The Most Disappointing Nation in Football History

[@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

[@Humptydumpster29]

​@@damirvujevic2685all of the countries you mentioned had superstars

[@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

[@ultralightpablo]

and sometimes all 11 of them aren’t even that good

[@karlharrison6544]

@@ultralightpablo or simply over-rated...

[@alanmountain5804]

Good point

[@OfficialCANVAS]

Cruijff

[@arminiuszmazowszanin2670]

Now england is a good team - the problem is, there are better teams.

[@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 😂

[@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

[@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...

[@fernandovargas5338]

Exactly, the way they talked about Bellingham, Foden, and Saka as if they are all the best players anyone has seen, is a clear indication to overhyping. None of those is top 3 in the world in their position

[@JaimitoVGC]

A golden generation has to prove their talent. A perfect example of a golden generation is Spain 2008-2012.

[@eriklakeland3857]

@@fernandovargas5338especially Foden. My grandad could notch double digit goal involvements on some of those Man City teams.

[@anthonysmurthwaite6258]

England do often overhype players but it's not a lack of quality players that has prevented success, there usually are better groups of players in other teams but there are better groups of players that failed and much worse players on paper that have had success

[@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.

[@sr3821]

England had Fabio Capello, one of the greatest managers at his time. Somehow they still managed to screw it.

[@chr1225]

@@sr3821 and they had Sven Göran Eriksson, also won nothing...ok, it were mostly losses on penalties against Portugal 2004 and 2006.

[@weekendwarriorprospecting817]

The biggest disgrace is never employing Brian Clough. The goat 🐐 of football management 💯

[@cheech7900]

@ Clough and Taylor, were the goat, together, something incredible but individually, they never scaled the same heights as together. Clough never got the England job because 1st interview, he was up against Don Revie, considered the greatest English manager at the time, he took the England job of the back of leading, Leeds to the title. Then Clough took his place at Leeds. Under Revie, England failed to qualify for the 78 World Cup and Don Revie jumped ship for more money at the Saudi National Side, very controversial at the time, at a time England looked to step away from controversy, Cloughie was never of the Telly. Controversial opinions were his bread and butter, so Ron Greenwood got it, highly respected, developed many members of the 66 World Cup winning squad and knew how to play the FAs politics. A steady hand, so to speak and by the time, Bobby Robson got the job, Robson was the rising star, with 2, consecutive 2nd place finishes to Bob Paisleys Liverpool and Clough, seen as the past. Sad but true, Clough should have been given the job after Revie quit but if he had, he’d never have won the league with Forest snd lifted the European cup in consecutive seasons. Its a Catch 22, he’s the goat because he a achieved that, if he’d got the England job at the height of his pomp, his greatest achievement as a manager, would have never occurred.

[@mustiesalop123A]

He was the last to win the English top flight, mcclaren won the German title with Wolfsburg and the Dutch title with Twente since, Gerrard also won the Sottish title

[@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

[@masonbutterfield]

They always think they deserve to win every cup. It’s insane.

[@ramon2008]

It’s the English wayv

[@AnnesleyPlaceDub70]

​@@ramon2008the deluded way.

[@BobbytheWolf89]

We really don’t. 98,00 ,10,14,16 we knew we never had a shot. Others we had a good squad and with some luck we could’ve

[@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).

[@atlanta1290]

Or maybe the English players aren’t as good as the domestic media leads them to believe.

[@noname-ot7vd]

It's ironic that the English make fun of Serie A and LaLiga for being "boring" and "slow" leagues, but those 2 leagues have produced World Cup and Euro Cup winners, something which England hasnt done since 1966😂

[@jongo4570]

With laliga it HAS been the same 3 winners since the beginning of time

[@jamescollins2629]

​@jongo4570 There was a time when it was competitive. 2000 Deportivo won Laliga, 2001 Real Madrid Laliga, 2002 champions were Valencia, 2003 champions were Real Madrid, 2004 Valencia won it again and 2005 Barca won the leaque. During that period Laliga was competitive, hell Real zoragota won the copa dell rey in 2004 against Real madrid, during Real Madrids 100 years birthday Derportivo beat them at the Santiago Bernabue to win the copa del ray but sadly after 2006 its like you said only Barca, Atleti and Real Madrid win it

[@EliasRoy]

😂😂😂

[@TonySpike]

I think you need to check what "Ironic" means mate ...because its not that Its ironic that we are shite at a sport we invented The fact our league is better than yours is just cos we are smarter 😂

[@gebirg1]

@jongo4570 The Premier league is going the same way. There are only 2 or 3 teams who can win it

[@markdraycott3974]

I think we have a few problems to be honest, - Media massively overhyping average players. - Media massively over hyping the nation on expectations. - Media totally destroying a player who makes a mistake (David James being mocked up as a donkey on the back of a newspaper is a prime example) - Managers consistently trying to pick a team based on the biggest names and trying to make a formation work around them rather than picking a style/formation that suits English players and picking players that fit into this system. - Player divisions between players due to them being from different clubs.

[@sergeontheloose]

The players are not overhyped or average but they don't play well together as a "team". No one is sacrificing personal glory for the sake of the team like most Dutch and German teams do.

[@souma_sinharoy]

Sounds like Indian cricket, 100% match 😂😅

[@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.

[@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.

[@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.

[@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?

[@Lamebred.]

There is always huge pressure on certain players to carry the team and deliver. Gazza, Shearer, Beckham, Owen, Rooney, Kane, Foden Saka and Bellingham in Germany. If form continues the pressure Palmer will have at the next tournament will be outrageous.

[@pradindawadi6272]

England don't have a tactical identity. They just rely on the individual brilliance of their players, they hope that the top players in the perform the best like they do for their club.They lack a suitable style of play and chemistry with each other .

[@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.

[@HecticPortugal]

@@businesssecretsofthepharao8901 Thanks Rooney 😉

[@danielainger]

Then they lost to Greece in the final.

[@RyanMK666]

The golden generation cared more about club football then their country, and a lot of people (fans) also agreed with that during that generation.

[@atlanta1290]

That’s farse. Those players simply weren’t great. They were good players but not great.

[@shezziesbaby]

For past how many years, England have been the most overhyped, overrated team going. The ridiculous prices that come with English players these days is a joke. Declan Rice £100m?? How much would a prime Gerrard and Lampard be in today's transfer market

[@Whoami691]

Daww whats this? Another kúnt who doesn;t understand that that price tag only applies when it is a transfer between English clubs... how adorable. tell you what skidmark, i speak 7 languages, if you saw what the croats, belgiuns, portugese and colombians said about their own teams you wouldn;t be spouting the utter *bullsheet* you have just spewed from your crack.

[@jongo4570]

Tbf prices in general have gone up

[@Whoami691]

RUH ROH! Someone doesn't know that the FA have a very strict set of tickboxes attatched to English players which drives up the prices for English clubs! You're not just paying for the player, you're paying for the long list of ticked boxes the FA has been forced to introduce because English clubs would rather fork out millions for foreign players. Homegrown - tick develpoed in english academy - tick part of the minimum 7 english players in the club team - tick and so on. But by all means do go on.

[@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]

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

[@Ping-r6j]

His presence could have made a difference?

[@tristanwhite3472]

@Ping-r6j Yes it could off.

[@tristanwhite3472]

@Ping-r6j Problem is Sven Goran Erickson propably wouldn't of been prepared to drop Lampard. He would want to get them all in.

[@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!!

[@noname-ot7vd]

Then English fans will go online and act like they've won 6 world cups and 10 Euros😂

[@brohdez8857]

I don’t see any. I only see pessi fans everywhere

[@ReubenGinono]

Lack of creative midfielders results in the English backpedaling or trying to by pass the midfield through long balls.This needs to be addressed for them to win any major trophy.

[@sergeontheloose]

They have plenty of creative midfielders. They have no one to finish, the likes of Lineker or Shearer. Kane who?

[@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.

[@Paulitogascoigne]

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

[@philipjohn1254]

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

[@Paulitogascoigne]

@@philipjohn1254 he had some bad luck then

[@Al-ji4gd]

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

[@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

[@jimmyandersson9938]

Imagine saying " England almost seemed cursed " for not winning when talking about 2008 and forward and up against teams like Spain with Iniesta, Xavi, Villa, Alonso, Mata, Ramos, Pique, SIlva etc, they won 3 gold in a row for a reason xd

[@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!

[@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.

[@Samson-h6l]

How many of the clubs are still even English?

[@m.haslam8495]

​@@Samson-h6l Absolutely correct. Take away all the foreign players and the Premiership will be dismantled and destroyed. Year in year out, we never 100% concentrate on the English youth to be the best. How many English players play in Europe in the last fifty years, very few. England have had numerous very good players but never seem to get it together. They are all under so much pressure when playing for England and that's before they have kicked the ball.

[@oldskoolmusicnostalgia]

Agreed. England are actually promising quality teams at youth levels (U21, U20 etc) but the club football structure and its vested interests are too powerful compared to the FA.

[@nudisco7882]

Don't forget how many clubs are foreign owned.

[@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

[@kurfsolb]

If there was VAR available back then, England wouldn't have even that only one title. That soviet referee was their MVP.

[@guillezorro]

That goal was inconclusive. Even so, they would still have won, just 3-2 instead of 4-2.

[@johnryan5582]

BINGO! they loved to have a go at Diego Maradona for the hand of God but their only World Cup win was because they rigged that whole fucking tournament, Diego's left foot is better than their entire footballing history

[@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

[@bangrojai]

Euro 2020 was the biggest chance England would win something. Too bad, Italy got all the mentality to win it. The Sampdoria golden generation desperately wantes to wipe their horror of Wembley. The players didnt fail their managerial team.

[@peterfighter]

England did not bottle the final against Italy. England did nothing apart from the early goal. Italy were a better team for remaining 118 minutes. If someone could bottle this game, it's Italy. Where that undermining Italy comes from?

[@James-sr9vr]

Southgate lost us that final we scored and sat back just like we did against Croatia, and in the last Euro final against Spain we equalised and sat back straight away

[@tristanwhite3472]

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

[@oKnuTo]

depens on who you ask they won the nations league and were on a incredible run leading into euros simliar to italy who were like 30 games unbeaten heading into 2020. yeah france and england had better squads of paper but the best team were clearly Spain maby Germany, but there was a drop off after that.

[@tristanwhite3472]

@oKnuTo Agree.

[@Rob-cy8xc]

England lost in the final - it’s not the end of the world. Losing in the final doesn’t make you a bad team just second best. That’s life

[@user-Chris.Alger11]

No mention of Cole Palmer. If England can get him to play as he does for Chelsea...wow! Football is a game you CAN play without great skill, there are 2 other (as important) traits that are essential to win: Mental attitude and confidence. Too many times, England have been shackled by the thought of failure, rather than buoyed by the dream of success.

[@bolormunkhe.6091]

Another example of overhyping an average player. He scores bunch of penalties and never won anything noteworthy yet. Same has been applied in every England generation.

[@tannerpoole2777]

I remember the horrific racism Saka and other players received after their PKs were missed. Nothing positive came out of that final.

[@alexman8800]

And if their PKs went in you would then gloat about diversity.

[@Danny____22]

You do realise a lot of those accounts were traced to countries like Bulgaria right?

[@Automatique-DJ]

England has always had a belief system of how the game should be played which ultimately set the teams back decades behind their opponents. Getting stuck in doesn't cut it.

[@francolive5718]

Some people talking like England are terrible when we got to the last 2 euros finals. Granted the last tournament we didn't play very well. England just don't have the same pedigree as Italy, Germany, Spain, Argentina, France etc. For every final they have won, they have also lost just as many. Why is it those teams can miss a tournament or have group stage finish then win the next tournament and England can't? Is it mentality?

[@kdog3788]

Every final? They won only one :)))))

[@ILikedGooglePlus]

Bro had no reading comprehension 💀💀💀​ @@kdog3788 They're clearly talking about Spain, Germany, France etc winning and losing finals

[@MelkorTheValar]

Late 90's and the early 2000's was a golden age of international football. Many other nation had their own golden generation like Italy, France, Holland, Portugal, Brazil and beside them mid-table countries also had very good teams like Sweden, Czech Republic and world cup bronze medalist Croatia. It was a very competitive era of international football therefore I wouldn't blame England for not winning anything back then.

[@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.

[@liamthomas-fn7fc]

Beckham was actually good though Madrid signed him for £25 million in 2003.

[@thngvbts5182]

@@jondickinson2864 second to non? maybe in england

[@jondickinson2864]

@thngvbts5182 passing range, anywhere

[@brandonyarnall7840]

So frustrating because as of now I feel like we’re in the top 4 for best squads in the world, but at Euro 24 we struggled nearly all tournament

[@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😂😂😂😂😂😂

[@thequintanashow5058]

Here’s the deal. They THOUGHT it was a”golden” generation. In reality it wasn’t. Was just overhyped

[@Emankind]

Most Disappointing! It’s gotta be The Netherlands who have lost 3 World Cup Finals and never won it!

[@EliasRoy]

At least you can excuse Netherlands because they only have 18 million. England has 50+ million

[@Muaaz2211]

Its always the media and fans hyping england, England are the perfect example of They are not a good team, They are just 11 top players playing together, I hope someday england would finally win a trophy, i am england fan and i want them to win

[@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.

[@charliekake-white9547]

Great video. Hard to believe a high quality video like this was created by a channel with sub 100k subs. Keep it up.

[@FootyFrontier]

means a lot!

[@sagnikdey4880]

Very well explained!!

[@adewilyan8030]

I think they need a strict and respected manager who'll prioritize chemistry over stardom (someone like SAF whose noone will dare to challenge) because I legit can't think anything of england's playstyle. Other country such as France have mastered counter attack, Italy famous for defense, Brazil fluidity, Argentine compactness, Germany toughness, Spain possession. For playstyle alone I will rank England the same as Portugal, except they have cristiano. Idk where the high expectation comes from tbh.

[@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]

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

[@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.

[@oldskoolmusicnostalgia]

But there was also Uruguay, Iceland and Croatia...

[@CHPH-bDL]

@oldskoolmusicnostalgia Croatia had Modrić and Rakitić in midfield same in 2007 as in 2018. ☝️ Also since 2012. every year there was at least one player representing Croatia in Champions League finals and only in two cases there were no Croatian players on winning side. So by economic development, we are basically Africa with electricity, but our football representatives were worth something and they had a lot of experience in elite football. While there was depression in England, Croatia had a "golden generation". 🍺🍺🍺🍺 Iceland in Euro 2016 was bad luck. 👍 And I'm not sure when Uruguay knocked out England, but they have long football tradition(two World Cups, fifteen Copa Americas compared to Brazilian nine, and their clubs won Copa Libertadores eight times since 1960 when competition was founded. So they really don't embarrass any team they win against. 🍺🍺🍺🍺

[@superharith]

Did you see that ludicrous display last night? The thing about England is they always try to walk it in

[@tristanwhite3472]

Great Video Thanks.

[@alundavies1016]

There’s a point when it is no longer a matter of under-achieving, but just not being good enough. 60years without a significant tournament win sort of suggest the latter.

[@rayfootblogs]

England's only problem is they're one of the most over-rated nations in football history because let's face it, the media make their players and managers out to be much better than they actually are. No wonder England haven't won a major trophy for over 50 years and counting despite all the previous eras of golden generations.

[@Rob-cy8xc]

Not really. Just lost back to back euro finals.

[@tristanwhite3472]

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

[@justamuslim9825]

Overhyping players Overhyping managers Entitlement and delusion are the problems

[@hvhvgitaar]

England have never been the best football team in the world. In 1966 they won largely through luck. Since then, they have never been favourites, except in the eyes of the English people.

[@87crimson]

Luck or rigged?

[@calamdumr]

Im from brazil and i remember to look at the squads in 2002 and england was the top contender imo, but of course as my friends says on paper yes, but football is played

[@enkels8330]

I hate to break it to the english people but you guys deserve to know it. You were not the favorites in any recent tournments and are just not good enough

[@jongo4570]

"Hate to break it to you guys", mate we know we're shite

[@Dr._J]

If you would've included the 1990 semi final, the video would be perfect.

[@zacharywerner5745]

great video !

[@N0Name2023]

I never feared to play against England We know we always win ;)

[@markweimeia2287]

Calling Phil Foden best in the world 😅

[@atlanta1290]

I remember when they called Beckham the best in the world. 😞

[@edwinsparda7622]

I remember how English media always pointed out Spains 44 year trophy drought.

[@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

[@oKnuTo]

that tournament so heavily stacked in England favor. Not only ´playing at home, but all the other teams constantly traveling across Europe. While England just chilled in london von 90% of the tournament

[@oldskoolmusicnostalgia]

@@sieteocho Not bad luck when your opponent comprehensively outplays you and keeps you pinned in your own half for long stretches of the game. OK to say there was a degree of bad luck in 1998, 2004, 2006. 2020 and 2024, no way.

[@TheCh4nc3]

Come on Tommy T, bring it home

[@loneranterism]

People confuse the high or tough standards of the Premier League to mean that England have quality team

[@miggyalejandro]

The best players in the EPL aren't even English.

[@jimmyandersson9938]

Similar to the US in Icehockey, they have NHL, last Olympic win: 1980.

[@hassamali8887]

Next video should be on Italian downfall

[@evilzzzability]

There's only been 2 England teams which I've been proud to back - the team under Bobby Robson, and then under Venables. All the others have just felt like an expensively assembled collection of individuals.

[@guillezorro]

The Hoddle team was also a good bunch but yes, since then it's been underwhelming, particularly between the Keegan-Hodgson eras.

[@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

[@shakes.dontknowwhatyergettin]

The consistent limit on England's success, is that under no circumstances can they produce a player capable of running a game from the middle of the park, at the highest level. All England's star midfielders are really just auxiliary strikers who enjoy tackling and the occasional exotic through pass.

[@bonfacemarube6196]

I forsee the "curse" lingering into the far future as long as the English media and fanbase wont let the players be.

[@dronesclubhighjinks]

Lord yes ... The media and most of the fans are frothing at the mouth-level enraged. Even when the team is winning! "Too boring". "The best results in 60 years are not good enough because we didn't win. Nobody cares about second place." ☠️

[@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

[@anuraghale2632]

mention the source of videos you're using

[@SouthamptonCentral]

Bro this isn’t a dissertation.

[@Marta1Buck]

But ethically right to do so​@@SouthamptonCentral

[@87crimson]

The thing is that an English player learns to tie his shoelaces and walk and it's worth 30 million pounds.

[@andrewpaton2683]

Never had the right manager.

[@chello70]

😂😂😂😂

[@merenmeso7848]

The problem is they attach too much to club..and as for the nation they hardly click

[@AC_Milan1899]

The most overrated and overhyped team of all time. Arrogance will never leave them.

[@davidalf5159]

The closest England have come, is missed from this article. Cast minds back to Mexico under the great Bobby Robson. As soon as Lineker was partnered with Beardsley, England hammered Poland and Paraguay that led to Argentina and a young Maradona at 25. We so very nearly won this game, that would have meant a semi against Belgium and final vs Germany. The way Lineker, Beardsley plus the brilliant John Barnes played in that tournament we were so close.

[@gerlautamr.656]

Hi, I am from Mexico, and I agree with you on that.Lineker was such a great striker to see.Too bad it all ended for England with Maradona's "God's hand".If the VAR existed back then England's luck would've been different.

[@Nocturne50]

The Dutch and English curse is going together

[@FootyFrontier]

Dutch video next?

[@Nocturne50]

@FootyFrontier Absolutely, 3 finals and losing all 3 is insane 😵‍💫

[@DellyCarterson]

19:45 Had Southgate gotten Musiala earlier, Bellingham would have no problem dominating the attacking half.

[@tristanwhite3472]

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

[@AdrianKidd1985]

As an argentinian with English roots (yeah, my last name is English and I don't have real argentinian roots whatsoever), I never understood why England is called "a deception" having so many many talented players over the years since 66. I don't really know why as a team they were always just step missing. In fact, I thought that in the last world cup there'd been one of the most and greatest matches of all times as I believed firmly that England could defeat France. Specially when I was watching that Kane had a penalty to come on top, but... Failed it. It was really a curse for a man who rarely misses. Im any case, for me I believe England will be champions once again at some moment. My sincere best wishes for English people and all their desires to be champions. I really hope it happens.

[@tristanwhite3472]

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

[@bangrojai]

I remember correctly in 2006. There was a moment Eriksson swapped Beckham to DR. He bombarded enemy with long ball, long cross. It was scary scene. Too bad, Eriksson was 4-4-2 fanatic. Wish he could play 3-5-2, England surely had upper hand in Beckham long ball.

[@niclasoe]

It really felt like the stars aligned in Euro 2020 for England. Heck a clear dive by Sterling was rewarded with a penalty instead of a yellow. Seemed liked the universe was on their side to win it!

[@ojin2399]

They should won 2006? Are you mad?? They were by far not the best 😂😂 just look at france brazil italy Germany Argentina…

[@alijaljevo]

They call Phil Foden the best player in the world in all seriousness and then wonder why they're flopping for 60 years.

[@jimmyandersson9938]

TBF this is right after he had a great year in 2023, winning both PL AND CL. Wrong but not a super crazy statement for the time.

[@Tout-Le-Monde02]

England never had a "golden" generation ..... their players were never that good at international level ..... only british media considers them "golden generation" ......

[@kobe2kallday]

Their players were that good internationally infact their 11 was better than good but that's their problem only having a world class 11 and also them over hyping all their players and expecting to win everything every time never help

[@thato596]

Yes you are right. england players are over hyped

[@KieranTheCatboy]

We have that kind of generation again, England could of EASILY won Euro 2024 if it wasn’t for fucking Southgate.

[@bannedgunner]

There is no problem with England. They have been quarter finals side, quarter finals Talent. When I first met some Engkand fans back in early 2000, I was shocked how highly they rated their side and how their expectations were so high.

[@rangers7694]

Best squad in international football at the moment, Tuchel gotta turn them into a team.

[@bojanstamenkovic6653]

Best squad by english fans (UK, Africa and Asia) and media

[@Flameingo-Games]

The only reason they can't win is because Harry Kane is on the team.

[@BongoBaggins]

Gareth Southgate ruined my birthday. June 30th I was sat there, in Butlins, watching Germany vs Czech Rep. Absolute bastard.

[@AlejandroLopez-ed8kj]

In the 1996 Euro quarter finals, England beat Spain on penalties. Funny how this match was skipped in this video. By the way, Spain had been disallowed two goals which were legal.

[@Shahwezz]

Not golden but iconic still better than toxic Belgium golden generation

[@sirmaster55]

Iconic? Belgium's victories at the last few WCs were far more relevant and iconic than any England run since 1966

[@Al-ji4gd]

Iconic for what? Being losers in every tournament? At least Belgium got to a World Cup semi-final, and that Belgium team would've wiped them floor with any England ''golden generation''.

[@turtle27835]

@@Al-ji4gd We literally got to the semi-final 2 world cups ago. Do you have brain damage?

[@FFM0594]

I chiefly blame the press for first lifting players to heights above their reality to then attack the same players like a pack of rabid dogs as soon as the player does not live up to the artificially elevated expectations. The German press are the exact opposite, talking down the teams chances beforehand and thus lowering expectations and taking the pressure off the players. The English press should try it, if they want their team to win more than they want an attention-grabbing headline.

[@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.

[@yoshiwoollyworld]

⁠@@dronesclubhighjinksor that people criticize southgate for relying on denmark not scoring vs serbia to top the group when winning their own match vs slovenia would’ve meant they topped the group no matter what denmark did. They call southgate a terrible manager because he always relies on being lucky with gift draws and individual brilliance from players instead of being good at management, and his terrible tactics cost england the euros final vs a mediocre italy side that couldn’t qualify for the next wc

[@dronesclubhighjinks]

@@yoshiwoollyworld thank you for explaining! Just wondering though, how did Southgate manage to get 4 consecutive lucky draws? WC 2018, Euro 2020, WC 2022, Euro 2024. Also, did he say his strategy was “I hope that Denmark does not score against Serbia.” Wait … That reminds me - the American coach in Copa América 2024, in the last match of the group stage, was accused of waiting to find out the score of the other match instead of insisting his players score some goals. His critics based this on him signalling that the team - that they needed to win the other game so US would advance out of the group - had just scored. So I don’t know if it’s true or not but maybe this is more of a widespread tactic than I have been aware of lol The US did not make it out of the group stage, the coach lost his job, and has been replaced by Mauricio Pochettino. Italy not qualifying for the 2022 World Cup was also very bizarre.

[@yoshiwoollyworld]

@@dronesclubhighjinks he might’ve not explicitly played for a draw and hope denmark failed to beat serbia, he just plays for a draw more than a victory and is more satisfied with 0-0 than winning 7-1 because you don’t concede any goals or if trailing 1-0 he would rather try to park the bus and concede no future goals than go on the attack and win 3-2. He also was at risk of Slovenia going on the attack and beating england which would’ve made them finish second and play germany in the round of 16 and should consider lucky that slovenia also played for a draw instead of going out to attack. In 2018 wc southgate lost to Belgium which made them finish second and go through the knockout stage where they played Colombia and Sweden while Belgium got Japan and Brazil In euro 2020 southgate would’ve faced France in round of 16 instead of a mediocre german side if either Portugal beat them or Germany beat Hungary. He also would’ve faced Spain in quarterfinals if either they beat Poland or Sweden instead of drawing vs both, or Poland avoided defeat to Sweden. In 2022 wc southgate didn’t get lucky with the draw and went out to France in quarterfinals. In euro 2024 if France lost to Netherlands instead of the dutch having a goal disallowed in a 0-0 draw, France would’ve finished third in the group. And if Belgium had beaten Ukraine instead of playing another goalless draw, they would’ve won the group. If both happened Belgium would still get France in round of 16 but the winner would play Southgate in the semifinals

[@dronesclubhighjinks]

@@yoshiwoollyworld thank you for taking the time to explain it all to me! Hope Tuchel works out better for you guys!

[@tristanwhite3472]

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