Sparkling Switzerland, Efficient Germany & England Preview | EURO 2024
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- Опубліковано 30 вер 2024
- Are the Swiss now favourites to reach the final from their half of the draw? Is the Germans ability to adapt one of their big strengths? If Kobbie Mainoo is the only change to the England starting XI, is that enough?
Gary, Alan & Micah also discuss the role VAR played in the Germany v Denmark game and why the handball law is so flawed.
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No joke, other than a handful of games, the frequent pods are what I've enjoyed the most from this year's Euros 😂
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Me too 😂
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True story........👍
Do yo ☆Prayers 3 🦁 boys & fans. That's how India won T20 world cup from 95% certain defeat. The 3 Sikh boys were amazing (Jasprit Singh Bumrah, Arshdeep Singh & Virat Singh Kohli). The Hindu boy made an amazing agile spider-man catch leaping into mid air at full speed (Suraya).
Defence wins cups with clinical finishing & defence splitting, fortress unlocking passing from Trent at right wing back ( ala Pirlo to Totti & Del Piero in 2006 when Italy defeated unstoppable big odds on betting favourites France led by Zidane & Thiery).
Pray & Meditate & make good luck karma 3 🦁 boys. Also Copy Klopp & Messi Monster Mentality, "energetic starters will sweat buckets for 1 hr, & then 3 impact subs will come on w fresh legs to win well."
"To make the press even more intense, & be like 👻 monster mentality roaring 🦁 Lions hunting prey."
"Make slick quick passes & 1-2s faster & make energetic smart runs behind rivals CBs to receive Trents lovely defence splitters from right wing back like Pirlo to Del Piero & Totti in 2006
(or Hoddle to Lineker & Ian Wright).
Also, listen to Ben Foster about Pickfords stupid long balls to rivals CBs, which is a huge worry. That's not Gareths fault if the GK does stupid long balls. Gareth must drop JP if he fails to improve (I want Ben Foster back as GK, or similar).
Watch Capello's chat to Kaveh Solekah of Sky. Don Fabio mostly blamed JP for all 3 defeats in the last 3 cups. Especially Euro Final at Wembley.
Also, Didi Haman ripped apart JPs lack of clam smart distribution.
Gareth must wait until last min to select KO Ro16 team as he won't know until Sunday 09.30am (0r 15.30pm) how fit the front 4 stars really are !
Eliminate any fatigue causing bug/virus in thier hotel?
Pray & meditate & on Sunday so our 3 lions 🦁 pride can rise & be victorious in KO stages battles, growing game by game. Just like 1966.
Enjoy getting to the KO stage cuz its time for 3 🦁 to hunt.
Its a time to pray & and meditate,
& to keep the bodies fully fit & energised, &
the minds fully focussed.
3 🦁 pride will rise to do battle like 1966 boys.
Gareth will have a good plan sorted on Sunday as he has changed & is channellingthe spirit of Sir Alf.
Don't bash em. Just pray and meditate to make lots of good luck karma.
U TRIED EVERYTHING ELSE & FAILED SO C'MON, COPY JASPRIT & ARSHDEEP & KOHLI
Shine off Alan’s head nearly blinded me
There's been several games in this tournament where VAR has worked fine and shown why it was introduced
There's been 2 games There's been a controversy about it
Both of those games had English officials
Yet still the tech gets blamed and excuses are made for the refs
Was the ball over the line?
No.
The Simons one was tricky as well, I guess you are saying that they shouldn't apply the rules then?
VAR's not the problem. The rules surrounding VAR are the problem, and these were interpreted correctly by the English refs
@joee8278 agree that VAR isn't the issue. Looking at the officiating week in week out by English refs, their performances are definitely a cause for concern. So many ludicrously bad decisions every week
Problem is they aren't held accountable aside from getting the occasional following weekend off
Do think the rules, particularly for handball, need looking at and changing though
@@cregyn officiating in PL is shocking I agree, partly due to rules but also inconsistent interpretation. Yesterday the officials made the correct decisions based on the rules so I think it's unfair to blame them and not the rules themselves.
Honestly think that English match officials don‘t know how to apply VAR. It‘s worked well in this tournament, but with them it‘s so disruptive.
Re the hand ball law, just rewrite to penalise cases where the offending player gains an advantage (intentionally or not). That‘s much less subjective than a ref trying to interpret intent or what constitutes “natural position”.
I don’t think this is true. Regardless of the officials, the guidance is so rigid that VAR is effectively re-refereeing the game post factum. The referee had no choice with either of the controversial decisions as they are not given any leeway in the name of consistency.
They just felt asleep bc of englands horrible performances
@@bigjonS4this right here. It's the fact that the referee can't use common sense to be like your hand is in a natural position so you didn't mean to hit it. There's contact so it's an automatic penalty. That's BS
@@bigjonS4 I know, the decisions just took much longer than in others games
Yeah, there’s something wrong with how English refs approach VAR
They speaking about Scammacca… i genuinely thought they were talking on Kane.
My frustration with VAR is it can get involved in the Danish “handball” and force the ref to award a penalty, but stays silent in the Hungary Scotland game when Scotland’s striker is practically rugby tackled when through on goal. Ridiculous.
Switzerland played brilliantly, and their flag is a big plus
The flag can't kick a ball or defend a goal, what are you getting at! 😆
@@dtrjonesyou missed the joke mate 😂😂
Boom Boom!
:)
I don’t know, it doesn’t add up
its a big plus + get it?
The Italians had no business making the last 16 and it showed.
Poor Croatia.
Croatia would've done better.
@@jayb8298 No
Not even 15 seconds into the video and I'm on the floor!😂😂😂 Absolutely love the banter around here 😂
England? 😂
As a german. Offside was offside. The penalty... no way in hell that should count as a handball. Where is he supposed to put his hand? Didn't like that decision at all.
Hand ball should be because of a deliberate handball. .- The point is whether it touched his hand or not it most probably would have not resulted in a goal but a penalty yes.
Yeah it doesn’t really make any sense. The rule as it stands means you can just smash it at somebody arm in the box and it’s a penalty. That used to never be the case. That’s a completely unfair rule
@@jimijames6449 yeah but only if their arm is up so defenders are gonna be running about with arms behind their back looking like idiots and compromising their balance. Brilliant.
Technically both were fouls according to the present day rules. But I would argue both shouldn't be. The offside because not enough of the body was offside (he would have been adjudged level before VAR) the penalty because it wasn't deliberate handball.
Come on. The ball literally changed his trajectory. I'm not agreeing with the offside though. It was an absurd decision, even if it wasn't the referees fault.
Alan, you can‘t call the law shit. It might call you out in a press conference.
Maybe people have to apologize to Scotland. Germany, Switzerland and Hungary were a lot harder than many other groups.
& Scotland were robbed of progressing by the Argentinian ref. Maybe his relatives were chinned by Scottish paras in Falklands.🏴🏴
Scotland have no quality. They wouldn't get out any group. Shit.
It‘s crazy that Scotland looked more competitive against Switzerland than Italy.
England wouldn’t have got through that group
The stadium in Dortmund had no leaks. The roof was just overflowing. You can see the water came over to the roof not through it. So it’s not old Trafford.
Someone’s a Dortmund batty boy
So it wasn't designed properly? German engineering lol
@@user-zy9yg2eu5t when it is raining like that every stadion with an open roof will get that... wht are you even talking about
vorsprung durch technik
@@ninodino444 have you heard about guttering?
Lineker and co - Why don't you push for an accidental handball rule where an accidental handball within the penalty box results in an indirect free kick. The problem with the handball rule is that a penalty is too harsh a punishment unless it's deliberate...
I like that.
great idea that
Great idea. Why don't we add more confusion about an already confusing game.
Who decides if it's accidental or not?
@@aaronstewart1372it just makes wins off of unlucky handballs feel cheap and absolutely devastating for the other team. Penalties are 95% of the time taken after actions that would not have resulted in a goal and Var offside cancels amazing goals because of a toenail there must be a way to balance this out to me…
Still not sure why they stopped the Germany Denmark game...the weather was similar to a sunny day in Stoke!
Lighting storm. The Danish especially were nervous, as a Danish player was once hit by lighting and lost his leg.
As someone who’s studying in stoke, this is a huge understatement. Stoke is like 1980’s Bulgaria
when the lightning hits the pitch, the chances are high, that you end up with a lot of injured (or even dead) players.
I hope this was a joke, that wasn't weather you could be safe in and they were right to go off the pitch. Put it this way, if you had your own kids in a field and that weather started, you would want them indoors as soon as possible.
@@dtrjones Don't be such a drama queen. Nobody ever used to run for their lives when there were storms when I was a kid. The chances of getting struck are infinitesimal. It's not like the players are running round holding 20ft long metal rods. People are so soft now.
It would not surprise me if the England Slovakia match was the first one that goes to extra time/penalties.
They’ve already bored the bollocks off me, what.’s next?
Please for the love of god start Mainoo in midfield next to rice. And make early subs. Have some bollocks about us and attack
Only if England get very lucky
That would be clowns to let the game go to pens. They will never win a shootout
@@jimijames6449 please leave stuff as is, Best regards, slovakian fan
switzerland has so much potential and i'm happy that ppl can see it
That's why Pep wins so much, cause he's bold.
bald?
@@footyball66no it says Bold
Protected by refs
@@jimmybloxham3434 LoL. Liverpool or Madrid?
People pretend like the handball rule was fine. It was just as big a mess with the "deliberate" nonsense. As harsh as it may sound, if it hits the hand, bad luck, it's handball is far more fair. And if it leads to more penalties so be it. At least it will be consistent. Which is the best we can ask for.
And we do see defenders with their hands behind their back trying to block a shot all the time, it's not impossible. Don't know where that idea has come from.
Honestly, this is the perfect pod to hype yourself up and keep up with the tournament.
Granit Xhaka played a great season at Leverkusen. You can see that. England will beat Slovakia who weren’t great so far and then Switzerland will run circles around that shaky English defense.
Stop!! Fed up with this psychological BS. England will beat Switzerland even with Gutless Turgid football. We are already in the Final where we DO NOT deserve to be
Shocker: English referee involved in VAR controversy.
Any referee would've made the same decision.
5:21 Handball Law summarized by Alan Shearer in one word 💩
Why doesn't Shearer come up with a new concept for the handball rule...... An INDIRECT FREE KICK, instead of a penalty for accidental handball. A penalty is too harsh for 99.9% of handballs and that's the main issue with it!
@@footyball66a Penalty for something you can't do anything about is ridiculous
The clap is what people did on YT 15 years ago.
Also this fake laughter, come on, not entertaining.
Yes as fans you want to see great football but even that can become boring if everyone plays the same. Contrast is the key. Contrast can create excitement.
Disagree with "football's moved on", there will always be a place for defensively minded teams. Plus, many would love to play "expansive" football but results can quickly change this thought process. Look how many cycles West Ham have gone through to play expansive football and then reverted to any type of football to keep them up.
Speaking of West Ham, I find it ironic that many pundits are complaining about England's performances with such good players. They're the same pundits who said West Ham fans should stop complaining about the type of football under Moyes. West Ham also have players that were not being utilised to the maximum. Fans saw the talent, but not the performances. Yet the pundits just said they should be happy because of their position and results. Well in that case, pundits should be happy with England's results and position.
I’d love to see their reply to this, it’s pure hypocrisy
The euros has been shite this year
Offside is offside. There have been many other narrow calls actually, but because it's often big nations whose goals are disallowed, complaints are limited and laughed off. Now that it went against the underdog, everyone's up in arms that it feels bad.
Handball... Was a very soft penalty... That was the sad one
There is one factor in football that actually determines entertainment more than anything else; it doesn't matter whether you are a high possession team, counter attacking team, high pressing team, or a man marking structured team. What determines whether a team or game is entertaining to watch is how MANY chances you can create to score goals. We have seen boring possession teams, and exciting possession, generally high pressing teams also create many more chances, but we have seen the best counter attacking teams also create a lot of great chances and can be very entertaining throughout history, it's just they often do end up regressing and sitting deeper after going up.
Nice video: On the handball rule. How can you objectively decide if an action was by accident or deliberately? You can change the rule (e.g., revert it) but still people would discuss handball decisions.
I like this experts round, it adds in the spice I miss on the German side. The fact, that a weather proof English referee interrupted the game was funny, but it was the absolutely right decision. I’m happy with his ruling, not because I’m a German, but he stuck to the rules, which are to be honest over the top. An unintended hand in close up distance, that doesn’t deflect the ball and doesn’t change the direction of the ball should not be penalized, so is a knee or nose tip no offside. The excessive use of technology makes it visible, but does it make the game better? Anyway, Germany was the better team, but the expected Spanish Squad will be a very tough cookie. Keep up the good work!
Germany kept attacking right to the end, its so obviously a great way to play, the result never looked in doubt
Germany won because of two controversial var decisions. Germany got out of jail🤪
It is a great way to play if your defense is stable. If you lead and attack while your defense is not stable you are just asking to concede.
@@seanhegarty7603 The decisions were tight but according to the rules. They are only controversial if you refuse to understand the rules.
The handball penalty was harsh. So was not allowing Germany's first goal after 4 minutes. So everything's fine by me. English referies performed about as well as the team so far, didn't they?
The laws of the game are real mess, the offside and handball laws are just ridiculous, uefa just seems intent on ruining the beautiful game changing rules every season its no wonder refs don't know whether their coming or going.. And im just sick of var and the offside technology its totally destroyed the joy of scoring a goal for players , managers and fans, get rid of everything with the exception of goal line technology, oh and stop changing the laws of the game every 5 minutes ffs !
The basketball level of physical contact, snickometer and VAR are ruining football.
Football died since intention and simulation replaced diving
“Efficient Germany” what a joke. Give them the cup now. Offside , armed robbery , the penalty never in 1000 years, same as Argentina in Qatar, as many penalties as you need. All manipulated.
Football has fallen.......the game i love has been destroyed. Stupid rules and rich lazy over sensitive players. No passion for the game and rules which change every week. Offside by a toe. What happened to, their must be daylight between players.....?
AS A BLK MAN FROM 🇬🇧, I CAN SAY MICAH IS A BLESSING. COMPLETELY SHATTERED THE BLK MAN STEREOTYPE OF THE “ANGRY BLK MAN”. HIS LAUGH, HIS BANTER US REFRESHING. BIG UP MICAH!
Only one drinking wine too. Dude seems to know how to be happy
Havertz should have had a hattrick yesterday.
Bro people saying where was he supposed to put his hands arevery annoying. Bro he stopped a cross with hand thats ilegal play rather he met it or not. Its crazy that we do this with handballs but we dont with fouls if someone accidentally fouls we still count them like normal but with handballs we try to bend the rules for sympathy reasons
Gordon should be running at a 37 year old right back.
Loved that collect from Havertz, such a shame he missed it, could have been one of the goals of the tournament there
yes that was insane actually
what kind of talented squad for England where coach bring only 1 left back to the competition that is basically a passenger thus far and unable to be considered for selection?
Even in the Euros we cant get away from our appauling English officials. The 3 worst decisions in the Euros... Hollands goal v France & 2 yesterday - utter prats!!
I totally agree that the handball rules are sh*t, but they are not that complicated actually. All the extra cases that applied to handball rules before, and the big amount of wiggling room for the ref, it made the handball rules more complicated and super arbitrary because it would only depend on the ref and if he saw it correctly instead of objectively looking at the violation. The current version can be cruel and the handball in this case looks soft, but it was correctly given.
I rather know what is going on and what was the violation, than a ref who may or may not haven been in the right angle when it happened to make a judgement call that does not include all the information for him in most cases.
The team look completely lost. Zero left wing threat, Trippier and saka need to go! For goodness sake, i feel for all the English fans that have travelled spending their hard earned money on this lot! I hope the second half is much betterthan the first
Southgate is the biggest joke in international football. He should never be employed in a sports capacity again.
As a German, of course I am happy when VAR decisions go our way. However, I firmly believe that football was a better game when all decisions were judged in real time. The human error of the linesman is not as consistent, despite that the linesman can consistently see if there is a clear offside advantage, and let marginal/same-height situations run, when the advantage is minuscule.
In other situations like fouls or handballs, I think the VAR replay should at least to some extent be reviewed in full context of the play and in real-time (not slow-motion). Since the ref judges fouls in real-time when they happen out on the field, VAR should just aid as a way for the ref to get a second chance to see situations which he may have missed, under the same conditions. A good referee should be able to judge if this was intentional or unintentional and if it impacted the course of play.
From what I remember watching football as a kid, it was just part of the game that referees will sometimes get calls wrong, but in the end the referee is always right and his call is final. As long as the referee and his team have a consistent threshold at which he judges both teams, the game was still fair even if not quite as accurate. Of course i see the value of having 100% accuracy in "objective" decisions, however at the very least the approach taken to VAR needs to be improved.
With the s as mount of cameras in the modern game and big screens… the ref can’t be the only person in the stadium who can’t use replays.
BTW hand ball, how do know if it’s deliberate, that would be worse.
If Kelly was Kevin would you be praising him so much?
Comparing England to Real Madrid of last season 🙄....
Getting your daily pod on has been a welcome surprise!
Never a pen.
I remember when Greece won the tournament never looked great or blew anybody away but did enough to get over the line
You spelt completely as completly on your thumbnail....
Greatly missing the point about Southgate. I have a lot of respect for the foundational reset Garth has done. But lets be clear, he has never had a winning career and has always played conservative football. Thats his comfort zone both as a player and manager.
He is a great student of the game but clearly struggles with translating theory to practical as evidenced by his poor in-game tactical instincts. He just doesn't know how to transition to an attacking style or pull a surprise on an opponent. Unfortunately he hasn't brought on coaches or assistants that wld help him.
And unfortunately, I think for the first time Southgate has been caught thinking of his legacy as he know this is it. And his thinking has been caught betwixt in no mans land, thats why the team looks suddenly so bland, disjointed. Thats my theory!
BUT let's also be clear, its not all on Southgate, the biggest error belongs to the FA. They should have recognized the great job Southgate did in resetting the England training environment, with the team itself, seþi g standards of behaviour and removing the club cliques etc. But, take your pick after the loss to either Iceland, France or Italy it was clear that they had an opportunity to evolve the position and they too bottled it.
Congratulations to Germany they managed the game very well and played well when they needed too, so unfortunate for Denmark though the handball law is a mess, even as kids the handball rule was clear and simple (we played if the ball touched your hand its a foul intentional or not)
Hopefully, England will get battered by Slovakia. England has never played a top 20 nation in Euro 2024, Serbia/49, Slovakia/79, Slovenia/45, Denmark/23 FIFA Rankings, there should be an investigation into why England gets easy groups!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
I would like to hear if they would maintain this same opinion of the handball being crap if it happens against England and England is knocked out because they are not awarded a penalty for something similar !
I never thought we had much of a chance, and Germany was the better team, but the way this went down just doesn't feel right, something is off about the rules if this can happen in such an important game and it ruined what little chance we had. But at least it's not just us who think so.
I agreed with the offside decision, there has to be a cut off point or line somewhere, where one side is onside and the other is offside. The handball decision was terrible as is the current handball law. However, what a lot of people either forget or neglect to mention is the debate and disatisfaction with how laws were previously hence why the laws wre changed. Having said that, the current handball law needs changing asap.
The problem with accidental handballs is that this is also up to the ref to make a decision and there will be plenty of false decisions as the result of it
Schlotterbecks goal at 3 mins should have counted
Lineker's home wine bodega every show is more plenty of rioja spirits 🍷
Thinking about LB, even Joe Gomez could play there, and he can certainly get up and down the flank, and deliver a good cross too. Palmer and Gordon on either wing would be awesome. We did see a tantalising glimpse in teh last game, but why doe Southgate not see it? He acknowledges the impact they had in interviews, but why does he not learn and act upon these things?! AI Southgate wearing a safety helmet whilst riding an exercise bike in his living room sums him up perfectly. It is time to really go for it - COME ON ENGLAND!
Agreed, I can't understand why Southgate doesn't see it and make the changes. Something in his brain or character is an impediment to him making the right team selection. Is he worried he will lose face or something?
Was watching the Swiss game last night wondering How on Earth does England get through that?? Got my kids' college funds on England and getting panic attacks now!
Doubt England get through today to be honest
That Italian team is terrible bar 3/4 players it's so mediocre
@@dan18oz we'll get through, but it will be an awful watch.
@@deathovdishonorbased on what? England haven’t even got someone as consistently progressive on the ball as Xhaka. The consistency of quality of play throughout the Italy game was levels above anything England has produced against a top team since probably the France game in the last WC.
@@karmaascendant3936because it can't get any worse 🤷
Tbf we're not confident or cocky this time around. Slovakia are no joke
When this will happens in favor of England, On the next episode “Hand ball rules are absolutely a thing of beauty” 😂😅
My comment looks mighty impressive 😅
With the rules/law changes why dont players just flick the ball at the arm/hand all the time. 20 pens a game
Swiss manager is seriously stylish, best specs in football (other than big Meeks). Love you guys!
Arsenal would've won the league if they had kept Xhaka.
Lol.
Wow. I've never thought about it like that.
No more blackouts
Who are England playing in the final Gary? Superb. It never changes and neither will the outcome :)
Re: Alan saying "deliberate handball - that used to be the rule". Yes - THAT was the rule, but it wasn't how referees interpreted it. I mean really, back in the day, how many players ACTUALLY deliberatley and intentionally handled the ball in the box? What defender actually thought, "I'll just give this a nudge with my hand"? Only a complete moron - that's who. Players were just careless and in the past penalties were given many times for careless ball-to-hand incidents, with nothing "deiberate" about any of them.
The current handball rule is a complete farce, but the old "rule" that Alan harks back to, was a pile of nonsense as well.
Come on Michah, Granit's discipline has been amazing after Mikel convinced him to stay. He was a completely differently player.
Video fixed?
Jep
3 self congratulatory blokes giggling because they’re allowed to swear.
Big Meeks.. please try to Behave Yourself 😂..Come On England 🏴..We Believe Man 🇯🇪🇬🇧🫡⚽️⚽️⚽️😎🏴⚽️⚽️⚽️
Ah another episode where we want England under Southgate to be exciting and attacking - i have news for you, not even in lauaghble piss poor qualifying groups for tournaments have Southgates side even been able to regularly net 3, and now at tournament final football you expect 3's, 4's and 5's - good luck with that. Its almost as if Southgate was bang average as a player and worse as a manager - hes only got a job because he constantly gets easy fixtures at tournaments, who has his England side ever beat worth a mention? There was Germany at the last Euros, and that was only because Muller inexplicably shot wide on his 1v1, other than that its a dull, empty slate, much like Gareth, shocker.
They should never have dropped Jorginho.
Micah is so biased with Italy. Switzerland were miles ahead
Gary and co showed balls to call out Crapgate. Then they got told off and now they're trying defend him, even when we crash out v Switzerland.
You think we will even get to play Switzerland?🤷♂️
@@Jabber-ig3iw lose tonight and twatgate's gone immediately so every cloud ...
“Given by VAR” - i hate how these guys keep acting like VAR isn’t a referee and it’s the technology making the decisions
Cry your eyes out
Italy really miss Verratti. Probably a top 5 midfielder in the world in the last 5-6 years. Losing their general at the back obviously doesn’t help.
They didn't qualify for 2 world cups with him
@@romanoonamor7690 Norway will never qualify for anything, Haaland is still the best striker in the world. What’s your point?
@@emilm8603 does that mean haaland cant be the goat?
England 🏴 vs 🇨🇭 Switzerland on paper England win but on the pitch Switzerland win.
I have a theory that the FA and Garath Southgate have reacted to the intense statistical video analysis used by some teams [the German FA have a very close relationship with Cologne university for instance]. So they have deliberately played this tournament so far with the handbrake on to confuse opponents' plans....
Ok so we are halfway in. I basically predicted everything that's happened on the pitch, but someone decided to delete my comment (I don't wanna brag, but I even said that if England will play the same sh*t as in the group phase, Slovakia gonna score a goal in first 30 minutes). I don't understand why, but it is what it is. I only said that you've disregarded Slovakia as a pundits, talking about this match in fourth episode and not saying ANYTHING meaningful about their game. Kind of sad, because I wrote it for over an hour and really put up some work into it. But it doesn't really matter, does it? I guess that now you know what I was talking about. Just please, don't be surprised.
“The law is just shit.” Hahahaha. Exactly!!! Change it back to how it was! So frustrating.
So!! Big meekz asked what is a no.9 's job? Well in my opinion his/her game is (formation depending) 85% intelligence and the ability to read the game, the other 15% will become effortless if the 9 has won that mental battle made the right runs opened up the space and basically has the defence doubting themselves!! That 9 will have goals/chances much more often because of the work rate and forward thinking, his teammates will also be lifted to see what used to be and many still think of as the laziest player (goal hanger) working Hard As F☆☆k !!!!!
You wanna be an English pundit here is an example , Premiere League “ that is never a penalty contact is too soft “ any other competition in Europe “ it’s definitely a penalty Scotland’s hard done by the referee “
Why can’t VAR just stay out of the game unless it’s a CLEAR and OBVIOUS mistake or oversight by the onfield ref. It is ridiculous that this Snickometer nonsense is now in use.
Can you lot (or someone on Garys team) or the bbc please give me a job working with you..!!!! Yous have the best job in the world. Travelling tge world watching and reporting on football. ❤😂😊😅
IMO the offside rule should allow fex a four inches "referee decision zone", just because 4 inches usually isn't enough to be a real advantage. Thus the ref can decide if there's an advantage which makes a difference, or not. I despise watching these inhuman "toe-nail" decisions from VAR.
The VAR / handball & penalty rule changes over the last 2-4 years has destroyed football. I couldnt care less about it anymore same with the enitre group of my friends and family. English football is dead in its current state. Also fuck Gareth Southgate.
I think Italy was not as good as people think. They got outplayed, basically every game this tournament.
“Sparkling” Switzerland is a bit of a reach.
And awwwwww he was only offside by a little bit
VAR has turned into UK style Health & Safety regulations, it has become excessive and been abused. The original idea was to use video playback to "assist" referee when there is "obvious controversy". What happened is VAR has thrown common sense out of the window and use slow motion to inject subjective/twisted interpretation. It's like someone punches you for "looking at him" then shows you a super slow-mo footage that you indeed looked at him for 0.5 second while trying to locate the bartender. Toenail offside is a hard one to accept but still acceptable, the handball is just nit-picking using nanotechnology.
As they said in the podcast its an entertaining business and the way VAR this game feels like hyper nitpicking and the applying the rules without the context of the match (reminds me of that swimmer being disqualified for celebrating with his teammate because he disturbed his race… even tho both had finished 💀)
I think if you believed the original VAR was to assist a ref during an obvious controversy, and truly though that’s all it would be - you’re part of the problem as to why it is in existence.
so Michael Oliver as well as being on the take from the UAE is a terrible ref. who knew? every top flight PGMOL official needs sacking & replacing, even if we have to hire from abroad. it is only english refs who so regularly produce games where they decided the outcome
I like var
Actually I think Austria vs Turkey is one of the easiest to predict. I can't see Turkey getting passed Austria.
Sorry guys, but you were all crying out for VAR due to past poor ref and lino decisons . Surely you cant keep changing the laws to suit players who are just pushing the laws to the limits and beyond. I would rather see the fake injury, rolling around like idiots clamped down on. Maybe send them to hospital for a check up...although in the uk they may not get an appointment for a few weeks 😂😂😂😂
You can play attractive, attacking football and still win trophies. Manchester City have won a few trophies in the past 6 years by playing attacking, expansive football. In a nutshell, Gareth has had the squad to win every tournament he's entered, but they failed to get over the line because they played defensive and negative football. So, you could say that Gareth's philosophy has not worked. Yet, he still believes that it will. And this be his downfall, and biggest regret
Southgates plan to win the euros...
England 0 v 0 Slovakia - England win on pens
England 0 v 0 Switzerland - England wins on pens
England 0 v 0 Turkey - England win on pens
England 0 v 0 France - England win on pens.
handball all day long, he managed to pull one arm in as he turned but not the other..accidental or not its handball....and VAR was brought in to remove any doubt for offsides..so a toe, a leg..hell 1cm, 10cm, 1m ...offside is offside.... stop crying...