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Just to expand on what Gabriel was asking JN Stones there because France didn't win their group and came second France Portugal Spain and Germany are on the other side of the draw against England. If England had come second, they would have played the Germans in the final. 16 and when they

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ed against Serbia obviously thinking they were desperate to win the group they had made, it was a bit heavy at the time, it was a bit boring at times, is this a glass half

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, a glass half empty, look at it what? What would you say about what England have done in this group stage?

Look, the goal of reaching the knockout stages is obviously very, very important, but I've always felt that you need some kind of push for it. I think there was enough today, especially. in the second half to give them encouragement that they will face a stronger opponent. I mean, Slovenia put in a great effort tonight, they knew a point would get them through so they weren't really set on any kind of attacking option there, so it kind of simplified the game a little bit for England in the second. half, but it will be a different challenge to get to the knockout stages, so I think we have a few days to work on that now and I think Gareth has to think a bit.

What to do with what type of alignment? Well, did it crystallize a little? Alexander Arnold hasn't worked. Gallagher hasn't worked. Mayu worked. It crystallized some decisions for him for the last 16 games. I'm sure Mayu will

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. In the next game, he thought Gallaga might be the option, obviously, because of the energy we talked about before the game, but I think it was pretty obvious that we needed someone there to make us play and M, who does that. I think Walton is capable of doing it. I also think that the more substitutes we made, the less rigid we looked, we looked so basic in the first half, it was difficult to watch, he made a lot of progress in the second half, we didn't get it. the result, but there were sort of glimpses of what we can be, yeah, what did you think particularly with those substitutions in terms of what kind of team he could make in the last one?

Yes, you would have thought that. I think they are men who obviously look very, very comfortable. out there um, but I'm always excited to see, I think Parmer certainly is that former factor. I know we were saying why didn't he show up in maybe the first or second game, but when he showed up every time he gets the ball, you think something is going to happen, so there was certainly a little bit more of a glitch in his game in the last 15 or 20 minutes, but there is still no final product, they didn't really test the goalkeeper, but there are obviously one or two positives with the clean sheet. but we come back to that, they need to show a bit more quality in the attacking areas, but I love Palmer.

I think it's an incredible play, as a forward, what does Palmer do as a forward? to put it in every time he takes the ball he's looking to put that ball forward he's looking to progress he's looking to go forward he's looking to play onews you know he's a progressive player you know he wants to move forward he wants to create something you know I'm starting to think you know I saw a stat about Kieran Trippa being our second most productive player in touches and passes. I'm sorry if we're going to include Palmer in the team if that's the case and if that's the case with our naturally left-sided plunderer.

Maybe you can put Sacka on the left side and put Palmer on the right side simply because we need to get some balance and fluidity in the game. Coach Cole Palmer loves exactly what the guys every time they have the ball look to eliminate opponents, so whether it's individual players or opposing lines, each of their forays takes someone out of the game and that when you have a player like that um, regardless of how the opposition is set up in a defensive sense, he will always find that Gap, he will always find those spaces and he is that disruptor, he moves the pieces around the board, his first thought is how can I eliminate . one from the opposition or an opposition line and those types of players are rare and I said before the game, I know you talked about protecting the young players, I don't think they need protection, I think they just need to be sent off.

To play I don't think I need protection at all. Does it sound like who are we going to play today? Okay, no problem, no, that kind of character you mentioned to Trent Alexander Arnold about Cole Palmer Bellingham. saaka U Mayu, these are huge Fen, huge talents, huge talents and we really can't mishandle these talents, we will really regret it. I think Gareth will too, so I think he looks, all I would say before Sunday is that these are there looking at him. the face now that they have entered the second half they have improved us enormously um there are technicians, the best technical players, the players who look more comfortable with the ball make us look like a team, I mean, we see each other, so I'm I'm going to say basic again in the first half, that's being nice, you know, that's the stiff England we've seen in every tournament for 20 years, that second half it looked like they were playing, would you like that?

Mark pmer, no, you would. I don't want to play against him CU because you worry about where you had to go because he moved a lot because he is very unpredictable and can beat a man, he goes from left to right, how many brilliant players affect the game when he came in, you knew he was going to affect the game, we knew it when he came on with 20 25 minutes left, we were talking about him like every time he got it and I looked at him and said. I'm hard to impress. I'm thinking something is going to happen to him every time he gets the ball.

You think something is going to happen. Didn't he play enough to avoid warming up? Didn't I have to do that yet? Yeah, the thing about him is that his attitude towards this wouldn't make any difference that it's getting into the stage that he's coming to, you know, he's still coming and he's just playing. We have seen how he played against Chelsea for half the time. Then he was very chaotic. just walk in and just bam just he thinks he

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be in that St 11 he's not thinking you know I'm learning I'm glad to be here he thinks he'd be looking at Garrett and Garrett will know that's what the big guys players they make, the big personalities, they'll get me out there, he thought I should be Man City's starting 11, that's why I left, didn't he think I should be in this team? the only country in the world that asks where are we going to fit this player into our team, not this player but any player of that type, we are the only country that does it well on a regular basis, how are we going to fit him in, where will Bellingham play, how Are we going to bend?

Where are we going to put Pmer? All other countries seem to include them. We fight to include them. We have to include them. So it's really a question for a head coach, Royan and Gary. I've also been a head coach when you have a plan and you have a system and you have players and an annex is going well, that hasn't quite worked out, but I still quite like the feeling, so I'm going to put Gigin on. and that doesn't work. How difficult is it? I guess the point is to swallow your pride and leave. I actually need a different type of player.

I don't know if it's swallowing your pride because I mean, I think G said that he actually felt that it worked in the role that he wanted, he wanted more aggressive pressure and it was logical, you know, it was a logical decision to put Connor in there, but then he said that he wanted more type of momentum with the ball. then Kobe becomes a much more viable option so I don't think it's about that but having real clarity of thought about where you're trying to build and I think the interesting thing he said there and it's It's always difficult with young players that your nature as a coach is to try to make things easier for them but every once in a while a young player or young players come along that are just knocking down the door and you just have to let them through and let them go because not all young players will be able to take that step.

I'm sure that 12 months ago Manu Warton and Palmer wouldn't be in Gareth Southgate's top 40 players for this European Championship. they could end up being the key players, there should be clarity of thought now, although going back to what was said after that, there should be clarity of thought about the midfield positions, surely yes, I mean the midfield positions, but also the fact We have Pford, we have Stones Rice and Kane in the backbone, so we have an experienced backbone, so having those young guys around them is really helpful, so I don't think it will be a problem playing with them in midfield.

I think you know, it was pretty obvious, I think in the first two games we couldn't control the ball in a way that would help us get through this tournament and Cobby Mania was provided, I think, a lot. better solution in the second half of that game than the other options that have been used so far yes because it was always England's job that's why you talked about it if someone like May who wasn't playing or winning how would the ball progress ? up the P, yes, but I think at the end of the game I think we would all be surprised if Manu doesn't start the next game again, you throw a player and eventually everyone listens, the players finally choose the team because when he sees and acts, he sees this and I would be under a lot of pressure to play Pmer next because they came in and affected the game and Garrett made a good point there, he said sometimes football and finding the team is hard work and they are struggling to get it. that flow of the game but they keep a clean sheet a couple of young players coming in tonight and maybe that's the way to go and as we know I always say with young players don't be afraid just go with them sometimes , I know.

You also coached the forwards and that's the hardest B in the game if Cole Palmer plays well. I think most people would agree and everyone watching at home would probably say yeah who comes out good. That's why I'm trying. You know, it's great. like Sack has done with England, you know with the creation of him in terms of goals and assists, you know he is a natural left-back player, you know he started playing for England as a left-back, he started with Arsenal as a left-back. I'm saying that people might say that we can't change from now on.

He's doing very well, but if that's going to give you balance and then you can get a friend on the team, it's something you know you have to at least look at yourself. I know you're saying something like Kyle Walker can play there, but he can have the same situation where we have a left right back coming in and we don't have anyone around him, he's a natural left-footed looter, you know? ? We have a complete activation on the entire left side. It would be brilliant to see him at left back, but I don't think Gareth is going to do that.

I feel like what you can get him to do is put Kyle at left back and then. bring in Trent Alexander Arnold on the right, who is obviously a brilliant ball user on that right side. I think it would be a good combination to have Walker at right back and Tripper at left back, which means we're blocking a bit on both sides. I think having Trenton on one side is probably the best we're going to get. He will have to do something, he will have to do something different because in the second half, the players who came in looked much better, they felt better.

Thanks Mark, we were here for the last 10 or 20 minutes and all the England fans were still here and they just got filtered out and as they got filtered out the families actually got filtered out obviously waiting to see their family. The members, the players, are sitting right behind the cameras now and the mood here is a little below average. I have to say that the mood of the fans, Karen, as soon as the game ended, really took the life out of them. because in the last 20 or 25 minutes it really broke out here for the England fans, the support for their team.

Well, I think the substitutes had a big impact because I think the fans then saw the substitute. 65 minutes, that made you know, it's noisy here. It was like they were here, but I have to say I think the stadium and maybe everyone at home is feeling a bit torn too because we know it's not the performance we want from this England team, but we're still TP in the group, So we're a little divided on that, it's a hard way to look at it, isn't it? You're right. The positive thing is that we lead the group. Another positive is that we avoid a lot of those big ones.

The teams and G Southgate himself said no, we don't want to be seduced by that, but it's hard not to be when the performances have been what they are, you feel like they've been a bit lucky to do that. Yeah, yeah, potentially, I think, for me, what I've gotten to is I really realize that we're going to get results. I think we look at our talented team and I think for me in particular, maybe the people at home are us. We are not going to expect to surprise people. I don't think GF is going to play this expansive football.

I believe that we are going to achieve results andIt may not be pleasant, it may not be the England team we want, but if he can progress in Us the way he thinks he can, that could be it, but there have been a few things he has to think about tonight. and the arrival of the substitutes was a factor, but listen to the guys in the studio about the bottom line. I don't think GFF is going to interrupt. I don't think I'm going to interrupt. I think the players who are going to go. "We'll continue as the game opens up, that's where we'll start to see some changes.

Big praise for Cobby Manu and the impact of him on you. Does it start in the next game? You absolutely know we've tried Tren, we." We've tried um from um we've got Conor Gallaga yeah it's been a long night um we've played we tried Conor Galaga and it just didn't work out and I think or it was going to be Kobby I think he's got more experience than Um , he's coming in, so I think in the end it was the right decision, yeah, what's up with Cole's question, man, because he's another one that came in and I think he also excites the fans with what he can do and the many What promises are there?

In the short time we saw him, would you make room for him? And if so, the guys who retire you watch, of course. I would love to, honestly, but again I'm putting myself in G's shoes. I don't. I think he's going to do that. I think what we want is not going to happen. I think we are going to see close games. 60 minutes. Our magic players like him are going to come in and try to open up the game. It will be difficult because Gareth is going to breakfast tomorrow morning and he will probably see it and leave.

How can I not choose it? How can I not start it? But I just don't see it. I think these Subs will be our

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winners and I believe. They're coming in 60 minutes and also, well, well, the United States says goodbye from Cologne to you, so G Southgate is probably already thinking about Sunday in Gan Kirken at 5:00 in the last 16 and you have had a year in Tottenham, obviously, and you've spent this night with about 30 English people watching this

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, how would you characterize the relationship between the English public and their football team? I think it's natural that when there is such a strong Association that you know the national football team represents them in so many ways that when you haven't been successful there will always be a bit of that kind of friction of love, hate, uh at all times because there is such anxiety there you know when things are going well you are anxious when things are not going well you are anxious the key is in the camp to stay away from it you know everyone you mentioned it tonight Gary mentions it everyone talks about the story you know what happened in 1996, what happened and the group that is going to win something and they will leave it behind and concentrate on what is in front of them, so at the center of it all is the The fact that England have not done anything meaningless , that's what drives it, isn't that what drives anxiety and desire absolutely absolutely, but that should be external, it's the fans, because they are so involved in it that you understand it and it's natural that the fans players make you feel hurt when you know they receive criticism, but if they want to break that cycle you can't repeat what happened in the past.

Gary said before we go through that as players, there's no point reflecting on what happened 10 12 15 30 years ago is what's happening today that's important yeah I mean you've lived in England for a long time what have you done with that over the years? I mean, obviously, playing with people like Gary and David Beckham and Paul Skulls and Nikki B and watching it, yeah, they obviously played with the guy you were with, it always seems obviously extreme, doesn't it? They have a couple of good results. They are definitely going to win the tournament, obviously, before the Tonight you are in the final, suddenly after the match you think who will be the difficult knockout match, let's simplify it again, friends, in the next match England have an incredibly group of players talented. "But that doesn't guarantee anything.

You need a little luck. You need the team to come together. And you need your Strikers to show up. They haven't yet, but they're going. I think they're still going well. "He'll still be a threat, so we need some kind of structure. We have too many players who have played so well this season and who are playing so poorly right now. There is something about the structure that is not quite right for him and that is what Gareth needs. "To work it out how you solve it, that's what you get paid for, but there are too many good players in your team playing badly.

Yeah, I don't think England is necessarily different from Spain, Italy, Germany or France. I think it's just them." . I've won things. Do you think that's the difference? As I said before. I bet French TV and French media are going completely crazy tonight. They have not scored a goal in open play and have finished second in their group. You are on the wrong side of the draw Mark, I was in Spain for a very short period, they were brutal and I suspect if you spoke to that it was just a Valencia, the rest is really nice, absolutely brutal, the questions they ask you are many.

I think it's more tactical and much more dangerous for a coach than perhaps the English broadcasters ask for, so for me I suspect all other countries are under a lot of pressure. We are not the only ones, but they have won, they have won recently and we have. we've underperformed, we've underperformed, we're threatening to do well, we don't seem to get the best out of our players and I think that's the frustration, yes, but it's not about how you start, it's about how you finish, and It is not like that and no. It doesn't matter what the

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is, you're going through a three, four, five, six week tournament absolutely, but forget the beginning, forget the end and stick with the now, you know, the next game is the one you know, that's where They have to resort. up there is where they have to play well and then conquer whatever it is because if you start to think that you like it, we talk about the path to the final and easy side of the draw, the bad side of the draw does not exist, none of that exists. what exists now is four games to win it, that's what you have to focus on, yes, and in terms of getting back on the training ground, then again, your experience in the world cup with Australia and the cup Asia having passed at this stage.

You'd expect a real rebound when you're on the training ground, like you're saying well we haven't played brilliantly so far but you know we won the group and look at the unique opportunity of international football that these guys have experienced and they haven't. I have a lot of time on the training ground, a lot of it is just about recovery, it's also the feeling in the taxi, it's the uniqueness of national team football, it's that they are there together 24/7 and how they navigate that. The development of a tournament is also important and I think what they need to do now is forget this kind of um viic evess that has existed in recent days, focus on the positive aspects of the way the game ended and use it as a boost .

The impetus and a sign of any decent team is when you are obviously not competent. It's an effort to get some results, that's what they've done, but they will need a big improvement to progress. Are you excited about the weekend? Always excited, shop on the weekend. in England and what's next is Jeopardy, whether we win or lose, but I will always be positive because I want them to do well, so I have my fingers crossed that they can do well. How excited are you for Gan Kirk and Although that name, I know, brings back bad memories because that's where you lost in 2006, Ry, historic, in a short time, yeah, it brings something back.

Do you know something. I always remember the end of that game because I felt like I wouldn't play. the World Cup and it's my last chance so it brings back memories but I think we should say we should be fine, we've been in a comfortable group, it's a good job we've been in a comfortable group the way Lo I think it's been favorable for us and I know we can't get carried away, but losing those other four teams on that side of the draw we've had a bit of good luck in recent years. being on the right side of the draw and it will help us if we have a more comfortable game because we need a good win under our belt before playing against a superior team or else we will get beaten playing like that.

We are and it's been great to have you with us tonight. I've enjoyed it and haven't mentioned cricket at all. Good for you, thanks Ang, see you again tomorrow night.