Le tissier was THE most skilful player who typically and weirdly was NEVER given a chance for England. Copious managers seem to have been told to avoid exciting players with flair for boring yes-men and AI impersonators!!!
@@1951gramps How can Southgate have so many elite attacking players and only create 1 shot on goal in 90+ minutes against a rubbish team like Slovenia...
The FA needs someone in charge who is harmless, dull as dishwater, boring, says the right things, ticks the right boxes, has zero personality and no sense of individuality so from that point of view Southgate is the perfect man for the job.
It's really easy to be critical. Let me guess, you asked for proven international managers when McClaren and Hodgson failed? Then you moaned about not having an English manager when Sven and Capello failed? The reason why England have had two of their four best finishes in 38 competitions is partly down to Southgate building a team; bedding in a huge pool of players, and having an ethos. For Le Tissier to say he could have had the same success is simply ridiculous and anyone who thinks he could is a moron; just think about it, a man who has never managed a team thinking he could manage England to a final, semi final and quarter final. It's incredible arrogance and laughable. Le Tissier, if you really think that then why don't you go into management? You won't because you know how hard it is and you know the majority of managers fail, and your insights are banal and cliche, and you've don't have any tactical awareness.
Thats why they love him, and wont sack him and put in a proper coach who has balls and will utilise the golden generation of talent we have, southgates that worried about losing he plays with 2 DMs against Macedonia 😂😂
For anybody over the age of 60, over the years they have witnessed the FA appoint 'yes men'.... and Southgate is one of those. Southgate's has two weak points - he is too loyal - picking players that aren't in form and when it comes to major tournaments he acts like a coach, not a manager - he can't react to the opposing teams tactics.
You hit the nail on the head the FA seems hire yes man apart from Glenn Huddle, who said no to the FA no to them, bring along all their friends and family to stay in a hotel paid by the FA so they had to make up some excuse to get rid of him. If he had been manager, we would have won the both of the tournaments
@@mrerrol2sweet15lol 🤡🤡🤡🤡 please try explain how a man with such a poor record as a manager would win England the WC ? Secondly , how the fuck do you know that ? Given he got no further than the last 16 in his only tournament I suggest you have absolutely no fucking idea what you are talking about 🤡🤡🤡🤡
Next Southgate squad will definitely include Rashford drunk or not, Kalvin P. who was way off the standard at Man City & performed so badly at WHUFC when he last played. Also in will be Mr. double standards, the money chaser, the hypocrite that is Henderson. I expect there will be space for Slab Head as well.
Le Tissier was pure entertainment on the football pitch an original. His class and skill and individuality was a joy to behold and he was never big headed ! He just took everything in his stride. A true legend of the game , if you love football you have to watch how Le Tissier used to play the beautiful game and I know you will smile.
Matt is right about Southgate. Under him we never beat a team we're not expected to beat and he has the ability to snatch defeat from the jaws of victory. The fact that he is still there is a sad indictment on the FA.
Agreed, his decisions at critical moments in semifinals or finals with substitute selection & also penalty takers have been terrible & probably at times under instruction from the politically correct FA. With the players he has had at his deployment during his tenure he has failed terribly in every big game.
Matthew Le Tissier is a true legend, on and off field! Practically no one else is a legend outside the pitch, and that is sad. Cheers from Liverpool and Free Speech + Rationality -fan.
Agree about Southgate. Any manager that picks 4 full backs, 2 centre halves and two holding midfield players in a game shows he's more worried about losing than he is of trying to win.
So the manager who got England to their first final in 50 years is a failure? England fans have zero perspective and constantly think each generation is some golden generation.
It's England that is so cond rate, not Southgate, one world cup rapidly accelerating out of living memory and they had to have home advantage and a bent ref to get that.
@@True_Heretic So far so good, mate. Interesting that you're exempt from idiocy because you give a shit about football, when there are so many other much more important things to currently give a shit about...
@@derekwood91 Fair comment, but I wouldn't arrange a wedding around a football match like some pillocks would. If you had any clue of my behaviour on You Tube you'd realise that football relates to about 1% of the things I care about. About 90% is about politics, the rest is about culture.
Jose would win us something. Don't understand how he wasn't sacked after the euros. To bring not just one but two young lads who hasn't kicked a ball all game was crazy. He pretty much went out his way for us to lose that game from a winning position. No tactical nous
This is the thing if it was a proper manager we would have a euros and a World Cup by now but I’m skeptical about the upcoming euros we’ll probably get to the final and bottle it again then the fa will give him another contract.
@@rockyfps9487Been saying that since I was a kid. We had a "golden generation" as well. It's just hype. The other nations are just as if not stronger than ours
@@stephenfisher9451 History is just simply repeating itself. It was why can't managers get Gerrard and Lampard to play well together. It was the manager's fault in 96. In 98 Beckham took all the blame
Having watched England for many years, England's problem had always been to try and sit on a slender lead, instead of always trying to score more goals.
@robertnapier624 Absolutely. Attack is the best form of defence. England have never been good at stifling the opposition, like Italy, or keeping the ball, like Spain.
England need a player like pirlo or modric who can slow the tempo of the game down and take the pressure off the defense when we are winning . Can Declan rice be that player ?
I can’t understand how Southgate ever got the England job in the first place, his only managerial experience was getting Boro relegated from the P.L it’s madness.
I agree with Le Tissier’s view of Southgate but the same applies to most previous managers with England. Over and over again we have seen England fail by not being adventurous enough and sitting back.
Terry Venables was a football genius who made the best of his players. Harry Redknapp was brilliant at Spurs. The FA don't like mavericks who bring the best out of the flawed geniuses. 'Mike Bassett, England Manager' is just as relevant today. Southgate is a useless tactician.
Le Tiss is right about Southgate. It's not just about the squad full of quality players we have now, it's our relative position in comparison to other international teams which is more the issue. There's only France, on paper, who arguably have a better squad and first XI than us. This has never been the case with past England teams. Even with the so called 'Golden Generation' there were much better international teams than us around. Southgate brings no value and, in fact, I would argue his poor decision making, lack of tactical awrenesss and rabbit-in-the-headlights mentality in high-pressure scenarios completely handicaps us. I think he's actually stopping us winning these tournaments because if we actually possessed a manager who's abilities matches the players, we would have won something over the last 3 tournaments. It will be the same excuses this Summer. Southgate should be nowhere near the England set-up now. Should have got sacked after Euro 2020 and most definitely after those 4 ridiculous Nations League back-to-back results in the Summer of 2022, culminating in a 4-0 home loss to Hungary.
sacked after reaching the 2020 final and only losing on penalties? By that measure every second year all but one international manager would be sacked....
@@NonFlyiingDutchman its not about not winning. Its about not making the best of the talents at his disposal. Against Croatia and Italy he shut up shop and let the opposition take control of games. I like a lot about Southgate, but he is just too negative.
@@graysimmo5399back at those times they had better teams and certainly superior midfields to us so us trying to go toe to toe with these teams would get us ripped apart unfortunately football goes in cycles in 2018 croatia had a better team in 2021 italy had a better team in 2022 france had a better team
@@esseffsee I wouldn't say Croatia or Italy were better. They were 50/50 games. Once going in front they were both there for the taking. Defence was Croatia's weakest area but they weren't given enough to do. Italy has too old, slow Centre Backs. At 1-0 down Italy needed to commit players forward and they were ripe for picking off. If you don't exploit your opponents weakness and don't give them something to worry about the inevitable happens. Eriksson, Capello and Hodgson all did it too. While they didn't win anything either, at least Robson, Venables, Hoddle and Keegan sent out teams to win. When they lost it was down to misfortune or simply being beaten by a better team. They never lost because they were too frightened to "have a go"
France is a bunch of individuals and they win because they are so stacked with talent. If England was anywhere near them on paper they would have won something by now no matter the coach.
As a jock I got to say with the talent England have at their disposal they should be winning things but with Southgate I doubt it what a handicap he is.
Agreed. England played with width and pace under Erikson and should of made the 2002 WC final if only the players then truly believed in their ability.
He's running down Saudi league this league has games like everton versus notts Forest and loads of other mind numbing garbage games man city and no opposition a league with Aston Villa pushing for the top 4 😊
At last someone is saying publicly what most of us have been saying ever since that failed championship manager who couldnt get a job sneaked into the FA and was the vanilla option to get the England Managers job.....and failed every time he came up against a decent team despite the most favourable draws in the history of tournament competition.
As usual, England only ever settle for mediocrity at best, what did they expect, look at his record as a club manager. Never had an easier route to the World Cup. Le Tis was quality and loyal, one club man who didn’t chase money, he is a principled man.
@@esseffsee What’s your point, you have just restated the point about England appointments being mediocre. Or maybe the side isn’t as good as the fans think they are
I think having Southgate in charge worked when his "favourite players" were a bit younger and were actually still in form. But since around 2022, the squad just looks old hat, as the likes of Henderson, Maguire, Phillips, Mount, Shaw etc look way over the hill. It's gone very stale and he needs to go, so that new players can get a chance and the team can make progress.
He's so full of hyperbole and black-and-white thinking that he's good for media (controversial) but his opinions and perceived lack of nuance just tells me that he isn't really a critical thinker. He shoots from the hip and never has to worry about the consequences. Well, he lost his job at Sky because of it, so maybe there are repercussions. Anyway, on England, he just said the typical tropes that are all too easy with hindsight. Sigh!
We've spent 50 yrs saying we've got the best players and we should win the tournament. Need to learn to be more humble. How can getting to a Euros Final be par when we've never done it before!?
But that's how England have been for seventy years... and this non entity only got eight vaps for them. There's a reason this so called generational talent only got eight caps for what was a poor ream, even for England in those days.
@@jamesm1579Exactly I disagree with the critics of Southgate he's probably done the best with them since Alf Ramsey and other managers had just as good if not better player's
@@sebastianvella8992 Because you're wrong. How can it be pushed up your throat if you simply ignore it? If you ignore it, your throat will be perfectly clear. You're saying this in public because you have a problem with women. Period.
@@samuelbarrett9403 Are they coming to your house or something? Are female footballers playing in your yard? How can they ram it down your throat if you're ignoring it? Honestly, I don't understand.
Just to make his point so correct, Southgate goes to watch Henderson play for Ajax as soon as he arrives, the most uninspiring players ever to pull an England shirt on .
Alf Ramsey's team won the world cup with home advantage, whilst eschewing possibly the best natural goal scorer in Europe in Jimmy Greaves. Since then, the FA have chosen " safe" thinking Managers, with Terry Venables possibly being the one who at least picked a few entertainers and flair players.
@@stevemcauliffe1887 He wouldn't have been picked anyway. Alf Ramsey said so. He would never have been picked in front of Hurst and three goals in the final justified the decision.
@@bobparr4723Jimmy played in all 3 group games but got injured in the final group game resulting in Hurst coming in for the QF. Hurst wouldn’t have played if Jimmy had not got injured. Jimmy the greatest (by far) ever English goalscorer. Clough the greatest ever English manager who missed out on managing his country. The blazers would not entertain someone like him. They prefer the Southgates of this world. Do what we say and do not rock the boat. Always have, always will.
Matt is spot on, Southgate will never win anything. He is a defender at heart and will always want to defend a lead rather than go for the jugular and kill off a game. Just look ahat he did against Italy in the Euros, with the crowd calling for Grealish, he brings on his mate HENDERSON!
@@morrisanderson3180 No doubt. Was effective when he was at Bolton though. My memory ain’t what it was but there can’t have been a high calibre of candidates when the FA were looking to appoint in 2016. Brian Clough must have been turning in his grave thinking ‘ I couldn’t get that job but this guy?’
This is the most underrated situation ever, I've watched football all my life, not only has Southgate got the best group I've ever seen, he doesn't have to face, Ronaldinho, R9, Henry, Zidane, Viera, Romario, Baggio, The Germanz as a real unit, Ruud Guilet, Seedorf, Pirlo, Buffon I could bloody go on.
Matt is bang on the buck here. Southgate is a play it safer , We have the best squad we've ever had but he's not a winner, every time he plays Maguire we slow down to pedestrian pace, we can all see the faults, but he seems to not notice!!!
Southgate wont let the players argue with the Ref. And that led to Croatia kicking us off the park and Italy kicking us off the park. France got away with that Saka foul too before their goal. We need to harass the Ref just to balance the game. Football is a tough game - see France v Argentina - but Southgate wants us to play nicey nice football.
Couldn't agree more, Southgate is a coach by numbers product of uninspired coaching system. He coaches by number and has no style or flair. He is more concerned with not conceding goals rather than scoring. The players he doesn't favour sit on the bench whilst he relies on players who played like him. If he keeps picking these favourites we will not win anything, but his runner up record will continue. I hope the FA board reflect and think about winners,not nice guys, next time. The FA also need to look at themselves and change their processes regarding the national team and how they perform.
There are times that he has played eight defensive players against week opposition. His best runs have been scraping through POOR groups via penalties and set pieces. Any half decent team turns us over. He sticks to favourites who don't perform. Shocking that he is still in post.
100% with Matt. Southgate will take Henderson to the Euros, which risks Ward-Prowse, Palmer, Eze etc missing out. He chooses clapped out, square passing, zero end product, one paced, big mouths because they are "good for the dressing room", rather than those who are in-form, lively, exciting. I just give up: Euro 2024 is such an opportunity for us. We can do it.....with the RIGHT squad 🏴
Look at the technical footballers England have to choose from today, Foden, Grealish, Maddison, Saka, Kobbie Mainoo, Cole Palmer, Ruben Loftus Cheek, Jude Bellingham, John Stones and Harry Kane, even Jadon Sancho as well when he returns to form. And yet Im sure Henderson will still start at 35 years old.
You just named a load of average footballers 😂 even put in Sancho who hasn't had a good game EVER at the highest level! These players haven't a chance and nothing compared to the players we wasted on Sven
@dondamon4669 The players I have listed are all "technical footballers". They are not average. They may not win the Euros but they are all very good footballers. England have a far better side now that 10 years ago.
Henderson also technically very good, a great engine, positional sense, strength, charachter.......id pick him ahead of most of the players you mention for sure.
Yes if we had one of the best managers in the world right now we would win all. What a wonderful observation... which every other major nation could also achieve. Glen? English pride? I feel old but do you not remember the golden era of sven and capello? Where we accomplished nothing more than a quarter final if im not mistaken. Im not just defending southgate but it's so clear vs previous managers records that he has actually achieved a lot more. Semi final, final and quarter final in his time. It's not a win of course but only 1 team wins and he has brought us closer than we've been since 1966
We made 2 European cup finals under Southgate. In both finals we were considered underdogs and the feeling was the best team won. So we needed Italy and Spain to have an off night? The best teams don't always win. But on these occasions they did.
After watching the recent Euros 2024, I have to say that Southgate hasn't changed, hasn't learnt anything from previous tournaments, still lacks bottle and so proves that Le Tiss is spot on.
When England scored in the second minute against Italy in the Euro 2020 final you could see England shrink in real time. Yes Italy did respond well but only because England allowed it. England had pace to burn, Italy are terrified of pace but Southgate treated the match like a group fixture. It was from that point I couldn't see England winning anything with him in charge.
It is SO refreshing to hear unfiltered opinions from an iconic sportsman. Even the notoriously straight-talking Roy Keane is too scared to say a bad word about women's football. From all the proper football fans out there, thanks Matt!
What's the benefit to the men's game in bad-mouthing women's football? I'm not sure why so many male football supporters get so worked up about it. Just don't watch if you don't like it. Problem solved.
@@TT-fq7pl Because of all the propaganda surrounding it ffs, they even have women pundits, refs and commentators in mens football now. it's obviously gone woke as shit.
Le Tissier is another one of those maverick, creative, hugely talented players who was never really given a chance in the England team because he didn't 'fit'. Regardless of his somewhat polarising views outside football, he is spot on with his Southgate comments.
I met Matt Le Tissier once. I was serving in a petrol garage. I think i said "Youre Matt Le Tissier" 30 times in 2 minutes in awe. He left feeling extremely awkward. I chased after him holding his shopping that i only realised after he left i was still holding. The non english speaking girls i was there training on customer service started greeting the next few customers with "Youre Matt Le Tissier".
I can’t believe the Southgate literally told the FA when he will step down from the England job. He should have been sacked after debacle at Wembley in the Euros
More English fans need to remove the blinkers and wake up. A few decent finishing places over the past few tournaments have allowed the wool to be pulled over too many eyes. Guess what? Like it or not, England have never defeated an adversary under Southgate in a high stakes fixture against another big team of equal or greater stature. And will continue to be that way as Southgate is too negative and cautious in his approach against such opposition. So we can either begin striving to actually win one of these tournaments and get rid of him or, we can just be content with 'not getting embarrassed or shown up', but even that's not guaranteed these days.
I agree with Matt regarding Southgate he’s not got the killer instinct It’s been shown now on three occasions, Croatia, Italy, France, bottled every match
Err , Kevin keegan , Roy Hodgson, Steve Mc, please ... of course he ll get a job after .. he changed the squad was him who brought kids on and brought them through .. players love him and love playing for him .. England have never been as strong in my lifetime of 55 years .. your spoiled mate and talk rubbish
Women commentators and pundits in the men's game. Sports personality a woman footballer..Big push in the media for the women's game...When will Saudi start a women's league or get criticized for not doing so?
Could not agree more with this legend. GS does lack bottle, we were by far the best team in the first half vs Italy and by the end we had two old CB’s stood in our own half and we couldn’t get out. Pathetic management
He's spot on about England under Southgate. They've beaten the teams they would be expected to beat, but lost to higher ranked teams despite going ahead. England could still win the Euros this year, but I feel that might be despite of, rather than because of the manager, as they have such an array of talent at their disposal.
Gareth is not a top class manager. He lacks tactical acumen. But the FA love him and he can stay as long as he wants. This crop of players should win the Euros in spite of Gareth
Southgate did a great job steadying the ship and for a manager of his experience he has out performed. That said, he is unable to take England up another level to where we need to be. As soon as we face decent teams we come unravelled.
Everything Matt says is spot on. I KNEW that England gave away two massive losses, due to lacking bottle and playing a league mentality not a cup one, and not one of my mates agreed with me. (BTW: Hull City also did this in the FA Cup Final against Arsenal in 2014 they found themselves 2 nil up and made the suicidal decison after 8 mins to defend for 82 minutes, same mistake: acting like you're in a league)
The FA appointed ron greenwood instead of brian clough because he was safe and like southgate and abit of a brown noser as far as the FA is concerned .iam a leeds fan by the way so know what happened with clough at leeds in 1974 but southgate is so woke more concerned with social signalling than any thing else
England had one of the best squads at the World Cup and the Euros, had such an easy route at the World Cup and as soon as we came up against a team that could beat us, they did. Look at the teams England has beat during Southgate’s reign, it’s really not impressive at all.
Southgate has two plans ..plan A get the ball into the opposition half then pass the ball back ..most times back to our keeper. Plan B same as A but pass the ball sideways then back
Southgate is the weak link in the England team. He is the right man for the FA but not for the team, he doesn’t give the FA any problems off the pitch and is a yes man but he can’t inspire a team during hard times and is tactically very poor. I’m a Middlesboro fan and the fact he was average for us and lacks experience managing even a domestic team successfully makes it seem all the crazier that he is England manager.
Watching this in June '24 - 2 games into the Euro's. Matt is spot on about Southgate. Southgate is so clueless tactically and in team selection, then his assistant manager and back room staff should do the heavy lifting & leave the PR to him. But no, they are just there to double down on stupid
Clough in his day should have been the national team coach, however, was too outspoken for the FA. Always the same type chosen, a safe yes person not a football manager.
A lot of top teams have had similar experiences in this tournament and it’s obviously because of the structure of the group stage. Southgate is the most successful manager of England since 1966. His defensive tactics are clearly successful at ensuring Englands progression to the latter stages of the tournaments he has led. It’s boring but it works.
Le Tiss says Southgate is too cautious / pragmatic and believes a more adventurous manager would be better. A manager who would go for the win and try to force a positive outcome. I find that a bit of a strange view coming from someone who done the exact same thing himself. Big clubs would have taken Le Tiss, and there were chances to move during his playing career. But he remained in his comfortable surroundings at Southampton, where he was the big fish in a small pond. Rather than be adventurous and testing himself elsewhere. I remember the links to some of the bigger clubs where he would have played with better players and, undoubtedly, would have had a better chance of winning some medals. Im old enough to remember Le Tiss during his whole playing career, and there were periods when he was simply unplayable, a pleasure to watch. But he could have done so much more.
Don’t get all the hype around Southgate.England played great for 45mins in one game they seriously can’t think they deserved more. They had the easiest route possible and still couldn’t do it. Why we don’t press other teams and just let them come forward with the ball absolutely amazes me.
4 qualifying tournaments and top of the group in all 4. 3 tournaments and: semi-final, final, quarter-final. If that is 'failure' then what do people realistically expect?
I think it's the problem of not winning important games against other top nations. They've had a soft path to the semi-finals in those tournaments, and they have another soft draw for the Euros.
@@jordanharrison8454 Joachim Low's record as Germany coach: 2008: lost final 2010: lost semi final 2012: lost semi final. Should he have been sacked after that? He won the World Cup I 2014
people in this country are spoilt mongs mate you’d think we had brazil’s trophy cabinet before southgate came in amazing they blame a bloke who took us to a final and semi final after we just got knocked out by iceland 🤣
Best thing to happen at the euros is an early exit . That way southgate walks or gets the boot . Any decent run into the quarters or semis he’ll want another shot and lead us to the World Cup in 26 🤦♂️
Wow I've been saying the same myself, Southgate lost us that euro final against Italy, his second half park the bus tactics on a 0 to 1 lead let Italy back into the game. His world cup failure is a lack of belief, he walks around looking like he swallowed a wasp, supported the Marxists blm which tells you everything you need to know about Southgate, why don't he resign when he's failed twice? The team do well in spite of him not because of him.
As good as anybody in Europe at his peak .Genius level.player .In a different universe Matt and Paul Gascoigne could have been in the same team .That is basically what fucks us,Unimaginative insipid management. 😢
great talk with Matt ,one of the most under championed players i loved to watch playing football. simply respect. hope e and family are still going well.the sky sport thing i cant comment on as at that time ,and still am in australia . hey if at this stage in his life wants /needs to talk football ,he needs to simply create his own platform on the media outlet he chooses .
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@iaingardner6897 You 👉 🤡
@iaingardner6897 you mean they give awards for woke knee bending 🧎
Le tissier was THE most skilful player who typically and weirdly was NEVER given a chance for England. Copious managers seem to have been told to avoid exciting players with flair for boring yes-men and AI impersonators!!!
@iaingardner6897 well this comment aged like milk on a hot day
@@1951gramps How can Southgate have so many elite attacking players and only create 1 shot on goal in 90+ minutes against a rubbish team like Slovenia...
The FA needs someone in charge who is harmless, dull as dishwater, boring, says the right things, ticks the right boxes, has zero personality and no sense of individuality so from that point of view Southgate is the perfect man for the job.
Could'nt have put it better.
David moyes fits the England profile as manager perfectly, Devoid of ideas and tactics!!! 💩 💩 💩 💩
It's really easy to be critical. Let me guess, you asked for proven international managers when McClaren and Hodgson failed? Then you moaned about not having an English manager when Sven and Capello failed? The reason why England have had two of their four best finishes in 38 competitions is partly down to Southgate building a team; bedding in a huge pool of players, and having an ethos. For Le Tissier to say he could have had the same success is simply ridiculous and anyone who thinks he could is a moron; just think about it, a man who has never managed a team thinking he could manage England to a final, semi final and quarter final. It's incredible arrogance and laughable. Le Tissier, if you really think that then why don't you go into management? You won't because you know how hard it is and you know the majority of managers fail, and your insights are banal and cliche, and you've don't have any tactical awareness.
Thats why they love him, and wont sack him and put in a proper coach who has balls and will utilise the golden generation of talent we have, southgates that worried about losing he plays with 2 DMs against Macedonia 😂😂
Every point you made Robbie, is the exact reason Brian Clough never managed England. Travesty.
For anybody over the age of 60, over the years they have witnessed the FA appoint 'yes men'.... and Southgate is one of those.
Southgate's has two weak points - he is too loyal - picking players that aren't in form and when it comes to major tournaments he acts like a coach, not a manager - he can't react to the opposing teams tactics.
Go the the over 60’s page dude.
You hit the nail on the head the FA seems hire yes man apart from Glenn Huddle, who said no to the FA no to them, bring along all their friends and family to stay in a hotel paid by the FA so they had to make up some excuse to get rid of him. If he had been manager, we would have won the both of the tournaments
@@mrerrol2sweet15lol 🤡🤡🤡🤡 please try explain how a man with such a poor record as a manager would win England the WC ? Secondly , how the fuck do you know that ? Given he got no further than the last 16 in his only tournament I suggest you have absolutely no fucking idea what you are talking about 🤡🤡🤡🤡
Get Big Sam back...we'd already have two trophies in the bag now if he hadn't been stitched up!
Next Southgate squad will definitely include Rashford drunk or not, Kalvin P. who was way off the standard at Man City & performed so badly at WHUFC when he last played. Also in will be Mr. double standards, the money chaser, the hypocrite that is Henderson. I expect there will be space for Slab Head as well.
Le Tissier was pure entertainment on the football pitch an original.
His class and skill and individuality was a joy to behold and he was never big headed ! He just took everything in his stride.
A true legend of the game , if you love football you have to watch how Le Tissier used to play the beautiful game and I know you will smile.
Having watched him at the dell all my life, never a truer word spoken. Genius of a player.
I'm a man city fan and I watched him play at maine Rd when he was about 20 . I'd say it was one of the best performances I've ever seen .
he was garbage
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@@neilbower9052 and you're a complete bell end .
Matt is right about Southgate. Under him we never beat a team we're not expected to beat and he has the ability to snatch defeat from the jaws of victory. The fact that he is still there is a sad indictment on the FA.
This. 100%
Agreed, his decisions at critical moments in semifinals or finals with substitute selection & also penalty takers have been terrible & probably at times under instruction from the politically correct FA. With the players he has had at his deployment during his tenure he has failed terribly in every big game.
is the lanky RB speaking from managerial experience or, as usual, just spouting his verbal diarrhea.
Still better than loosing to teams we're expected to beat like previous regimes
Not with the squad Southgate has.@@jamesthorner2555
Matthew Le Tissier is a true legend, on and off field! Practically no one else is a legend outside the pitch, and that is sad. Cheers from Liverpool and Free Speech + Rationality -fan.
Agree about Southgate. Any manager that picks 4 full backs, 2 centre halves and two holding midfield players in a game shows he's more worried about losing than he is of trying to win.
We call that Moyesball.
that’s mainly how you win international tournaments by being pragmatic hence why keegan was terrible
@esseffsee Maybe if you're Greece one hit wonders. Not Spain Brazil Italy Germany France.
And what has Southgate won with that?
Southgate plays a flat back 10
Name on Southgate starting XI where he's done that. Go on.
Matt is absolutely spot on about Southgate. I wish more ex players would stand up and say what a lot of fans are thinking.
Football fans think?
@@londonovergrounda couple do.
So the manager who got England to their first final in 50 years is a failure? England fans have zero perspective and constantly think each generation is some golden generation.
Well, it takes an overrated failure to know another, I guess.
@@AlGorithm-n6qlol joker
Matt is an intelligent man whom speaks with honesty, passion and integrity, hence why we don’t see him on TV
Yep
So you think someone involved in a betting scam is honest and has integrity??
If he counts as smart I dread to think how thick the people you know are.
@@bigmofarah9084 Le Tissier has more IQ than your average football pundit. Most of them are thick as shit
@@polaris7122 yes
He is spot on about Gareth Southgate.
Spot on about most things
@@richardjbale1956 not about the vaccines. That’s irrelevant to Southgate being England manager.
@@richardjbale1956 Oh-oh - Conspiracy Nut Alert.
It's England that is so cond rate, not Southgate, one world cup rapidly accelerating out of living memory and they had to have home advantage and a bent ref to get that.
@@badabing8884he is absolutely right about the jabs. I feel sorry for you cause the truth is coming
Southgate is more of a football politician than a manager. The FA persevere with him for that sole reason. Matt is on the mark here.
Matt, who never had the balls to manage a team in his life? Grow up!
@@True_Heretic I'm 77. This is as grown up as I have ever been You seem to have anger issues, however.
@@derekwood91 In a world of idiots, those who give a real shit are bound to be pissed. Look after your prostate Derek.
@@True_Heretic So far so good, mate. Interesting that you're exempt from idiocy because you give a shit about football, when there are so many other much more important things to currently give a shit about...
@@derekwood91 Fair comment, but I wouldn't arrange a wedding around a football match like some pillocks would. If you had any clue of my behaviour on You Tube you'd realise that football relates to about 1% of the things I care about. About 90% is about politics, the rest is about culture.
Jose would win us something. Don't understand how he wasn't sacked after the euros. To bring not just one but two young lads who hasn't kicked a ball all game was crazy. He pretty much went out his way for us to lose that game from a winning position. No tactical nous
But BLM!!!!
This is the thing if it was a proper manager we would have a euros and a World Cup by now but I’m skeptical about the upcoming euros we’ll probably get to the final and bottle it again then the fa will give him another contract.
@@rockyfps9487Been saying that since I was a kid. We had a "golden generation" as well. It's just hype. The other nations are just as if not stronger than ours
@@thrilla72so the why does everyone blame Southgate?
@@stephenfisher9451 History is just simply repeating itself. It was why can't managers get Gerrard and Lampard to play well together. It was the manager's fault in 96. In 98 Beckham took all the blame
Having watched England for many years, England's problem had always been to try and sit on a slender lead, instead of always trying to score more goals.
Put the game to bed. Even if you’re several goals ahead don’t get complacent.
@robertnapier624 Absolutely.
Attack is the best form of defence.
England have never been good at stifling the opposition, like Italy, or keeping the ball, like Spain.
absolutely correct 100%
they just forget they need to play the game.
England need a player like pirlo or modric who can slow the tempo of the game down and take the pressure off the defense when we are winning . Can Declan rice be that player ?
Good on him for speaking the truth on a lot of issues.
I can’t understand how Southgate ever got the England job in the first place, his only managerial experience was getting Boro relegated from the P.L it’s madness.
He would get City relegated
and yet somehow he's done more than any other manager baring just 1 really you plastic fans are pathetic
And mr know it all Gary Neville got the sack from Seville when he got them into a terrible state. And was booted out fast.
It’s a tough job and you’ve got to handle your nerve - maybe Gareth just had that doubt in his mind to win .. or to lose badly. So he heid back
National under 21 coach and far leftist disciple.
I agree with Le Tissier’s view of Southgate but the same applies to most previous managers with England. Over and over again we have seen England fail by not being adventurous enough and sitting back.
Hodgson, Allerdyce, and Southgate 😂😂😂😂😂 we should be proud..😂😂😂😂🎉
i dont think so the era of lineker gascoigne were just unlucky my friend
Venables was different to the others as well @maxwellboyne2770
Capello was the best.
I don’t agree, Southgate invented the most popular, synchronised kneebending.
For which he will get a knighthood
England took the knee...and the USA team remained standing...remember?
Taking the knee for a career criminal. What a kind of crap.
@andrewhammond2699 which kind?
whats southgate won ?
Terry Venables was a football genius who made the best of his players. Harry Redknapp was brilliant at Spurs. The FA don't like mavericks who bring the best out of the flawed geniuses. 'Mike Bassett, England Manager' is just as relevant today. Southgate is a useless tactician.
Le Tiss is right about Southgate. It's not just about the squad full of quality players we have now, it's our relative position in comparison to other international teams which is more the issue. There's only France, on paper, who arguably have a better squad and first XI than us. This has never been the case with past England teams. Even with the so called 'Golden Generation' there were much better international teams than us around. Southgate brings no value and, in fact, I would argue his poor decision making, lack of tactical awrenesss and rabbit-in-the-headlights mentality in high-pressure scenarios completely handicaps us. I think he's actually stopping us winning these tournaments because if we actually possessed a manager who's abilities matches the players, we would have won something over the last 3 tournaments. It will be the same excuses this Summer. Southgate should be nowhere near the England set-up now. Should have got sacked after Euro 2020 and most definitely after those 4 ridiculous Nations League back-to-back results in the Summer of 2022, culminating in a 4-0 home loss to Hungary.
sacked after reaching the 2020 final and only losing on penalties? By that measure every second year all but one international manager would be sacked....
@@NonFlyiingDutchman its not about not winning. Its about not making the best of the talents at his disposal. Against Croatia and Italy he shut up shop and let the opposition take control of games. I like a lot about Southgate, but he is just too negative.
@@graysimmo5399back at those times they had better teams and certainly superior midfields to us so us trying to go toe to toe with these teams would get us ripped apart unfortunately football goes in cycles
in 2018 croatia had a better team
in 2021 italy had a better team
in 2022 france had a better team
@@esseffsee I wouldn't say Croatia or Italy were better. They were 50/50 games. Once going in front they were both there for the taking. Defence was Croatia's weakest area but they weren't given enough to do. Italy has too old, slow Centre Backs. At 1-0 down Italy needed to commit players forward and they were ripe for picking off. If you don't exploit your opponents weakness and don't give them something to worry about the inevitable happens. Eriksson, Capello and Hodgson all did it too. While they didn't win anything either, at least Robson, Venables, Hoddle and Keegan sent out teams to win. When they lost it was down to misfortune or simply being beaten by a better team. They never lost because they were too frightened to "have a go"
France is a bunch of individuals and they win because they are so stacked with talent. If England was anywhere near them on paper they would have won something by now no matter the coach.
England are just absolutely boring to watch, almost painful, particularly under Southgate.
As a jock I got to say with the talent England have at their disposal they should be winning things but with Southgate I doubt it what a handicap he is.
Did you gain a qualification in stupidity, or is it just a natural talent?
Yet we have some of the most exciting young players for years.
Speaks volumes about Southgate’s management style
@@thelukos we always seem to have 'exciting young players'. Dele Alli was one of those.
Agreed. England played with width and pace under Erikson and should of made the 2002 WC final if only the players then truly believed in their ability.
Matt is a legend... always like listening to his words of wisdom..
Forest fan
Disagree completely, bloke is a complete fool.
Extractor fan
A legend? What did he win?
He's running down Saudi league this league has games like everton versus notts Forest and loads of other mind numbing garbage games man city and no opposition a league with Aston Villa pushing for the top 4 😊
Matt what manager did better than this one of yes alf Ramsay when england got a goal of Diego maradonna class yes a non goal😊
At last someone is saying publicly what most of us have been saying ever since that failed championship manager who couldnt get a job sneaked into the FA and was the vanilla option to get the England Managers job.....and failed every time he came up against a decent team despite the most favourable draws in the history of tournament competition.
As usual, England only ever settle for mediocrity at best, what did they expect, look at his record as a club manager. Never had an easier route to the World Cup. Le Tis was quality and loyal, one club man who didn’t chase money, he is a principled man.
He lacked fitness and ambition
@@londonoverground All Relative
yeah southgate is so mediocre we should get in a proper world class manager like we did with capello and don revie that’ll definitely win us something
@@esseffsee What’s your point, you have just restated the point about England appointments being mediocre. Or maybe the side isn’t as good as the fans think they are
@@williamhaddock1838it's the latter all the fans think they've the best team and it's all Southgate's fault
I think having Southgate in charge worked when his "favourite players" were a bit younger and were actually still in form. But since around 2022, the squad just looks old hat, as the likes of Henderson, Maguire, Phillips, Mount, Shaw etc look way over the hill. It's gone very stale and he needs to go, so that new players can get a chance and the team can make progress.
Matt is 100% right about England.
He's so full of hyperbole and black-and-white thinking that he's good for media (controversial) but his opinions and perceived lack of nuance just tells me that he isn't really a critical thinker. He shoots from the hip and never has to worry about the consequences. Well, he lost his job at Sky because of it, so maybe there are repercussions. Anyway, on England, he just said the typical tropes that are all too easy with hindsight. Sigh!
We've spent 50 yrs saying we've got the best players and we should win the tournament. Need to learn to be more humble. How can getting to a Euros Final be par when we've never done it before!?
But that's how England have been for seventy years... and this non entity only got eight vaps for them. There's a reason this so called generational talent only got eight caps for what was a poor ream, even for England in those days.
yeah it’s always the manager right maybe our players just ain’t as good as we think
@@jamesm1579Exactly I disagree with the critics of Southgate he's probably done the best with them since Alf Ramsey and other managers had just as good if not better player's
I love his comment about women's football being pushed up our throats and I agree with his criticism of Southgate.
So just don't watch it. What's the big deal?
@@TT-fq7pl I don't and I won't so what is the big deal with people realising that something is being pushed up our throats and saying it in public ?
@@sebastianvella8992 Because you're wrong. How can it be pushed up your throat if you simply ignore it? If you ignore it, your throat will be perfectly clear. You're saying this in public because you have a problem with women. Period.
@@TT-fq7plYou don’t understand at all. Just because you choose to not watch it does not mean it’s not rammed down our throats constantly!
@@samuelbarrett9403 Are they coming to your house or something? Are female footballers playing in your yard? How can they ram it down your throat if you're ignoring it? Honestly, I don't understand.
Just to make his point so correct, Southgate goes to watch Henderson play for Ajax as soon as he arrives, the most uninspiring players ever to pull an England shirt on .
.... Since Southgate?
Henderson was a fantastic leader. Lifted the title and champions league because of his leadership. You're just a gobshite
Love listening to Matt. Great views from one of England’s most talented players
He saved thousands from taking kill shots, legend on the pitch, and off it..🙏🏻❤️👍
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You must be an American, right?
@@TT-fq7plYou'll think differently in 6 months when you're diagnosed with cancer...
Actually, he is a suggestible idiot. Fortunately, very few took their medical advice from an ex-footballer and a far-right one at that.
What the fuck does that even mean? 😂
I like Matt. Straight forward and forthright in his views
Indeed . Though very easy for anyone who does not have to "walk the walk" or put themselves forward to do so .
I love Le Tiss. Top player and would be talked about like they talk about Henry or Cantona if he had played for a more fashionable football team.
He might have won something if he had bothered to turn up for training.
@TR4zest Southampton awarded prizes for training?
Match of the day player, good in the highlights, but overweight and lazy!
Matt was ordinary on par with Charlie Adam who was a dumpling
Alf Ramsey's team won the world cup with home advantage, whilst eschewing possibly the best natural goal scorer in Europe in Jimmy Greaves.
Since then, the FA have chosen " safe" thinking Managers, with Terry Venables possibly being the one who at least picked a few entertainers and flair players.
Greaves was injured for 66.
@@stevemcauliffe1887
He wouldn't have been picked anyway. Alf Ramsey said so. He would never have been picked in front of Hurst and three goals in the final justified the decision.
@@bobparr4723Jimmy played in all 3 group games but got injured in the final group game resulting in Hurst coming in for the QF. Hurst wouldn’t have played if Jimmy had not got injured. Jimmy the greatest (by far) ever English goalscorer. Clough the greatest ever English manager who missed out on managing his country. The blazers would not entertain someone like him. They prefer the Southgates of this world. Do what we say and do not rock the boat. Always have, always will.
@@bobparr4723 Is that right? --I always thought Hurst playing was a lucky break because of Jimmy Greaves unlucky break. 🤣
Vennables never picked this man, called him an unnecessary luxury
Well done Matt, southgit got away lightly there dont know if i could have been so unscathing.
Matt is spot on, Southgate will never win anything. He is a defender at heart and will always want to defend a lead rather than go for the jugular and kill off a game. Just look ahat he did against Italy in the Euros, with the crowd calling for Grealish, he brings on his mate HENDERSON!
Southgate got the job because he was a relatively safe pair of hands after Allardyce’s misdemeanours. Thanks for that, Sam
What do you think that Allardyce would have done with England?
@@bobbypukes605 Possibly play kick and chase football and not qualify for much in the last 10 years, I’m guessing?
@@RsR6969guaranteed kick + rush football.
@@morrisanderson3180 No doubt. Was effective when he was at Bolton though. My memory ain’t what it was but there can’t have been a high calibre of candidates when the FA were looking to appoint in 2016. Brian Clough must have been turning in his grave thinking ‘ I couldn’t get that job but this guy?’
Hes a yes man, does what hes told
This is the most underrated situation ever, I've watched football all my life, not only has Southgate got the best group I've ever seen, he doesn't have to face, Ronaldinho, R9, Henry, Zidane, Viera, Romario, Baggio, The Germanz as a real unit, Ruud Guilet, Seedorf, Pirlo, Buffon I could bloody go on.
Matt is bang on the buck here. Southgate is a play it safer , We have the best squad we've ever had but he's not a winner, every time he plays Maguire we slow down to pedestrian pace, we can all see the faults, but he seems to not notice!!!
The best squad we've ever had?😂😂😂
put ye hat on pal there's a Woodpecker flying around 🤣🤣🤣🤣@@stephenfisher9451 🤣🤣🤣
cheeky dig at women's football at 01:15 glossed over by Ben spot on Matt!
Southgate wont let the players argue with the Ref. And that led to Croatia kicking us off the park and Italy kicking us off the park. France got away with that Saka foul too before their goal. We need to harass the Ref just to balance the game.
Football is a tough game - see France v Argentina - but Southgate wants us to play nicey nice football.
Couldn't agree more, Southgate is a coach by numbers product of uninspired coaching system. He coaches by number and has no style or flair. He is more concerned with not conceding goals rather than scoring. The players he doesn't favour sit on the bench whilst he relies on players who played like him. If he keeps picking these favourites we will not win anything, but his runner up record will continue. I hope the FA board reflect and think about winners,not nice guys, next time. The FA also need to look at themselves and change their processes regarding the national team and how they perform.
He is spot on about Southgate.
There are times that he has played eight defensive players against week opposition. His best runs have been scraping through POOR groups via penalties and set pieces. Any half decent team turns us over. He sticks to favourites who don't perform. Shocking that he is still in post.
Legend on the field 🙌 Legend off the field 🙌
What's the quickest way out of Wembley? Southgate.
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100% with Matt.
Southgate will take Henderson to the Euros, which risks Ward-Prowse, Palmer, Eze etc missing out. He chooses clapped out, square passing, zero end product, one paced, big mouths because they are "good for the dressing room", rather than those who are in-form, lively, exciting.
I just give up: Euro 2024 is such an opportunity for us. We can do it.....with the RIGHT squad
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Fkn love Matt he’s a great guy who has value for himself as an individual 👍 a real man of honour and integrity
Look at the technical footballers England have to choose from today, Foden, Grealish, Maddison, Saka, Kobbie Mainoo, Cole Palmer, Ruben Loftus Cheek, Jude Bellingham, John Stones and Harry Kane, even Jadon Sancho as well when he returns to form. And yet Im sure Henderson will still start at 35 years old.
You just named a load of average footballers 😂 even put in Sancho who hasn't had a good game EVER at the highest level! These players haven't a chance and nothing compared to the players we wasted on Sven
@dondamon4669 The players I have listed are all "technical footballers". They are not average. They may not win the Euros but they are all very good footballers. England have a far better side now that 10 years ago.
Henderson also technically very good, a great engine, positional sense, strength, charachter.......id pick him ahead of most of the players you mention for sure.
@frommetoyou1981 Who is Henderson better than on that list? Hes 35 in the Euros. Kobbie Mainoo has more technical ability than Henderson.
@@dondamon4669 Sven, another mediocre limited manager who the FA absolutely loved.
If Pep or Klopp had been in charge England would have won some silverware, no question
Maybe Southgate can get sacked after failing in the summer and JK can be tempted to do a part time job
English pride might prevent the German or Italian of Spanish coach they need to win.
Yes if we had one of the best managers in the world right now we would win all. What a wonderful observation... which every other major nation could also achieve. Glen? English pride? I feel old but do you not remember the golden era of sven and capello? Where we accomplished nothing more than a quarter final if im not mistaken. Im not just defending southgate but it's so clear vs previous managers records that he has actually achieved a lot more. Semi final, final and quarter final in his time. It's not a win of course but only 1 team wins and he has brought us closer than we've been since 1966
So you think the current talent in England is equal to Sven's era?
We made 2 European cup finals under Southgate. In both finals we were considered underdogs and the feeling was the best team won.
So we needed Italy and Spain to have an off night? The best teams don't always win. But on these occasions they did.
After watching the recent Euros 2024, I have to say that Southgate hasn't changed, hasn't learnt anything from previous tournaments, still lacks bottle and so proves that Le Tiss is spot on.
When England scored in the second minute against Italy in the Euro 2020 final you could see England shrink in real time. Yes Italy did respond well but only because England allowed it. England had pace to burn, Italy are terrified of pace but Southgate treated the match like a group fixture.
It was from that point I couldn't see England winning anything with him in charge.
Very honest and too the point. I agree about the pundits 👍
Agreed.When it comes down to the biggest games he's afraid to lose and it stops them from playing to win.
Does it include Ericsson & Capello?
Great to listen to Matt on this 👍
It is SO refreshing to hear unfiltered opinions from an iconic sportsman.
Even the notoriously straight-talking Roy Keane is too scared to say a bad word about women's football.
From all the proper football fans out there, thanks Matt!
What's not to like about Womans football, if your a Women.
What's the benefit to the men's game in bad-mouthing women's football? I'm not sure why so many male football supporters get so worked up about it. Just don't watch if you don't like it. Problem solved.
Iconic? He played for a little club and did nothing.
@@TT-fq7pl Because of all the propaganda surrounding it ffs, they even have women pundits, refs and commentators in mens football now. it's obviously gone woke as shit.
@@mintywebb Thanks for letting us know you have wasted oxygen between your ears.
Le Tissier is another one of those maverick, creative, hugely talented players who was never really given a chance in the England team because he didn't 'fit'. Regardless of his somewhat polarising views outside football, he is spot on with his Southgate comments.
I met Matt Le Tissier once. I was serving in a petrol garage. I think i said "Youre Matt Le Tissier" 30 times in 2 minutes in awe. He left feeling extremely awkward. I chased after him holding his shopping that i only realised after he left i was still holding. The non english speaking girls i was there training on customer service started greeting the next few customers with "Youre Matt Le Tissier".
I hope that isn't true, it would be pathetic
@@mwahahaha2100 I never claimed it wasn't pathetic. Its true. Spent the 5hr drive home that day cursing my existence.
Le Tissier - The only man in football to have the balls to call the CV jab for what it is! Respect
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I can’t believe the Southgate literally told the FA when he will step down from the England job. He should have been sacked after debacle at Wembley in the Euros
More English fans need to remove the blinkers and wake up. A few decent finishing places over the past few tournaments have allowed the wool to be pulled over too many eyes. Guess what? Like it or not, England have never defeated an adversary under Southgate in a high stakes fixture against another big team of equal or greater stature. And will continue to be that way as Southgate is too negative and cautious in his approach against such opposition. So we can either begin striving to actually win one of these tournaments and get rid of him or, we can just be content with 'not getting embarrassed or shown up', but even that's not guaranteed these days.
I agree with Matt regarding Southgate he’s not got the killer instinct It’s been shown now on three occasions, Croatia, Italy, France, bottled every match
Need to get Jurgen Klopp as the England Manager.
That's after his stint as German national coach.
As if a German would manage England it’s a nice dream but never going to happen
Southgate is one of the worst managers I have ever seen. Completely out of his depth.... No club will hire him after he fails this summer.
Err , Kevin keegan , Roy Hodgson, Steve Mc, please ... of course he ll get a job after .. he changed the squad was him who brought kids on and brought them through .. players love him and love playing for him .. England have never been as strong in my lifetime of 55 years .. your spoiled mate and talk rubbish
Southgate is a failure.THE END.
@@darrentoovey5551 still miles off the 1966 team, I was 18 at the time and I’m still waiting for us to get even somewhere near that standard 🖖
@@RobBealesI watched the 66 team and I would say that technically, and skill wise this England team is far superior
@@Sanctified57 So we are in for silverware then 🖖
Women commentators and pundits in the men's game. Sports personality a woman footballer..Big push in the media for the women's game...When will Saudi start a women's league or get criticized for not doing so?
They have no one watching the men’s game out there, how many people do you think they would get to watch women playing it ?
Saudi Arabia is not a woke country, so never!
Oh grow up. 😅😅
Could not agree more with this legend.
GS does lack bottle, we were by far the best team in the first half vs Italy and by the end we had two old CB’s stood in our own half and we couldn’t get out. Pathetic management
well said most people must agree Southgate is a bottler and will always play defensive players over skill
He's spot on about England under Southgate. They've beaten the teams they would be expected to beat, but lost to higher ranked teams despite going ahead. England could still win the Euros this year, but I feel that might be despite of, rather than because of the manager, as they have such an array of talent at their disposal.
Southgate is more interested in his woke views than the football side
Ahhh, I see what you did there... very clever.
@@shadowside8433Wokegate is clueless.
He's not a good manager . Wokeness is fuck all to do with it ..
Your probably obsessed with wokeness and see it everywhere where it isn't
Totally agree with Matt there’s no excuse because of the good young players we have we should have won something
Gareth is not a top class manager. He lacks tactical acumen. But the FA love him and he can stay as long as he wants. This crop of players should win the Euros in spite of Gareth
Up with the old school. Always 100% honesty
Growing up watching Le Tissier play made me want to be a Southampton fan.
Southgate did a great job steadying the ship and for a manager of his experience he has out performed. That said, he is unable to take England up another level to where we need to be. As soon as we face decent teams we come unravelled.
he is right about Southgate. One of the worst managers ive ever seen.
wait til you find out what the other england managers did
He's right about Southgate, just an FA yes man who cannot change a match tactically and is why England will not win anything whilst he's manager.
Mat totally right look what happened to Paul Gascoigne was huge then finished with one bad tackle
Everything Matt says is spot on. I KNEW that England gave away two massive losses, due to lacking bottle and playing a league mentality not a cup one, and not one of my mates agreed with me.
(BTW: Hull City also did this in the FA Cup Final against Arsenal in 2014 they found themselves 2 nil up and made the suicidal decison after 8 mins to defend for 82 minutes, same mistake: acting like you're in a league)
The FA appointed ron greenwood instead of brian clough because he was safe and like southgate and abit of a brown noser as far as the FA is concerned .iam a leeds fan by the way so know what happened with clough at leeds in 1974 but southgate is so woke more concerned with social signalling than any thing else
England had one of the best squads at the World Cup and the Euros, had such an easy route at the World Cup and as soon as we came up against a team that could beat us, they did.
Look at the teams England has beat during Southgate’s reign, it’s really not impressive at all.
I can't stand this guy, but he's actually 100% bang-on about Southgate and why we didn't win either of those two tournaments.
Southgate has two plans ..plan A get the ball into the opposition half then pass the ball back ..most times back to our keeper. Plan B same as A but pass the ball sideways then back
I’ve said it after the first Southgate tournament, he’s in over his head and hasn’t got a clue!
Southgate is the weak link in the England team. He is the right man for the FA but not for the team, he doesn’t give the FA any problems off the pitch and is a yes man but he can’t inspire a team during hard times and is tactically very poor.
I’m a Middlesboro fan and the fact he was average for us and lacks experience managing even a domestic team successfully makes it seem all the crazier that he is England manager.
Southgate’s already been a success, we had an England team no one wanted to play for and no one wanted to watch ..
Watching this in June '24 - 2 games into the Euro's. Matt is spot on about Southgate.
Southgate is so clueless tactically and in team selection, then his assistant manager and back room staff should do the heavy lifting & leave the PR to him. But no, they are just there to double down on stupid
Clough in his day should have been the national team coach, however, was too outspoken for the FA. Always the same type chosen, a safe yes person not a football manager.
A lot of top teams have had similar experiences in this tournament and it’s obviously because of the structure of the group stage.
Southgate is the most successful manager of England since 1966. His defensive tactics are clearly successful at ensuring Englands progression to the latter stages of the tournaments he has led. It’s boring but it works.
Le Tiss says Southgate is too cautious / pragmatic and believes a more adventurous manager would be better. A manager who would go for the win and try to force a positive outcome. I find that a bit of a strange view coming from someone who done the exact same thing himself. Big clubs would have taken Le Tiss, and there were chances to move during his playing career. But he remained in his comfortable surroundings at Southampton, where he was the big fish in a small pond. Rather than be adventurous and testing himself elsewhere. I remember the links to some of the bigger clubs where he would have played with better players and, undoubtedly, would have had a better chance of winning some medals. Im old enough to remember Le Tiss during his whole playing career, and there were periods when he was simply unplayable, a pleasure to watch. But he could have done so much more.
Yeah but we are talking about Southgate.
The fact Cloughie was never appointed England manager tells you all you need to know about the FA fucking buffoons
Don’t get all the hype around Southgate.England played great for 45mins in one game they seriously can’t think they deserved more. They had the easiest route possible and still couldn’t do it. Why we don’t press other teams and just let them come forward with the ball absolutely amazes me.
4 qualifying tournaments and top of the group in all 4.
3 tournaments and: semi-final, final, quarter-final.
If that is 'failure' then what do people realistically expect?
I think it's the problem of not winning important games against other top nations. They've had a soft path to the semi-finals in those tournaments, and they have another soft draw for the Euros.
That's a loser's mentality.
The whole world hates us. Nothing other than winning a trophy will be good enough for us.
@@jordanharrison8454 Joachim Low's record as Germany coach:
2008: lost final
2010: lost semi final
2012: lost semi final.
Should he have been sacked after that? He won the World Cup I 2014
people in this country are spoilt mongs mate you’d think we had brazil’s trophy cabinet before southgate came in amazing they blame a bloke who took us to a final and semi final after we just got knocked out by iceland 🤣
Best thing to happen at the euros is an early exit . That way southgate walks or gets the boot . Any decent run into the quarters or semis he’ll want another shot and lead us to the World Cup in 26 🤦♂️
I doubt he'll be sacked even if we don't get out the group. He has enough in the bank for the uppers to keep him for another couple tournaments I bet.
Wow I've been saying the same myself, Southgate lost us that euro final against Italy, his second half park the bus tactics on a 0 to 1 lead let Italy back into the game.
His world cup failure is a lack of belief, he walks around looking like he swallowed a wasp, supported the Marxists blm which tells you everything you need to know about Southgate, why don't he resign when he's failed twice?
The team do well in spite of him not because of him.
Truth well spoken by a decent human being - thanks Matt Le Tissier.
Matt, a great footballer & a great man.
Southgate always says we did this or we decided that or we thought it best, who the hell is WE I thought he was the manager
''Big Sam' has a 100% win rate as England manager.
What did they win
Until he had The Last Supper 🤣
@@colinarcher1878 whats Southgate won apart from an odd raffle if he is lucky
Wow this worked out proper about Southgate
Have a look at Matt le Tissier's goals, if you haven't already done so. He was magnificent!!!
As good as anybody in Europe at his peak .Genius level.player .In a different universe Matt and Paul Gascoigne could have been in the same team .That is basically what fucks us,Unimaginative insipid management. 😢
great talk with Matt ,one of the most under championed players i loved to watch playing football. simply respect.
hope e and family are still going well.the sky sport thing i cant comment on as at that time ,and still am in australia . hey if at this stage in his life wants /needs to talk football ,he needs to simply create his own platform
on the media outlet he chooses .
Great interview, Le Tiss was a great footballer.... and he is 100% right about Southgate
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