Gab & Juls FULL SHOW! England WORRY ahead of the EUROS? Tuchel to Man United OFF? and more | ESPN FC

On this week's episode of the Gab and Juls show, the guys discuss whether Gareth Southgate should be worried following a 1-0 defeat to Iceland ahead of Euro 2024. Juls is still adamant that Manchester United need to sack Erik ten Hag and Gab explains the ins and outs of Man City's lawsuit against the Premier League.

00:00 - England 0-1 Iceland
19:40 - Quick Hits

[johnnyvelasco]

These 2 deserve their own channel . Obviously the 2 best speakers . Why is this the first time we have access to a full video of their podcast ? All their pods should have video

[dtrane]

These two might be the only ESPN talking heads who actually speak from what they know

[Seawalls]

There’s like 10 full podcast episodes on the YouTube channel. Lots of you just don’t pay attention

[LittleBobbleProductions]

Good to hear you guys chew the cud on the details of positions, tactics, etc. Cheers chaps! :)

[LFCTBTV]

Easily the best show, and best contributors to ESPN FC. Steve Nicol is a joke of a pundit!!

[brynleifjohannesen]

Going to a tournament with an awful manager and a good squad, , is a bad cocktail😢

[amirmohamad]

Whenever someone like Gab says "Based on my research" or whatever, what they really mean is that they have read tweets by people like Fabrizio Romano

[christoskarameros]

Croatia have been surprising pundits for the last 20 years Juls. Their group is the Group of Death. Spain, Italy and Croatia. Goal difference may decide the group winners.

[stephenmcculloch]

Gab does his research by listening 2 fabrizio Romano, do people actually watch gab on with the boys from ESPN boy he waffles nonsense

[MichaelHolmgaard]

Great podcast. Best content on ESPN. They would do much better on their own channel and platform though

[insomniakstudios]

ITS coming home this time !!! the uk have the best team its now or never BUT most players in the premier are playing with foreign super stars, they then find themselves without those stars and fail, this is the hurdle they have to overcome in my opinion

[tinocappa]

I want Gab to do the whole podcast in a Ten Hag impersonation

[mattjones]

Regarding the issue of Saka being scapegoated, I don't think it's racially motivated. I think Cole Palmer is the new shiny toy and there's a bit of a sense that certain fans and sections of the media would like him to start for England, therefore, unreasonably lambasting Saka to push their agenda over the line. A few years ago we saw something similar with Grealish when he was the new shiny toy and people wanted to see him start ahead of Sterling, as well as, people wanting to see Bellingham start in the World Cup.

[RichardJuukovsky]

I'm sorry, but I am always baffled by how the media have so successfully brainwashed even those you would think would see right through it on so many issues or players, but most specifically Cole Palmer. You are talking about a player whose assist stats include him passing the ball to give someone else facing the same challenges in front of them he faces the responsibility to deal with the situation and then that person scoring showing miraculous skill. A player who faced with a wall of defenders offloads the ball to his team mate 5 or 10 yards away with exactly the same wall rather than looking for a better pass and has had that registered as an assist taking undeserved credit on the stat sheet. You are talking about a player that delivers passes through defenses that the player he is passing to would struggle to score with because of the movement of the ball and only a split second available to deal with it as we saw in his pass to Harry Kane against Iceland. We are talking about a player who only understand the offensive side of a football game, but has no understanding of the defensive side and no interest in it, creating a leak in the whole structure of the teams defense operations for the opposition to exploit which is unacceptable when playing the best teams and if you want to be top of the league or win a competition, hence why despite being 21 he has yet to be in the first eleven of a team sheet for a team that wins a senior competition final despite being at the best clubs. This may be acceptable at Chelsea and resulting in a mid-table end of season finish or a position just above mid table by the skin of their teeth, but the best teams refuse to carry defensive liabilities of this kind because they know they will be exploited by other great teams. The fact the media choose to ignore these and call him a great player when he still is a novice with a lot to learn before becoming the finished article for a high quality team does not change this and people who know football should not be fooled like ordinary fans. We are talking about a player whose goals stats are high because 40 percent of them are penalties which he achieved, not by fighting the opposition as his team mates did when winning the penalties which he has not been able to do, but by being manipulative and fighting his own team mates to ensure nobody is allowed to take a penalty except him, against the orders of his manager who in two press conferences pressed by the media to say Palmer is the penalty taker said anybody confident to take the penalty should take it. This is not the psych of a player committed to a team, but a player committed to himself before the team. Sure he has scored some goals, but without penalties has struggled to score goal numbers of great significance making him useless if penalty opportunities do not occur. As for the goals he scores, he only scored one goal against the top 4 teams and that was, you guessed it, a penalty someone else could have been chosen to take, while for much of those games against top teams, his contribution to the games was minimal and top players easily dealt with him. It is for these reasons a team like Man City and manager of the caliber of Pep, did not play him, knowing he can score some goals, and then sold him. A very different treatment for Foden and for Sterling because they are complete players offensively and defensively of a superior quality needed for top teams and needed with consistency season after season as Palmer has failed to do or is yet to prove he can do. I think Palmer is a very good player who has scored a couple or a few spectacular goals this season with a lot of media hype, but not a complete player and of the quality needed in a top team which must play the best teams to achieve their positions at the top of leagues and winning top competitions. For a top team, he is a liability, but for a mid table team or team scrapping for the most meaningless Euro spot as the Chelsea manager was, he is or looks useful. There or for that he can be a star, but that is nothing special and the results or proof of this will reveal themselves if he plays in the England team still not having achieved what is needed in his game to be a quality or complete player. You and the media can turn a blind eye, but the results on the pitch will not do that. Peace and love

[haamulubechooka]

The question is, 'Is Garerth ready for the Euros? He is the single obstacle standing in the way to England winning a trophy

[Gooniessss]

I agree that using the term the Mirror did with Saka, was at best, careless but weren't there more Black and Mixed race players in the England team than white players in the second half? In fact, wasn't every player taken off replaced with a Black or Mixed raced player?
So statistically you were more likely to have such player in the photo at the end because the papers didn't know we had lost until the 90th minute. Fight racism where it exists, don't look for it where it doesn't.

[sincyfavfan]

Great talk guys, i believe England are better under the radar. All this hype is not healthy for a team that has always had a bullseye on them

[skyblues]

Why’s The French president wearing a Cardiff top 😂

[Andrew-gfni]

When are you and everyone going to hold Foden accountable for his terrible performances. When Fodens the topic for England, it's the manager. When discussing Fodens overrated performances for City, it's due to Foden. Make up your minds

[Creees]

It was a great time to lose. Perfect time to lose.
Argentina lost to Saudi Arabia during the world cup but still went on to hobble accross the line and lift the world cup