England needed better, but got worse, against Denmark

England needed better, but got worse, against Denmark at Euro 2024

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00:00So, it's a draw for England today and, to be honest, they were probably quite lucky

00:05to come away with a draw in the end. I think it was so many England fans were looking for

00:10a better performance, looking for an improvement, looking for something that gave them a little

00:14bit more hope, just in terms of the entire tournament after the limping victory over

00:20Serbia. They didn't manage to get that. They took the lead against Denmark and I think

00:24people were quite positive after that. England looked like they could do something with it.

00:28They looked like they could kick on. There were a few players in there that were starting

00:33to find their feet a little bit. But then after the goal, they just fell apart a bit.

00:38They invited Denmark on them again and basically the same as what they did against Serbia.

00:44They weren't able to go for the jugular and make it count and make their superiority count,

00:51which on paper England have a better group of players than what Denmark do. They were

00:56unable to make that count today. I think there's too many players in that England side. Gareth

01:01Southgate has got some big decisions to make after this. Too many players that you would

01:07expect to kick on and really take these games by the scruff of the neck. You look at someone

01:11like Jude Bellingham, obviously he takes the positives when they come. He was a player

01:15that didn't really get into it today. But you look at the two pivots in Declan Rice

01:19and Trent Alexander-Arnold and they weren't able to get into it. It's now difficult for

01:28England in terms of getting people on board with what they're trying to do because it

01:32wasn't a good game. They weren't better than they were against Serbia. They were worse.

01:36And now they go into this third game of the group and yes, technically they're better

01:40off because they're top of the group with a game to go. But England fans want to see

01:44more and I'm sure that the players and the manager want to see more as well. So we'll

01:48see. We'll see what happens now. Not an ideal afternoon of football at the Euros but I suppose

01:53if you want to look at the positives, they are still unbeaten and then they go into the

01:56Slovenia game with their own fate in their own hands. So we'll see what happens. I'll

01:59speak to you soon. Cheers.