Not just that he's generally a good lad aswell people tried to say he's a other Sterling.... plus the papers love secretly trying to race bait us Bellingham,Palmer,saka are the future
England were woeful in the previous 4 games - though, in this game they looked more balanced, controlled the game (especially 1st half) for large parts and created some chances - all of which is an improvement. They need to drop Kane, he looks out on his feet.…and use Gordon as a ‘finisher’ is the last 20 minutes/extra time
@@bobnab1570 our left side looked decent at times with him there tripper bench Wednesday...Palmer has to start keep Saka on the wing even though he'd never do it I'd drop Kane
Still not brave enough to play Trent ! Criminal when we got 3 at the back Trent should play on the right Saka is boss on the left as well and with all the attacking talent weve got its a no brainer but Southgate will play it safe and its worked for him so far so im just happy they got the job done as a squad and Trent had his moment and Saka exorcised the demons from last time . The team that wins a tournament is the team that grows into it as weve seen over the decades. Not the team first out the blocks . We in the semi s and had the moments that galvanise teams its time to get off their backs and support them its the press , pundits and bookies that made them favourites with no real basis . Support them or shut up . What other team has been amazing this tournament? Exactly none really .. Spain been decent .. Georgia and Turkey were exciting but they out ! We aint . Good luck lads . YNWA
Lineker your talking complete balls about kane, he occupied nobody , was ineffective, and shud b dropped, but maybe its a strikers union, otherwise i despair
Kane's stats are great, but he's a poor player. His goals never lead to anything. He never creates something himself. He's kind of like Shearer who also was never fit for a top team.
@@BobWillem kanes either suffering from this back pain he got a few weeks ago in Germany, or he's lost a yard of pace, even though he was never a pacy forward, oh for someone who's got pace and scores goals......Watkins?
Watkins would offer more up front, properly pressing from the front and hounding the defenders, running in behind and generally terrorising the oppositions backline…..Kane doesn’t do any of that…. We all know attacks start with pressing the opposition and winning the back in the right positions. I guess Southgate wants his team to sit back and be defensive, hence why Kane’s role in the England side goes unscrutinised…. For England to have a chance of beating Holland and either of Spain and France….Watkins has to start…. And let’s not call this a controversial opinion …. It’s a fact.
@@wenger9461 Am a Sunderland fan but arsenal or Manchester United have to buy the Spanish youngster williams sake on 1 side him on other You can tell Saka is like that week in week out because arsenal fans love him I was proved wrong I thought HD was Hyde and sterling 2.0
Im 52 and been watching tournament ⚽ fully understanding it sice Mexico 86 and trust me all that matters is winning now + ALL the games have been very tight and ET mostly,so nobody breezes through winning every game 2/3-0 lol Come on ENGERLUUUUUND
Huge problem! We've had a run of playing teams we should be comfortably beating, and even Denmark & Switzerland who are decent teams we should still be beating given how much quality we have in our squad but we've been so poor. Against Slovakia we didn't have a shot on target until the 95th minute...thats pathetic! These pundits keep saying "we did the job" but I don't see it that way at all, we've been getting away with one in every game
I wish everyone would stop saying Saka's goal was England's only shot on target. Bellingham had a shot at the keeper, Mainoo had two shots on target that were blocked and Declan Rice's shot that was pushed round the post by the keeper was on target. Switzerland only had a few shots on target and they were mostly passbacks to the keeper.
This happened in the previous game as well…English fans are insufferable…I think and want the English team to win…however the fans/media are the world’s greatest moaners…
@@timbrady4427 - It's all these stats guys who feed them with it. The stupid thing is if a shot hits the bar or post even it beats the keeper (like Declan Rice did against Slovakia), it's not a shot on target (according to stats) but a shot that is like a passback to the keeper whose trajectory happens to be between the posts but does not threaten the goal is considered a shot on target. Total stupidity.
@@drdavid1963 I get You. I have had these conversations with myself and have conceded that stats conceal reality at times. After the first four games,which i sat through with a mixture of embarrassment and despair,todays game was a vast improvement. Was it us at our best ? No. I have watched a largely fancied French team astonishingly playing uninspiring and flat Football,and i suppose it made me realise that we are not alone. Southgate has done wonders for England,but,we need to be braver if we are hoping to beat Spain (ha ha,i`m assuming we will beat The Netherlands,and Spain will beat France) Today was far from what i believe these players are capable of. If we hit our heights,we can do the job. Wasn`t Saka amazing today. Love the Guy.
@@drdavid1963100% agree, it affects things like betting too, I personally believe hit the woodwork, you hit the goal, therefore it’s still on target, makes way more sense
Wtf.. These pundits are a joke.. England was playing walking football against the Swiss.. the worst match I saw this tournament. Extremely lucky already against Slovakia with a late finish..
Message to the so called Pundits: Dear All, You had all my support (loosing or winning) whilst representing England. You apparently tried very hard to bring the cup home but never happened. Not sure whether you ever apologised though you were styled as the golden boys. Am still backing England. Trust you should too. If not, it's your call and you may have your undisclosed reasons. Go England, bring the cup home and let's celebrate in Style. England for ever, Jean Christian
Yeah but tbf we shouldn't be trying to do a greece by scratching and scraping their way to the trophy will i care definitely not but i've believed all along since the draw opened up it will be spain vs england in the final and we will get rinsed playing like that
People only remember Semi-Finals and Finals. A good perormance against Holland and all the negativity/hate will be washed away............ COME ON ENGLAND!
England do not use the width of the pitch. Easy to defend when they turn inside nearly every time. Saka on the right might work for Arsenal but for England I would like to see him on the left beat the defender and cross the ball with his left foot. Palmer on the right same instructions. Spread there defence.
I have just had a look and yes you are correct. That does not take away from what I was saying we don’t use the width. This makes it worse they have players to play on the left but do not why.
Holland here; youre boring 😴 I was speechless watching a team like England happily waiting for penalties, what is wrong with you?? How many teams win on extra time 3x in a row? Youre going home boys, against a b-team of strikers that couldn't make it in the Premier league 🍊
Well said, Brazil in 02 is how you win a tournament; no pks, no extra time, just win. England have had some bad luck over the years, hand of god, lampard's shot over the line, pks, but they'll be caught out against the Dutch, or Spain anyways. Their luck with run out for sure. They had their absolute GLORIOUS chance, at home, at Wembley, in front of their fans, taking an early lead, playing with a superior team and STILL blew it!!!😢 Can you imagine Italy playing at home, in Rome at a major final, scoring after a few minutes, having the impetus, then inexplicably taking their foot off the gas, retreating back, eventually conceding, shrinking back more, playing for pks, then losing? Don't think so...if they could, just once, play with zero fear (again Brazil 02 or Argentina 86) with the actual amazing skilled players they have, would spank Spain..... Fernando Hierro, Pablo Picasso, King Carlos, Antonio Banderas, Rafael Nadal, Julio Iglesias, Luis Enrique, Salvador Dali, Penelope Cruz, Miguel de Cervantes.....can you hear me Cervantes? Your boys might take one hell of a beating...
@@stephenhill545 😁 it will England have the best team in the tournament FACT. they're in the semis and haven't played that well 😁 it's coming home!!! It's coming 🎶🎶
I love how they always talka bout control, we never make chances, never get shots, always the toher team, no matter who they are look more fluid. Ridiculous
14 juli finale!!!! 14= Johan Cruijff... finale is Holland - Spain no doubt about it and Marco van Basten is the analist of thegame Holland- England😮!!!!
The way football is going. May be better to just invent a new game called 'Penalty shootout". Then get rid of the other 120 mins. Save us all having to watch it all the way through. Or just have a penalty shootout at the beginning of the game, Then if it's a draw after 90 mins, the winner has already been decided. Would make the rest of the game more exciting 😊
Is this some sort of Mandela Effect because let's be honest, the England team have winged it massively and lucky to be in the semi's but not according to the players?? 😀
This English Manager so weak with no spine ...he sounding like Pouch...I watching that game ,me with no Bardge too my name about coaching ...and I saying too my self but when will this man bring fresh legs??? I got my answer soon as they went behind 😂😂😂😂
I’ll say this, until the pundits unite in their support behind every single player in the team equally; England will always have a difficult experience as a team. Sometimes you hear this veiled excessive of certain players skewed towards making them seem more superior than others, even though their infield performances are atrociously poor to everyone. Support the team fairly, equally. Critically speaking on issues with a sound objectivity, building and not tearing down these young boys. Remember these boys haven’t got the freedom you enjoy to go into the media and tear them up into pieces like you sometimes do. That pain if it reaches them, can be so damaging. Rashford could have been in this tournament, and he’s only left because pundits have successfully hurt him so bad. He’s not the only one. Get your act together. Be important the right way. Don’t compete to destroy players through your platforms. This generation of talent can go on and do amazing things👍🏾
TheKingSkillsBW67. They should be thankful they aren`t Italian. The media have always been this way,sadly. If we went on to win the Final,they would find that the media will lavish them with praise. I think the biggest factor is Social Media. The worst Human Beings on this planet have the stage to spew their most hateful and disgusting opinions. If England play poorly,they can not expect Pundits and Journalists to pretend differently. Surely they must be aware of the Facts. I know how great the players are. Come on England.
Rubbish. The pundits are there to assess the match fairly. Not support the team. Of course they want England to win but what has the pundits giving fair assessment of a game got to do with the players winning match. Nothing you say makes sense,
Here here, if Rashford wants to take care of social issues, he should quit football and become a politician. He's paid millions of pounds a year; to play football. Ever since he got more involved with all this extra curricular stuff his game dropped off a cliff. He hasn't shown up in years now and it was his poor performances which rightfully meant he wasn't picked. As for all the dross about 'supporting the team equally', who is untreated unfairly? You play badly, they call it out!
What the prime minister needs to do is apologise nationally for the stick this nation and the bigots did to Saka after he mused his penalty kick in the past . He’s England’s best player so far and Guehi in this competition
Is he going to apologise to slab head maguire for all the stick he's taken, which was a hundred times worse than saka ever had. OR Henderson who got maligned for most of his career.Or how about real injustice like Assange being held abpprosoner for ten years for no crime.Or do only blacks matter
Why does the prime minister need to apologise for the actions a small number of ignorant fans that he or the presiding prime minister of that time have anything to do with. Maybe your a young school kid (by that I mean under 18) I'm 52 let me teach you a life lesson "Never ever apologise on behalf of someone else's faults "
Why does the prime minister need to apologise for the actions a small number of ignorant fans that he or the presiding prime minister of that time have anything to do with. Maybe your a young school kid (by that I mean under 18) I'm 52 let me teach you a life lesson "Never ever apologise on behalf of someone else's faults "
@@leehaslam5751Giroud didn't score many in 2022 but he was a vital part of the team to help them get to the final. Stats don't always translate to automatic selection. England should mix it up
I cannot believe how long they spent talking about penalties when there's no shots on target until like 78mins! It was woeful. Winning by 1 penalty out of 5 in a shootout. Like listening to a Kaveh Solikol transfer update.
💯My initial prediction was netherland are underdogs and they can go all the way and now they are in semi 🔥. My other two teams which I predicted to win euro this time was Germany & portugal along with underdogs netherland but spain have surprised me this time as they have played so attacking this euro which I didn't expected them to do . So my overall prediction was anyone from Germany ,portugal or netherland will win euro this time with netherland as underdogs and now only netherland is remaining &alive in this euro🙂 . NOW as semi line up is decided I think it will be Netherland v spain final and netherland to win euro this time but I will not be surprised if it is eng v spain also but dont it will happen ,But if that happens then spain will win euro ,spain is sure shot finalist in my opinion💯
I’ve wondered that myself. Southgate has always had a “no dickheads policy” at England, but what do you do when one of your players becomes a global superstar and a bit of a dickhead? Drop him?
England is in the semi final because they were lucky - if they drew Portugal, France, Spain or Germany ... they would have been back home by now. Holland is also an easy semi. They will make it to the finals, and will probably lose to France. Imho.
@@nt300uk It's Deschamps fault. He didn't miss any opportunity to make mistakes. France is advancing DESPITE their coach, and not because of him. Deschamps has lost it. Still, France can come up with the best players in the Euro if Deschamps wakes up from his comma. France (and Portugal) has the best defense. Spain, which stole the quarter finals (handball), will face a formidable defense for the first time in the tournament. England also suffers from bad judgment of their coach. They were very lucky to advance so far, like France. But I believe these two teams are tough cookies - they'll make it to the final, and France will win because they have a better defense... or not, if they get to penalties. I really wish for a England-France finals. It will be awesome.
Why espn Media bandit hatin so much team england for real team england players are classic top tier players in the world yes southeast is tripin sometime very conservative defensive mind but today i give him credit coach to bench kane last minute go sake go england
@@leehaslam5751 He wouldn't make a top 500 footballers of all time list. He couldn't really beat a man, and used the same skill (inside of the right foot curl) to cross, pass and shoot.
People who don't get behind our national team are shameful, calling our nation and threatening to turn off if we lose....you've got no substance and I have no time for you
Wait they're I'm a proud Englishman served in the army yet i actually supported Holland since I was a kid watching the 1978 world cup final. Infact I'm probably more patriotic than you.
These people are such hypocrites ,England got away with one today from the under Dogg Turkish team..no disrespect too Turkey..had England not scrape through on pens all of you all would of been singing a different tune...England have 2 A Teams when u check the bench..only if it was a proper manager
England haven't found their form at the right time at all. It is still a very mediocre team that reached the semi-finals with some luck and despite lousy performances. It would be a shame for football if such a boring and cowardly team would reach the final.
I agree, the football's really crap. However, to say the team is "mediocre" just shows your ignorance. This team is winning and in the last 4 due to the dogged individual performances and the tenacity of several world-class players: Bellingham, Foden, Saka, Kane, Rice, and Stones. They're all playing badly as a team but still getting the results. Not too dissimilar to previous winners like, Portugal, Greece, Denmark, and Italy.
Anybody who thinks that was a good performance is deluded, it was very poor and very boring, we're not getting the best out of those players, its way too slow.
Terrible and boring to watch ENGLAND playing It doesn't matter what happend, its awfull Its event disrespectfull to call that football Sorry that just Spain its un SemiFinal as football Team France England and Netherlands its a shame for the game, how they "play" should be puhnist for the law And they haven't play "nobody" too 🤦🏻 What are this people talking about? Have they see this Game really?
Worst 2 players all tournament, foden and kane, even when the system changed,,yet the incredible pass they get from the media, is unbelievable,,it's gonna come back to haunt us.....
England has NO THING to be proud of. Not A Thing. 1.5 billion pound squad not being able to sweep 150 million pound teams of the field is just a disgrace, shameful. And that's me being nice. I truly and deeply wish the Dutch to send the English home, where they belong.
Do you know who Alex Scott is, donut? She was a 21 major titles winning full back at Arsenal, my club, represented England at International level, is in the FA Hall of Fame and has an M.B.E. It just shows your immense lack of knowledge of football...... so, wind your neck in sunshine.
So Neville thinks England will win because "things are happening for us" 😂 That's exactly what we in the NL have been saying. Bunch of nonsense, let's see for who it is happening!
Only I shot in 80 minutes 😂 Netherlands will wipe the floor now England is playing a team within the top 10 they have only played top 20 teams, and top 40 to 70 teams😂😂😂😂😂