Gary Neville's honest opinion on England's Euro 2024 final defeat 

We're an elite manager behind Spain.

Best team won the tournament

England keep getting easy groups and route to final. Desperate to give them a trophy lol

they drew against Germany.

@@scooby196I they won 2-1 , extra time.

I don't think anyone is disputing the fact that Spain were worthy winners. I think a lot of people are just frustrated that no one knows what England might have done with a competent manager. Spain under Southgate would have gone out last week.

@@daleviker5884 same for france toe to toe france had best squad . Although I believe pl is the best league in world (last 15 years) , you overvaluing english players.

They were booing Southgate, not the team.

@@borntoslay3996 What rubbish! Scots, irish, german, french hate england hence the celebrations you fool!

@@borntoslay3996 haha, they’re countries who want England to lose.

Facts

Exactly, but a tournament win is in the post.

Well said. Are you implying that Southgate could be Spurs' next manager!?

​@@dazv3605southgate England's most successful manager 😂

I'm sure spurs have more trophies jajajaja

I'm a tottenham fan, Southgate Is perfect for us I'm begging for him to replace Postecoglou as of today, Southgate is the answer.

@@realife1542 what with no spurs players u tosspot

😂😂

Cucurella never put a foot wrong in my opinion he had a fantastic tournament

@@michaelbell6916 i mean he did... he stepped up unnecessarily and gave saka unlimited space out wide for palmer's goal but overall he's been decent

Why do people still listen to Gary Neville then? He's always wrong and arrogant. Why do Brits keep listening to the same people? Is it the lack of knowing other languages to listen to other pundits?

@@john-tr8jy They are brainwashed 😀

????????

What is the point in getting to a final and saying we are going to lose 😂😂😂😂

@@GrizzlyAdams101 Because its better than just getting to the quarter finals (as we used to) saying we are going to lose!

Finally, someone who has a damn clue about how well Southgate actually has done in getting us to the final! I never thought we would even get out of our group to be honest, thats how bad I thought we'd be! Imagine how pleased I am that we got to the final and lost to the best team in the tournamant, by only 1 goal!

Talent in itself is not enough.

Exactly what I’ve been saying. Walker was another one who looked a shadow of himself all Euros. With other options at RB it made no sense that he played almost every minute

The fans were naive too.

100%

Kane is lazy and refuses to press.

N​o they ain't.Most English fans say we won't win anything with Southgate.We have the players to be as good as anyone, but not the coach.Engkands best player is Palmer .The manager used him as a 5 minute sub in every game

Yep, he was woeful. At one point the ball came to him in a bit of space just outside the box and he passed it out wide, WTF?

Yet Gareth kept playing him. It’s like Gareth wanted us to lose.

@RA-wp6th he didn't have the bottle to drop kane in case we lost, and he was attacked for his decision, but we lost with him, I think his England career is over, if I was next manager forget Kane and bring in the next Gen.

@@dalesmith1275 If Gareth dropped Kane we’d have more chance of winning. And he should have been dropped a long time ago. Even the last few years Ive never liked Kane’s performance in the England team. He has always been that slow runner, that needs a lot of support and doesn’t contribute anything else to the game. He’s great at penalties, but we need to try to win in real time.

He's not done he just had his best season, he was just injured and Southgate kept playing him

Time to move on from Kane now.

he did the same for tottenham. Southgate needed to be stronger to save him from himself. We all know he will never sub himself.

Kane is selfish on the pitch too, he never passes to Palmer because he want to protect his records...

Kate was not injured, he's overweight and unfit.

It's up to Southgate and the coaching staff to sit Kane down. A player will never admit and declare himself unfit. NEVER.

And played our best pass in that time

Gonna cry? This is what happens when you have billions of pounds invested in a footballing nation who lacks basic understand of football 👍

​@@billyp2516I cant remember that pass m8 he got so little gamre time gordon it is criminal🤣 I would say the best pass was cole palmer to ollie watkins for the winner vs the dutch another player who should of been given more game time for me cole palmer oh well another two years before we have to go through this all over again I suppose anyway 🤣

I swear we played some of our best football of the Southgate era when we played 4-3-3 a few years back (think of the nations league game against Spain where we were winning 3-0 at half time) and now we have some really good options out wide - Saka, Gordon, Palmer, Bowen, Sancho… but we don’t play with wingers anymore and therefore don’t stretch the opposition. So frustrating.

he was frozen out because of the bike incident i think

@@Quran.Readings yes we’ve been very poor going forwards on the left. We needed a natural left footer not Luke Shaw trying to be a wing back.

Neither deserved to be there given their performances this season. People cry out for picking form players and then moan when it happens.

Grealish ain't slept since Man City won the league

Henderson was a big miss

He wouldn't have played Jack grealish even if he had taken him..feel for guehi..hes been brilliant..kanes injured..shouldn't have played..cole palmer should have been on from the start...Watkins and Gordon also....very negative Southgate...gotta go now...gazzgooner

Under instructions from Southgate.

Genius . 5m a year the FA pay for that tactic.

​@@daleviker5884he's done the same his whole career . Does it every week for Everton. The theory he's good with his feet is a myth.

Cheers geoff

@@kol9382to be fair England isn’t a team that’s really good at playing out from the back and keeping possession vs the best teams

Well.... You did do the same thing and got a different result.... A loss instead of the previous wins 🤷🏻‍♂️

Stupidity* which sums up Gareth in this tournament

You’ll have to help Pickford with that word…

@@stoicsavage509 nope! Same thing as the last Euros. No rotation, no courage no silverware

@@in4mus85 yup... Isn't it great 🙌🎉🍻

@@briancorley1991 Always said he was plonker.

Always said he was a plonker.

I think that’s a credit to Spain more than England, Spain kept it real tight and it was a chess match, the match was lost in midfield by better players constantly pushing England back and England didn’t have the moments of class to breakthrough, we needed moments of brilliance and a slither of luck and this didn’t happen. We also need to understand the England as a team are not number 1,2 or 3….. Italy, Germany, Spain, France are all better than us and always have been but as a nation we expect results every tournament and it’s an unfair expectation

@@benniji There is no shame in losing to Spain in a final. There is shame comes from almost never playing well during the entire tournament, and Southgate seeming okay with that. England having difficulty against Spain was not a new thing, but the same thing we saw in every English match, regardless of the quality of the opposition. Southgate seemed to want to progress the ball out of the back through the middle, but when the opposition quickly figure out how to clog that channel, there was no coherent Plan B. On the left, Foden was too easily isolated due to lack of supporting overlapping and underlapping runs. Saka was getting little support, too, but due to individual brilliance he managed to beat his marker and zing in 15+ dangerous crosses during the tournament, yet only two connected with an English player -- one was a goal and the other Kane skyed into the stands. So at the close of final England went with Plan D: Pickford giving the ball away with longballs. Again, it is not the result I am criticizing -- obviously this was a very good Spanish side more than worthy of winning the trophy. The frustration is that England did not give it their best shot -- not even close.

Lack of shots from distance is because this English team is too "comfortable" getting outplayed in the middle of the pitch and there was little time/space to make those attempts. That is not a terrible thing, necessarily, because the opposition gets to play their game, too. But it is a headscratcher when England seemed so comfortable getting outplayed in wide areas, too, and there was so little good service in terms of good long crosses from wide spaces. What to do but let Pckford give Spain a throw in or goal kick, right?

@@pinkandypink I agree with you 100% ... and so do the people I've spoken to today. At the time you talk about the pressure was building on the Spain defence, and they were looking edgy. We could feel something was happening. Walker dithered with the throw, and even though Palmer and Saka were asking for the ball, he tossed it to Rice, I think, who passed it back to Pickford, and he, from memory, hoofed it out of play over the Spanish goal line. All the pressure off, Spain had the ball, and away they came, back to our end, mightily relieved.

I'd like to see Spain's under 16s against our first team then we'll find out how good England really are.

Exactly.

Absolutely, I've been saying that all through the competition. Southgate needs to be honest and accountable for poor team selection and late substitution policy that only worked occasionally due to luck more than strategy. His and England's luck ran out last night, but Spain were by far the better team and England's performance in the last two games was definitely improving. However, too many weak links in the team: Kane, Foden, Walker and others blew hot and cold - no consistency in performance. Compare that to Spain's approach to tactics, playing style and use of subs.

Everyone was giving Foden a handy after he ran with the ball a few times against Netherlands

Foden seems like a lost puppy he shouldn’t play !

@@khalidhawadle5412 Well, he worked his little cotton socks off and had a few shots that narrowly missed the target in the earlier rounds. But I agree, he often looked out of his depth. It's a mistake to take someone from a top PL club that hasn't proved himself on the international stage. Foden seemed to be lost because he wasn't getting the service or the space he's used to playing for Man City in the PL.

Yes but our haircuts were better. Cucurella, Williams . . . shocking. Surely that counts for something.

@@supercriceto I disagree Williams looks good..he scored a goal that sent England home ND the trophy to Spain. Meanwhile cucurella looks like a 60s latin American revolutionary

@@kingkevin442bit of a pineapple though. Never looked good that one.

Germany had more possession when they played Spain.

@@bushmonster1702 😂😂😂

@@paulprice7060 España tuvo superior posesión sobre Alemania, consulta los datos definitivos …

Spain won fair and square against Germany merino s header was class !

Absolutely

+1

He’s such a fool Neville, but Sky allow him to say whatever he wants with no-one allowed to challenge him so he’s at the point where he believes everything he says is fact. He spent the whole build-up to the final talking up Harry Kane as England’s best ever player, the captain who is undroppable, despite his wretched performances in the tournament so far. Half-time in the final and he is demanding Kane be substituted because, shock horror, he’s been dreadful again. The bloke’s a complete charlatan who will never criticise the manager or the tactics, like he wouldn’t Ole at Man Utd.

He did he was a pundit and if he said anything more Southgate, Kane etc would have started crying to the press again

Nice Gareth was not as brave as Sir Alf, who dropped unfit world-class Greaves. Harry, as an impact sub wuda been fine. The Maths Profs sent lots of messages asking for ice cole & Trent to start of be subbed on at 65 mins. Bobby Robson & Sven wasted huge talents of Hoddle & Scholes. Nice Gareth is wasting defence splitting world-class skills of TAA & Palmer. GS is too loyal to Harry & Foden & Saka & Kyle on our right flank & and Pickford, who turned over the ball many times via bad long balls. Capello said to Skys Kaveh Solekal that the main reason we lost to Croatia in 2018 in the Semi. Impact sub Latauro won 3 in a row cups 4 Argentina.

When he was with the national team he didn’t help them play any better either they had Kane take corners at that point in time and he’s the o e they should listen to?😂

So what has he won?

netherlands were decent

1st half against Netherlands is the minimum I would expect and had we played 90 mins like that I'd take a win or a loss. I dont think I have ever seen a team play so badly for 7 straight games and coming from an Everton fan, thats hard to believe :)

Harsh, but true!

Spain played the same line up from start to end. They only changed the line up due to injuries or suspensions. Line up is never an issue. It’s the system that makes any line up work.

He went down like he'd had a left hook from Tyson when Saka's hand brushed his face..................................

@@thewomble1509 what like all footballers do? And just forget that he assisted the winning goal 😉

@@leemartin3429 Ah, "everyone does it (which they don't, but hey), so that makes it ok" You fool.

​@@thewomble1509biggest cheat ever.

@@thewomble1509 🤣😂 Yea thats a lie because they do amd i didnt say it was ok did i? 🤣😂

Spot on m8. Some people are so delusional to think England deserved to win 😂

They weren't that appalling were they, he's the only manager in decades to get us to, not just one, but two finals, so he must be doing something right. Spain were the better team, they have been throughout the tournament and there is no shame in coming second.

@@amandaslade9072 There is no shame in coming in second to this Spanish side, no. But England has been often appalling this tournament, barely squeaking by against teams they should be pushing around. They are worse than the Euro2021 and WC2022 English teams by a wide margin, IMO. Southgate has lucked his way into easy groups and easy KO routes in three successful tournaments. In terms of tough matches, the only difficult teams he prevailed against in FOUR big tournaments has been a pretty good Colombia team (2018), an astoundingly shambolic German team (2021) and a pretty good Netherlands team (2024). That is it. When England meets a good team (Croatia 2018, Italy 2021, France 2022, Spain 2024) they fold. Again, there is no shame in losing to these four teams, but Southgate is conspicuously lacking in having even a single decisive win against an obviously good team.

Some of the decisions on that park were terrible last night. One passage of play summed it up for me...Bellingham won the ball in a defensive position on the left, did some fancy show-boating, passed it way back to Rice, who hoofed it straight back to a Spanish player to start another dangerous move. It wasn't Gareth Southgate doing the showboating and hoofing. These players must surely take responsibility for their own actions.

@@starmersbarber Its easy to look back and criticise. Managers get paid to make decisions during the game.

Yup. Part of the problem is this English team was able to slouch forward with underperforming play, until they ran smack into a genuinely good team and could not cope. Reminds me of Argentina in WC2014 and WC2018. Weirdly enough, IMNSHO Argentina benefited greatly from losing their first WC2022 against Saudi Arabia because it imposed a useful bit of urgency in them -- forcing them to get used to coming out of their shell and scoring goals in the group stage, so they had some experience playing positive football before the KOs.

Cucurella should apologise to everybody for his hair

@@randyschwagginsthis comment reminds me of Gary Neville’s management career “NOTHING”

He is entitled to his opinion…. In hindsight. Everyone can call Gary out for his comments but before the tournament no one thought Marc would play and he has been poor for a while. When they have Alex G no one. Everyone thought he would start

@@mcorriette1I thought that Cucurela would do so well!! There are many fans like me also!!

@@mcorriette1 with how he ended the season I was sure he was gonna perform... The like of Gary just never have any substance

Except managing a football team,

Has won nothing at international level. What does he know?

I don’t think this is the problem with England is more like underachieving

only you allowed that to be created as your own landscape of reality

@@JW-sl9ml 😂😂

​@@JW-sl9ml well you can have an opinion and then give another one instead because you think it's what someone wants to hear. That's dishonest and he has an agenda

​@@ste4392💯. THEY WONT OR CANT say a bad word against Southgate.

No, they don't. Only Spain can play like Spain.

It wouldn't have made a difference.

​@@elliotsloan3983it might of. Either way he offered nothing so he shouldn't have started

He is one of the highest goalscorers in history for England he just had nobody passing the ball to him

@@Leojw10 you obviously didn't watch the game

He must have dirt on Southgate.

If Kane wasn't fit be shouldn't be playing. Surely (if that is true) both him and the manager let England down.

Kane can't provide and outlet for a long ball, can't fight with Center backs, cannot run the channel or flanks and drops deep. Southgate is to average to be innovative and go against the status quo with his team selections

Always excuses for him, but what's the point now

His has a permanent brain injury that manifests itself in important matches 🫠

I do personally still love Harry Kane. I feel like he always tries his best even though he didn’t seem to be on top form at times.

there’s no but at least pal, your just shite. 😂😂😂

Everyone knows Scotland are Shite

Yes. Cucurella was great and deserves more respect.

Cucurella:"Handball? Who me?"

@@winterbird4447In general his performances for Chelsea have been disappointing. It’s like he is banned from kicking the ball forward all season

@@michaelmulhall5007 pouchettinho's ping pong football

@@michaelmulhall5007 See, you're talking like Neville now. The second half of the season Cucurella was brilliant, part of the reason we went on a run to end up in Europe. Remove your emotional bias and maybe you'll have an intelligent opinion

Well said

Also it’s really easy to make subs when you’re behind- almost always a striker- harder to call subs when it’s level or you’re ahead

He's fit but slow.

@@fbaresi1681no he injured his back at the end of the season. I’ll bet my bottom dollar he was having injections pre match.

Cos he's bumming him lol.

It's embarrassing watching Kane. Total donkey on the field. Never, ever rated him. Shite at taking penalties if you remember 2021

Good? What have they won?

Retard ​@@valuetraveler2026

The ingredients are there. It's the chef who isn't a Gordon Ramsey.

I think losing back to back finals can be phrased that way, you donkey. Go eat some haggis.

​@@supercriceto100% agree.

They started the same way in the past few games from kick off.

That was because Spain were so good at pressing.

@@johnburrows3385 What from your own kick off? Nah it was a training ground rehearsed move that is Sunday league level. Southgate is a triple thick condom man

❤Amen. And none of these players are accustomed to this. I feel bad for Kane, Foden, Saka, Jude, Rice, and the rest of them.

Southgate plays the game like Sean Dyche

@@123munter more interested in pratting around with her hair

mate I was lookin to see if someone else agreed

Yeah, she seemed way more interested in what her hair looked like on camera.

He should be talking to a man

@@clintonparker4141 Thick as mince too. It's recurring, not re-occuring, which is a tautology and means nothing.

I remember Brian Clough being none too complimentary about the Polish goalkeeper Jan Tomaszewski when Poland qualified for the world cup at England's expense at Wembley in 1973...referring to him as a clown...and not backing down...not one of Brian's finest hours! Jan and Poland went on to have a fantastic world cup. I reckon this was all the motivation that Jan needed...maybe the same applied to Marc.

I agree. All who came before him like: Capello, Ericson, Hodgson won trophy after trophy with England. Then, Southgate came along and messed it all up by taking England to two finals and losing them both. I think he is the worst manager England has ever had. Failed to match the success of his predecessors.

And some players seemingly running on empty

British?

What's this an interview? Yes you may come to Spain

He's never been anywhere near the level of those three.

@@thewomble1509 exactly. I feel that doesn't mean he is mediocre.. just means that to win a major competition like the Euros against teams like Spain that have exceptional individual quality all over the pitch you need top strikers in peak form that can pull goals out of thin air. Been a fan of Linekar and Gascoigne from India. Don't think this kind of hyperbole was ever the norm those days.

@@dushyantchaudhry4654 I agree. The hype is ridiculous now.

Also supposed to be better than Gazza. Yeah, right.

@@rea_lifeson8897 Gazza in 1996 was a joy to watch for anyone who enjoys the game.

And

So why did foden Bellingham and kane get players of the year at the clubs? Make sense please

Nah, they just aren’t being coached, When you see Southgate speak there is all the emphasis on togetherness of the group and mentality but very little in the way of tactics. Look at the Spain team on paper and you’d never pick Spain over England.

they wouldnt be there if they wernt that good😂

​@@lrtvhighlights3687Rodri and Toni with modric are the reason

England have good players but no team chemistry

Spain, on the other hand, were the polar opposite.

Against Brazil you need more than luck..against Spain .well they're just one of a multitude ..not any more impressive than Germany or argentina

Do you watch Bayern Munich!? Kane needs direct wingers to thrive. I'm not saying we should have taken Rashford but what was the point in Gordon and Bowen!? Why did he never use them!?

​@@dazv3605jajajaj that's delusional thinking that better wingers would of given him goals

Dazy, you're right about Gordon etc. But use them to feed Palmer, Watkins, Toney etc. Players with energy, fully fit. Kane is jaded.

@@supercriceto He definitely carried an injury

The ball kept bouncing off him every time he touched it which wasn’t much. Absolutely useless

Palmer?

@@matthewgreen1504 actually Guehi has been our best player

Gordon?

Watch Wharton next season at Palace. You may change your mind, but I agree with you 100%.

We'll never win anything we've had our chance

Yh because Britain is a failed nation

@@Keiron-pw6slFoden, Palmer, Saka, Bellingham, Mainoo, Gordon, Guehi, Rice, Wharton, Rashford, Trent…We are no where near done mate, look at all the young lads were yet to see the best of. We may not win anything, but we will be there and 100% have chances to win a trophy.

@@GrizzlyAdams101 I hope so but watching this everytime is pretty painful

@@GrizzlyAdams101 mostly vastly overrated players

Underrated comment.

Jimmy Greaves

Not Geoff Hurst??

Both Italy and Spain dominated possession in both finals they controlled the game.

Agree.

2020 Italy wasn't a poor side, not even close, they won all their group games and beat Austria, Belgium, and Spain and the only team they struggled against was Austria but got past them in extra time, we definitely had a better chance against them compared to this current Spain team but they were not a poor side not even close and like Spain the got to the final the hard way. I remember Martin Keown saying rather dismissively that Italy's defence couldn't handle our attack, Bonucci and Chiellini being to old, after Shaws goal in the 2nd minute they never put a foot wrong, Bonucci scoring the equalizer and Chiellini getting MoM. Also they were on a 37 game unbeaten run with 30 of them wins. The rest of what you say is on point but that was a very good Italian team, what it lacked was a superstar name a Baggio or Del Piero but it didn't hinder them at all.

I rate him and Hodgson the same tbh, the kindest thing I can say about Southgate is that he didn't have Kane taking corners. Both out of their depth by the end.