"THE WORST SUBSTITUTIONS & DECISIONS I'VE EVER SEEN"
episodePreviously titled “ENGLAND ARE OUT OF THE WORLD CUP...” — renamed by the publisher on Aug 3, 2026
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Why are the hosts furious about England parking the bus after going 1-0 up?
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Right, Buzzing Hornet. Quite pathetic display. After we scored, sat back, invited pressure, seemed like no desire to score more goals. After we scored, we should have pushed for more, knowing they would have come forward.
Right, we've watched Spain last night, yeah? A proper team. A proper team, right? They score the goal, they're playing the best team in the world, they score the goal, and they just keep going. Put them to bed. Put them to bed. Brilliant. How proud of Spain were you last night? It was incredible, wasn't it?
Incredible. We'd had France down as our favourites, and Spain gave them a football lesson.
We score our goal tonight, we've got, what, half hour left? Yep. Oh my gosh. I'm thinking you can't defend...
but how many times in this tournament forget when we're down to 10 men and we're in mexico and went to fight every time went to five every time and what did they keep doing just flooding we couldn't get out to stop the cross bodies in the box no matter how many defenders you got they're running in we're static filling spaces danger look we're all devastated but from the moment we scored We were hoping for a 1-0.
But we haven't kept a clean sheet. We're not devastated. We are devastated. But we're not devastated if... It's the manner, isn't it? So got a comment here, James United, Saktuku now, awful, awful, awful, trying not to swear, absolute so-and-so. L.Dotts, let's park the bus after we score and allow them back in the game. Had we carried on playing how we were in the first half, we would have been fine.
Well, sorry, I'm going to say very clear how it is, because Gareth Southgate, I weren't his biggest fan on some of the things he did in charge.
That was what Gareth Southgate would do.
Exactly. And I don't think he would have put about five in, by the way. And I don't think we'd have dropped and... We did work deep, for sure. But we'd not got the right players on to transition and try and win the game. We'd got O'Reilly playing left wing. Left wing?
Right, so... Mate, honestly, I'm absolutely seething with it. It's the way we've gone about the loss, right? It's so pathetic, yeah? Because we've brought the manager in to be this winner guy who goes, you know what? We've got half an hour left here. We've got... some of the best players in the world, some of the most informed players in the world as well right now, right? We're doing really well. We've been on the front foot from the get-go in this game. It's been an even game. It's been a cage game, but it's been an even game, right? We score the goal and that was it. And as soon as we did that, Argentina and Messi just went, cheers, lads. Appreciate that. Messi went, I'm going to have even more time to get it on.
So that's a wonderful left foot and just whip ball.
We said last, on the last stream, Ben, I think it was, wasn't it? And we said, right, up to now, we've done what was expected. We were level part. Yeah, we were level part. Arguably one under with the backs against the wall display against Mexico. We ground it out. But we've beaten the teams we should have beaten. And we said, this is the measuring stick now.
This is a proper test.
This is the measuring stick. And tactically, he was the guy to get us through these games. And he's done. The same as Southgate.
No, he did everything tactically right up until 1-0, right? Yeah.
I'm waxing lyrical.
This is my problem, right? Everything's perfect until 1-0, and I'm thinking this is exactly how we should have approached this game, right?
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Chapters
7 chapters
1
Why are the hosts furious about England parking the bus after going 1-0 up?
0:23–12:48
2
How did substitutions like Gordon off and Konçа on change England’s attacking outlet?
12:48–15:23
3
What tactical errors led to Messi’s set-play winner and vacated edge-of-box positions?
15:23–47:45
4
Why do the hosts say Argentina’s mentality beat England in the semi-final?
47:45–50:33
5
How did tactical choices and substitutions influence England’s collapse after going 1-0 up?
50:33–55:44
6
Should Thomas Tuchel stay as England manager and what will the FA do next?
55:44–1:06:29
7
How do the hosts wrap up the show and lift spirits with a post-match quiz?
1:06:29–1:25:23
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