How Gareth Southgate Evolved England (And Why He HAD To Go)

Hello everyone, Adam here. As you can see we're back home in our old studio now, but all the moving and trying to up the spec of production slightly means this video's nearly a week later than we ideally wanted it to be. YouTube will no doubt batter our reach for that, so if you do enjoy it and you want to give it some love, shares to social media could make a massive difference to us. Anyway, it's transfer season now though, so we're full steam ahead on Yoro, Calafiori, Dewsbury-Hall, de Ligt, etc, and will be doing a tactical preview for as many clubs as we can between now and August 17th! Much love x

Adam, you are by far the best analyst in the content creator space. I am so glad you pointed out the "sitting back after going ahead" myth.

You don't find this level of analysis from Gary Lineker & co. Well done gents!

Adam Wharton and mainoo are the press resistant players that England need?

Good to be back to the OG blue screen😅, The Euro’Background was cool though🔥💪🏾

Another interesting tactical aspect of the World Cup 18 was his use of Sterling. He hadn't scored for England for ages and everyone was calling for him to be dropped, but Southgate wanted him next to Kane to STRETCH THE GAME and give the runners behind space. Hm, I guess you can't keep everything in your mind...

"I don't have a girlfriend, I have you lot!" 😂😂😅

Safe at the back, longballs forward & good at set pieces. Sounds like Burnley 4 years ago. Imagine what we could have achieved with a good manager. Shame that we'll never know

The best tactical analysis channel on YouTube

This guy's tactical analysis the past few weeks has been tremendous - the best analysis I have ever seen.

21:21 PLEASE do a video on how England COULD have set up, and what his alternative subs were. Why not dropping Foden or Bellingham and putting Gordon on the Left? Why not start with Toney? How about Adam Wharton in midfield?

"England don't have that profile of midfielder" ... coughs Adam Wharton.

Only position he got right in the euros was cb

Just came across post Euro 2024 Analysis Vdo of your channel before this one. Your channel are the most thorough on formation and general tactics. Worth listening. Hat’s off

Gareth Safegate.

I agree with what you said. The other issue with this last tournament is that he took unfit players, I don't believe he had done that previously, but I could be wrong.

I think he did evolve somewhat, or at least try to, with the way in which he was trying to play this summer. However, he obviously had a role in mind for both Rice and Bellingham, a role which they both once played at West Ham and Dortmund, however it quickly became apparent that they are both no longer that type of player - which greatly disrupted the team's balance. For as good as Guehi was as well, he didn't carry the ball forward like maguire either which also further limited our movement on the left side. I think this is why we started to revert to type in the knockouts. My biggest frustration in reverting to type, was that we didn't try and replicate the prior success of Rashford and Sterling alongside Kane, with someone like Gordon on the left and Foden or Saka down the right. I hope the next guy gets it right, but the only real way they can win people over is to win that first trophy in what will be 60 years - big ask!

As a West Ham fan, Southgate reminds me so much of Moyes, took a joke of a team and turned them into a very dependable squad which you could believe in, even if the football was turgid at times The Moyes x Southgate era of football in my life might prove to be the best years, and I am absolutely appreciative for what both of them did, but I think it was probably the right time to move on from both and hopefully to a bright future

There is one thing to be mentioned - he sellected the side, he sellected players. Not taking single healthy leftback - his choice. Deciding to play positional football with Pickford in the goal to kick it always far - his choice. Playing Foden on the left with Bellingham in the middle - his choice. Your average viewer see these mistakes and recognizes it, but somehow there was no effort in changing them. Simply put, he decided to put together squad and team based on the name regognition. Of course it did not work out.

This is a fantastic video highlighting the achievements and shortcomings of Southgate. I was always more of a supporter of Southgate before this tournament (whilst being frustrated at his tactical style/game management) but desperately wanted him to leave after this EUROs. Its easy to forget how much progress we made from 2018-2022, and actually in 2022 we were a great team who did more than enough to beat France. He deserves so much credit for those first 4-5 years. However, 2024 made it absolutely clear the team had outgrown him, and we would be much more effective if we played a style more suited to the players. With the current landscape of international football, if a manager can come in and get the best out of Kane, Foden, Bellingham and Saka (plus others) for the next three tournaments England would have a massive chance of winning something.