doesn't have that. Pickford isn't good enough and neither is half of the defence also doesn't help stones who is englands best defender has been injured alot recently.
I dont think anyone outside of England think they are favorites. They are the Spurs of international football, always good for a letdown and never win anything 😮💨
i got every confidence in the players, but no confidence in Southgate's ability as a manager at this level. 3 times he has been found out, in 3 crucial games, Croatia semis, italy final, and France. i do like southgate but not managing maybe get an assistant with him to help in those in game moments when under pressure two heads better than one sometimes.
@@tonyrichardson2637weren’t out tactic against France. In fact, for large parts of that game England were tactically on top. Kane missed a pen. Croatia had a better midfield and for all their ball possession, Italy only equalised with a scrappy goal and won on pens.
Do you not think Southgate has learned from these losses? I think he has. No other England manager in my lifetime has got players wanting to play every game for England
France have a stronger squad and first XI as a whole. The squad depth is unreal in every position, England arguably have better attacking players but France have a defence and not so shabby attacking players either, and lots in reserve.
We're winning nothing with Southgate in charge picking Maguire, Henderson and Phillips. The starting XI needs to be: Pickford, Walker, Dunk, Colwill, Chilwell, Stones and Rice as the two 6's, Foden, Jude and Saka supporting Kane. The France-England combined XI take is embarrassing. The only English players who get in the French team are Walker, Foden, Jude and Kane!
England don’t need 2 defensive midfielders. I hate this opinion. Rice can protect the defence we must prioritise fitting in our attacking talent because they are so good. We’re still too cautious and scared to lose. We need to start going into every game against the top teams to win.
England had potential for ages. I think what England lacks is an identity of the team based on meritocracy and grit. Too many england players are too comfortable they will be selected no matter how poorly they perform at club level. Also does England has a particular playing style like spain or the netherland tiki taka, Italy defending back and nicking a goal, or France counter attacking with pace on the wings. Too many england players are in teams with radically different style of play in my opinion.
This is the problem. Everyone always says we need the ‘two sitting players.’ Why do we need two! Let’s play to our strengths and play our attacking players. We always try to focus on quelling our opponents rather than focusing on our own strengths. Let’s try and outplay the best teams for once rather than just survive.
@@sthill1993 The problem is when you play your attacking players...you're always gonna leave yourselves susceptible to the counter-attack....and France are the best team in International/World football to play offensive/defensive counter-attacking football........they let you have possession....lull you into a false sense of security....than bang. Sorry....that comment was to @SamBendsHollings
@@groovetraxxxgingerbreadman1282 Yes, France have the players - on paper - to swan to victory in most games in rip-roaring fashion. Do they actually? No. They can be surprisingly boring to watch at times... but that's why they are so consistently good at reaching the latter stages of tournaments. And also why they have their share of underwhelming results (though usually in games with less damaging consequences). Their gameplan has been to be solid, then give Griezmann, Mbappé and Giroud in particular the space to do their thing. It works a lot of the time, even when it doesn't they are still difficult to beat in knockout games.
Mike > Pickford, Hernandez > Shaw, Saliba > Harry, Konate > Stones(Stones is a CDM idc) I’m taking Griezman over Madison or whoever England’s their Midfielder would be. Tchui is close to Rice as well. And then I’m taking Mbappe. That’s 6 with the possibility of 7.
We have yet to beat a really good side when it matters because Southgate is to limited a manager and nobody is brave enough to say what they really think.
@@NyaCroft Germany have crashed out early in the last 3 or 4 tournaments being bang average, and Denmark are pretty solid but are not “really good” just decent
France have 2 players that would get in our team? 😂 They have players on the bench that we would be pushing for a Ballon d’Or nomination if they were English. Merson recently said Saliba is the best defender in the PL. He can’t get into the France team. 😂
I think their only issue is with the holding midfield position, there is no decent backup option for Rice nor someone to partner him if Bellingham is given the free roaming role like in Madrid. Maybe if they can find a good partner for Maguire in Guehi or Branthwait, they can push Stones higher to the midfield.
The team is very good, on paper. GK - Ramsdale, CBs - Stones and Tomori, RB - Reece, LB - Chilwell, CMs - Rice and Palmer, CAM - Bellingham, LW - Foden, ST - Kane, RW - Saka. Bench: Rashford, Sterling, Wilson, Walker, Trent, Trippier, Shaw, Maguire, Pickford. The best national team on paper, only France comes close.
These journalists need to learn to be more humble. England has an awesome team and they are favourites to win, but we´ve seen this approach before. It´s incredible they don´t seem to learn anything from past events
Not an englishman. They have an amazing young team and with more talent coming in every year i would be very very suprised if they dont win anything in next 10-12 years. Belingham+foden+saka is just superb esp foden class player!
It’s such an embarrassment for an English fan to hear this rubbish from the pundits. They have some decent players going forward, but so do a few teams. Portugal, France, Spain are all dangerous. Meanwhile, England have very little strength in defence. If they come up against an in-form Mbappe, it could be a cricket score.
Play rice and Bellingham as the 2. In the easier games Bellingham goes where he wants and rice sits, play folden as.the 10 . Saka right, and left is up for grabs.
@@morganator4874 as a Scotsman it pains me to agree that the England players are world class but your media and commentators do you no favours.. They are the people who create the hype then are also the first to shoot the players down.
Southgate has his way of playing but surely he can trust his players and adapt to their strengths. A problem for him now is that Rice hasn’t been playing as a traditional 6 lately and is more an 8 especially alongside Jorginho. I would go Walker, Stones, Maguire, Colwill, Rice, Jude, Trent, Foden, Kane, Saka. Plenty of firepower while Saka amd Foden work hard off the ball to make it work. As good as Kane is I personally think we’d be better with Watkins for that front three and Bellingham as it would open up more space for them from his running
Its amazing to think of the depth we have. Its amazing to think that even talented players like Jadon Sancho, Mason Greenwood, Ruben Loftus Cheek, Marcus Edwards, Fiyako Tomori, Angel Gomes, Curtis Jones and Jarrod Bowen probably wont even make the squad. England have so much strength in depth compared to previous tournaments. We could have even had Jamal Musiala in that squad, imagine a starting 11 with Musiala, Kane, Bellingham and Foden!
depends if Morata turns up. Belgium are the dark horses - dodgy defence but an attack comprising Doku, Lukaku, Trossard, De Bruyne and Tielemans is not to be underestimated
It's Bellingham & Kane that are the real difference makers. They're the best footballers in that squad. If they are fully firing we have an incredible chance of winning.
I don't think Pep would win with this England squad. His management style relies on players with specific skillsets, and he needs time to mould them into a winning team, time an international manager doesn't have.
Looking at our front half of our squad. Kane is in great form, saka is in great form, rashford is…………… rashford, Foden is in good form, rice is at very high form and Bellingham is top class as always. There is NO reason why we can’t be winning this euro’s with such incredible players at the top of our squad. If we don’t win it this time around, we need a new manager, Southgate seems to be way too biased towards certain players that are simply a liability to us
England is delusional,, and always have been. Get some national counseling on your issues and maybe, just maybe you will win a major trophy. Oh and yes, dump Southgate now.
England have a shot. Best we've seen from talent in a while. They usually struggle to control games because their squad consists of players that don't run the show at their clubs. The foreign players of Liverpool, Man U, Arsenal, Chelsea and City generally make the teams go. This squad is finally different. Leaders and quality role. Their style isn't good enough to call them heavy favorites, but I can see them doing it with players like Foden, Saka, Bellingham and Kane who are so instrumental to the beautiful football their clubs play
Unfortunately Southgate will pick favourites to fail again. Henderson and Maguire will be on the plane but should be nowhere near. Right now I wouldn’t take Rashford or Phillips either.
@@coasters4life388 White is a right back Brighton have barely kept a clean sheet this season and Everton are in the bottom half how are they better? You never watched Tomori play either
@@jacob4690 white can still play as a centre back, dunk is the best Brighton defender but those around him aren’t on his level so they concede a lot and Everton have good defensive stats with a much better back 4 mainly because of branthwaite, and yes I have seen tomori play multiple times
I’m not English or French but that statement about how many French players would get into the starting XI is kinda crazy, close to true but I’d give France 4/11 starters: Objectively, you’d have the starting XI in either a 4-3-3 or 4-2-3-1 be: Mbappe-Kane-Saka Rice (6)-Bellingham (10)-Foden (attacking 8, almost like a Mezzala who’d drift to the wings) Defense is tougher but I’d probably go: Theo Hernandez-Lucas Hernandez-Stones-Trent GK: Maignon Rest of the team is 12 spots, 2 of which have to be GKs Pickford, Areiola Walker, Trippier, Kounde, Tomori Tchouameni, Camavinga, Marcus Thuram, Dembele, Palmer, Coman would round out the squad. No place for guys like Guehi yet, too many better, more consistent options than Rashford
Not forgetting, just don't think he gets in. Maybe over Coman but how do you fit him into the team? I'd take a healthy Nkunku over Greizmann in a combined team, or a healthy Madison, and they occupy the same role. Palmer can too@@sulaymanbuwai2479
Saliba was hurt for so long I forgot he existed lol. Put him on the bench to replace Tomori or Kounde. Start Konate with Stones in the CB pairing and put L. Hernandez on the bench@@donaldwebb
@@TyrionHoA I would say Trent Rice Bellingham Kane and Foden are all world class, and Saka and Palmer close to world class, come on the attack is amazing.
Don’t worry lads. Henderson and Phillips won’t get near the starting 11. Even Southgate knows that. And to be fair, yes we’ve always overhyped the England team but the truth is this time, it’s true. Easily the best squad in the world
But the worlds worst manager. Trust me, England could be 3-0 up with 5 to go in the final, Southgate will find a way to bottle it and lose, it’s in his DNA. It’s the reason ironically he bottled that penalty in Euro 96.
I don't think it's EVER been about the PLAYERS with England???? Its more about tactics and game management, which is down to the manager and coaching staff????
Let's get the logic here, England has not won a major trophy for 58 years yet a football pundit would be shocked if we didn't win it, amusing stuff, lightens the day
If you play a front 3 and Jude as a 10 then they need to drop off and be a 4231 off the ball... Or you play 433 with Jude as an 8 that's given license to go. If we don't look like we control games and create chances, the management and coaching staff are inept. I do think being defensively solid and good at set pieces is critical in international football, but there has to be a bit more finesse and guile in open play.
Here's my starting 11 for England in the Euros given everyone is fit and available: Kane Foden Saka Bellingam Rice Trent Shaw Walker Tomori Stones Pickford
France have 2 players that get in their team 😭😭😭???? Mbappe, konate, saliba, hernandez undoubtedly get in. This isn't even mentioning griezmann. I don't even like France but cmon
Saliba is better than any CB England have lol, both of they LB are better Theo and Lucas Hernandez are both better than shaw, name English CB who’s better than konate? Apart from belligham and rice who’s great in the England midfield lol they’ve got camavinga zaire Emery tchouameni rabiot up front they attackers are better coz there’s only kane for England they’ve got griezman better than foden and coman and dembele better than saka so what do you mean by only 2 players
If Southgate doesn't play a 4-3-3 with Rice, Foden and Bellingham in midfield...the jury is out...Kane and Saka are given in the attack...leftside attacker is the problem...Sterling? Grealish? Rashford?
You act as if England was winning anything before Southgate took over. In terms of result, he's objectively the best manager you've had since the sixties.
@uberjens he has arguably the best England squad that there has ever been and done nothing. Company man. he does what he is told. Manages the team with his own personal feelings and doesn't play the best players. Lacks flair, vision, and creativity, he is not good enough for the job. The world-class creative dynamos that England has. He is vanilla, beige even. The fact that he is still in the role is shocking (I'm not English)
If Merson says something is going to happen, it isn't going to happen
If you don't believe then you're not England
@@FormulaProg He didn't say he don't believe in England, he don't believe in Merson the world's worst gambler 😂
Planet V yeah cmon m8
@@FormulaProgare you the “proper” fan police? I’ve forgotten about more football than you will ever know.
i know, I wish he hadn't said it!! France are a better side than we are anyway
If Henderson or Phillips start the tele is going off
Defo
Fr
I won’t be turning off if either of those non entity’s are playing, I’ll be supporting the opposition.
Already being negative
Mate keep it off because Southgate will still be the manager. Thus England won’t win anything
It's been about 30 international tournaments since England won anything. 0-30. Very optimistic. And we'll hear the same thing in 2026 about the World Cup.
We have a good chance but saying you’ll be shocked if we didn’t win it is pushing it 😅
England have the best squad of players by a country mile. Problem is they have the worlds worst manager who will find a way to bottle it…..guaranteed.
@@MathewParker-by4nx that’s exactly right.
@@MathewParker-by4nxhmmm🤔
What about the portuguese squad?
If your doing a France England combined 11 the team is Maignan, Walker, Saliba, Stones, Hernandez, Tchouameni, Camavinga, Bellingham, Saka, Mbappe, Kane. Think France have slightly better squad than ours.
@@MathewParker-by4nx Oh please! England always has the best squad, yet no trophies to prove it!
3:09 two France players would start for England? Any of Mbappé, Griezmann, Maigan, Koundé, Hernández, Coman, Tchouaméni, Rabiot, Saliba, Pavard, Camavinga, Mendy, Upamecano and Kimpembe would play for us if they were English. How is this man paid discuss football?
Still better than Phillips and Maguire
@@SpringsteenRecordingsfax
@clockworkman8210They'd still get in the squad or hendo and Phillips
@@SpringsteenRecordingsMaguire has been good as of late tbh
Mbappr Griezmann Hernández Saliba Tchouameni Maignan all start for England
If things went the way he said.. He’d have never lost millions in gambling.
Like he did then hahahah
Harsh but true
lol XD
Violence🤣
When youre a gambling addict, you might win 12 in a row, lose 2 and then try and win it all back in 1 bet.
I’ll be shocked if Paul Merson gets something right from a punditry standpoint.
He has seen Weird Science tho hasn't he!
Remember when he said Arsenal would annihilate Spurs this season and it ended in a draw.😂
@@badabing8884 Right!? This is one of many questionable statements he has made.
He struggles with English ffs, and pronouncing players names is hilarious
Portugal, Belgium, Croatia, France will all be coming in hard ! Stay humble, England !
Netherlands too
Spain as well
And Germany at home plus Spain.
Merson says we have an unbelieveable team but what about France? If we meet them in the semis I can't see how we'll beat them.
England team are humble lol
They are a chilled, lovely group of lads.
Stop the double standard. Everyone but England is allowed to to get excited 🙄
Even by their standards the delusion is so real. Only 3 French players would get into the England team? They never learn do they
Totally delusional but its the English way before every major tournament
Nope they never learn
He is delusional but also has a point, the three are probably Mbappe, Greizman in the midfield alongside rice and Bellingham and then reverting Camavinga at centre back to replace maguire
@@hugo9547camavinga centre back??😂 Not Saliba?
@@hugo9547 Saliba & Konate ????
You’re forgetting.. we have Southgate..
You mean the best English manager of all time?
@@dantejordan459😂😂😂
We'll have the cleanest winning sheet with him in charge
The next utd manager 😂😂
@@dantejordan459are you happy with underachieving? Yes he might be the most successful “on paper” but it would be like having the fastest car in race and celebrating coming second when you should be doing better. Countless times hes proven he doesn’t have the ball or maybe the knowledge to make big decisions at key moments. The players are carrying him
Mbappe, both center backs, Griezman, Tchouameni or Camavinga, Hernandez, Maignan all walk into the England team.
True
Hernandez and maignan? Nah
@@tayzk5929 maignan is way better than Pickford
The expectations that make everyone that isn't English laugh at you when you lose. Maybe just try supporting your team and enjoying the ride for as long as it lasts.
We do enjoy the ride, but there is nothing wrong with having expectations with the squad as we have seen what we are capable of, that’s why we are so passionate
You'll win the big trophies eventually the big money is now in England with the premiership ..
Money means England can invest in its youth .. bearing fruit now too
Glad I read this because I was going to post the exact same thing.
People like Mer-sh-(hic) and Rio Ferdinand are the type of pundits that get us laughed at.
There are Paul Merson's in every country. I bet if we spoke your language, consumed your media, talking about your national team we'd hear similar hyperbole.
@@mikedon5205 when did the premier league not have money?
No way he’s just said only 2 French players get into our team lol, Griezmann would easily start at LW, Mbappe EASILY gets in at RW, Tchouaméni would easily be our 3rd maybe even 2nd best midfielder over Rice (maybe), Theo Hernandez at LB, Saliba and Konate are far better than any CB’s we have except Stones and maybe Tomori who dosent even get picked anyway and Maignan in over Pickford
Mbappe gets in at LW, but that aside England have the better attacking options. Southgate just needs to get the balance right in time for the summer
Griezman, Mbappe, Tchoumeni, Saliba, Hernandez you'd imagine get in. Everything else is debateable if not England's advantage so 5-6 that's about right for the 2 favourites
@@siddharthreddiar3353 I can't see where Griezmann would get in the England team at the moment. I wouldn't pick him over Saka, Kane, Bellingham or Foden
@@jaredbowhay-pringle1460Griezmann over Saka and Foden 100%.
@@ryanergo754 2018 Griezmann no doubt
😂 "shocked". What an absurd statement, especially from someone as old as Merson who has seen us knocked out for 40+ years. Yes, we have a good team, that's not a guarantee of winning anything. Please stop this nonsense, and take it a game at a time.
It’ll end the same way it has the last 58 years. Southgate will get the blame and likely quit.
Finally someone talking sense, england are a great team but let them win a game at a time , rather than the arrogance of organising the parade before the first game
England is one of the favorites. They have a chance of 10-20% of winning it, meaning 80-90% chance of not winning it. Hardly shocking if they don't win it.
Mad people underrating France so much, they have the best player at the tournament, their defence is very solid with about 5 center backs who would play for England, a midfield that includes Kante who plays the role that England are missing even if he is playing in Saudi with Camavinga able to play if he can't who would also play in the england team.
Go back to sleep
They Will Win This Time
Oh great, this Lego Eater has jinxed England
Yeah, definitely not the “it’s coming home” chants
@@bydand5592the satirical, self deprecating chants?
@@bydand5592 Damn you guys really hate it when English fans support England, crazy.
@@robertseymour1432 I don’t hate it at all. Just found it funny OP talking about Merson ‘jinxing’ when you lot do the exact same every tournament
@halfeatengamer3400 the original song had it included as a satirical chant but that got lost in jingoism over the years and most don't sing in satire
Haven’t won a major tournament in over 50 years, what a true englsih pundit is old merse 😂
France, Portugal, Spain, Belgium, Croatia, Germany, Italy ....they will be there playing
too, so take in easy, man! 😂😂😂😂
“France have 3 players that get in”***
Saliba
Konate
Hernandez
Maignan
Mbappe
Camavinga
Tchouchameni
Totally agree. Well I'd also say Dembele/Coman are better than Rashford/Sterling/Grealish.....and are arguably on Saka's level....maybe more when at their best.
@@groovetraxxxgingerbreadman1282I'd say Dembele/Coman are better than Saka.
As a German, i am a little surprised about the way the gentleman at the start creates expectations. Germany never went into a tournament with the attitude we must be champions! A tournament like the Euros is very difficult and you certainly don‘t win because you have two or three exceptional players at club level.
For England, it would be nice to finally win something, but this will allways remain a team effort
every tournament it's the same speech but yet England NEVER EVER do anything in these international competitions.. so why would it be any different now lool 😂😂🙄🤦🏾♂️
I’m sorry but England’s team is good and all but just look at the talent in the French team. Their defence alone is twice as good as ours.
The arrogance would be unbelievable but this happens every single tournament. Beckham, Scholes, Lampard, Beckham, Rooney... "Gonna win everything"
Now its, "Foden, Jude, Saka, Rice! Gonna win everything!"
Merson said France have 2 players that would get in England team i think its a few more than that
Not sure what he is smoking. Not one of our defenders would get in French team. Midfield and upfront is a toss up. We are not superior to France we definitely need to chill.
Maignan, mbappe, dembele, saliba, Konate, kounde, upamecano, Theo hernandez to name a few
@@moa8247Walker would he’s the only one.
With a combined XI we'd have the entire French back line including the goalkeeper bar probably Walker... Outside of the defence Mbappe & Griezmann would walk into the squad, the rest would be England players, so 6/11, Merson is just a really bad pundit.
@@fraserhuntly7296dembele over who??? He ain’t better than Saka or Foden
Cant wait to see hendo and phillips in the double pivot.
It never ceases to amaze me how these football experts, who have played the game and worked in the game for so many years, who have seen and done it all, will before every tournament proclaim that England will win, despite 58 years of failing to do so.
Anthony Gordon should be in with a shout. If you play well at club level, you deserve a chance at international level !
and they wonder why every other country in the world doesn't like England jesus christ not anywhere near the tournament and already think they've got it won 😂😂😂😂😂😂
England have world class players, but guess what. SO DO OTHER COUNTRIES!!!!!!!!
We are one of a few teams with world class players, so this hype and entitlement that we should win automatically is RIDICULOUS! 🤡🤦♂️
These dudes underestimate other nations look the likes of France, Spain, Portugal, Germany and Belgium..... They can upset England any day.
our 11 shouldnt be anything other than pickford, walker, stones, tomori, shaw, rice, bellingham, foden, saka, kane, maddison. IMO
too attacking
The other top teams would run a train through that midfield.
Not maddison
awful team, colwill walks into that team, maddison? No trent in midfield?
Maddison 😂😂😂😂
He should be shocked if Rashford and Kalvin Phillips go ahead of Bowen and Loftus-Cheek
World class is scoring 20+ for 8/9 years in a row consistently, rashford isn't world class
@@omaoileoinb9 Bro I'm saying that too rashford has had a terrible season this season
The players will be tired as always , because they play too much in the EPL and all the other money grabbing tournaments
Loftus cheek id be shocked if i didnt go ahead of him 😂😂
@leehaslam5751 bro he is having a good season
Its normal for England to not win an International tournament. Wouldn't be a shock at all. Merson wont let reality get in his way.
ffs where has all this pressure come from, France clear favorites most complete squad.
france's second xi could probably beat us. even belgian are looking strong again - an attack of doku, de bruyne, trossard/tielemans and lukaku is not to be underestimated
lol wouldn't go that far @@melvinost8272
@@melvinost8272 Lol Portugal? It blows my mind people only go to France. Jota, Bernardo, CR7, Rafael Leão, Bruno, Cancelo etc
@@jeanjacqueslundi3502 The Portugal squad certainly *looks* amazing... but that hasn't stopped them from having 3 pretty average/underwhelming tournaments in a row.
England have looked much better at all 3.
@@sthill1993 Well it's poor coaching. But if we are considering form alone, than Belgium isn't much better. And with the same coach..they aren't gonna do much better. But player for player Portugal isn't inferiror to France or England. And England don't have a great record with them......nor tradition in the Euros.
Southgate will probably recall Mason Mount after a few decent games for Man U and play the following team full of experience and solidity.
Pickford
Walker Stones Maguire Trippier
Henderson
Rice Mount
Saka Kane Rashford 😂
someone earlier today said the midfield would be Henderson, Phillips and David Batty 😂
Feel like we here this every major Tournament.
We dont see the french players often, literally every competition they bring in new players but at the moment England has some great players but France have some players who can win this championship.
I wouldn't be shocked with Southgate in charge
This is exactly how the English media hypes up their fans creating a toxic environment for the players. No team ever wins just by talent, chemistry, playing style and opponents all play a major role. Management is extremely key especially with a talented squad, you can’t get in the way of a strong team by having them play conservatively , but it’s England, they messed a generation with Terry, Rio, A.Cole, Lampard, Gerrard, Scholes, Rooney etc, for them everything can and it usually goes wrong 😂.
Always such a one dimensional conversation. England aren’t winning it
I think what journalists and media tend to forget is that it's more than just having talented players. It's about having a team with a never say die attitude, a team of brothers/family with a warrior spirit. England squads of recent times have always been filled with individual egos & prima donnas and this has cost them dearly.
It's not unreasonable to give England a good chance of winning the Euros, as they got to the Final last time, but to expect them to win is over the top.
Last Euro they had the biggest chance to win at home. But with Southgate in charge you know, as soon as England will face with a team in his level, they fail. Because that is the time the role of the manager becomes critical. They lost both to Italy and France in last tournaments, because those teams had better managers.
France's whole defense gets in our team. Camavinga in midfield easy, Tchaoumeni too. There's at least 5 players. Then you add Mbappe, maybe Greizman. France are a better side. They have experience in winning cups and beating big sides.
Bellingham, Kane, Rice, Saka and Foden mat get in the France side! Bellingham and Kanr definitely!!
Everyone says the defence s weak. It's not, just pick the best defenders and be more modern in the tactical approach to the game
Yeah put White,Stones and Walker as a basis(can't settle on Shaw at LB)and with Rice,Bellingham and Foden in that midfield,you actually have a good solid structure and support for Saka,Kane and Watkins
our CBs are snails
Great defences are what wins competitions most of the time and simply england doesn't have that.
Pickford isn't good enough and neither is half of the defence also doesn't help stones who is englands best defender has been injured alot recently.
Coming back to this when England get knocked out in the Quarter Finals 😂😂😂
Sure thing jock.
I dont think anyone outside of England think they are favorites. They are the Spurs of international football, always good for a letdown and never win anything 😮💨
i got every confidence in the players, but no confidence in Southgate's ability as a manager at this level. 3 times he has been found out, in 3 crucial games, Croatia semis, italy final, and France. i do like southgate but not managing maybe get an assistant with him to help in those in game moments when under pressure two heads better than one sometimes.
1 game on penalties and the other 2 by one goal hardly like we get destroyed
@@jacob4690 we don't get destroyed except the Hungary game. but we get out tactics, and beat. when we should of won.
@@tonyrichardson2637 we lost a penalty shootout and Kane missed a penalty that isn’t tactics
@@tonyrichardson2637weren’t out tactic against France. In fact, for large parts of that game England were tactically on top. Kane missed a pen. Croatia had a better midfield and for all their ball possession, Italy only equalised with a scrappy goal and won on pens.
Do you not think Southgate has learned from these losses? I think he has. No other England manager in my lifetime has got players wanting to play every game for England
France have a stronger squad and first XI as a whole. The squad depth is unreal in every position, England arguably have better attacking players but France have a defence and not so shabby attacking players either, and lots in reserve.
Not if Gareth "we will learn from that" Southgate is coach
We're winning nothing with Southgate in charge picking Maguire, Henderson and Phillips. The starting XI needs to be: Pickford, Walker, Dunk, Colwill, Chilwell, Stones and Rice as the two 6's, Foden, Jude and Saka supporting Kane. The France-England combined XI take is embarrassing. The only English players who get in the French team are Walker, Foden, Jude and Kane!
England don’t need 2 defensive midfielders. I hate this opinion. Rice can protect the defence we must prioritise fitting in our attacking talent because they are so good. We’re still too cautious and scared to lose. We need to start going into every game against the top teams to win.
England had potential for ages. I think what England lacks is an identity of the team based on meritocracy and grit. Too many england players are too comfortable they will be selected no matter how poorly they perform at club level. Also does England has a particular playing style like spain or the netherland tiki taka, Italy defending back and nicking a goal, or France counter attacking with pace on the wings. Too many england players are in teams with radically different style of play in my opinion.
This is the problem. Everyone always says we need the ‘two sitting players.’ Why do we need two! Let’s play to our strengths and play our attacking players. We always try to focus on quelling our opponents rather than focusing on our own strengths. Let’s try and outplay the best teams for once rather than just survive.
Teams that win tournaments nowadays tend to be solid with a platform for their best players to produce game-winning moments, not swashbuckling.
@@sthill1993 The problem is when you play your attacking players...you're always gonna leave yourselves susceptible to the counter-attack....and France are the best team in International/World football to play offensive/defensive counter-attacking football........they let you have possession....lull you into a false sense of security....than bang.
Sorry....that comment was to @SamBendsHollings
@@groovetraxxxgingerbreadman1282
Yes, France have the players - on paper - to swan to victory in most games in rip-roaring fashion. Do they actually? No. They can be surprisingly boring to watch at times... but that's why they are so consistently good at reaching the latter stages of tournaments. And also why they have their share of underwhelming results (though usually in games with less damaging consequences).
Their gameplan has been to be solid, then give Griezmann, Mbappé and Giroud in particular the space to do their thing. It works a lot of the time, even when it doesn't they are still difficult to beat in knockout games.
Mike > Pickford, Hernandez > Shaw, Saliba > Harry, Konate > Stones(Stones is a CDM idc) I’m taking Griezman over Madison or whoever England’s their Midfielder would be. Tchui is close to Rice as well. And then I’m taking Mbappe. That’s 6 with the possibility of 7.
We have yet to beat a really good side when it matters because Southgate is to limited a manager and nobody is brave enough to say what they really think.
Germany Denmark?
@@NyaCroft Germany have crashed out early in the last 3 or 4 tournaments being bang average, and Denmark are pretty solid but are not “really good” just decent
Well good luck with that sort of pressure England!
Typical arrogance knowing very well France are favourites and for very good reason. England as always have some good individuals but not a team.
France have 2 players that would get in our team? 😂
They have players on the bench that we would be pushing for a Ballon d’Or nomination if they were English. Merson recently said Saliba is the best defender in the PL. He can’t get into the France team. 😂
Gordon is in good form
I think their only issue is with the holding midfield position, there is no decent backup option for Rice nor someone to partner him if Bellingham is given the free roaming role like in Madrid. Maybe if they can find a good partner for Maguire in Guehi or Branthwait, they can push Stones higher to the midfield.
Sheer arrogance only the English could believe their own rubbish. Better tell every other team not to bother turning ing up. Guys a knob
The team is very good, on paper. GK - Ramsdale, CBs - Stones and Tomori, RB - Reece, LB - Chilwell, CMs - Rice and Palmer, CAM - Bellingham, LW - Foden, ST - Kane, RW - Saka. Bench: Rashford, Sterling, Wilson, Walker, Trent, Trippier, Shaw, Maguire, Pickford. The best national team on paper, only France comes close.
These journalists need to learn to be more humble. England has an awesome team and they are favourites to win, but we´ve seen this approach before. It´s incredible they don´t seem to learn anything from past events
Foden Kane Saka
Bellingham
Rice Mainoo
Shaw Stones Walker TrentAA
Pickford
Simples.
Kalvin Phillips should be no where near the plane this summer.
Swapped ward prowse out for Mainoo. He’s a work horse. Ward should still be on the plane though, no doubt.
Merson : how do we not win the Euros?
SouthGate: Me… 😁
Beer: Hold my Southgate
Not an englishman. They have an amazing young team and with more talent coming in every year i would be very very suprised if they dont win anything in next 10-12 years. Belingham+foden+saka is just superb esp foden class player!
English delusion got to be my favourite thing in the world.
I always love to tune in to the delusional English media parade about “having the best team” and “we’re going to win it” 😂.
It’s great entertainment
It’s such an embarrassment for an English fan to hear this rubbish from the pundits.
They have some decent players going forward, but so do a few teams. Portugal, France, Spain are all dangerous. Meanwhile, England have very little strength in defence. If they come up against an in-form Mbappe, it could be a cricket score.
France has 2 players to get in the England team? Wtf? France are listed as the favourites by most.
ingnore him harry maguire jack grelish and jordan has literally started matches ingnore what he says
Play rice and Bellingham as the 2. In the easier games Bellingham goes where he wants and rice sits, play folden as.the 10 . Saka right, and left is up for grabs.
😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂. And so it begins.. No need to wonder why the rest of the world loves to see them getting humbled…
Facts
Exactly, it's embarrassing. They talk as if England are prolific in major tournaments. Other countries laugh at us and always humble us.
@@morganator4874 as a Scotsman it pains me to agree that the England players are world class but your media and commentators do you no favours.. They are the people who create the hype then are also the first to shoot the players down.
Southgate has his way of playing but surely he can trust his players and adapt to their strengths. A problem for him now is that Rice hasn’t been playing as a traditional 6 lately and is more an 8 especially alongside Jorginho. I would go Walker, Stones, Maguire, Colwill, Rice, Jude, Trent, Foden, Kane, Saka. Plenty of firepower while Saka amd Foden work hard off the ball to make it work. As good as Kane is I personally think we’d be better with Watkins for that front three and Bellingham as it would open up more space for them from his running
England has big STARS , but you need a different coach. It’s unfair not win Euro this season.
Its amazing to think of the depth we have. Its amazing to think that even talented players like Jadon Sancho, Mason Greenwood, Ruben Loftus Cheek, Marcus Edwards, Fiyako Tomori, Angel Gomes, Curtis Jones and Jarrod Bowen probably wont even make the squad. England have so much strength in depth compared to previous tournaments. We could have even had Jamal Musiala in that squad, imagine a starting 11 with Musiala, Kane, Bellingham and Foden!
I feel with this squad we are capable of winning the Euros, but not with Gareth Southgate as manager
I think Trent should be in midfield with Rice. Then walker RB
Southgate will make jude,Phil and saka look average, calm down
"France have got 2 players that would get in the England team."
Saliba, Konate, Hernandez, Mbappe, Upamecano would all get in the England side.
Safe to say back Spain or France
depends if Morata turns up. Belgium are the dark horses - dodgy defence but an attack comprising Doku, Lukaku, Trossard, De Bruyne and Tielemans is not to be underestimated
It's Bellingham & Kane that are the real difference makers. They're the best footballers in that squad. If they are fully firing we have an incredible chance of winning.
England finally have some fantastic players, but then again we have Southgate. Imagine we had someone like Klopp or Pep...
I don't think Pep would win with this England squad. His management style relies on players with specific skillsets, and he needs time to mould them into a winning team, time an international manager doesn't have.
Looking at our front half of our squad. Kane is in great form, saka is in great form, rashford is…………… rashford, Foden is in good form, rice is at very high form and Bellingham is top class as always. There is NO reason why we can’t be winning this euro’s with such incredible players at the top of our squad. If we don’t win it this time around, we need a new manager, Southgate seems to be way too biased towards certain players that are simply a liability to us
England is delusional,, and always have been. Get some national counseling on your issues and maybe, just maybe you will win a major trophy. Oh and yes, dump Southgate now.
Spot on and I'm English
England have a shot. Best we've seen from talent in a while. They usually struggle to control games because their squad consists of players that don't run the show at their clubs. The foreign players of Liverpool, Man U, Arsenal, Chelsea and City generally make the teams go. This squad is finally different. Leaders and quality role. Their style isn't good enough to call them heavy favorites, but I can see them doing it with players like Foden, Saka, Bellingham and Kane who are so instrumental to the beautiful football their clubs play
Unfortunately Southgate will pick favourites to fail again. Henderson and Maguire will be on the plane but should be nowhere near. Right now I wouldn’t take Rashford or Phillips either.
Maguire has been good this season who’s better?
@@jacob4690 tomori konsa white branthwaite dunk
@@coasters4life388 White is a right back Brighton have barely kept a clean sheet this season and Everton are in the bottom half how are they better? You never watched Tomori play either
@@jacob4690 white can still play as a centre back, dunk is the best Brighton defender but those around him aren’t on his level so they concede a lot and Everton have good defensive stats with a much better back 4 mainly because of branthwaite, and yes I have seen tomori play multiple times
Midfield 3 of Mount, Philips and Henderson is what it is going to be
I’m not English or French but that statement about how many French players would get into the starting XI is kinda crazy, close to true but I’d give France 4/11 starters:
Objectively, you’d have the starting XI in either a 4-3-3 or 4-2-3-1 be:
Mbappe-Kane-Saka
Rice (6)-Bellingham (10)-Foden (attacking 8, almost like a Mezzala who’d drift to the wings)
Defense is tougher but I’d probably go:
Theo Hernandez-Lucas Hernandez-Stones-Trent
GK: Maignon
Rest of the team is 12 spots, 2 of which have to be GKs
Pickford, Areiola
Walker, Trippier, Kounde, Tomori
Tchouameni, Camavinga, Marcus Thuram, Dembele, Palmer, Coman would round out the squad. No place for guys like Guehi yet, too many better, more consistent options than Rashford
You're forgetting griezman buddy
Not forgetting, just don't think he gets in. Maybe over Coman but how do you fit him into the team? I'd take a healthy Nkunku over Greizmann in a combined team, or a healthy Madison, and they occupy the same role. Palmer can too@@sulaymanbuwai2479
saliba and konate are two of the best CBs in the Epl
Saliba was hurt for so long I forgot he existed lol. Put him on the bench to replace Tomori or Kounde. Start Konate with Stones in the CB pairing and put L. Hernandez on the bench@@donaldwebb
@@TyrionHoA I would say Trent Rice Bellingham Kane and Foden are all world class, and Saka and Palmer close to world class, come on the attack is amazing.
Got the squad but not the manager.
You can't undermine France and Portugal..... These two teams ain't a joke
Don’t worry lads. Henderson and Phillips won’t get near the starting 11. Even Southgate knows that. And to be fair, yes we’ve always overhyped the England team but the truth is this time, it’s true. Easily the best squad in the world
But the worlds worst manager. Trust me, England could be 3-0 up with 5 to go in the final, Southgate will find a way to bottle it and lose, it’s in his DNA. It’s the reason ironically he bottled that penalty in Euro 96.
They don't deserve to be in the squad but Southgate will take them. Players like Curtis Jones >>> Henderson
I don't think it's EVER been about the PLAYERS with England???? Its more about tactics and game management, which is down to the manager and coaching staff????
Let's get the logic here, England has not won a major trophy for 58 years yet a football pundit would be shocked if we didn't win it, amusing stuff, lightens the day
If you play a front 3 and Jude as a 10 then they need to drop off and be a 4231 off the ball... Or you play 433 with Jude as an 8 that's given license to go. If we don't look like we control games and create chances, the management and coaching staff are inept. I do think being defensively solid and good at set pieces is critical in international football, but there has to be a bit more finesse and guile in open play.
France would get 2 players in our team!?!??! Deluded!!!!
Here's my starting 11 for England in the Euros given everyone is fit and available:
Kane
Foden Saka
Bellingam
Rice Trent
Shaw Walker
Tomori Stones
Pickford
France have 2 players that get in their team 😭😭😭????
Mbappe, konate, saliba, hernandez undoubtedly get in. This isn't even mentioning griezmann. I don't even like France but cmon
Saliba doesn’t even get into the French team Konate is shocking and Hernandez wouldn’t get in over Shaw
@@jacob4690Konate is the second best defender in the prem
@@JohnJohn-cu7nk 😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂 wow
Saliba is better than any CB England have lol, both of they LB are better Theo and Lucas Hernandez are both better than shaw, name English CB who’s better than konate? Apart from belligham and rice who’s great in the England midfield lol they’ve got camavinga zaire Emery tchouameni rabiot up front they attackers are better coz there’s only kane for England they’ve got griezman better than foden and coman and dembele better than saka so what do you mean by only 2 players
@@Lowkey_AFC Stones is better than Konate and if you think Coman and Dembele are better than Foden and Saka you haven’t got a clue
If Southgate doesn't play a 4-3-3 with Rice, Foden and Bellingham in midfield...the jury is out...Kane and Saka are given in the attack...leftside attacker is the problem...Sterling? Grealish? Rashford?
Gareth Southgate is the manager, so it's a no. I don't make the rules.
Change the record mate
@@TheOrlandoTrustfullStop being a moron
@@TheOrlandoTrustfullraise the standards mate.
You act as if England was winning anything before Southgate took over. In terms of result, he's objectively the best manager you've had since the sixties.
@uberjens he has arguably the best England squad that there has ever been and done nothing. Company man. he does what he is told. Manages the team with his own personal feelings and doesn't play the best players. Lacks flair, vision, and creativity, he is not good enough for the job. The world-class creative dynamos that England has. He is vanilla, beige even. The fact that he is still in the role is shocking
(I'm not English)
I remember having Beckham Gerard and Lampard in the midfield didn’t win anything
England have a great team of talented players but the wrong manager.
as a french, I think you are wrong.. he got his tactics perfect in the WC.. not his fault if harry can't shoot a penalty
@@boraspirit8692it is his fault that he plays maguire, henderson and phillips over stones, gallagher and maddison.