Why THIS Tactical Change COST England The Euro 2024 Final. 

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The second Spain goal was not offside.

Southgate’s decision making in general throughout the tournament has been weird. The guy would rather shoehorn players into awkward positions than rotate and use his squad wisely for the benefit of the team. Imo that’s a massive failure for a manager at this level.

Congrats to Spain. My grandfather tells me England won the world cup in 1966, so it's not all bad news for England fans.

Pickford makes good saves sometimes but his inability to play out the back stifles England in so many ways. His insistence on going long every chance he gets and giving up possession is the reason why England struggle to create any sorts of patterns of play. The kickoff went straight to him and he booted it long, giving possession to Spain after 15 seconds. When England finally were putting them under pressure after the equaliser, he boots it long, giving Spain a goal kick and after that, England had to sit back and soak up pressure and then conceded. He’s one of England’s bigger problems and I stand by that.

Gareth is not a fool, neither is Frank Lampard. Yet both of these ex players have been given high profile managerial positions despite being tactical novices. We have a problem In the UK in assuming a moderately successful player can become a successful manager, just by 'taking his badges'. It's not enough, they are not being properly prepared and as a result they are failing. We need a managerial school of excellence.

The reason why we lost was having Southgate as the manager, his system and tactics were crap.

I think a lot of this Spain being able to do what they wanted was because they had nothing to worry about defensively. Kane can't run, Saka, Foden and Bellingham generally want it to feet. And we went long ball. Only way to hurt them was to pass the ball quickly but they don't seem to be coached to do that.

I am Spanish so I might be biased but during the whole championship every time Spain was challenged they seemed to have an additional gear. It happened any time the other team equalised or when we were losing. Actually, only when leading the team made a step back and we suffered. Anything could happen if the match would go to extra time but based on past performances you could expect Spain will raise his game.

I didn't see the second Spanish goal being offside during the match nor when they showed the replay and the "frozen image" where it showed the defenders knee to be forward? (iirc) What offside???

That goal wasn't offside

Didn`t see Saka helping out Walker as much as Bellingham on the other side. In fact, when attacking , there were numerous occassions that Walker overlapped Saka only for him to pass it backwards.

The Curucella/Williams/Rodrogo trip was the man Spanish attacking danger. Southgate had to stop this. This trio was evident from their first game.

Is the manager asking Pickford to go long ? way over the top in this game, like watching sunday league, Pickford's delivery was piss poor. An absolute shambles !

there’s just no way Kane gets into the next England squad for the World Cup. I literally forgot he was playing at times.

Middlesbrough SACKED him, he was tactically inept and wouldn’t listen to reason.

The Spanish manager was far more flexible than southgate thats for sure

after 100 games as the England Manager...how can Southgate be so Tactically Naive ?

England was not playing on the competing level to the other top teams. Spain vs Germany was the real Final followed by France vs. Spain. England was lucky it came that far …

Foden had zero tackles in 7 games, zero goals, zero assists

The reason he changed the formation is quite clear, it goes along with his thinking throughout his tenure, his first though is how to stop the opposition rather than how can we hurt the opposition.

There was an interesting comment from Olly Watkins in a press conference the day after he scored the winner against the Netherlands - the press asked what the main difference was between Unai Emery and Southgate and he said Unai would go into depth about tactics for a long time (something like that) and go on and on, whereas Southgate was much more relaxed. To me that sums up this match - one team looked well drilled, the other did not. In terms of the final itself I wouldn't have been against England dropping Kane and playing Bellingham as a false nine and letting him roam the pitch like he does for Madrid. The team setup was completely wrong for Kane as he likes fast pace wingers and the ball played into him quickly whereas Foden and Saka like to get on the ball and drift inside.

I think this all points to tactical incompetence on behalf of England coach Southgate

It was all terrible for me. All 7 games were awful to watch and he had the evidence of all this yet still persisted. Foden was non existent in every game and Palmer should have played instead of him for every single game. Kane was awful too and only avoided getting targetted for negativity becuase of 2 pens. Bellingham would have had 2 assists against Spain so cant be too harsh on him I mean Trippier was also consistently part of that fluky results team yet he brings in Shaw right at the end who hasn't even played much. If he's being stubborn, just stay with that team, lol. Bringing in Shaw and Maguire for the final might have been ok but even then I doubt that Southgate mugged off most of his squad with his stubbornness to play all the "best players" anyway, and left it far too late in every game minus the final. Bunch of superstars but zero balance. Gordon didn't get a chance at all. Toney was also mugged off and if you watch southgate consoling him at the end I firmly believe toney didnt care about southgate. No bond whatsoever Every time they had an offensive momentum, it slowed down/pulled up, and ultimately ended up back with pickford. Boring 0-0s with fluky one off moments of brilliance is all he was ever good for but you can't win every game doing that. It worked (just) against teams ranked far lower than them.

You can't blame Southgate. It was obvious after he announced the team to go to Russia he didn't know what he was doing. He didn't take one player who could pass the ball and knit an actually very fast team together from midfield. Instead he went with defensive midfielders who can tackle but couldn't hit a barn door from five yards, hence us being penned in by Columbia, yes, Columbia. We had players who could do that job, we always do, but he left them at home. He treated that tournament like a warm up for the next Euros but in truth half the squad were never going to play for him again, as is the case with full international football. Half of that winning Spanish team will probably not make it to the next tournament. Southgate is loved and deserves credit but he never gave any indication he was up to the task of winning anything and should have been removed a longtime ago. He proves just how backward we are. In first half of the final we had the ball in the air for most it. Embarrassing.

Southgate didn't let cole palmer play early and didn't let trent alexander play. Saka and jude were completely overrated, didn't do anything in the final.

Southgate has to go. He is completely inept. Eddie Howe or Klopp would be my pick.

He wasn't a left midfielder - he was only a left midfielder out of possession. Listen to Southgates after match press conference - he said they were still 343 in possession, 442 out of possession

SOUThgate never listened to the wisdom of the crowd including 0:03 pundits, team players, and fans! Everyone was screaming at him to Change tactics/players....it was like he wanted to hobble the team into defensive and weak play.

The assist on the 2nd goal was a thing of beauty.

A very good assessment of the tactical failures. Great job!

Great video! The most frustrating thing, is most of the things you mentioned were obvious early on and southgate did nothing. He spoke of HAVING to play 4 at the back because of how spain play, such defeatist mentality. The players love Gareth, but I'd be insulted that park the bus moments football is all he thinks they're capable of.

Amazing analysis

A great breakdown. Anyone who saw the Spanish side play in previous games knew the danger they posed on the flanks, I agree the tactics we employed were weird but still think the players we had could and should have adapted a little better as they must have realised the way we set up wasn’t going to work. I think a lack of a true leader or leaders on the pitch didn’t help, I would have liked them to have adapted to the situation despite of Southgate, even if it meant changing shape as best they could regardless of his instructions. I agree Spain were fantastic but the Germans had the right idea against them so that would have been wise to have had the coaches and manager review that game and plan accordingly imo.

I don’t understand why he changed formation. Southgate is just tactically blind.

Should have went 3-4-3.Watkins over Kane second half Foden and Bellingham double ten Palmer in second half.And they should drop walker for arnold in 65 minute.

Even though England got it wrong in the final, Spain still only managed a 2-1 win. Also we nearly equalized in the last part of the game. It's bizarre!!

No matter what you say,he is one of the great England managers. First thing first,he's the one and only English manager playing a major tournament final on foreign soil. Also he turned England into a top finalist real squad Well done Mr Southgate. You have more than made up for that 96' p miss

Second Spanish goal was not offside. The Semi automated system and the replay showed Oyarzabal was just onside. Timed his run to perfection

To be completely honest I don’t think it matters what formation they played I think they were beaten by a fitter better side on the day. The lads gave everything and you can’t ask for more than that. proud of their achievements.

It was understandable that Southgate played four at the back, because of Spain’s 2 wide wingers and their 4-2-4 formation in attack. However, leaving HUGE spaces in midfield for Spain to quickly pass the ball was unforgivable. Southgate had no idea what to do against a team that played this system for 7 games!!!! Bellibgham on the left wing, sacrificing foden to mark one player was laughable. playibg both Kane and Foden was a joke. Loosing posession like young children was also a bit embarassing for what are great players sailing on the high sea with lots of wind, but no sailing was enevitable. But then 2-1 was a good result given England side not have a plan, style or play at all, means i am happy it was only 2-1..

I am afraid Southgate is tactically naive & does not know how to attack, His mindset is defensive, and England have a bunch of goalscorers who never got any service or a chance to score!, I am pleased Southgate has resigned, We need an adventurous manager who can use the players in the correct position & press!

Our first ball in the final was a back pass to.the goalkeeper from the center circle says it all really

Just discovered your channel and gotta just say I loved the video i have just watched keep going looking forward to the new season 👍

Quite interesting the post mortem! Both the Spanish goals were on the counter..first goal may be less so..but there were at least two great saves by Pickford of sure goal bound hits of Yamal.. To me the England back four lack the solidity and ball control, and that’s why in every match they were trailing .. that’s why Pickford had to go for long balls..literally they were panicky when challenged..never could effectively regroup ..match after match..That’s to me Englands Achilles heel.. Tactic of Southgate got you lot to the Euro final.. To me the talent and intent of Deco Williams Olmo Yamal Fabian Ruiz Morata..with Rodri marshalling the midfield..was more to the win than Southgate tactics.. Somehow, I cannot get over the feeling, that premier league, has not allowed the English talent to put up a cohesive and gelled out units… Fought valiantly till the end , must change to a win at any cost mentality.. Despite all that getting to a Euro final … says a lot.

The problem with still frame analysis is you are missing all the movement of players. Both goals came when England were caught in a transition trying to attack or press. When in shape and defending England looked competent containing Spain but with no attacking threat of their own. Formation was picked to nullify Spain's wide threats and it kind of worked until it didnt.

I think tactics worked well enough for England in the first half. There was too much horizontal play from Spain and their wingers never got the ball with time and space. Then someone in the Spanish bench realized England were basically man-marking Spain's midfielders, and a little bit of shuffling positions did the trick. If you take a look at the first goal, Fabián has come deeper, playing that ball almost as a third CB on the right flank, which was a first in this game. This drags Foden forward to press him (maybe he was still a bit lost as Rodri was subbed off and he wasn't instructed to keep marking Zubimendi, so he just jumps forward to 'stop' Fabián, which makes Mainoo drive forward too to close on Zubimendi). But thanks to Fabián's movement, Carvajal can then run forward, and Bellingham is caught in the middle as he also thinks he needs to go for Fabián as he is actually on his zone. All in all, Carvajal is now free on an intermediate position and when Shaw tries to close down on him, his superb first touch sets Lamine free, and then everything else falls into place due to the runs of the rest of Spanish players. You can't really blame Saka for not being there with Nico, his man would be Cucurella but he never went forward in that play so Saka had no real reason to track back (unless he was some kind of tactical genius who could have foreseen the whole move since Fabián played that pass). Now, for a big chunk of the second half, you could see all these little permutations from Spanish midfielders ripping England apart because English midfielders were totally dragged out of position by Zubimendi and Fabián, letting Olmo get the ball almost freely on England's final third and connect to the wingers on the fly. During that phase, only Pickford and a couple of missed shots prevented Spain from taking a more confortable lead. Then, the second goal came from another brilliant display of technical skills from Olmo. Sure, the England's holding midfileders Rice and Bellingham were sitting too deep and basically on the right flank (because that's were the Spanish more dangerous attacking players were), but the key here is how Olmo plays that pass into Oyarzabal instead of looking for Cucurella's run. Walker was basically standing there, waiting for that obvious pass to the flank, but Olmo's ball somehow found the space in the middle to reach Oyarzabal. Then, once again, it's all about a couple of England players out of position desperately trying to make it there before their rivals - and failing miserably.

The good news now, is that Southgate has gone. Thank God. He had a great set of players to work with, but always kept the handbrake on.

You've highlighted my point a few times here, I was saying it before and during the tournament 'push Stones alongside Rice when needed' . Walker is quick to cover plus when needed Rice can step next to Geuye with his awareness and height.

Great analysis. Both Spanish goals were almost first touch transitions. It is hard to stop that even I fully agree with the analysis.

I had the opportunity to see the game by tv and I consider that was a great game. I agree with you in the System theory, The Spanish National Team have been practicing the same system for a long time no matter changes in players or even coaches. Lamine Yamal have been training under that system since his arrival to La Masia in Barcelona at 6 years of age. You could find a Short on RU-vid of Lamine at 7 executing the same move from the same side and taking the same shoot to the net.

Great video. Spain players were just more intelligent in understanding football/euro24 than the rest.

Kane isolated, the Spanish kept the ball under pressure. Spanish passing at their back line was causing endless shuffles across the back 6, the inept pressing meant Spain caused players to tire by half time. Spain played it in such a way that

As a FM player since 2003,i understand that if u put players,as good as they are,in the wrong position or give them the wrong roles,u're in a losing game..managing a football team means recognizing each and everyone's strength & use it to create different sets of strategies and use them accordingly..something which i dun see when watching england play..usually before a game there would be debriefs and discussions on how to nullify d opposition & find d best form of attack.but i guess its all down to wat GS really wants..and all he wants is pushing d game to extra time+penalties.because u can't blame a manager for losing penalties.

All the tactics in the world wouldn't of beaten Spain

Playing 3 at the back would have been suicidal against Spain's brilliant young wingers Williams and Yamal. Saka stopped tracking back in the 2nd half (probably on instruction from Southgate) but both Spain goals came from down that side.

You should work as a match analyst for FA

The first goal is Mainoo, who is he marking? he should have ran back to take the player in front of Walker, leaving walker free and freeing up a centre half. Instead Walker has to go with the runner, when he comes inside this left the winger free on the outside to come in for an easy tap in on the far post. Walker was marking two Mainoo, nobody and cantre halfs sorting who they are going take in at the last second in the box! If Mainoo simply takes that runner, running through midfield! the rest is naturally covered.

Kane, Foden, Saka, Bellingham, are all inclined to attack the same space. It makes them easy to defend

Mate, the video is great.. the music in the background is atrocious though 😅. I wondered if he changed the system to have 4 at the back to TRY and have a full back on each of their wingers, and 2 cbs for cover.. obviously it was naive as hell and didn't work. It's honestly maybe the approach I would have had, which is telling in itself: I'm not a professional manager on 5m a year. I'm a car salesman. He went for the same idea as a car salesman.

That was a better performance than the older England squad with lineker seamen shearer Neville crap went to pieces second half nearly every match

"Walker had no idea".... Where did Walker think Williams was.. Having a break.... He position as a full back was all wrong. Basic defending winger tracks back on winger. And full back does not ball watch.

Brilliant video again

Maybe it's the old Dutch malaise for England. Club side star players have too much pull in the dressing room. Or maybe the manager don't have the stones... or the know-how. Or a combination of all that. Southgate, as a player, didn't really play at the highest level. It shows in his strategy and tactics. Conservative. Focused on not losing rather than winning. And then there are the players with higher profiles than him. After the first game, Kane should've been dropped. That didn't happen. Either Bellingham or Foden plays at the tip of the midfield, not that forced shoehorning of both. He just didn't have the stones to do it. Then, there is the maintaining shape in attack, limiting opponent counter attacks but effectively culling creative output. The immediate retreat for a mid to low block forgoing counter press is another thing. It reeks of a desperate team out to frustrate a superior opponent, reminiscent of relegation sides facing the top 6 away. That is not how you setup a team with an attacking line-up that would rival any UCL winning side.

Personally, England's mistake throughout the European Championship and especially in this match, is not to take advantage of the offensive capabilities of some more than remarkable players and to embark on a war of trying to prevent Rodri from distributing the game, when in reality Spain has many more options to move the ball up and distribute it. The moment England really went on the offensive, our biggest problems came in the game and with them again the draw. But a few minutes later, instead of continuing in an offensive format, England returned to their defensive format, waiting for mistakes... and we are going to recognize that Spain in this European Championship if anything has shown is not to make too many mistakes in passing, so the only thing that really happened is that we were given the dominance back and with it the options for one of them to materialize. And after the 1-2, one could rely on luck, but there was really little time. And even so, there was a big scare saved between the posts. I would recommend England to start by hiring a brave coach who knows what he wants to play and burns it into his players. Really De la Fuente, is that, a coach who has been growing in the lower categories of the national team with a large part of these players. I think this won't be the only final we will see ourselves in in the next decade, the question is whether England will have started to use the strengths of their players and if they do not meet a generation of Spanish players, they should be clearly above. Or at least, I think so and what I have described is what I thought I saw from England during the European Championship. But I'm sure England will see her in more finals in the coming years.

Kane was our weakest defender

The future is bright....i hope. The players we have. GS seems to be well out of his depth. Lets hope we can get a good manager.

what an amazing analysis. just unfortunate the mistake calling the 2nd Spanish goal to be "offside" ...

This is no lie, a couple of seasons ago Brighton had over 50 touches in the penalty area against Crystal Palace who had just 2, and yet Palace won 2-1.

No one seems to mention englands lack of ability to play out from the back. When they have the ball the rest of the team offers zero support or options. England players where lucky to have one player to pass to in the final while spain always had multiple options. That wasnt down to the press, it was england players remaining static when they had the ball. Even with bellingham, foden and kane all playing a number 10 role we rarely got the ball to them because we couldnt get the ball over the halfway line.

Using same players for first 11 even thought the squad have first 15 players to rotate

The first goal is comical. Four players go over to try and sort Yamal out and just ignore the fact that Spain have 9 other outfield players, they arent even taking notice of Morata whos right there, nevermind Olmo and Williams. Its school yard stuff.

I thought England had the Spain wingers very well tied down in the first half. The defensive shape was excellent. The problem was the lack of attacking threat. Kane needs wingers putting in crosses he can attack. That didn't happen. Given also that he lacked energy he shouldn't have played. The counter-attacking defensive shape needed quick runners to hit Spain on the break. We only had Saka. Rashford would have been ideal here. Watkins and Gordon from the beginning would have been an improvement. Bellingham was exhausted and should have lined up alongside Rice. So Kane and Mainoo had to be left out. Mr Southgate was brilliant at getting a sense of unity, great at setting up a defence, but poor at understanding how to attack. Oh, and England switched off at the start of the second half. I hope Klopp gets the job.

You are highlighting in the video that our players were incapable of adapting and working together as a team to defend properly

these were similar to United v City in the FA Cup final except it was in United's favor with similar stats' as England v Spain

That’s rich! Spain was so dominant, over the full match. Honestly your road to the finals was better than Ok but Spain had a rougher road and over performed throughout the tournament!

Its simple you must e ter an arena of contest to not only trust your defence but to know you will attack and attack and score.

i like the way you show us tactics

Great analysis. A case, in my opinion, of shoehorning players into a formation and a style of play that didnt get anything like the best out of them, with no plan B.

when England scored they began to cause spain problems but pickford kept kicking the ball back to the spain players relying on chance , i do not agree that spain were the best team in the competition i think Germany were , Cucurellas hand ball against GERMANY was intentional look carefully on video it should have been a penalty it was on its way in for a goal

If we had played 3-4-3 (3-4-2-1) we would have lost 6-0. In that formation, Walker and Guehi would have been forced to mark Williams and Yamal leaving Stones vulnerable in the middle to Morata and Olmo. Or, Saka and Shaw would have marked Williams and Yamal leaving Walker, Stones and Guehi to mark Morata and Olmo. This would have left us with zero attacking threat on the wings because Foden, Bellingham and Kane all want to be number 10s. Going back to 4-2-3-1 was absolutely the right call by Southgate - the problem was the personnel. Watkins and Gordon should both have started and either Foden or Bellingham should have been benched.

Trent would've just been another scapegoat had he off been picked in place of Walker.

Well done, good analysis

Joe Gomez would have been more effective at LB and Trent at RB with his attacking abilities available if you leave out Kane and have mobile players in Watkins, Palmer, Gordon, Toney, Bowen, etc. Foden and Saka contributed very little over the tournament.

The reason for the change to the back three was clear, explained by Southgate himself in his press conference and on the FourFourTwo channel in detail. Spain play a front three who press high and stay wide, meaning a back three would be too stretched trying to mark them, and if you relied on the England wing backs to mark Yamal and Williams they'd be forced too deep and would struggle to get up in attack, and would leave you overrun in midfield. Therefore the four made sense. It worked extremely effectively in the first half, and contrary to what you said, Foden pretty much nullified Rodri. The problem was the attack, which offered little. And Kane and those midfielders continue to be a poor match of styles.

The players tried their best, the defence had a mostly outstanding night other than Walker being caught twice due to the poor system. He's been superb otherwise in this tournament. I felt so gutted to watch Shaw and Stones basically have their best ever game for England just for everything else to fall down around them. It's truly baffling why we didn't use the same system as against the Dutch, but just put some attackers in the right places. It's just ridiculous to keep asking players to play out of position, however good they are. Anyway, we'll be back. Again.

Its like watching a game of Subbuteo watching England trying to close the ball down.... no where enough aggression, you cant just stand about with Spain they will pass the ball around us all day! I understand the grass roots of the Spanish but we deffo have the talent in our squad to beat Spain. I think its time for a manager than can take us to the next level now... Southgate's proved to many times now he doesn't have what it takes to beat a reputable team. The pieces are there, we just need somebody to finish the puzzle... Did somebody say Pep Guardiola?????

In the first goal at the beginning of the move Bellingham was caught out of position as well not following Carvajal. That's three English players caught napping (Bellingham Mainoo and Saka).

England havent ever been a good pressing team under Southgate, it was very evident throughout this tournament regardless of personel. The first goal was a prime example. Bellingham doesnt do anything to prevent the ball out to their right back and then Shaw starts to jump out to him leaving Yamal (the bigger threat) open who then drives across and draws in guehi and rice (with shaw now tracking back), with the runs from olmo and morata leaving Williams free. A series of poor decisons in the press and some excellent movement from Spain resulted in the goal. But if Bellingham cuts off the first pass or Shaw doesnt jump out and defends Yamal which he'd done pretty well up to that point, then there's a good chance we defend the situation.

Spain were a team who knew how to play with each other in a system they have used match after match. England were still swapping the team and tactics in the final of a major competition. No wonder the players were making mistakes. Madness.

England lost the final before the game even started. The only team playing to win was Spain. England’s goal was not to lose, never tried winning in the first place. Every “tactical analysis’” video I’ve seen so fa focuses on how the game was lost and none of them seems to point out that “crossing your fingers hoping that the other team meses up” is cheap, and doesn’t belong in a final between two strong contenders. England has a good team, I was expecting more from them than hoping to win after 120minutes of play because it really looked like the plan was to win in penalties if there was no prior screw up.

england can only play 442. everyone says thats old fashioned , but it works four at the back are solid , that way we can play all our best midfielders in a line with bellingham at front with kane. (maybe)

Arrogance is also to blame. When you look at starting 11’s, they were pretty even. Outside of Bellingham for Olmo and Kane for Morata, they’re all on par or Spain is better. You can setup to play a certain way, but the other team is countering your game. It’s not England losing, Spain also has lots of blame for the victory. Some of the talk prior to the final is if Spain would be intimidated by the stars from England. You’d think we didn’t just see Spain beat France or Germany. For anyone from Spain, you knew Spain could beat anyone with those wingers, both having breakout seasons. But same for England obviously, they made the final. They just lost that one game, and those always come down to little details. If Foden scores that shot at the end of the first half, the story would have been totally different.

There were talk of Southgate being Knighted before Euro 24 Final!!! People will realise that with a Good Tactical/technically Sound Manager We Will win a trophy soon!!! Adios Mr Southgate!! Vamos our New Manager

This is great analysis. Subscribed. England looked like United at their worst last season. They should’ve been set up from the end of the WC in very defined systems… 2 or 3 where every man had a defined role and no man is greater than the team. If that meant changing something for specific opposition and leaving Kane on the bench then so be it. The fact the England were still “experimenting” with Trent in mf during a finals tournament is ridiculous. Fair enough that Mainoo’s incredible season might mean changing a few bits just prior to the tournament is fine. If everyone else understood their roles then this would’ve been a simple transition. The fact that Gareth couldn’t see we never had a mf problem to start with cos Jude is clearly an 8 is beyond me. Then when he goes to a 3-4-3 why the hell is trippier on the left and Trent sat on the bench. He tried to shoehorn Trent into this team in mf when clearly his diags and crossing is best from out wide. Then he doesn’t opt for him when he’s the clear choice. Saka played well at r wing back that game but I’d argue Trent on the right and Saka on the left > than trippier on the left and Saka on the right. So frustrating. Everything Southgate did was wrong. The only thing he got right was going to a 3-4-3 but then it was clear he’s only don’t that to match up the Dutch… not to get the best out of a lopsided 11.

Excellent analysis

Southgate had Foden try to negate Rodri passing forward. On 442 the analysis shows that this worked. However this resulted in Foden not being used in attacking positions,even though he was the only one with a shot on goal in the first half. This campaign shows how tactically inept Southgate is. He is responsible.He has to go,we do not need a manager who does not have a clear vision .

I'm no Englishman and I don't know much about football, but wrapping this Euro 2024 up imho England was one of the most boring teams to watch. Other teams didn't reach the final, but at least they fought hard and tried to create chances, while England appeared to be sleepwalking on the field.

Great analysis!

Thought he done alright, thought we were in the final, can’t be bad surely?