Rating EVERY England Player At Euro 2024 

The top three were for sure Joe Gomez, Lewis Dunk and Adam Wharton. They all had incredible tournaments.

England possession 2022 World Cup v Iran 79%, USA 56%, Wales 65%, Senegal 62%, France 58% England showed 2 years ago they can dominate possession, even against a very good team, and keep attacking after they score a goal. No one adequately explained why they WERE able to play like this in 2022, but not in 2024.

Was trippier bad? Yes Was it his fault? Absolutely no Southgate asks a very much right-footed right back to play as an overlapping left, which is obviously not working. If u look at right-footed LB, that worked in the past they usually come inside as an extra midfielder.

Lol love the ingrained man city excuse making for Foden

Pickford's long balls were a bane

Pickford was one of our best players in the tournament his passion is second to none , when Foden went in to the middle he got the game ticking moving for the ball calling for it Our matches lacked movement off the ball decoy runs and even calling for it Kane was a donkey up top

Gordon’s six minutes were some of the best of the tournament. The guy is fearless and tenacious and will pay in high gear for 90 minutes. Hope he gets the minutes in 2026.

9:00 Guéhi did make mistakes, but he showed he can recover well and apart from being involved in a couple of errors, he was the best CB in the tournament. In Guéhi, England have a top CB for the present and future.

Southgate totally fucked England this tournament. Taking 1 LB that wasn't even fit Playing long ball and losing the possession 90% of the time Playing an unfit Kane in a system that doesn't suit him Playing players out of position Not using his squad, Watkins, Gordon, Palmer, Wharton, Trent should ALL have had more minutes. He even mentioned players had fatigue! Why didn't you rotate then? He bugs me that he gets the praise that he does and even more so that it was HIS choice to leave..

Kane was - (as people were saying to quote you) - consistently bad throughout the tournament and there's no excuse for it. He's been England's saviour so many times in the past, but those days are gone and it's time for a change. I can't see him being England captain in the next World Cup if he makes the squad as he's beccome too slow and predictable.

I could NOT understand when they went to a back three why Saka was on the right and Trippier on the left. Trippier is a good right-footed crosser and Saka can cross well with his left. Suddenly we would have had a crossing threat on both wings. (Of course with Kane never making the run towards goal, it might have made no difference!)

I really don't see how you get Bellingham Rice and Foden in the same team without the 3 at the back. Even if you get Wharton in there then you're already shifting out one of them out of position. Either a lot more rotation is needed or some tough choices needed to be made.

After all those years of the Gerrard/Lampard saga - now I feel like we have a new Foden/Bellingham saga I don't think it's that tough a job to be honest, but you need the gravitas to stand up to egos in the dressing room

James Trafford Burnley's Goalkeeper is very young and 2 seasons ago when he was at Bolton had the lowest goals against of the entire league 1 and the most clean sheets. Therefore as a very young footballer especially for a goalkeeper. After all his premier league experience as well.

I’d have to disagree on the Kane front. His performances were so bad he looked like a willing saboteur. Saka’s on the right and has cut past his man to play it into the six yard box! Kane’s stood immobile somewhere near the eighteen yard line, staring down at porridge spewing from his boots like a breakfast volcano. Bellingham’s in possession, middle of the park, looking to play a one-two off the striker? Kane’s dandered over to the touch line to check if everyone’s happy with their ticket allocations. Foden has the ball looking to play it through for the striker to run off the defender! “Are you f….. kidding me!” “Make a defender run towards his own goal!” “Nein danke!” Kane’s in his own half looking like a dementia addled pensioner that’s lost himself in the dayroom.

He looks like a city fan so much doesn't he 😅

Playing devil's advocate, shouldn't the manager be telling Pickford to play short to the center backs or full backs? So was he told to hit it long to Kane or did he just do it on his own?

I think this channel does great analysis... So I'm really confused by the Pickford piece. His distribution is a strong component to his game, he can play fantastic long passes and is happy playing short. It was very obvious that Southgate had told him to take no risks and play long - then Kane just didn't jump or challenge and we lost the ball. People speak about Pickford as though club football just doesn't exist. Baffles me.

Instead of 'a new keeper developing', why don't you just improve the world-class shot-stopper you already have?

Comparing Bellingham to Foden is crazy. One had a good (but not great) tournament, the other had a horrible tournament.

so most of the time England played with no left back, no number 6, and no right foot winger. What could have possibly go wrong?

Foden played centrally in the final and that was his worse game. Its also not fair to compare bellingham’s euros to his.

As a casual Palace fan, it's depressing to hear all the talk of "be at a top 6 club" regarding our current players 😅

Rice needs Wharton to cook.

Guehi was definitely England’s player of the tournament. Stepped up when it counted and looked head and shoulders above the other defenders. Hopefully he becomes a main stay for England in future tournaments.

Forcing Trippier to play on the left, Rice as a 6, and Foden on the left, while leaving players like Wharton, Gordon, and Palmer on the bench, is why we underperformed. In a way, it's not even Southgate's fault, as he's not the kind of manager to play proactively. However, it's inexcusable to put players in unsuitable positions and expect them to perform well. I believe the true weakness of England lies in the lack of quality English managers. If the FA insists on hiring domestically, I don't see how the England team can improve.

You need to prep these videos more. The fact that you missed Saka is bad but you also kept referring to the England 5 at the back in the Spain game when we had reverted to a back 4.

You are underestimating 2 things about Konsa I think. 1 Villa are upwardly mobile, so that will mean he will be playing in bigger stake games and that historically tends to get you in the England squad. And 2 stones will be too old at the next tournament and konsa is the obvious replacement, he was forced to play left side and even left back for part of the Switzerland and he does not play either of those roles for Villa, he will be Englands next right right sided CB, once stones gets the boot for being even slower than he is now.

Given how little time international managers get to build affinity and cohesion and coach systems/tactics, I’m a great believer in taking advantage of club connections. Ideally Ben White on the right if we are playing Saka and Rice. On the left, Guehi, Mitchell and Wharton.

Thanks for showing some love for TAA instead of joining in on the circle jerk around Kyle Walker.

Mainoo is the only player who can really be proud of their tournament. Although i blame Gareth more than all the players put together

Stop baiting us by putting the red thumbnail and then having this prat on screen

Southgate got every decision completely wrong at every stage of this from the lead up to during the tournament, which is poor when you would expect after 8 years and pervious experience he would have learned something. Was he trying something new and rolling the dice or was he just massively out of his depth? I believe the latter and most of his career has been built on luck with players coming through and tournament opposition. Just a few things he got wrong:- Leaving it too late to try a system or use of new players in qualifiers or pre tournament friendlies Squad selection - dropping experienced players like Grealish with tournament experience and squad morale for Gordon when he had no intention of using Gordon Squad selection - taking a bunch of new players he had no intention of playing, Squad selection - Not using his whole squad like previous tournaments Squad selection - Not taking a left sided centre back - Brainthwaite Squad selection - Taking injured players Sticking with same formation and starting line up even though it's clear its not working Substitutions - slow and too late Not subbing or dropping big name players underperforming- notably Kane, Bellingham, Rice Same outdated tactics for every single game - no shock tactics, use of squad or formation to try something new against different opposition Whole game plan was for penalties or to nick one from a set piece which with this squad is unforgivable

I'm hoping the new strategy will involve a harder working striker that maybe not so lethal but allows our play to be on the front foot, we have plenty of goals in the team if it was allowed to get into the opponents penalty box more

Saka is excellent but Bowen is more direct and might have worked better at times because he makes the sort of runs that, as you say, Kane dropping deep needs.

Seems harsh on Pickford. He was clearly capable of playing that pass to Stones - my assumption is that his instruction was to go long.

James Maddison was by far the best player in the English team

Trent is the best incisive ball player we have…A crime not to use him

Englands biggest weakness is it's vast array of exceptional talent. "Too many chefs ruin the broth" as they say. You either need someone with a compatible style to come in as manager and force their creed on the team to the best of everyones ability, or you get a great, worldly manager who can truly bring the best out of everyone. Luckily theres a special one hidden in the shadows... The revolution may be on the horizon...

Love to see the Four Four Two resurgence - "Athletic" style content with way more personality - but please drop the 80's rock soundtrack!

Pickford made one good save. The one you showed was straight at him. He couldn't do anything about the goals we conceded, but his distribution is fucking dreadful. Ramsdale or Trafford (if Ramsdale can get a game somewhere)

Just in case you might be interested, could you do an analysis of the french team ? Seems like they had similar issues to england this tournament with players not really in their elements

Walker is the ONLY England player who got into the Euro 24 team of the season. Those goals in the final weren't his fault, he had to mark two players

“Left/leaves a LOT to be desired” not “little to be desired”. Very big difference.

Mate, Kane was definitely injured, did you see the yellow card he got? That was because he couldn't move fast enough to the ball and fouled the player. When did you last see him get a yellow?

The number of comments slating England fans for expecting more is just nuts. As if because the golden generation existed and failed we are hyping up the team. Pisses me off really.

In defence of Southgate England had never reached a Euro’s final until he took charge.

Southgate turned into David Moyes during this tournament as he constantly played his first eleven, ignored the fact that he had a squad of players, played way too many players out of position, played the most negative tactics even against lesser team whilst the pair of them hang their careers on Kalvin useless Phillips ... and that is why the pair of them are unemployed!

just imagine after Palmer's goal, if Southgate was subbing Walker with Trent and Foden with Gordon to use the momentum, the game could change. He did only 3 changes and Toney came so later. Meanwhile Spain was constantly refreshing his team. i think even England had a better bench but Southgate was so afraid to make changes.

Did you miss the Trippier assist for Fodens disallowed goal?

I remember when the argument for keeping Pickford as our number 1 was because he was better with his feet than our other top goalies...

Without wanting to bash Southgate too much, a lot of the problems were down to style of play, the system and players in unnatural positions and experimenting in a major tournament when he should've used the friendlies in the last year or so to try different things but it was always the same thing....

England got this far DESPITE Southgate, that's how much individual talent this squad has. England played their best game when behind, as soon as they go even or in front, they just sit back. Why are you sitting back with so many creative players in your team? Why do you put Foden on the field, but then make him track Rodri all game. Pick someone else who is more suited for that. To me it feels like Southgate had by far the most talented squad, but always tried to sort of adapt to the opposition and the scoreboard, without actually utilizing what he has on the field (and the bench). I think Southgate totally wasted the first attempts of this generation. 'Making it all the way to the final' is meaningless when the differences on the right and left side of the bracket are that big.

Kane clearly has a back injury. He was sub’d in the UCL final and missed the last couple of games of the German season because of it. He was not fit going into the Euro’s.

I wonder if the new England manager is going to make Kane England captain and start him every game going forward, I f**king hope not

Cucurella since December has improved a lot. Especially since February. He has been a real spark outside of galladog who just runs

All im gonna say is that you clearly dont know much about pickford in terms of his goalkeeping profile, he is known for being very good with the ball out his feet, he can play out from the back but it was the instructions southgate was giving him which is why he would boot it long

Should have gone 3-2-1-2-2 or in short: 3-2-5 in the final. It's what Pep's City looked like with Sterling era and Fernandinho. You've then got Rice and Mainoo as DMs in front of the defence. Bellingham helping dropping deep in front of those two and Gordon and Saka as wing-back with pace and skill and Palmer and Watkins up front. Bellingham has so much talent he needs to dominate the middle of the pitch and disrupt, dribble, destroy, head/target, distribute and he'll have done his main work load all match controlling the middle. With the wings and forwards and late Bellingham run if needed and support Rice/Mainoo should be enough to control Spain's wings but generate a lot more threat going forwards.

What option did Pickford have? Whenever he played it short, the ball just ended up back with him. Even the throw in on Spain's penalty area ended up back at Pickford. Just because you're a Man City fan, doesn't mean England should try and play like them.

I feel like no one wants to admit that the best England side cannot have Foden and Bellingham starting. It has to be one of the other

Saka is good but Southgate really needed to consider benching him for a couple of games with the wealth of other options we had. Same with Foden and Bellingham. He was too rigid and needed to give far more chances to the 2nd xi.

I think you're overlooking Lewis Hall and Tino Livramento for the full back positions.

I hope Lewis Hall shines this year at Newcastle. Has the potential to be a strong left back for England.

Finally a good Pickford take! THANK YOU! Amount of pundits and journalists calling him England's best ever goalkeeper and a guarantee to be starting in 2 years. He CANNOT be starting if we want to be a positive possession team. He's a good goalkeeper when defending his goal but not great, so plenty of room for improvement. Ramsdale (Should be playing now)/Trafford (if he improves) please!

100% we have a good enough bunch of players to play foot front football and fear no one💪🏾

Surely Pickford was just following direction in repeatedly doing long-balls. It's not a lack of ability in Pickford.

Do I have to watch 40 mins if video to find out the scores?

You've made yourself look a bit foolish there. Do you think Pickford was just being asked to go long? He's very capable when it comes to playing out from the back when asked, he was one of our top performers, and most likely played to the tactic his manager asked of him. You've got plenty of excuses for Alexander-Arnold, so please use the same approach for Pickford, who gets enough stick already.

4:45 how can you blame Walker for Saka not tracking that run!?

With Southgate gone we’ve surely got to be putting white in at right back. Better than Trent the last two seasons and has a good on pitch affinity with saka.

18:00 rodri came off in the first half

Bellingham definitely feels the pressure. Nothing wrong with that necessarily but it's a problem when it affects your game

Midfield 3 rice, Kobee, and Wharton. Bellingham at 10, a rejuvenated rashford on the left, Palmer or saka on the right..... Up front? Who replaces Kane? Watkins? If he continues to improve and score goals at the highest level maybe....

Great Big Sam look… who wants a pint of wine?

Southgate proves F.A stands for something other than Football Association.

I thought Stones looked a bit shaky most games, it was his fault Swiss scored, needs evaluation for sure!

Blaming the 1st goal on Kyle Walker's positioning is like holding up a flag saying "I know nothing about football" He had to shuffle across. That's the full back's job. If he hadn't the ball would have been rolled into Olmo for an even easier tap-in

one thing I dont wanna see is England playing long, it might work against smaller teams but I think especially during the final it was our achilles heal

Walker gets TOTT but all you have to say about him is that he's old and Arnold is infinitely better 😂😂😂

Criminal that Gordon didn’t play. He would’ve solved so many of Englands tactical issues (Kane would have a runner, Trippier wouldn’t have to provide the width, and no one would be shoehorned on the left out of position).

England playing possession is not how they play in general, will take years to change the culture and mentality of possession play etc.

Totally agreed with you 2 mins in. Also, the England team (in my opinion) needs to find a way to make the players in better condition. Would be interesting to see how many times England has been knocked out in tournaments by teams that had an extra day to prepare? Also a new ethos to always attempt to win the game in normal time, no more of this "see t into extra time". Continue the great sports phycology within the England team Southgate spearheaded too,

If McCarthy can get back to full fitness maybe he can be the guy? Good shot-stopper but also great with his feet.

The whole plan from Southgate for this tournament seemed to be "I hope something happens"

I think that what was so frustrating, aside from left back, the answers to all England's problems were there and never tried.

Seems like a combination of a manager who isn’t very good and some players who are unable or refuse to adapt, which ultimately falls on the manager for playing them.

I hear what you're saying about Pickford, but the clip you used to demonstrate his poor distribution sees Kane crouching down (3:22) so that he could cushion head it on to literally no one. But yeah, he probably shouldn't have lumped it anyway, it's time for a change. I think he could have found Shaw later in the game (following the infamous Walker throw-in).

Slightly calmer background music please - really enjoyed your analysis & can’t argue with much at all. 👏

Pickford went rogue with the passing directness, Foden went rogue with the pressing. I've never been Pickford's biggest fan but I still prefer him over our other two. Foden is a dream that we need to give up on, frankly. Without Pep telling him exactly what to do he's a bit of a headless chicken. My favourite English player was Toney. Whenever he came on the entire shape changed, because we had someone who could lead a line. That has never been Kane's strength and the role he was saddled with this tournament made it an impossible task for him.

England possession: Vs. Slovenia: 74% (0-0) Spain possession: Vs. Croatia: 46% (3-0)

I am optimistic for the future now Southgate has gone but with two caveats. We don't have a lot of options at left back, also I watch a lot of football both Premier League and EFL and I don't see any centre forwards coming through. I always think England's best performances are when they play three at the back and doing this would solve the left back problem. My preferred formation is 3-5-2 which gives strength at the back, plenty of options in midfield and the ability to switch to attack seamlessly with two forwards giving headaches to the opposition's central defenders, something which hardly happened in this tournament where oppo central defenders were having cigars.

It’s not that I disagree with what you saying, I just don’t understand what system you are going to play that is going allow you to play Wharton at 6, Rice pushed up as well as Bellingham and Foden? I think we have to accept that a difficult decision has to be made by the new manager as to who we are building this team around and then build a balanced system around them, with an excellent back up on the bench.

Loads of times Pickford did pinpoint long pass ball though tbf. I was generally impressed with him.

Gomez should of started over Trippier who when forced to play on the left is worse than predictable yet Another mistake. From Southgate

Am I missing something or did you not give ratings for the players? lol

maybe do one for spain?

If you look at Saka he hit the byline more times than he normally does and then was cutting it back Where was Kane on or near the penalty spot waiting for that ball (Bellingham scored his overhead with Kane behind him, waiting). Kane is a false 9. He will hit a goal a game (guaranteed) for England if you put wingers on the pitch. But Bellingham was mostly a passenger in the tournament apart from his two goals. The system needs to be an attacking side. Front six, back 5.

“Win football games with the football.” Well done, you are finally awake. You should have known that since 2009.

first and im gay

Forgot saka? Eh