Hey guys, you know I'm the last person to dwell on the negative but as someone who has publicly been such a staunch supporter of the Southgate era, I felt the need to get this off my chest. Also when I was remembering past tournament appearances, I apparently forgot the damp squib that was World Cup in 2014 and the abject failure to qualify for Euro 2008. But this is the most fear I've ever seen us play with. We aren't talking about top tier teams here, we are showing relative minnows far too much respect in my humble opinion! Hope the Foden family are all ok, there's a lot of things in life that are more important than football. Love to you all.

@archiewall124

Ай бұрын

Foden is fine, he’s had a third kid. So nothing bad happening with regards to him as far as I’m aware.

@HighJive5

Ай бұрын

@@archiewall124Not what I’ve heard.

@archiewall124

Ай бұрын

@@HighJive5that’s what Fabrizio said. So do with that what you will.

@HighJive5

Ай бұрын

@@archiewall124 I’ve heard differently that’s all I can say.

@archiewall124

Ай бұрын

@@HighJive5what have you heard then? And what are you sources?

Not English but don’t understand how you can have the Bundersliga top scorer, EPL player of the season, La Liga player of the season, EPL young player of the season, and play such a horrible style of football. Southgate is genuinely not the answer and is going to waste potentially one of the best individually talented international teams of all time

@adamknights1478

Ай бұрын

Well done. You successfully read SportBibles instagram post 😂

@llsxmmyll584

Ай бұрын

@@adamknights1478 Spencer literally said it too, everyone already knows it’s just common football knowledge. However it doesn’t change the fact that he’s not getting best out of the talented group, which is the point i’m trying to get across

@creativz666

Ай бұрын

Because we've got a beavo lookalike as a manager 😊

@marcoverratti6269

Ай бұрын

The best individual team Of all time is absolutely ridiculous. But yes, southgate is wasting their talent. But it’s because English people do not understand how to play football. Proof: Not a single Englishman won the premier league as a manager

@micckeymol4396

Ай бұрын

This squad is still so very young besides Kane, so we'll definitely have more chances to win tournaments with this team.

Gareth lives by “don’t go changin’”

Spencer always gives the reasonable unbias opinion. Very refreshing

@miverick86

Ай бұрын

English view point. Still biased naturally towards England but nowhere near some.

still remember your brilliant IMO in 2016!

If Spencer’s complaining then you know it’s bad😂😂

Can't believe I'm nostalgic for Euro 2016 because of that legendary IMO you did on the Iceland game. Spen shows more passion in a 10 minute vid than the whole of the England team combined in a 90 minute game

@jordanconstantinou

Ай бұрын

Can't forget that first line "England are ****" 😂😂

The transition from the main video to Spencer's update on Foden was absolutely sick 👌

Here’s a fun stat. In 30 seconds, Luka Modric had 1.30 xg against Italy. England, in all three group games combined, have created 2.30 xG.

@Fmfcg

Ай бұрын

Useless stat, Croatia are out the tournament

@marcoverratti6269

Ай бұрын

As an England hater that stat is stupid 😂 he had a pen and a shot from like 2 cms out. England r trash at offense but as Spencer said France have 0 open play goals, Belgium suck too. Italy have been disappointing asf. The only big teams that haven’t been a complete disappointment is Germany and Spain. Portugal look good but definitely not winners in my eyes.

@JasonWilliams89

Ай бұрын

Fun stat if you know nothing about stats

@GoWithDannyMo

Ай бұрын

He had a penalty and a shot from 3 yards out haha, pointless stat

@scaredmuffin6371

Ай бұрын

Here's a fun stat. Luka Modric will play 0 seconds in the knockout stage of the Euros this year.

Joe Gomez has been playing left back for most of the season at Liverpool and has been brilliant. He's in the squad on the back of those performances. Why not play him over Trippier, who has been very very poor? I'm not opposed to Kane dropping deep if he has inside forwards (or wingers that cut inside) along side him. Gordon and Palmer would work wonders with that. As would Saka, and Eze tbf.

@luisramirez2548

Ай бұрын

It doesn't make sense to have Gomez at LB either. For Liverpool, he was playing at LB but played mostly as a wide CB. He rarely moved up the pitch with the ball. So if you replace Trippier with Gomez, it would be the same. No overlapping runs. Just safe passes back to the midfield or defense.

Southgate is the embodiment of ready salted crisps

@AndreRQL

Ай бұрын

He's not even salted mate. He's plain, low fat, unsalted crisps

@MyThoughtsAreBelow

Ай бұрын

Underrated comment 🤣🤣🤣

@MrSimonNay

Ай бұрын

Ready salted is a qualified quality classic lots of people agree with and gets results. Southgate is just unmilled wheat boiled in nothing but water

@d0nald156

Ай бұрын

Salt and shake without the salt

@oscarmike3482

Ай бұрын

No, I like ready salted.

He has only been good at creating a positive environment for people like you who value vibes over winning, not the rest of us. We've been seeing through him for years.

@SpencerFC

Ай бұрын

Remind me which manager (except Sir Alf) got the winning bit right for England? Vibes, better than no vibes and no winning.

@user-mq4hr1ly4b

Ай бұрын

​@@SpencerFC You know what vibes are the absolute best ? winning ones.

@shivvohra3398

Ай бұрын

@@user-mq4hr1ly4b yeah but England haven’t won anything champ. it’s objective and there’s different parameters. By your logic if Luton finished 2nd in the premier league they should be devastated as there’s no point if they’re not ‘winning’ 🤦‍♂️🤦‍♂️. God I hate the ‘standards’ crowd so much

@user-mq4hr1ly4b

Ай бұрын

​@@shivvohra3398 yeah 'champ' and standards change year on year, it's not a static metric. It's clear Southgate reached his ceiling for success at the Euro 2020 Final. Constantly, improving standards is how you win things, not stay the same. You're definitely one of those people who support a club who never actually win anything of meaning. Second place for a Luton in their first season in the Prem is a success. A consecutive second, third, fourth, fifth season of Luton at second place no longer becomes success because - tell me how have you improved to consider it success ? There comes a point where second place is no longer good enough.

@user-mq4hr1ly4b

19 күн бұрын

@@SpencerFC another round for the vibes?

this vid give me 2016 iceland vibes

Completely agree with every word Spencer, we have to change the wingers for the RO16 game

I finally agree with you about England since the 2018 World Cup. Which has bugged me because I really enjoy your content. I’ve been Southgate out since the euro’s 2020 final

@mangohub3252

Ай бұрын

You wanted Southgate out at the best England has done in most peoples life times?

@isaacshaw1596

Ай бұрын

@@mangohub3252 hate to point out the obvious but he built the foundations for success which is one thing but his in game management in both games cost us. No back up plan in Croatia. Ok we weren’t expecting much fair enough but then we score first at home against an aging poor Italian team may I remind you didn’t qualify for either World Cup either side of that. We had one shot on target in 120 minutes in a HOME tournament. Just to add insult to injury, after that tournament the stats against the top 10 in the fifa rankings which are the opponents around us we had won 4/24 of which half of them came not in any sort of tournament. I think 2 was in the nations league. So not a major tournament. Then if that wasn’t enough to shake you I got proven right at the World Cup. First team who was capable of beating us we lost. And you’ll say ooh but we Germany in the euros. Yes an aging Germany side that didn’t make it out of the World Cup groups either side. Plus we were at home in Wembley. I expected a win. So if you want to look at the surface sure, but he’s played rubbish football but hasn’t won anything. He couldn’t do it as a player he was the one who missed on pens then we lost on pens due to his dreadful substitutions.

Spencer back making videos. Nature is healing

I feel like this is a visual version of me sat in bed at night, thinking about the game just and talking to meself about what should happen 😂

@yourmum955

Ай бұрын

I'm doing that at work. When I didn't have anything to do I spent a good half an hour just working myself up about Mitchell and Davis not going.

Always love your takes, Spence! Love to you and your family mate! I love your videos!

Southgate is the type of guy that goes to the WC, farts and flushes the toilet

@TheLiamFlem

Ай бұрын

Why’s he farting at the World Cup?

@Fmfcg

Ай бұрын

​@@TheLiamFlemgo outside more

@Roberto-xo5hm

Ай бұрын

@@Fmfcghe was clearly joking and if you didn’t realise that then it’s definitely you who needs to go outside more

@Fmfcg

Ай бұрын

@@Roberto-xo5hm cry

@Roberto-xo5hm

Ай бұрын

@@Fmfcg it’s mad how from only 2 comments you’ve posted everyone can see how chronically online you are 🤣

We are the literal embodiment of a team that just isn't "clicking".

@GalvanizeOO7

Ай бұрын

A championship level team with good chemistry would perform better

@user-oy3do2nk9t

Ай бұрын

We haven’t been clicking for 60 years now mate

Foden playing in his least favourite position did way more in the last two games than what Bellingham did in the position he’s supposedly going to be a ballon d’or winner whilst playing in. It’s clear that Foden should be in the 10.

@MilanMan99

Ай бұрын

Literally lmao. I love Spencer, but how he's barely criticized Bellingham when he's been the worst attacker for England and basically nonexistent the last 2 games is insane. He's meant to be THE guy. I've heard "Jude's England" instead of "Kane's England" a few times now, yet he's practically getting 0 heat for being tragic in arguably the most important position in the team, while others that are doing better are criticized more.

Great video Spencer, but you also forgot one tournament: Euro 2012. Eliminated by Pirlo’s Italy who were on the right side of one of the most one-sided Euros games ever. It could’ve been 10 if Balotelli had his shooting boots on. Hodgson’s excuse could be that his frontline was lacking serious firepower- unlike Southgate’s.

I wonder why Gareth didn’t call up Mitchell from Palace. He’s a natural left back that’s was doing well under glasner. Especially considering the fact that gareth called up Adam Wharton

Every England fan with a brain has been saying how bad Southgate is for years. He has 0 tactics and just relies on individual talent. There's a reason why we never beat the top nations in important games.

@user-mq4hr1ly4b

Ай бұрын

literally been shouting it for years but people like him have defended him for so so long

It’s shocking how easy England’s side of the bracket is for the rest of the tournament. Even in their current form they should be making a run. And after such an easy group draw too! No excuses

@YerDa67

Ай бұрын

It’s every tournament, though. Look at the tournaments in the past. They usually always end up on the easy route.

@Dave_ja_vu

Ай бұрын

They'll cruise past their next game and go out on penalties in the QF, it's the English way

We want Spencer and father, brothers vlogging from Germany.

Southgate said Trippier was carrying an issue before the Slovenia game. I think he’s actually one of the biggest issues going foward. If you watch him he didn’t actually make any sprints in the last game and if Slovenia broke down the right foden, Bellingham and rice really quickly got back to cover him. I think the issue is actually quite bad but it’s also the main reason Trippier is continually going inside and not overlapping is his fitness. Got to give Saka a go at LWB next game for me

I'm typing this before watching the video, purely because I wanted to say what I've been seeing: -Our front 4 of Kane, Bellingham. Foden and Saka have scored 100+ goals between them in the 23/24 season. On the bench, we've got another 50 goals in Watkins and Palmer. They're barely having a shot while playing for England. -Pickford, Stones, Guehi and Rice have all screamed at the players in front of them in all three games for not giving options. A big reason our build-up play is slow. -Because our build up is slow, we give the ball away when we run out of ideas. -Trippier has been constantly encouraged by teammates to overlap, yet barely crosses the halfway line. -I saw a stat that Foden has passed to Pickford more times (3), than he has Kane (1). In ALL 3 games. -Kane seems perpetually unavailable to receive the ball. He drops into midfield needlessly and manages to mark himself out of the game. -On multiple occasions, we've been in a position to put a cross in, but our players have a gentle jog towards the penalty area, zero urgency at all, meaning we're forced to play backwards when the opposition get back into shape. It just looks completely half-effort. Great, we've got through, but we were the best of a bad bunch. Our group has a combined total of 7 goals scored, and 5 draws from the 6 games.

I thought you were crazy with Saka at left wing but after an explanation it actually makes a lot of sense. I think you could put someone besides foden at right wing though (although if you did keep foden there that would probably be a great system to play Trent)

I swear ur opinion is absolutely spot on every time, Spence👌 How is the team with the best squad struggling in every of the group stage game?

Spendog, what do you say to the barber as the haircut is exactly what i want but never know what to ask for. Cheers

I dont think Spanish squad is worse than England squad. English players just have better PR. I would argue on a technical level Spanish players are better and are probably the best in the world

Spot on, Spencer. To all the experts that were telling West Ham fans to be happy with Moyes - they are now feeling the same (albeit with a far more talented squad) sense of indignity with Southgate’s England. When you’re more talented than your opposition, defence is secondary. Unfortunately, it is Southgate’s primary focus & it’s scraped us through a weak group but if Iceland can find a way through, any team in the knockout will too.

It has to be a back three with Trent as wing back. It makes so much more sense!!

For the next match we need to do something like this: Trent Stones Guehi Walker/Saka Rice Mainoo/Bellingham Palmer Foden Gordon Kane

Something I’d love to see England to try is attack in a 3-2-4-1. Think about it especially if southgates doesn’t want to change his way. Trippier can push his way up to a left wing position, it allows Foden to invert as a 10, Bellingham can stay as a 10, Saka holds width on the right. Walker comes at a right center back stones a central centerback and guehi who can play lb plays as a left centerback, Kane upfront who I think should stay up there but if he did drop we now have more runners to make a run in behind and rice and Trent can sit behind. We’d overload the midfield and have a lot of triangles and passing lanes. Defensively we can get back into a 4-2-3-1.

Saka has been the only attacking player creating things for England so far. He’s not been great by any means but I don’t think he can be grouped in with Foden and Bellingham who, outside of Jude’s goal in the 1st game (which Saka created), have been missing.

I want Mike Basset as Manager 😮

Biggest issue for me was taking one left footed left back, these are the basics, the friendlies before the tournament we should’ve been imbedding Doughty or Mitchell or whoever.

Team I'd play next game Pickford Walker Stones Guehi Gomez Rice Foden Bellingham Saka Kane Gordon This gives us a right half space of Walker Foden Saka which is similar to White Ødegaard Saka. Would be fluid. Gomez at LB frees up Walker to overlap while still giving us a back 3.

Got it spot on mate 👍🏻

We were pretty well beaten in South Africa 2010, that was a bad tournament. We were exciting in the World Cup, unlucky against France. We’ve got fortunate with the draw, but sadly I don’t think we’re going to take advantage of it, yet again.

Spencer is a chilled version of Rory.

Cam we get an updated prediction video now that he have the actual bracket?

I’m sorry, but why is everyone saying English defense good? They have played Serbia, Slovenia and Denmark. “Do me a favor”

@MichaelG-lq5df

Ай бұрын

I get what you're saying, however there's also the argument you can only defend against what's in front of you and fortunately, to the teams good fortune, we've not been letting in silly.goals which ultimately cost us our place in the tournament which I guess is the optimistic way to look at it. That being said, they are yet to have been tested by the best attacking players at this tournament so it is very hard to judge how well they've done defensively. That being said, Walker and Stones are consistently competing against the best in the league and champions League, and Guehi has looked very solid over the course of the last few months of the premier league season so there isn't many reasons to suggest the defence would struggle against the better attacking players

@EA-hz9mg

Ай бұрын

That’s irrelevant. We have seen worse teams score goals against big teams.

The problem i have with Southgate is hes experimenting now in the tournament. Why not experiment during the friendlies during the year? No he called up players like hendo when he knew he couldn't get away with bringing him. The blokes so stubborn its a joke

Always love Spenny’s level headed opinions

Foden hasn't done enough to keep a spot in the 11? Really?

@SpencerFC

Ай бұрын

Almost none of them have!!

@balalsheikh6226

Ай бұрын

Harry Kane although hasn’t played well, he is still a match winner.

We do have Gomez. Played most his football out there last season and it CANT be worse than trippier

the southgate apologist has finally realised

England are guilty of playing to the standard of the Oppo. We’re never exciting but it’s tournament football and defensive structure is the most important thing for a team to have. Playing any of the big boys will be so tough for us this time around, the lack of fluidity moving forward is killing Southgate’s biggest asset, which has been his defensive stability. One thing you can’t stand even if you’re happy clapper is not utilising the personnel available. Saka playing LW makes sense probably because you can then get trippier to roll inside and cut in and hit one. Also saka is a demon 1 on 1 either side of the pitch

Foden's fine, great news actually. He just had a birth of his 3rd child (at 24!), he'll be back for the Last 16.

Joe Gomez also played some nice LB for Liverpool this season, worth a shout

The fa only have themselves to blame if they fail to win this tournament, easy quali, group and now path to the final. Handing this job to an unproven coach at any level just defies logic

I dont understand what people are on about regarding Saka. When he broke in to the first team he mainly played on the left. Mostly LW, but sometimes LB. For the first TWO seasons he did that! I remember, but I have also checked fbref AND Transfermarket sats. And even at the start of 20/21 he played on the left for the first 3 months.. after that he has mainly been used on the right. It only takes a few clicks to get informed. People are either ignorent or just forget so fast.

time for Devs to take the England job

I’m still on team Southgate. Doesn’t mean I’m happy with how things have gone or that I think he’s done everything right, but I am keeping the faith and I refuse to blame him for everything that’s happened (or not happened) particularly in the Denmark game where we made so many individual errors. When players can’t string 3 passes together or clear the ball then you don’t really get the chance to see what the manager’s plan was. Also why aren’t more people talking about how poor Rice has been? Maybe I hold him to account more because he’s usually so reliable but for me he’s been tetchy AF. Love the idea of using Saka as a fullback. 👍

@Voltornator

Ай бұрын

Yeah, long live Lord Southgate. I'm not from England, but Croatia (which btw played absolutely horrendous beyond all measures and rightfully knocked out). I don't know how he's doing in terms of coaching, but people say he's like our coach Dalic, underutilizing young talents and people mad with him. But regardless I like him and his approach and analytical skills. And even though everybody wants England to lose because of their arrogance, I'm team England!

Theres no way Southgate would do this, since if it failed hed be fired in about 5 seconds, but play Foden at CF and drop Kane. Play a false 9 with Saka and Palmer on the wings, Rice at DM, and Bellingham and Mainoo as the CMs. Especially against the more defensive minded teams that gives you the most creativity and individual attacking takent possible while still keeping the sane defensive structure.

very well said

we're doing badly because Spencer isn't there to watch them live! I miss the matchday vlogs. EDIT: bit unfair tbh. Foden has been good on the LW, he literally did it at the 2022 World Cup for us.

Hi Spencer it’s horrendous only won one game in the group stage it’s ridiculous it needs to change Southgate is out of his depth he’s lost the dressing room and I think the players are not playing for the manager anymore

Anyone with an ounce of footballing knowledge can see how poor a manager Southgate is - this was apparent before and during the purple patch England had. His stagnant and stale approach is so hard to watch. If you asked any top-10 EPL team supporter if they'd have Southgate manage their club, the answer would be a stern "no", if he isn't good enough for a solid club outfit, he isn't good enough for an international side. As a Welshman, I hope his tenure with England lasts for generations, because then the echo chamber of British TV - laden with English comms - will be slightly more bearable.

@oscarmike3482

Ай бұрын

I support Portsmouth & wouldn't have him anywhere near us.

Foden has been given a bizarre roll to invert & take up everyone’s space. Play him 10 and Jude 8 with a proper winger and yous would be way better balanced

That last game in the group was he best chance to experiment if he wasn’t willing to do it then he won’t do it In the knockouts

The 5atb with Saka at LWB is where you’d actually want Foden LW and allow him to drift

having to force yourself to cling on to the 'brighter side' is called living a life of delusion

Southgate must be related to a banker because England have another doable path to the final. I'd wish UEFA & FIFA would change the qualification rules for the knockout rounds: allow only teams who win their group to qualify according to group position. Then put every other team in an aggregate league table, where the top 10 is decided by points scored. Games won will be used as a main tie breaker, which would've put Ukraine and Hungary through instead of Denmark & Slovenia gaming the system. In the context of tournament football, goal difference ends up rewarding more defensive, boring teams.

Yes Spencer mate ❤

I knew before the tournament that the only way England can’t go on to win the whole thing is because of Southgate. England have the best squad with multiple player of the year winners in the past season and I can only imagine what someone like Pep Guardiola could get them doing

I think we need more help in central positions for Kane by either pushing Bellingham up the pitch or giving him a strike partner as when we lump it up the pitch he either doesn't win the header and is nowhere near it or he wins it but no one is there to follow up, this would also mean the wingers dropping a little which I feel would allow overlapping fullbacks, especially in the case of kyle walker and would allow us to have a forward press rather than passing it backwards so often. But as you said it may be an underlying issue unknown to the public

SPEN DAWGY DAWGY

You say we are good defensively but who has actually tested the defence Denmark literally scored from outside of the box

We need to have some fun, 3-5-2, Pickford. Stones, Guehi, Konsa. Trent (Right mid), Rice, Bellingham (in missed), Mainoo, Palmer (Left), Kane and Bowen/Watkins.

343. Guehi, Stones and Walker DF. Trent, Bellingham, Rice and Saka LW midfield. Palmer, Foden and Kane/Watkins.

Southgate is a relegation championship level manager that has coasted through tournaments due to favourable draws (Sweden, Ukraine, Colombia) and having a golden generation of talent. He has showed zero tactical awareness throughout his time in England is ultimately the reason why they won’t win anything.

@jjrodriguez5156

Ай бұрын

For example, playing Trent in midfield when he never attempted this in the QUALIFIERS but thought it would be a good idea to test this in the actual tournament. Trent’s best attribute is balls in behind but he has a front three of Kane, Saka and Foden. All players that like ball to feet and don’t make runs in behind.

I think you’re bang on Spen dog.

I'm not English, but I have always felt that England's biggest problem was a lack of imagination.

I know this is a hot take but I’d drop Bellingham and play foden in that attacking midfield role and then play mainoo alongside rice in the middle and have Gordon off the left

@Heatwave9000

Ай бұрын

Exactly. Bellingham is good at making late runs into the box but he's no where near as good technically on the ball as foden or as creative midfielder. No way bellingham plays number 10 over foden.

"It's a horrible job in many ways" lol how so? Southgate is a middling Championship manager at best and he's on millions a year managing this group of talented England players.

@EA-hz9mg

Ай бұрын

He means in the sense of pressure

@alan96731

Ай бұрын

@@EA-hz9mg not really, the pressure to win the euros has diminished due to his coaching of this ultra talented team. The standards aren't as high as they should be

@EA-hz9mg

Ай бұрын

@@alan96731 bro ppl have us favourites 💀 what r u w

Walker has not once overlapped or tried to combine with the RW, likewise with Trippier. All attackers are similar profiles and come towards the ball. It is so easy to defend against a static side, need a deep midfielder willing to pass forwards and players who are willing to run in behind or beyond Kane.

Hear me out. Football has changed significantly throughout the past decade. Tactically, a lot of formations that we used to think are "unbreakable" are now being exploited and mostly every opponent you face has a sense of idea of what your tactical vision is. I'd set up England like this and I need everyone to hear me out well. First, the formation: 3-4-2-1 interchanging throughout the game based on different situations( can be 5-2-3 defensively or 4-3-3 in the buildup and in the attack 3-4-2-1) Pickford in net Stones Guehi and Gomez at the back Walker Rice Bellingham Gordon Saka Kane Foden the way to set this up where every player can play in their most played position is that Stones can push up in midfield if Bellingham is attacking Bringing back Walker to cover with guehi and gomez at the back. Gordon can play the "support winger" where can be there to cover aswell as attack if needed Foden and Bellingham both can play through the middle while Saka and Gordon on the wings Kane is to be that forward if needed to comeback, Saka and Foden can get in behind. Mainoo to come in when needed defensive support Palmer/Watkins/Bowen/Toney are all offensive options The problem with England is that they are playing too cautiously and although they are through to the knockouts, I agree there needs to be a change. Let me know what you guys think!

Bellingham is an 8/6 why is he forcing it? Foden should be playing 10 every single game

What I will say is you mentioned there was not media pressure pre-tournament... we were tournament favorites and theres a million adverts and articles on how Jude should carry us... hes 20? Like there was a lot of pressure.

Haha why’s it sound like u said Walcott overlapping

Spencer saying we’ve always given it a go, I think he’s forgetting 2010, 2012 and 2014 tournaments where we were awful in every single one of them and the. 2016 topped it all off…

Agree with spencer, saka would be on the left he can be the guy to run in behind and get a cross in. would rather our left side defended more and have walker go up on the right and overlap palmer. Midfield still is our main issue in recent games

I've also been saying Saka left wing back since the tournament started. Saka's played there successfully or Arsenal and England. I'd go 3-4-2-1 with Walker in the back 3, Saka LWB, Trent RWB, Rice and Bellingham central, Foden and Palmer behind Kane. 3-4-3 Would also work. Guehi-Stones-Walker / Saka-Rice-Jude-Trent / Gordon-Kane-Palmer

Leif davis got 18 assists with ipswich I really don’t understand why he didn’t take him

Spencer just casually forgetting 3 unbelievably shocking tournaments where he thought we ‘gave it a go’, 2010, 2012, 2014 some of the worst football and results we’ve ever seen…

@SpencerFC

Ай бұрын

2012 we were good in the groups, 7 points, ahead of France.

@creeves797

Ай бұрын

@@SpencerFC if I remember rightly, we played pretty much how we are now and just sitting back without creating any chances. Pretty sure against France we scored with our only shot on target. Then beat a poor Sweden and Ukraine, lucky on both occasions I remember. You cant still think we gave it a go in those tournaments, 2010 and 2014 especially

So this has been in my watch later since it came out, but I’m only just getting round to actually watching it, 12 hours before England play Spain in the final. I think the problem with a lot of England fans is that they want to be entertained, and they want to win, not realising you can’t have both. They also overrate the squad we have, and, especially fans of the big six, underestimate how hard it is to win tournaments. Southgate isn’t perfect, and I agree with you that we need fresh ideas, even if we win today, but he has done better than any other manager bar Alf Ramsey. It’s not pretty football, but it gets the job done and I’d rather reach the latter stages of tournaments playing like this, than play entertaining football getting knocked out by Slovakia

If it weren’t for individual brilliance from Bellingham and Kane England would be home. Not good at all. You’re bang on it again Spencer

Partly due to the fans and the media almost demanding that we win this tournament (completely irrationally, I might add) and partly due to Southgate's own playstyles, we are a team that sets out not to lose, rather than trying to win. It's not entertaining, nor is it "The English Way", plus it's utter madness to pick a squad full of some of Europe's (World's?) best attacking players and then tell them not to play the way they are capable. We don't ever take risks and the players are visibly terrified of making mistakes, so none of them are confident of making runs. We move the ball sideways whenever possible and no one has any options of an out ball, so they hold on to it until they inevitably misplace a pass or get caught in possession. I don't see a way that it can improve, unless someone can find a way to give them the confidence to play the kind of game that we all know they can. They're great individuals, who have been told not to do what they do best.

I genuinely think Southgate gets the sack unless we win the tournament, the football has been terrible and the fans aren’t gonna be wanting to go and fill up Wembley or travel for World Cup qualifiers to watch this style of football

I think it’s just Southgate is out of his depth. He’s dealing with world class players now, unlike over the last couple tournaments.

Real G

In Germany, we are absolutely shocked by the poor performance of the England team. The German TV pundits and world champions Christoph Kramer and Per Mertesacker sometimes can't even put into words how badly England played tactically. But it has to be said that hardly anyone here can understand the artificial hype surrounding Bellingham (which was probably only created by his PR agency). Don't get me wrong, he's a really good player, he was in the Bundesliga too. But he was never outstandingly good there. Even at Real Madrid he was invisible in the important games. It was the defence, Kroos, Vini and sometimes Modric and even Joselu who made the difference. The German commentators and pundits even make fun of Bellingham, saying that it's annoying that he's always looking for the camera every other throw-in and always has to put on a show. If you then look at his stats, especially in the last game, they are unbelievably bad. England have good players but no team and I'm curious to see how far they can go but here in Germany you see every team in the playoffs stronger than England... even Georgia. Greetings from Germany

Just the feeling of England playing in this tournament is all wrong. I always look forward to the Euros and WC because I love watching England play; however, I almost resent each matchday now. I just want to be excited to watch them play

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I respect you Spence but to Say Greece's Euro 2004 run was underwhelming is a joke. Greece played to there strengths through brilliant coaching beating the likes of the Hosts Portugal twice a Euro Cup-winning French team and an amazing Czech golden generation side. This England team is a joke on paper they are probably the best team next to France yet the coaching is so bad that they can hardly create good chances nonetheless score. The main difference between these two sides is yes they both defend well but England is massively underperforming with the insane world class players they have whereas Greece massively overperformed with many players that don’t even play in big leagues and the ones that were in big leagues did not even start regularly.

As a not England fan, the problem is Southgate. He is honestly not a good manager, he isn't Prem quality, he is barely Championship quality. His tactics are useless and he cannot get some of the most in-from players in the world currently to play. That tells you all you need to know.

@gooner72

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There is no way in hell that Southgate would get a Premier League manager job.......... absolutely no chance, not in a million years!

@phelpsnoire

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@@gooner72 couldn't agree more, which makes it even more unfathomable why he is still the manager of England. As I said I am not a fan of England at all and I do enjoy the lackluster performances but I simply do not understand how he is still the manager