On this edition of Back Pages, David Garrido is joined by The Athletic's David Ornstein and The Daily Mail's Riath Al-Samarrai, to reflect on England's goalless draw against Slovenia. The pair also discuss Cole Palmer and Kobbie Mainoo's impact off the bench, and take a look who should start in Gareth Southgate's side for England's round of 16 clash.
ESPN's Mark Ogden and The Telegraph's Sam Dean preview England's crucial Group C clash with Slovenia at Euro 2024. They also discuss Mattia Zaccagni's 98th minute equaliser as Italy went through at Croatia's expense before talking about the Premier League's 'swap' transfers that might expose a loophole in profit and sustainability rules.
The Sun Football Editor Charlie White and Scottish Sports Editor Roger Hannah talk in-depth about the problems facing England and Southgate, following their underwhelming performances in their first two fixturesat the Euros. They discuss who will start in midfield in their next game, as well as if Harry Kane back to full fitness following his recent injury. They also discuss Kieran Tierney having to leave the Euros following him being taken off in Scotland's match against Switzerland, as well as Michael Olise's decision to move to Bayern Munich from Crystal Palace, following plenty of interest from other clubs.
The Guardian's Jonathan Liew and the Athletic's David Ornstein react to England's underwhelming performance in their 1-1 draw with Denmark at Euro 2024, with criticism dominating Friday's back pages.
The Telegraph's Jason Burt and Heather Dewar of the Daily Mail look ahead to tomorrow’s back pages, talking points include Scotland's crucial draw against Switzerland, whether Gareth Southgate will keep England unchanged against Denmark, Arne Slot's asperations for Liverpool and whether Andy Murray will make Wimbledon after retiring from Queen's Club.
The Independent’s Miguel Delaney and David Friel of the Scottish Sun look ahead to tomorrow’s back pages and start with Phil Foden fighting back after receiving criticism for his performance against Serbia. Kobbie Mainoo is then discussed as Declan Rice’s best potential partner in midfield as well as the relief he’s shown in Erik ten Hag keeping his position at Manchester United. Cristiano Ronaldo is then looked at by Miguel Delaney and how the forward still deserves his place in the Portugal squad, despite being 39 years old. David Friel tends to agree with all of Andrew Robertson’s comments in his press conference as Scotland look to improve from their performance against Germany. Finally our guests agree something has to be done about the number of games players are forced to play each season after the African Cup of Nations looks like it could clash with the Champions League as well as the Premier League.
ESPN’s Mark Ogden and The Telegraph’s Sam Dean discuss critics reactions to England’s performance against Serbia and if the team are becoming ‘overreliant’ on Jude Bellingham. They also touch upon Belgium’s shock defeat to Slovakia and France’s narrow victory over Austria. They also chat about the travel ‘chaos’ fans are experiencing in Germany and Crystal Palace’s fight to keep Marc Guéhi this summer.
Martin Ziegler Chief Sports Reporter for The Times and David Ornstein Football Correspondant for The Athletic discuss all things England, with a discussion around Jude Bellingham being their stand-out player. They also chat about England's overall performance, with many echoing that it was 'a game of two halves', as well as their evaluation of Trent Alexander-Arnold's match in Southgate's midfield. They also touch on Scotland's opening match, as well as Denmark and Slovenia's match in Group C.
The Daily Mail's Heather Dewar and The Times' Martin Hardy discuss Scotland's huge loss to Germany in the opening game of Euro 2024. They also discuss Gareth Southgate's potential line-up for England when they take on Serbia this Sunday, plus news that AS Roma owner Dan Friedkin has agreed a deal with Everton majority shareholder Farhad Moshiri to buy the club.
The Guardian's Jonathan Liew and The Scottish Sun's Roger Hannah preview the opening game of Euro 2024 between hosts Germany and Scotland. They also debate whether Gareth Southgate's side can finally end their 58 year wait to win a major tournament before talking about England's crushing eight-wicket win over Oman at the T20 World Cup.
Henry Winter and Charlie Wyett look at tomorrow’s back pages and in the lead up to the Euros, we start with John Stones having to be in isolation from the rest of the England squad due to a sickness bug. They then react to Wayne Rooney stating he wouldn’t have Trent Alexander-Arnold anywhere near the middle of midfield and finally on England, do the FA have a plan if Gareth Southgate quits as manager after the tournament? Moving to the Premier League and what might Manchester United look like next season with Erik ten Hag remaining at the club?
Teddy Draper is joined by John Cross and Miguel Delaney as the panel discuss the biggest topics in the sporting world, including the news that Erik ten Hag is set to stay on as Manchester United boss and England are given a fitness boost as all 26 players take part in their open training session.
Julian Warren is joined by The Athletic's David Ornstein and ESPN's Mark Ogden, to discuss if Euro 2024 will be Gareth Southgate's final tournament in charge of England, and if Trent Alexander-Arnold is in pole position to partner Delcan Rice in England's midfield, for their opening group game against Serbia.The pair also analyse if The Three Lions can cope with injuries to key players ahead of Euro 2024.
On this episode of Back Pages, Teddy Draper is joined by the Times' Martin Hardy and the Daily Mail's Riath Al-Samarrai to discuss England's shock loss to Iceland before Euro 2024. They reflect on John Stones' injury, the reasons why they played poorly and if fans should be worried by the performance going into the competition. The Panel also talk about Jens Lehman's comments about Germany International team as they look to prove him wrong and go further than the semi-finals.
On this episode of Back Pages, The Guardian's Jonathan Liew and The Independent's Miguel Delaney join David Garrido to discuss the announcement of Gareth Southgate's final 26-player England squad for Euro 2024, reflecting the surprising omissions of Jack Grealish and Harry Maguire and inclusions of Adam Wharton and Luke Shaw. The panel also discusses the results of the Premier League club's vote on VAR, with Wolves being the only club that voted in favour of scrapping the technology next season.
David Garrido is joined by the Mirror’s John Cross and Charlie Wyett from the Sun to discuss the leading stories from the back pages which are dominated by the news that Manchester City’s challenge against the Premier League could have a knock-on affect to all the EFL clubs by putting their £900 million deal in jeopardy. Luke Shaw boosted Gareth Southgate’s hopes of success at the upcoming Euro’s as he returned to training after being a huge doubt due to injury. The Premier League also admitted that VAR delays increased last season and that will undoubtedly draw criticism from the clubs.
On this episode of Back Pages, Football writer and broadcaster Henry Winter and The Mirror chief football writer John Cross join Teddy Draper to discuss Manchester City 'launching legal action' against the Premier League over financial rules. The panel also discuss Ivan Toney’s chances of making England’s Euro 2024 squad and The Lionesses’ win in France which boosted their automatic qualification hopes for Euro 2025.
On this episode of Back Pages, ESPN's Mark Ogden and the The Telegraph's Sam Dean join David Fulton to discuss who stood out against Bosnia and Herzegovina to put their name in the pot for Gareth Southgate's final squad for Euro 2024. They also discuss Real Madrid stopping Kylian Mbappe from respresenting France at the Olympics and FA suggest Lucas Paqueta to be banned from football forever after his alleged betting scandal.
On this episode of Back Pages, The Sun’s Jack Rosser and the Daily Mirror’s Andy Dunn join us to discuss Carlo Ancelotti warning his Real Madrid players against complacency ahead of the Champions League final.They also discuss the news of Kobbie Mainoo’s potential new big money contract at Manchester United following his impressive breakthrough season. Finally they touch on Enzo Maresca being faced with an immediate decision of being forced to sell fan favourite Conor Gallagher as one of his first acts as Chelsea manager.
Jason Burt from the Daily Telegraph and the Daily Mail's Riath Al-Samarrai discuss in detail Enzo Maresca's five-year deal to become the new Chelsea manager. They also touch on whether or not Jack Grealish will make Gareth Southgate's squad for the World Cup, as well as the potential striking of Premier League players over the proposed four-week Club World Cup, that could take place next year.
William Joseph
wow. that was self Indulgent and pointless. unbelievably ignorant. well done Alan Smith for being the only one not say anything daft. I'd delete this Sky to minimise who sees it. it's that bad
paul roberts
this shoe is getting worse and worse. the French league isn't a massive league it's a farmer's league with psg sitting on top of it
Mark Oliver Buchanan
This is cringing to listen too at times, #TheDebate, please have guests do there research and have something to add other than "its flippin brilliant" I'm one for diversity on a panel, but if you cant add anything to the discussion your just wasting everybody's time and its embarrassing and cringing to listen to you repeat over and over, its brilliant everything's brilliant, Leicester are brilliant.... why are they brilliant? whats different? what's Rodgers brought to the table? etc second time this guys been on with Paul Merson and brought nothing to "THEDEBATE"
Andrew Clavin
for me.....why do pundits always say that?? we know its for you..you are the one talking@
Richard Hazell
so glad the game is on BT, sky sport is ridiculously biased towards liverpool its disgusting