How England FUMBLED A Golden Generation... TWICE

[@louisjwiese5515]

A brilliant team does not necessarily necessitate brilliant players. You just need players that are good enough, but can fit together into a cohesive unit that works in a highly effective manner together.

[@NeilLewis77]

yet all the brilliant teams have brilliant players. not a single succesful international team has achieved anything without super stars except for that one greek team for 6 games. every single one of the past 22 world cup winning teams have had super stars.

[@SouthamptonCentral]

I think England had that in 2021 and 2022. Just got a bit unlucky in the end

[@damirvujevic2685]

@@NeilLewis77 Italy 2020. Germany 2014. Croatians '98, 2018., 2022., (2023.) no superstars.

[@michaelola1621]

​@@damirvujevic2685 I definitely do not agree with those picks there. Germany 2014 was one of the strongest and dominant team out there with players that one the champions league and played for elite teams. Croatia 2018 had superstars as modric, kovaicic and perisic to name a few. And italy you could say that most of the well know player where past their prime. But there weren't many players who could say are superstar. But to put germany 2014 in there is criminal

[@Skibidisigmaking2429m]

​@@damirvujevic2685all of the countries you mentioned had superstars

[@PODTIER]

Joe Cole had the best take. Patterns of play. It's mostly been individual brilliance with rare sightings of team fluidity that leads to chances. They don't need a star at every position, they need the right fit at every position.

[@tristanwhite3472]

Only because England had a brilliant team on Paper in 2002, 2004, 2006, 2010, it doesn’t mean it’s all going to come together.

[@jrothweldo7]

You could of told us this 20 years ago

[@abdullahmuizzudinselamat8406]

​@@jrothweldo7 you could've just figured it out yourself

[@ceoofmanwha3279]

blud it's simple figure it out yourself ​@@jrothweldo7

[@tristanwhite3472]

Thanks for all the thumbs up.

[@jrothweldo7]

@@abdullahmuizzudinselamat8406 idiot

[@cheech7900]

Its not a curse, we just weren’t good enough, either, tactically or with ability. The last English coach to win a top flight league title in England, was Howard Wilkinson in the 1991- 1992 season with Leeds United, The Premier League will be 33 years old at the end of this season and no English manager has ever won that title. Kevin Keegan was the closest.

[@lorenzoFCIM1908]

The problem with England, is that they've always over hyped their players, only for them not to perform to thee high expectations they set for them.

[@hessen5498]

Thats Not the Problem in the slightest. Just a myth

[@lorenzoFCIM1908]

@hessen5498 yes it is, the premier league is not the best league in the world, just a high spending league

[@hessen5498]

@@lorenzoFCIM1908 Its by far the most competitive and talented League in the world

[@Emzy2217]

@@hessen5498talented? Yes. Competitive? Hell no.

[@doncarloancelotti2256]

​@@hessen5498 yes, thanks to foreign export 😂

[@adammac4960]

I think the problem with England is the media and the expectation. I don’t think any other team in the world gets as much pressure from the fans and media as the England players. Like Sven said. In Italy he was judged only by his football. In England your life gets torn apart both private and professional. Like what the f*ck has affairs got to do with football? Too much political bullsh*t for a team that hasn’t won a trophy since 1966.

[@bonfacemarube6196]

I couldnt agree more.

[@mariusciolacu9820]

True, the media in England is cancerous. For players and morale especially. But, strangely, it's also one of the reasons for why the Prem is doing so good (as in, number of views, etc). So yeah, it's a strange one...

[@MrKrewie]

They absolutely crucified Beckham for that red card

[@adammac4960]

@@MrKrewie yes I know and let’s be honest they were not good enough to win that tournament. Not with the way Brazil and France were playing. What the fans did to beckham was disgusting.

[@MrKrewie]

@@adammac4960 yeah that brazil squad was like activating cheats in a video game, absolutely insane squad

[@tomrom-u1g]

Overhyping their own players is the greatest mistake

[@joshuabrown2134]

thank you... like wtf is a golden generation... and in the first 10 seconds he says or were the other teams just better... precisely. saved me the whole video.. i just came to comment.. but yt brits just think theyre gods gift to the planet.. this is why the world used to hate britian and now theyre starting to get on our nerves again in the states especially now that they wanna act like they created rap music...

[@tristanwhite3472]

It’s shame Scholes Retired after Euro 2004 we needed him in 2006 and we missed him.

[@Marta1Buck]

Maybe he thought "hmm .. lampard and Gerard, they'll be fine" then retire

[@tristanwhite3472]

@@Marta1Buck yes

[@tristanwhite3472]

It was looking good in Euro 2004 for England but we still couldn’t beat the big teams we lost 2-1 against France in the group stage. A game we should have won!!

[@LeoDragon34]

It’s not a curse, it’s a combination of over-expectation by the media and the inability of the players to handle the pressure, for whatever reason(s).

[@tristanwhite3472]

We lost against Portugal in Euro 2004 another strong team top quality players and they had a strong defence. We cant deal with it.

[@businesssecretsofthepharao8901]

We had a perfectly good goal disallowed and had an on fire Rooney taken off injured.

[@tristanwhite3472]

@@businesssecretsofthepharao8901 yes very True about the Campbell goal and Rooney being on fire.

[@tristanwhite3472]

@@businesssecretsofthepharao8901 That Referee is still saying he made the right decision disallowing the goal.

[@Sparkledash1]

As a german, i am always fascinated by Englands wish to get into a tournament, thinking that its their god given right to win the big one, because all their players play in the best league, meaning they are all automatically world class players. Germany for example never won trophies because their team was full of world class players (with a few exceptions) but because of their team mentality. The team of 1996 was a good example. We had constant injury issues, but we still managed to win it, because of our unity and will to fight. There are no egos in the team.

[@SouthamptonCentral]

This is such a strange myth. We don’t think that we have a god given right and most of the time we are just supporting are team and often we have a good chance of winning and deserve to be among the favourites. Every fan talks with bais and hope about their own nation. But it’s coming home is not some arrogant statement of superiority that is supposed to be taken seriously.

[@mariusciolacu9820]

​@@SouthamptonCentraltake it from a foreigner living in the UK: it totally was arrogance. Now the english play it like it was just a joke, but if they would've won it, suddenly, not a joke anymore. And yes, other teams have biases too, but none as big as the english. Their supporters are hated all over the world exactly for that arrogance and disregard for other people's cultures and fans. And when you get called out: "it's just jokes, mate". It's not coming out of the blue. The hate is well-deserved.

[@JamesCM86]

God given right ?? What an earth are you talking about? Perception is not reality, and no English player has ever talked about a ‘god given right’. Think

[@turtle27835]

Why do all Europeans have these weird delusions about English people. We're probably the most pessimistic fans on the planet, we don't ever expect to win anything. The whole its coming home chant is just a joke at this point. Its like when the Euro's was happening, on the euros reddit page under every single post about the English team, most of the comments were about how arrogant English fans are. Even though about 99% of the English comments were being very positive and complimenting the other teams. The Germans and Scottish were 10x worse then the English but they don't get anything said about them. Also i don't get that point of "they play in the best league so they automatically world class". Our team is world class, on paper, we arguably have the best team in the world. Our players do not work together and they never have. We've always been held back by terrible management or players not being able to put their club rivalries aside.

[@sieteocho]

In other words, when Germany has high expectations going into a tournament it's because they just have a better team mentality than everybody else. When England has high expectations going into a tournament, it's because they think it is their god given right to win the big one.

[@FazalRezzam]

The problem is the people In the background, some players pass their peek (Harry kane) and still start every game, Palmer form was next level all season and he's on the bench, England need to be more fair to their players regardless of their colour belief or political view. It does not surprise me that they choose week managers that are easy to control.

[@SantomPh]

the FA does the selection, and the FA is half non-football- marketing, diversity champions, data analysts, image consultants, dubious "advisors" , people who consult media pundits for advice and commentators who go on and on about nothing football related like where the manager should come from.

[@minidragonito]

Harry kane just became better in bundes He is more on his prime than ever

[@FazalRezzam]

@minidragonito haha yeah his penalties are good. The euros have past now too.

[@minidragonito]

@@FazalRezzam penalties are part of the game unless you want he miss them Rn he got 85 g/a in 63 matches for bayern

[@FazalRezzam]

@minidragonito did i say he was bad at penalties lol

[@xzl2284]

England is the perfect example of the saying "They are not a good team, they're just 11 good players playing together". Idk who said it but it's true

[@tristanwhite3472]

We didn’t play good possession football we didn’t play as a team. We couldn’t keep the ball for very long always loosing it. Losing it in the final 3rd to often. We keep the ball for a bit but we didn’t do anything with it. We didn’t create anything we didn’t create any chances opportunity’s. We found it hard to break teams down.

[@philipjohn1254]

I will always say that Euro 2004 was the one that got away for that generation. So many what ifs in the Portugal QF - what if Rooney had not gone off injured, what if Campbell's late goal had counted, what if Beckham had scored his penalty.

[@johnthompson457]

Agreed. Although in euro 96 they were Gazza’s stud away from being immortal.

[@Li8mBenz]

Did Campbell score a late goal in this one? He scored a golden goal against Argentina in 98 but it was disallowed

[@philipjohn1254]

@@Li8mBenz the same happened here, though it was in normal time. Ref ruled he obstructed Ricardo when he jumped.

[@Li8mBenz]

@@philipjohn1254 he had some bad luck then

[@Al-ji4gd]

@@johnthompson457 which was also undeserved because they should've gone out vs Spain

[@badabing8884]

Not a curse. The biggest impediment to the national team is the separation of ownership and control of the England team. The clubs and national association have been separate since 1872. There is no incentive for the clubs to develop English players to play for the national team. They are rinsed and overplayed like Chattels. No singular style of play either. All contribute to under performance at each major tournament. Good luck Tuchel, you’ll face the same problems as every single manager since Sir Alf. And he was damn lucky to win back in 1966.

[@dronesclubhighjinks]

I have never heard this opinion before, so it's very interesting! I feel bad for Southgate, considering all the good he did for the team. Can't imagine why any Englishman would want that job given the amount of pressure and insane toxicity from the media and most fans. At least, if Tuchel fails, he can leave the country and not think about it any longer.

[@tristanwhite3472]

England were amazing against the Dutch in Euro 96 what a great performance!

[@leonpaul9443]

I think as an Englishman our failure has been the expectation that our high octane physical 100 mph style would work at international level.

[@tristanwhite3472]

Spain weren't fancied before the Euro's but they won it.

[@prashantkhadka5085]

England's every player is over hyped Starting from Beckham They should have signed for Hollywood or compete in some fashion contest

[@jondickinson2864]

Beckham looked like a Bellend but his range of passing was second to non

[@Al-ji4gd]

@@jondickinson2864 And that's about it. IN every other category he was decent at best.

[@JoePubliktv]

We. Always. Bottle it. The fans. The players. We were 1-0 up against Italy, at Wembley, in the final, 2020 euros, and you could hear a pin drop. We should have been rocking that stadium!!!! Just enjoy the occasion and support your team. Fuck the expectations

[@businesssecretsofthepharao8901]

What are you on about it was rocking? Was just bad tactics that let us down.

[@JoePubliktv]

watch it again! When Italy started getting back into the game we went silent

[@prasannabalaji1886]

Overlooking carrick was the biggest mistake, system over stars

[@behindthesmile1276]

So true

[@Kuromori-v9z]

Before Carrick, it was Scholes, and before Scholes, it was Le Tissier.

[@tristanwhite3472]

Yes it was I agree.

[@Al-ji4gd]

So overrated.

[@tristanwhite3472]

@Al-ji4gd Carrick wasn't overrated.

[@tristanwhite3472]

Jermaine Defoe should have gone to the World Cup in 2006. If no him then Darren Bent but I would have preferred Defoe.

[@tristanwhite3472]

The one against Italy in the Euro's was the one we definitely should of won it was the biggest opertunity missed to win the Euro's and Euro 96 and Euro 2004.

[@gabrielandreitiangson1774]

the problem is that the media and the pundits are overhyping English players that are not that good they are just still developing and learning how difficult is to play football, just for example they compare trent to cafu and i was like what the hell is this?? i mean cafu is way better than alexander arnold he was a beast in Roma, Milan and brazil he had everything reactions, playmaking, interceptions and game reading, and the pundits like carragher, neville and other former English players that are now pundits they are comparing jude bellingham and zidane man these English pundits are destroying young english players hunger and dominance of the game.

[@L1STERINE]

Southgate bought hope back into English football. I remember watching the 2006 world cup with my dad and it felt so gutting to see us go out. Every tournament after that was torture watching us lose. Southgate arrives and we are consistently reaching semi's/finals. I get his playstyle wasn't for everyone (AKA leaving it to the latest possible moment) but the feelings and emotions from those last games of winning the shootouts, getting to the semi's/finals I think all england needed to realise we CAN do it.

[@dronesclubhighjinks]

I'm not from the UK. As an outsider, it seems the English media and many of the fans are full of festering hate for the England men's team, the individual players, and the manager. It's almost at the point where I wonder how they would react if England does win a major tournament. The amount of abuse Southgate got was ridiculous and sickening. It's not only the media either. Look up the subReddit "three lions" during Euro 2024. I can't imagine why any Englishman would want the job of managing the team. And I understand now why Musiala chose to play for Germany - although England is having its best years in 60 years whereas Germany is having its worst spell since 1940s. Very glad to meet an England fan who appreciates Southgate. 🤝

[@Trending_News_Kenya]

Tuchel could actually be the man to win a trophy for England. See, winning trophies, which are played for in around 5 games, does not require you to have a golden generation. It just needs a cohesive team packed with players with strong mindsets. and, of course, who are willing to go to the mad with opponents when need be. and who is better to inculcate that, other than Tuchel? I believe that is how Argentina won the 2022 worlcup. And actually, that is how italy won euros vs. a far better england team than they were back in 2020.

[@Dee-jd8vc]

Yeah. Argentina doesn't have that many superstar player. They also lost many important matches on penalties. But the team right now are hungry for a win, have high fighting spirit, a cohesive team, and a good goalkeeper on penalties. England need to work on that mindset for the future.

[@revolusimelayu]

Tuchel can win FA cup for England 😂

[@NkosanaMakhubele]

​@@Dee-jd8vc I'm rooting for them and I'm not English😂

[@Al-ji4gd]

but that's the thing, WERE they far batter? Italy had the best goalkeeper, Italy had the two best defenders, Italy had the best midfielder in Verratti and Barella. The only thing England had was Harry Kane.

[@yoshiwoollyworld]

@@Al-ji4gdengland had the better team but a garbage manager

[@CHPH-bDL]

Getting knocked out by any generation of German national team(they have four complete sets of World Cup medals), Brazil with Ronaldo, Rivaldo and Ronaldinho, Portugal's "golden generation" twice, Croatia with players like Modrić and Rakitić, Italy as 4x World Champion; it's not that awful. Somebody had to win those games.

[@Sportsbikeguy]

England suffers from an overinflated sense of self. The term world class was used far too loosely in this mini-doc. Gascoigne, Beckham, Rooney & Bellingham, yes. Now let's lean all of our expectations on the new superstar and apply so much pressure they crack and can't perform. Hiring a non-English who doesn't buy into this hivemind way of thinking is the smartest play England has done in a long time.

[@tristanwhite3472]

Portugal were the better team after Rooney Went off injured on 24 minutes. Rooney was the stand out player the focus player in attack who made things happen scored goals had great pace and skill and vision. We couldn’t build on the Momentum after Rooney went off injured we missed him badly. Sol Campbell disallowed goal though that shouldn’t of been disallowed!

[@sagnikdey4880]

Very well explained!!

[@religdeb]

It's also worth putting things into perspective. Spain went over 40 years without winning a trophy after winning a pretty worthless Euros in 1964 which many teams didn't even bother to play in (including England who didn't bother). From 1930 until 1998 France only won one Euro cup. The Dutch with the great teams they've had over the years still has a worse trophy cabinet than England (only has one euro cup and no world cup) I could go on. The point is, have England underperformed in it's tournament campaigns for it's size as a football nation? Yes but nobody has a divine right to win anything and in knockout football tournaments sometimes you just need a bit of luck to win a trophy which historically has never really happened for England.

[@tristanwhite3472]

Great Video Thanks.

[@lwandomadikizela2213]

The problems for England failing in major tournaments is player profiles, tactics and coaches. The Golden Generation from 2002-2008 had world class players from every position but the problem was to implement the right system to get the best out of them. Gerrard and Lampard couldn't play together since they were similar players and Sven(RIP) didn't start Barry or Carrick to complement Lampard or Gerrard. 2008 is when the Golden Generation ended when England failed to qualify for Euro 2008. The Rock Bottom Generation started between 2010 and 2016 when England became the laughing stock. Barely made it out the group stage in South Africa only to get smashed by the Germans albeit Lampard's goal should have stood. Euro 2012 lost on penalties again to eventual runner up Italy. World Cup 2014 England finished dead last in the group stage after failing to win a single match. Euro 2016 England achieved true rock bottom with unconvincing performances in the group stages and that horror show against Iceland with Kane taking corners and Rooney being passed his best. Hodgson was the worst coach to lead England to glory and it showed. The Renaissance Generation came when Southgate installed belief in the players and nation with deep runs in major tournaments. 2018 they made the semi finals but lost out to Croatia. Euro 2020 it should have never went to penalties in the final and I blame Southgate for throwing Sancho, Rashford and Saka under the bus for missing their spot kicks. Southgate proved he was never the guy to win the big prizes and World Cup 2022 England lost out to then World Champions France in the quarter finals. Amid reaching the final in Euro 2024, England were unconvincing in all their games and they had close calls against Slovakia and Switzerland but in the end lost to the current European Champions Spain in a convincing manner amid Palmer equalizing. Now England has a proven winner in Tuchel but can he deliver the titles England craved for since 1966? England has yet to win the Euros and England has never reached a World Cup final since they won it. Can World Cup 2026 be that year England shock the world? Time will tell.

[@theslash9210]

Its funny actually not the biggest english fan but they always had the best shooters of the game right from the time of bobby charlton to steven gerrard and not to forget the best penalty expert matt le tissier ...still they often lose on penalties😂😂😂😂😂😂

[@retrojoes9610]

The hate that Gareth Southgate got was completely uncalled for. People would rather see an England manager fail than succeed in reality...whatever manager we've had the media and the fans find a way to not support them

[@dronesclubhighjinks]

I agree completely! The English media is beyond toxic and many of the fans are the same. It seriously seems like they are happiest to tear apart the team, individual players and the manager. England won their group in euro 2024 and it was nothing but complaints that the victories weren't "good enough" or were "boring." Same thing on Reddit which seems to be the fans only. Absolutely dreadful.

[@zacharywerner5745]

great video !

[@simontravers2715]

Just to put into context how underwhelming England are historically, if u put them in a fantasy International league season with the best 24 countries ever, and could pick any players past or present to combine a squad, they’d struggle to even finish top 5, let alone threaten the top! Brazil, Spain, Italy, Germany, France & Argentina are so much stronger in depth (Argentina lack the elite level of GKs but Messi/Maradona/Aimar/Riquelme/ Cambiasso/Aguero/Veron/ Tevez/Batistuta/Crespo/Zanetti/ Ayala/Samuel/Heinze etc would MORE than make up for that!!)

[@sabda.saratustra]

So true

[@tristanwhite3472]

In 2006 it was a big problem we didn’t look like a team at all. They didn’t know what they were supposed to be doing very disjointed rigid

[@Kizzster]

The biggest fumble was not playing Trent in 2 major tournaments.

[@tristanwhite3472]

We really struggled after Rooney went off injured against Portugal we lacked that Spark in attack a player which made things happen that pace and vision creativity movement link up play. He was the main focus with England in attack.

[@tristanwhite3472]

In 2004 & 2006 we had great players on Paper World Class Players some of the best players but it doesn’t mean it’s all going to come together and it’s going to gell. Best team on paper but not on the pitch a bad team especially in 2006 wasn’t working wasn’t gelling didn’t come together we didn’t look like a team just individuals!

[@Kat-fd7ff]

The answer is really simple: ego.

[@davidwhite7767]

They need a long chat with the Springbok Rugby Team

[@siphotos3282]

The issue with England is they are like the Toronto maple leafs in NHL North American hockey… they have such a large fan base and it is so loyal that they will always be adored regardless of the results and the money doesn’t stop either way.

[@turtle27835]

This be the most wrong comment i've ever heard. England's problem literally could not be further from this. We might be most judgemental, horrid fans on the planet. The amount of abuse and ridicule the English media give to our own players is disgusting. Saka after Euro 2020 is the perfect evidence for that.

[@itsabanglan]

Euro 2020 was really the one that got away. Playing at home and losing it on penalties was mighty close.

[@sieteocho]

It's just really bad luck to be losing tournaments like that. England were knocked out in 1996 by Germany because of bad luck. They could have gone on to final but then it would still be a matter of beating the Czechs. Similarly, the knockout in 2004 by Portugal was bad luck, reaching 2 finals in 2020 and 2024 and losing both were also bad luck. But they should take heart from Germany, who came close in 2006, 2008, 2010 and 2012 before winning the World Cup in 2014.

[@minidragonito]

Euro 2020 was unfair asf and despite being the most favorised team of the tournament you still managed to lose Blaming luck is easy if you would have win in regular time you wouldnt been victimized yourselves as unlucky

[@tristanwhite3472]

We played 451 against Portugal in 2006 but that didn’t work the players looked so uncomfortable with the system it wasn’t working and Sven never tried to change it. To rigid looked disgointed no proper system way of playing.

[@tristanwhite3472]

Alan Hansen used to say England have goals all over the park but couldn’t bloody score any.

[@tristanwhite3472]

We are still a much better team than we were in 2006.

[@Souru_TV]

Ya know as a german, if england actually won anything it would be a two sided blade. On one hand englnd win something, which we well don't really want. On the other hand if Tuchel won them something it would mean it took a german to do something an english man couldn't. I really don't know, if i would rather them not win anything and be in anyway extremely obnoxious or if i want them to win so i can ruin it for them by reminding them of the fact that a german was responsible.

[@arjungovindan1642]

That’s an easy choice, pick england losing.

[@EliasRoy]

The Royal family is literally German 😂😂😂😂

[@dronesclubhighjinks]

This is quite a dilemma!

[@Harry-tb8yo]

I never thought about this but according to statistics the chance of national teams coached by someone from another country winning a trophy is very small. At least when it come to the European Championship and the World Cup. Every world cup winning team had a manager from the same country. To my knowledge Otto Rehhagel was the only one who won a trophy with a "foreign" national team. For me the solution is very simple. Germany should win. 😁

[@taykitrleevitt4314]

Football is full of mercenaries; why should it matter who plays for or coaches the national side?... Bayern Munich dominated the domestic league and have won numerous Champions League trophies... when was the last time they won it with an all German team and manager?

[@tristanwhite3472]

The Performances weren't there compared with the Last World Cup and the Last Euro's.

[@tristanwhite3472]

Then against Italy we were more defensive and he didn’t change the system which he should have done! If he changed it we properly would have won. It was the wrong Option to sick back and let Italy dominate.

[@tristanwhite3472]

We had the best Players in 2004 & 2006 but collectively as a team they weren’t very good. It didn’t click it didn’t come together at all disjointed. Strong squad bad team.

[@tristanwhite3472]

We played much better in the last World Cup and in the Last Euro's. Than the last Euro's.

[@tristanwhite3472]

Gerrard and Lampard couldn't play together because they were Similar Players there was no midfield Partnership with them two in Midfield.

[@tristanwhite3472]

You need 2 quite different players. Lampard and Gerrard as good as they were couldn't play together didn't work no midfled partnership with them 2 in Midfield together. They didn't pass to eachother very often either.

[@damirvujevic2685]

The fact that you are still calling them "golden generation" clearly states the main problem.

[@tristanwhite3472]

Great Players bad team in 2006.

[@tristanwhite3472]

Best team on paper but not on the pitch. Even against teams like Trinidad and Tobago we struggled and Ecuador and other poor teams.

[@WalterWhite-jg8ij]

Long may this continue.

[@tristanwhite3472]

If you watch 2006 England Matches you can see its just not working players are trying to make it work Sven should of chaged the system but even then might not of been much better.

[@tristanwhite3472]

Gerrard and Lamaprd were Outstanding for there Clubs. But playing together with England in Midfield was totally different. Didn't work.

[@tristanwhite3472]

Yes the Performances weren't fluid like they were in the last World Cup and in the last Euro's.

[@tristanwhite3472]

We were better than Italy we sat back let Italy come more into the game they started dominating possession England were deeper Jorginho was dominating. We let Italy come into the game we sat back defended Italy were the better side 2nd half.

[@ConsigliereOne]

England still suffering from that goal that wasn't in 66. Definitely gotta right their wrongs from top to bottom to finally achieve success

[@daviddavies3637]

The most cursed nation in football? But this is about the England team, not Wales. Until 2016, it was near miss after near f***ing miss. Got depressing at times. You'd be sick for days. Still remember the game where Scotland stopped us getting to Mexico and what I was doing when Paul Bodin smacked that penalty against the bar. England have had it good by comparison, even if they are perennial underachievers.

[@tristanwhite3472]

442 against Portugal in 2004.

[@eyeswideopen6492]

the worst thing England ever done was win it, the expectancy is there every time now

[@tristanwhite3472]

The team could have been managed much better by Sven and we played a rigid 442. In 2006 against Portugal we played a 451 which was also the wrong system formation.

[@HarmvanderWilt]

Mid 2000s there were better teams, or at least more balanced ones. Sometimes you need to be willing to bench big names to make a team work.

[@tristanwhite3472]

He was the best player and he was on fire we would of won if he didn’t get injured.

[@tristanwhite3472]

Sol Campbell goal shouldn’t have been Dissalowed against Portugal in 2004. But Portugal were the better side after Rooney went off Injured Portugal started dominating possession and England were getting forced back deeper and deeper.

[@tristanwhite3472]

But Euro 2020 more because it was the Final and we were better than Italy.

[@tristanwhite3472]

Yes we are the most cursed nation.

[@tristanwhite3472]

We played the best football in Euro 2020.

[@MoonS4S]

😢 man itd really sad to think maybe Kane, Palmer, Bellingham, or Foden can retire without winning anything with their nstional team

[@tristanwhite3472]

No Pattern of Play. Even the poor teams you can see what they are trying to do with England you couldn’t see what they were trying to do. The effort was there but not the chemistry the understanding between players.

[@leonardofabbri7930]

A midfield with Scholes, Gerrard, Lampard and Beckham would be elite in any possible era of the sport.

[@tristanwhite3472]

England under Southgate were a much better team to be fair more cohesion. Better going forward and playing good football it wasn’t disjointed like 2006 was.

[@tristanwhite3472]

We should have definitely won Euro 2020 against Italy. We should have beaten Italy in the Final but because Southgate was manager we did.

[@ymca4547]

Stop commenting "we should have", "we should have". You didn't. End of.

[@tristanwhite3472]

@ymca4547 Yes your right.

[@tristanwhite3472]

@ymca4547 I am right though but it's the same old story with England. There are a lot of should off's we should have .

[@tristanwhite3472]

@ymca4547 I thought we were going to win the World Cup in 2006 but then I saw us Playing and thought we aren't going to win it no way.

[@tristanwhite3472]

There was no way of playing it was just go out there and play do your stuff very individual and we didn’t do enough with the ball when we had it.

[@tristanwhite3472]

We should have won Euro 2004 and World Cup 2006 if we had a better manager who was better tactically who knew what he was doing and picked the right system and got the team gelling together better and told Lampard and Rooney to stop shooting then maybe we would off.

[@AW-zk5qb]

not 2006 World Cup, Portugal, France, Italy, Argentina and Brazil were all as good or better than England in 2006. Euro 2004 was the tournament England should have won. If they had beaten Portugal in QF in 2004, they'd have beaten Netherlands in SF and Greece in Final

[@doncarloancelotti2256]

1996 was more so the Dutch falling under pressure than England outclassing them. Unlike most EPL fans who overhype and overrate their English players, I sometimes do the opposite. I'd never take majority of the English players over their Italian, Spanish, German, Dutch, Brazilian, Portuguese, Argentinian, etc, counterparts. For a country who tries to breathe football as their major sport, only a handful are exceptional and 1 or maybe 2 are worthy for GOAT conversations (Charlton, Moore, 🤷‍♂️). Gascoigne and Owen were big what-ifs, but that defers from reality of things. Harry Kane is a modern top player but a certain washed rooster club kept holding him back for many years with spider webs filling their cabinets. Belligham is special and that's why he's playing in a top club outside England, but he'll have a long way to go competing against many prodigies in his position. Even amongst managers, Bobby Robson was their last elite figure.

[@tristanwhite3472]

Under Southgate they played as a team they looked like a proper football team they looked comfortable gelled created more. Good understanding

[@aj478]

Fuck me mate leave some comment space for other people

[@ymca4547]

Until they met good teams.

[@tristanwhite3472]

Terrible Penalty by Saka against Italy. Yes we lost on Penalties but we should have won the Game in Normal Time! Or Extra

[@tristanwhite3472]

Its because Gerrard and Lampard were very similar players thats why it didn't Work. None of them could play well together to be fair Especially in 2006 they didn't really.play together if you know what i mean. 2004 was better but that was because we had Rooney on Fire! We looked a bit of a better team in 2004 than 2006. We looked a better team in earlier matches. We had Roomey though and he was on Fire Great Pace and Skill could dribble Create score goals great vision. Score goals and create goals. We were much a better team in 2004 with him in the team. After he went off injured against against Portugal in 2004 we didn't look like the same team anymore. Not as threatening. Rooneywas that inspiration ij attack.

[@tristanwhite3472]

Very Strong Squad but bad together as a team the style of play as bad. You just can’t turn it on at the highest level.

[@plusultra6199]

The truth is England have good players but the best squad like they always claim to have on paper is bs. Historically their no better than a top eight team below the likes of Brazil, Spain, Germany, Italy, Holland, Argentina, France, Portugal and sometimes Uruguay. The problem is their was always a team better than them. But their better than most, but not the best.

[@zdl1965]

They were not a real team, only isolated stars. Greece 2004 was a real team. So were Spain in 2008, 2010 and 2012. And Spain again in 2024.

[@remiabrahams8623]

Never call a player a "God".

[@joeelliott4820]

If only we got a good manger then we might qualify

[@tristanwhite3472]

Keep the ball for a bit get up the pitch the loose it.

[@hassamali8887]

Next video should be on Italian downfall

[@tristanwhite3472]

Kane might not win anything with England.

[@TheCh4nc3]

Come on Tommy T, bring it home

[@DolFunDolhpinVtuber]

So many other better international teams then the golden generations since 1998. Unfortunately you had a manager who never beat a single team in the top 10 during the last 6 years, Southgate was rewarded for mediocrity due to those easy draws he got. Tuchel would have won at least 1 trophy if he was in charge during Southgate's reign, most likely the 20920 Euro Final. Media is the biggest problem always overhyping everything, I do feel sorry for the players at times, as soon as they beat some random team we get the usual it's coming home by all the tabloids.

[@SouthamptonCentral]

Southgate did beat teams in the top 10 and I don’t think the media is a problem. Firstly, every country does this within their own media and with their own fans. England just get more attention for it. Secondly, a lot of that hype is justified considering how well they performed at club level. Thirdly, this “hype” doesn’t have a bearing on the actual game and the players don’t think about it while playing. Fourthly, England have been successful. There are three big teams who’ve won trophies this decade and England are clearly the best of the rest. That’s not bad considering how other teams have also got great players and let’s be honest, slightly more effective managers. With Tuchel, I see England winning trophies. And I bet you wouldn’t be saying this crap if Saka and Rashford hadn’t missed their pens in 2020. Just a few small moments have meant that we haven’t won but it doesn’t make our players failures and it’s most likely we’ll get there eventually

[@tristanwhite3472]

I would say the manager more than the players.

[@piuskamau8305]

This is a very unnecessary video. England is not "cursed", there's nothing wrong with England, England are simply not 2:03 among the very best. It's pretty simple, there are other countries that have always been better than England at football throughout history -- Brazil, Argentina, Uruguay, Spain, Germany, Netherlands, France etc

[@SC.KINGDOM]

Top 10 in fifa since 1930 win rate of 65% highest rank #1 1966-1970 you don't know football

[@aurapris9591]

​@@SC.KINGDOMSure they were more competitive 50 years ago in terms of having the potential to have a claim at being one of the best countries in the world at football but come on man, there's a reason why they never win anything and it's cause England are at best the third best country in the world at football and they can't expect to win if they don't have the talent to brute force it or the managerial ingenuity to mastermind an unexpected win, England are the Tottenham of the world, respected but never really rated to win anything by anyone that's not a fan cause they're just below the real big teams but are allowed at the big boy table sometimes due to their influence and fanbase

[@SC.KINGDOM]

@@aurapris9591 back to back euro final is elite. Keep hating

[@SC.KINGDOM]

@@aurapris9591 Netherlands 0 world cups. What's your take on that?

[@aurapris9591]

@SC.KINGDOM They have had better teams overall in the late 20th century and and at the start of this one, they've had better managers and they've won some euros, they're a great nation with great players that for one reason or another could never do it in the biggest stage despite having some era defining players and tactical revolutions, similar tier to England or Portugal where they've shown they could potentially win any tournament they're in but they shouldn't be considered the actual favorites because they always seem to crumble at the last minute

[@juritsch1]

What a penalty from southgate. If you shoot like that you just don’t deserve it.

[@eddisonfoncette9103]

England aren't cursed. Southgate could have won three tournaments but he's same guy who never believed he'd score the penalty in Euro 96. And Harry Kane the "main man" always goes AWOL, in big matches for club and country.