One of the big favourites for these Euros are England, but if you look at the history of England at Euros its very poor. Can they change the fortune and finally capture their first trophy since 1966?
How much pressure will there be on Southgate and the players?
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0:00 – Intro
0:25 – Poor History
3:00 – Recent results
4:45 – Southgate pressure
7:39 – Kane Underpressure!!
10:00 – Future leaders
11:52 – CBs key
13:08 – Tactics
16:44 – Prediction
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ARNOLD STONES TOMORI CHILWELL
FODEN RICE BELLINGHAM
SAKA KANE PALMER
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Kane and Bellingham have to be the difference makers
Semi-finals as an England fan. We're still not good enough, but Southgate is definitely our beat manager since Bobby Robson. He makes players want to play and give their all
I'd play a 3-4-2-1 with Walker, Konsa & Gomez in defence, Saka and Trent on the wings, Rice and Mainoo in midfield & Bellingham and Foden behind Kane. Pickford is our only GK
There’s always change in life
Absolutely brilliantly well said sir, I’m gonna use that
I really hope England win it. However, I'd put France and Portugal ahead of them in terms of chances. We shall see…
Peanut butter and Marmite is really nice though!
If I was Southgate I'd start nick pope over Pickford foden in the 10 rice in the 6 Bellingham in the 8 and up front kane saka and grealish
back then i was thinking you were good and fair enough, like "oh this youtuber is really good, his football knowledge abt international games are far above average" but now it has changed, you are so biased like mainoo over gallagher and chilwell is bad this season. chilwell is still struggling with his injury and then stating gallagher not good enough with the ball, what abt mainoo? is he good enough with the ball? i dont think so. you insist foden best position is at 10 and at your starting xi, you deploy him as left winger. come on man. u can play foden as 10 and jude as 8 or 6, jude is very good all action midfielder, would shine if started at box2box 6, just like what he did at bvb.
and here is my england starting xi.
pickford; walker, stones, maguire, chilwell; rice, bellingham; saka, foden, gordon; kane.
maybe pickford isnt really good enough, but he often stepped up when needed the most. for many times he came up big and save england.
I always rooted against England, but I really felt bad for them against Italy. When I saw that fan with the turban who just had his face in his hands and couldn’t even watch the shootout. It really humanized the fans for me and all their pain. They went toe to toe with France and were just as good in my opinion. You made an excellent point – Kane makes that penalty, and they might go to the Final. They would have played Morocco had they advanced and most likely won that game.
I don’t think it’s Southgate that got England back on track! It’s the academy’s that England have ploughed lots of money into.. young talented players popping up everywhere now! The trainings a lot better now! With the talent available now! Anyone could do Southgate’s job! He’s just great at the PR! A great talker! A politician! That’s all he is ! A front man .. anyway enjoy ur channel! Keep up the good work buddy 🫡
We got Super Phil Foden ( Utd + England supporter .
Lay off Pickford without him we would have never got outta the group stages – FACT .
How can you not even mention COLE PALMER as the RW, been much better than Saka this year he’s finished 2nd in the golden boot and had double digit assist!
That would be my lineup ofc everyone will have their preference. I didn't mention some players like Palmer Branthwaite who are also very good shows the quality this England team have! So comment your starting XI
Go for it, give the opposition too much to cope with. 3-2-4-1….
Pickford
Walker
Stones
Branthwaite
Trent
Rice
Saka
Bellingham
Foden
Gordon
Kane
England best XI
Pickford
Walker Stones Gomez
TAA Rice
Saka Grealish
Foden Bellingham
Kane
With Kanes injury it might be that England have to fight without him.
That back injury might knock him out of the tournement. He has a month to heal, maybe a little more if England can get past the group stage without him.
The big issue is that without him England has no really solid striker. Nobody anywhere near Kanes level except Greenwood who has blown his chance already. Watkins is above average at a push, Toney is unproven in competition, Sterling is past his prime and Rashford is really not on form.
Who else is there?
Without the captain, England might be in trouble before it even begins. Not to mention Luke Shaw, Englands only solid left back, is also likely to miss the Euros, in addition to Ben White who is one of Englands best defenders who is refusing to play for England for unknown reasons.
England defense has taken a battering before it's even kicked off and if there is one place England are lacking it is the defense. All that plus the Captian might be out for the bulk of it as well.
Gotta love the Luck england have at tournements…
This England squad peaks at the next World Cup, IMO.
Pickford has been great for england AND everton for years now. He was poor for everton before but that was a long time ago now. He isnt world class but he is definitely a solid keeper
kane is injured he wont play
why does jude have to play the 10? Hes got no ounce of creativity and doesnt offer fodens level of individual brilliance and attack. All he has is positional awareness for goals and tapins
I rate England the best team in Europe at the moment and I fancy them to reach the final.
peanut butter and marmite is a surprisingly elite combo. Try it
@MichaelTalksFootball1 when is the Hungary preview going to drop?
Diego Maradona said Argentina don't play friendlies, if you want to play friendlies, play against Finland. Players do care, if they play against teams like Brazil.
Harry Kane's curse gonna activate
In regards to the Brazil and Belgium games.
there were thriteen injuries in those games.
Pope, Shaw, White, Saka, Kane, Palmer, TAA, Reece James, Walker, Maguire, Stones, Ward-Prowse and Grealish.
To put that in perspective, that is Englands Entire first team defense, half it's reserve defense, half its main attack, its primary striker and most of its reserve midfield.
there were at least 6 debuts and the only first team players that featured were bellingham, Rice and Foden.
Declan Rice had the captains armband because the next 4 in the line of succession were all out injured.
These games were not even played with a B team, it was a B/C team and Belgium STILL did not win. Not to mention both of their goals came from mistakes England made – Not Belgium being the better team.
I would also like to point out,
France lost to Germany and conceeded in 7 seconds – Nobody says a word
Portugul lost to Slovinia – Nobody says a word
Spain lose to colombia – Nobody says a word
But if england DRAW with Belgium, then they get utterly crucified.
Southgate was a defender, his style of play is posession and defense which makes no sense when England have one of the best attacks in the world right now. Thats why he is critisised because he does not utilise what he has. He focuses of defense with a team that could pummel most others. The England defense is not as solid as it could be so the team should be focusing on relentless pushes and counters into the attacking third. Instead he reverts to form and will pass back from the attacking third all the way back to the keeper and try to play it out like that over and over again.
Thats why he is critsised. I will admit he HAS done a good job, but with the amount of attacking power on that team, he should be taking it one step further – he doesn't.
Great content Micky.really appreciate.like Hungary e/w Spain i think
England has best team and great team chemistry I consider them to be better then France under Deschamps boring defensive footbal so not score as much England is favorite Nr.1
I don't like Bellingham…..bang average, arrogant player ..with a powerful PR machine behind him……no one will ever question his international inclusion from now on and that's sad.
winning with Madrid ( rigged games ) means NOT what it used to….just like the Oscars and the Euros itself
u better off keeping him upfront …he isn't a midfielder and sux as one
bullshit…..in every tournament …the defence is ALWAYS solid enough….the problem has always been getting nervous, losing attacking ideas, not having a plan B and not showing up in midfield.
you're just planting blame seeds for the defenders already
I do believe it's now or never for Southgate, he has had plenty of chances and did not deliver. No excuses, he has to deliver. Yes, the talent is immense, Foden and Bellingham with huge seasons, but still too young IMO, maybe Foden to step up but its' still a big ask, while there are some chockers in the team like Kane and Saka so from where the winning mentality's gonna come? Pickford is prone to mistakes, the CB's aren't good enough and they will be tested with defensive mentality of Southgate, so big ask for me it's who's gonna deliver in key games, in the quarters, semis when they will get teams of their level? I do hope Lady Luck will turn on the English fans as they were competitive recently but it's just small details that make the difference, but the mentality is just not there, and they will need a better coach to work on their mindset not this politically correct and let's feel good limited manager, you need a Mourinho type to make you hungry and fight for your life because they do have one of the most talented squads in the history,not sure if it;s the best, i mean I look at France and they have two teams and the right manager and mindset.
And like that Kane is out injured and might not make the Euros…
Englands luck just utterly sucks….
@Michael Talks Football Ur good. 🖐🏴
When's your predictions for the group stage?
This is a different kind of England team, with some very good young players, so history doesn't count for much.
Kane not winning trophies is irrelevant to how good a player he is, as trophies are won by teams, not individuals.
I agree that England's main habitual problem is trying to sit back on slender leads, instead of scoring more goals, and I've seen this many times.
I also agree that Southgate doesn't usually make substitutes early enough , if players aren't performing, or are tired.
Southgate haters are silly, as hes the most successful manager of England since Alf Ramsey.
England have every right to be quietly confident, even with Southgate.
I think he will put his caitious approach to one side, in his finsl tournament, and really go for it.
At least i hope so.
The players respect Southgate , which says alot for his man management.
I hope Eddie Howe takes over .
Wait England haven’t won a Euros oh my gosh
What’s with the Pickford slander? Guys always amazing for England and has had a brilliant season with Everton
You talk about history but the vast majority of nations have a poor history in these tournaments. England have failed to qualify five times, the exact same number as Italy and Spain, France have failed six times and Portugal eight. Italy won on penalties and a replay. Portugal won in the 109th minute, also relied on extra time to progress through the tournament. France won the 2000 final in the 103rd minute. The difference is minuscule, and when they do win it’s either extra time or penalties apart from dominant Spanish side that won back to back even though they had penalties in the semis against Portugal.
The vast majority of nations have a poor history in the Euro’s. England have failed to qualify five times, the exact same number as Italy and Spain, France have failed six times and Portugal eight. The same can be said about the World Cup…
Comparing England winning the Euros to Leverkusen winning the Bundesliga is absurd. Leverkusen were 50/1 to win that league meanwhile every country has England has favourites or second favourites, nowhere near 50/1. You can’t say it’s English hype because foreign bookies have the same prices…
In the last Euro’s England conceded a total of two goals. Went through the entire group stage without conceding which included both Croatia and Scotland, beat Germany 2-0 and Ukraine 4-0 only conceding to Denmark and Italy but yes let’s keep pretending their defence is terrible.
it england wants a euro they should hire pep