Why did England's 'golden generation' fail? Lampard, Gerrard and Rio reveal all | PL Tonight

BT Sport's Rio Ferdinand and Frank Lampard reflect on the reason why they stopped talking to each other at the height of their careers and they are joined by Steven Gerrard to identify the possible reasons why England's 'golden generation' failed to deliver a major prize.

[Sportsfan]

Rooney, Gerrard, Lampard, Rio, Owen, Ashley Cole, Beckham, Terry, Scholes... Painful that they didnt win anything.

[flareb]

It was also the golden generation for Brazil and France and Italy etc

[dawathongchi]

And then there's Ramos who will punch barca players and then celebrate with them in international like nothing happened .

[danielmaluenda]

Spain 2010 was basically Real Madrid and Barça together. One of the key players that helped them bond was probably Carles Puyol who would always celebrate with teammates, prioritizing the countries’ victory over club rivalries.

[jasperhayden]

It’s because Jeremy Lynch wasn’t playing

[vorebiz]

Belgium will be discussing this in 5-10 years time.

KDB, Lukaku, the Hazards, Courtois... And they're never going to win a trophy.

[benjamineckford]

That Spain team that won 3 tournaments in a row was mostly made up of Real Madrid and Barcelona players, one of the fiercest, bitterest rivalries in world football. When they were on international duty with Spain they were mature enough to put club rivalries aside and fight together for their country. The England players weren’t mature enough to do that. Simple as

[Ahmed-lnfv]

Weird to see Lampard talk about young talents and now he’s making them

[dannycheesums]

Very honest assessment by the boys. Can't have been easy to discuss. Fair play

[greva]

Years ago I was talking to an old guy who’s son was head of security at Wembley, and his son told him that whenever the England team were in the bar for a charity do or whatnot, John Terry and friends would be clustered at one end of the bar, Steven Gerrard and friends would be at the other end of the bar, and both groups of England players would spend the entire night ignoring each other.

[cgb]

The so called “golden generation” were a team of individuals basically, no togetherness and big egos .

[wespicedmemes]

But Spain’s 2008-12 team were all rivals in el Classico literally fighting in game but put it aside for their country. A Real Madrid and Barcelona best 11 without Chris and lio

[pphyjynx]

because the manager chose to stupidly play gerrard and lampard together, despite it never working. Scholes getting shipped to the wing for England is one of the biggest mistakes in the history of football, we should have played a 3 man midfield, not 442. The manager is really to blame, not the players.

[benlowe]

They all chose club over country. It made them all club legends. But none are England legends.

[omaramr]

English fans: why do we never win anything
Also English fans: WHY ARE STONES AND MAGUIRE FRIENDS

[ingrogies]

Am I the only one who thinks that Ferdinand is a brilliant pundit? Probably the best for incite into his playing days. He gives such detailed and honest opinions on football, now he has everyone talking.

[Crasky]

As a fan, it's incredibly frustrating to hear that they couldn't put pettiness aside while representing their nation. I also find it hard to believe the managers weren't aware of these in-groups and the lack of bonding. With the foreign managers, perhaps this could be put down to a cultural issue...

[TheResistance]

I'm sorry but I don't believe that, FC Barcelona and Real Madrid absolutely despise eachother in the Spanish league but their players still worked well together to lift Spain to international glory. So that excuse only goes so far. I think it was more the fact the England football team stuck with the 4-4-2 system for too long whilst other teams such as Brazil, Spain, Portugal and so on had moved on from that. The England set up was far too rigid and our best players just couldn't utilise space like some of the other teams we were up against. Since England changed up its set up we've had more success now

[ineednoname]

Damn hearing Gerrard say not to let premier league stiuations to interfere with national team sounds funny after sterling and gomez fight😅😆

[gabrieleriva]

2:20 That didn't stop Italy winning in 2006, despite all the players playing in Italian Serie A.