I've always said Saka was technically one of Englands best players but had no idea his mental capacity was so strong. To step up and take his penalty under immense pressure with nothing but a cheeky smile and wave blew me away.
@@Joey-ct8bm The other players have a job to do too. I know you expect Saka to bail England out and carry them on his back like he does every single game with assists and goals, but he can't be the only one to do it every single time.
Don't speak about Bukayo. You've been asking for him to be replaced the whole tournament whilst Foden has had a free ride being abject in every single England game he's played. You don't deserve Saka.
England fans are famous for being stupid. Their manager just went three at the back and asked the players to get high up the pitch and press. Do you think he will get any praise? Worst fans in the world
@@yonderorphan7499 fodens been shit and kane but you wont say that about the white guys will ya, saka aint been shit hes just isolated because he plays with statuesque slow build up melts
Wing back not left back. He played wing back today and was better than he’s been in previous games. He’s better at coming deeper and going at defenders that staying up top.
@@Limebradleyhe’s saying they (pundits) wanted him left back but at least Southgate knew to play him as a wing back so he can get forward and effect the game
@@Limebradleythat’s not quite right….its been England’s failure to feed him fast enough so he can isolated players, and face them up. Walker has been shocking at this, if Hen White plays we dominate the right side
@@Limebradley He's better at RW (20 goals and 13 assists in the EPL and CL this past season; 12 goals for England playing in this position, second only to Kane in this squad). The problem is Southgate won't fix the real issues in the attack: (a) The left side of the squad does not function well, because Trippier is so right footed, and Foden does not hold his width. (b) Kane, Bellingham, and Foden too often get in each other's way and try to occupy the same space. (c) There is no speedy outlet in attack, especially on the left. An obvious solution has been to play a true winger on the left in Anthony Gordon, move Foden to the 10 (or start Palmer there), and drop Bellingham to the 8 alongside (but slightly ahead of) Rice, a position he's long played for club and country prior to this year. The move to the 3-4-2-1 did improve things a bit, creating more separate zones for Bellingham and Foden, with Jude on the left and Foden on the right. But it also sacrificed a lot of width in attack. Southgate is a good squad builder and man manager. He's actually a relatively poor tactician.
"Turned it around" "Redeemed himself" Saka missed a penalty and was treated appallingly. Continued playing despite it all, now scores a penalty in a shoot out. Unbelievable mental fortitude. He had nothing to 'turn around' or 'redeem himself'. The fans were the ones that needed to redeem themselves.
They weren’t rent really fans. Most of the abuse was from the bullshit English media and bots from other countries. Obviously a few racist idiots but in general the country was behind saka. He got standing applauses in Arsenal games not long after from rival fans.
Saka had been getting slated all week by so many pundits and fans, while players like Kane and Foden get a free ride. Also can we stop this bs that Foden doesnt play off the left for city, before last season where he played in the 10 for most of it, he was always playing off the left. Stop making excuses for an exceptionally talented player that has done absolutely nothing in an England shirt, Kane is the same.
Bukayo Saka has now scored more goals than David Beckham at Major Tournaments. At the same age he broke CR7 Goals record, while playing all his games in the toughest league. He doesn’t have to prove anything again 🫡 SAKA’S WORLDCLASS! At 22 years; CR7 242 games & 106 Goals+Assists. Saka 212 games & 104 Goals+Assists. Messi 200 games & 138 Goals+Assists. Shinning in Arteta’s system. Shinning in the English system since his debut. More yet to come. You that hate this boy, you’re destroying the English team and hurting the unity that builds a winning Chemistry. These boys are all special talent uniquely gifted and can beat anyone. Bring them together with UNIFORM love! Everyone has proved their mettle when it counts. Celebrate them equally. Especially you pundits who have the power to use media in a way players can’t. Lead in this, and realize you set the tone and precedence.
@@ysituation maybe you didn’t understand the English well. Saka has 4 goals currently and Beckham 3 in (Major International Tournaments) for England. Suggestion: cross check before running to try to make a fool out of others.
@@neilcleghorn4779Are you serious? He’s been one of England’s main outlets throughout the tournament! He’s completed more dribbles than anyone else in this England team, that shows how he doesn’t only beat his man, but how reliant England are on him to do so.
Not only has Saka been our best/most effective player for the last two or three years, but his positional flexibility really speaks volumes as to his professionalism and desire. I remember the coverage remarking that he was the solution for every problem we had, such an apt description of a fantastic player. (Not even an Arsenal fan before someone says it! 😂)
Saka was brilliant in our first game. Bit more quiet in the rest of the group. Another 10/10 performance last night. Not an Arsenal fan but can see why they call him starboy. He just does everything you want. You shout out the TV to take the man on, who to pass to etc. and he just always seems to do the right thing. It's only foden and kane not showing up when it comes to the front line. Watkins and Gordon deserve a chance. Gordon would basically be another saka on the other wing. Watkins scored plenty of goals in a Villa team.
Saka is the most technically gifted player in that team man. His touch…speed…intelligence….switches up how he beats a man too which keeps defenders guessing…..he’s like the perfect academy product. Hardly any mistakes and flaws in his game
You could argue Foden has some better technical attributes, but for sure Saka is more intelligent, has a better workrate, more determined, better positioning and is quicker and stronger than Foden, that’s why he is better than Foden.
It's not about 'redeeming himself'. Saka was voted England player of the year two years in a row, dropping him was always crazy (especially given Foden has been anonymous once again despite playing central this time).
No seem to recognise how tired Kane was,missed so many runs to support Sakha in the box,he was flat footed ,Watkins would have had more of a support. Not writing off Kane,still very dangerous, but tired
I remembered a day before the tournament started, i blatantly said im giving Foden 2 games to show up because if he dont, i never want to hear the debate about him and saka.
Southgate and saka is the best thing that ever happened to this England team. Southgate stood his ground as a manager and believe that saka could make the difference at a crucial point. I believe he's the best man to manage this England team cuz other English manager would have listened to the too many noise makers around and drop his best player. Saka has earned his position on this team proven by his performances in past and present time. This boy was 19years old when he took huge responsibility for this England; yet he's been disrespected by these so- called pundits and some myopic fans. Been voted best player for your country team two consecutive seasons in a role which saka did is something to remind many fans how good this child is; he's just 22 and all he needs is support which will help him improve more and more rather than critizing him for no reason. The saddest thing is people they want him dropped for are not better than him, Foden is a good player but still need to do more. He's been guided by quality world class players at City which Saka doesn't have at arsenal, but yet saka still remain a key figure for arsenal. He delivered the most results for arsenal playing with less quality as compare to City. What more can this child do? He hasn't won major trophies compare to Foden cuz his club still building which we all, but with time he will get great trophies and be amoung the very best cuz the best is yet to come from him.
Never doubted Saka tbh. Been ever-consistent under Gareth. Time for Foden to show out the way you swore he was going to. Everybody’s tried their best tbf. Kane got his goal despite playing not his best, same could be said for Jude.
Saka has been treated appallingly. He is so professional and grown up for his young age. Had Harry Kane scored the goal Saka scored against Switzerland we would never hear the last of it.
So, the British media, they have said it from the begining of Tournoment that Saka is should be replaced by Palmer, and now that he has score a goal and with one good game, they glorify him. No wonder we had players like Rashford, Greenwood, Dele Ali faded
English media and fans in general let England down, but the players are excellent and exemplary professionals. I hope for the players sake that they do well and succeed.
They wanted Saka to play at left back just accommodate Palmer or Foden. Some wanted him out of the starting line up all togeter. They better remember how good he is before making him the face of defeat if they dont win it.
Wanting saka dropped every game and moved out of position to accommodate foden and others who never perform!. Englands best player but will never get the hype. 11 MOTM awards already at 22.
@@ahmedyusuf3573 Switzerland game could have gone either way we’re just lucky the haven’t got clinical players but teams like Spain, france and the Netherlands all have the players to kill a game off we can’t afford to leave it so late against them
Who have Netherlands got that have done anything this tournament haha, Simmons has done nothing, depay is about as useful as his daft sweatband because he don't do nothing. I'm confident we will beat them@@JustSimqLeHD
Hes what people wanted Sterling to be Sterling would have the odd brilliant moments but Saka is like that on hes bad games plus hes down to earth and humble and has balls taken a pen after what happened before
@@BlyatimirPootin Him and Cole Palmer are our best players people say bellingham but saka and Cole Palmer are it and people can fxxk off about trying to bring race into it.... Cole Palmer behind Toney and saka on the wing I've got a feeling we are going to find our feet just at the right time Spain are beatable but I still say that Spanish young winger whilliams has been player of tournament
I've always said he was a better technical player than Sterling but I had no idea his mental capacity was so strong. Taking that penalty under immense pressure with nothing but a smile blew me away.
Sterling was superb….carried England past few years…..going past defenders and creating space for others…..massively disrespected the same was Saka is now….talkin about playing your most creative and best player left back
Saka can dribble and shoot alright, his main strength is his simulation though, it makes it hard to tackle him around the box with the fear that he'll go down, and he can end attacks and counters by looking for a foul and going down - learned from the great Raheem Sterling I'm sure
Many were saying Saka should be benched for Cole Palmer … Give credit to the manager as well . Southgate is the most successful England manager since 1966 whether you dislike him or not .
Same people were saying palmer should start ahead of him. The reason Saka was ineffective the previous games was because of the bum he has behind him who offers ZERO going forward and a CF that is on the halfway line any time Saka got the ball and was lumbering back like a snail and two players who were playing on top of each other on the left. Plus a guy playing LB who can’t do anything except pass backwards. So he had no one to pass to. Change the system, of course he’ll play well.
The game inside the game was Aebischer vs. Saka, and Saka dominated that duel, this is what won the game for England. In all fairness, Switzerland deserved more than England in this game. Collectively, even after a difficult 1st half, the nati was better and proposed more than England, also in the extra-time. England won that game on experience more than pure football.
never forget you guys have been shitting on him consistently for this entire tournament while ignoring the people who have been actually playing bad (foden) just for him to put his country on his back.
Kane and Foden have been absolutely shocking. Drop Kane for Toney and Foden for Palmer. I have had enough of the excuses for these guys, great players dont need so many excuses!!!!!!!
Saka has consistently been England's best player since his debut. He's played 28 matches and been voted man of the match on 11 occasions. To hear Gary Neville, Roy Keane and others say that Palmer deserves a start over him because of one good season and 'he runs at players with the ball' was absolutely ridiculous. It does seem racially motivated from them and their country because he can't have one bad game or make one mistake. The penalty in the last final and the fact that they're calling for him to be benched for no real technical reason proves this.
This is exactly why you DONT play Saka LB. He is one of the best right wingers in the world you play him in his natural position and look what happens. Not even this tournament the last one too. That’s 4 years of consistent performances MOST goals of anyone so what the hatters gonna say now
Can I just say that before Saka took on that beautiful goal he had brought the ball in the box so many times for England forwards and none were there. So glad he took that strike.
English fans who bullied him are the only ones who need to redeem themselves, Saka has always been a great guy and player, and he showed it even more so today. He's way above all you haters.
The problem with this former English players is they are quick to criticize,they are not consistent with their point.. One minute they criticize,the next minute they shower praises when a player have a good game...
Saka also assisted in England's first goal of the tournament and yet English pundits wanted him to be replaced by Palmer or Gordon. Not to mention Saka is the 2nd England goal scorer behind Kane.
Kane wants to keep occupying the number 10 position. He doesn’t attack the last defender, he doesn’t run in behind and when Saka gets to the by line and crosses he is not on the last man available for a speculative cross.. he’s jogging behind to take up a position on the edge of the box. A choice needs to be made, we need Toney or Watkins to play the role of striker, either you keep Kane or lose one of Bellingham / Foden / Saka. Kane should have been rested he doesn’t look fit. However we all know the team will have its favourites. We don’t play Englands best players always favouring the familiar but if Maguire was fit Guehi wouldn’t have played 1 minute if this tournament.. yet he’s been probably one of our best players so far.
saka took the deciding penalty for england at euros 2020 at the age of 19 lmao. just shows how tough this kid is.england have a world class talent here.
To go all the way I expect we'd have to beat Spain. That's a big ask, too big in my opinion, Spain are better technically and have far better movement around the pitch
Saka is gonna play Ake the first half and Van Der Ven the second half against the Netherlands. If he passes them we got Van Dijk behind him. Gakpo is the left forward. We aren't Zwitserland! He's gonna see the back of jerseys a lot this time. Van der Ven is faster and stronger too. He can outrun Saka any day of the week.
He plays against these guys in the English premiere league every week and does extremely well, so... the fact still remains, he's a top quality player.
The PR behind this Declan Rice is INSANE!!!. England's problem is staring them in the face and no-one wants to recognise it. If it was Rodri, Fabinho even Wharton playing for England in Rice's place you'd see a different much more fluid team team!! Ever since he came into the England midfield and became a regular, the midfield it been static and stiff with no playing through the thirds. One can clearly see that this guy was developed as a CB coz he lacks basics of a modern 6. -He stays hidden behind defenders & can''t open for the ball in build-up, -No passing range, -Cant take the ball on the backfoot and play on the half turn to get forward ball -During buildup he stays in Midfied even when its congested, he doesn't understand when to drop in between the CB's to push the WB's up -When he does get the ball with back facing to goal hes either gonna pass it back to a defender or pass it sideways, no forward pass to speak of Arteta is smart and realised that RIce is no 6 but he had already spent 100mil+ on him so he obviously couldn't bench him. So he decided put a decent but natural 6 in Jorginho there and moved rice to play a box to box 8 where he could use his energy. Ask yourself a question If he was world class in that position why would Arteta move him and put a player that that isnt world class? Imagine Rodri or Busquets being moved to accommodate someone???
Foden should not start again for England in this tournament. Palmer was a direct improvement for him. Eze needs to start at LW as well, he’s so direct!
People always talk about saka missing his penalty… it was only because Rashford and Henderson also missed a penalty that his dropped us out but they only talk about sakas 🤷🏻♂️
Saka is a great player imagine if we had two of him one on left and one on right oh wait we do he's called Gordon the exact same winger who can't get a game ffs
The golden generation players pundits always making excuses for bottling every tournament and embarrassing the country 😂 Gary needs to stop it this generation is the best I’ve seen in my lifetime. After the golden generation I didn’t want to watch England but this generation has brought the belief back to us all
I don’t know how and why pretty much everyone and body saying Saka should be replaced when he pretty much he has and is the best player of the tournament for England
