'THE FOOTBALL DOESN'T WORK!' Is it time for Gareth Southgate to leave England? | ESPN FC

On the Gab & Juls Show, Gab Marcotti and Julien Laurens take a look at England's performance in their 2-1 loss to Spain in the Euro 2024 final.

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[jaybe]

For me losing the final was not an issue or unexpected, it was the performances in the previous games, unbalanced, outplayed in general, keeping players on the pitch who are doing nothing, general lack of substitutes, players playing out of position, slow play, lack of shots, and this has been an issue before they even kicked a ball in this tournament.

[PaisanRed]

Southgate already said the team missed Kalvin Phillips. Give him another 4 yrs :D

[steve]

I have to say, I really enjoy hearing foreign people talk about the England team, its respectful, but its so true and so refreshing.
English pundits say the same thing, and it feels like they can't go in depth into what's wrong.
So I'm watching this and enjoying hearing a more balanced but true summing up of what went on.

[David-xyly]

Hit the nail on the head, Southgate thought teams would park the bus against them, England actually had to park the bus against all teams they played lol

[stephenbarden]

What's surprised me was just how ragged, how painstaking and how disjointed England were throughout the tournament. Southgate's always been a cautious, safety-first manager, but we have played some decent football in each of Southgate's three previous tournaments; indeed, we've even scored quite a few goals, though often through set pieces rather than through chances created via open play. In this tournament, we created very, very few decent moves in open play, let alone created clear cut chances, and that was especially disappointing.

[Hi-I-Queue]

Southgate OUT. He was out of ideas when he started and has made no progress since.

[Youtubechannel-pocz]

Southgate is a bad manager who got lucky, three easy pathways to two finals and a WC semi, all of which he blew. It’s time for him to go.

[wobkgs]

Most of the England squad would get in every other squad in the Euros. Yet we were outplayed in 13 of the 14 halves of the tournament. Recently we have also lost 4-1 at home to Hungary and 1-0 to ICELAND. The players are there they need a better system.

[simonstewart]

Serious question: why is Kane the captain ? I’ve never seen him be a leader, on or off the pitch…

[iceman]

Kane has been next to useless in major tournaments. A possible injury is just a handy excuse to have. He was a passenger during most matches.

[JornSchmidt-ikno]

Gareth is a very decent guy, but his problem is that his thinking is not to lose, but if you want to win you only think about winning.

[johntreherne]

I just assumed Southgate was leaving after this tournament anyway he has been there for 4 major tournaments that is pretty much unheard of.

[mpg]

Gab is right. Southgate thought teams were going to sit back on England. Instead everyone pressed. And he had no solution to that.

[mustsilm]

Bellingham ego got too big. When he scored in the first knockout, all this Who else nonsense, which disrespects your teammates, kind of like who else cause Kane, Saka, Foden wont.

[ghggf]

England performances were awful in Euro 2024. How they got to the final was surprising. No attacking flair and conceding goals. It was a joke that some people said England will beat Spain in the finals. Spain had beaten Germany in Germany and a strong France. Southgate cannot adjust. He just knows one style. Reactive than active.

[georgeh]

Juls is 100% spot on in his assessment. Most Englands fan have the same feeling about Gareth, his mistakes were obvious.

The only people praising him were the press. The fans wanted him gone before the tournament, he is far too negative.

[soulcrewblue]

Great analysis from these two. Southgate is miles away from elite coach status. No Premier league club would touch him with a barge pole, if they become manager less

[really]

Swap managers and England would have beaten Spain.
England with a sensible manager would have got the simplest things right:

1. would have taken at least one fit left back. Southgate took none.

2. Would have taken and have played with a genuine left sided attacking player ie Anthony Gordon, or would have taken Sterling, Rashford, Sancho or Grealish who have done relatively well for England in that position in the past and (especially Sterling and Rashford) chipped in with goals. Southgate never played with a genuine left sided forward

3. Would have chosen one of Bellingham or Foden to start at no.10, substituting one for the other as games progressed

4. Would never have started Kane - who quite frankly wasn’t fit enough to be at the Euros. He was a spectator. England played most of their games when he was on the pitch effectively with just 10 men!

5. Would not have neutralised his own midfield by instructing his keeper to constantly boot the ball long to avoid the Spanish high press. Mainoo spent the evening watching the air sail over his head. Little wonder he had so little time on the ball.

With those simple tweaks to the team set-up England would have played far better throughout the tournament than they did.

I just do not understand how an intelligent man like Southgate could be bamboozled by the making of such simple choices. It’s not “rocket science”, just an application of basic common sense.

[RandomVideosFirst]

Quite simply he doesn't have an elite mind set nor has he got any credibility when it comes to winning anything, he was the same as a player and same as a manager (highlight was getting Middlesbrough relegated), and people forget that he got the England job by default being the u21 coach due to Big sams cockup in the short time he was manager. In short England need Klopp or someone of that ilk!

[richardkirkham]

I’d there anyone on the internet who has agreed with Southgate’s tactical skills and believes he knows what he is doing !? And the English FA want him to stay. Crazy crazy crazy FA. He has the most gifted squad in world football. Southgate has evidently been so poor tactically and his team selection is almost as bad. The England team has been wasted with Southgate at the helm.