With the dust finally settled on another exhilarating UEFA European Football Championship; with the Spanish hangovers subsided and the English agony of Sunday night now supplanted by an introspection – and a deep admiration for the efforts of the national team – Strike! takes a retrospective look at the action from the past month.
Join football-mad CircleZeroEight Editor-in-Chief Elgar Johnson and Features Editor-at-Large Boyd Hilton – plus this week’s special guests boxer Campbell Hatton, CircleZeroEight Editor Lauren Cochrane, and journalist and former footballer Liam MacDevitt – as they discuss the fallout from the Euros.
Where did it all go wrong for England? There was a sense of both destiny and incompetence to the way the team stumbled their way past every obstacle en route to Spain. The team lacked a clear plan and structure, with too many players shoehorned in and out of form. But now Southgate’s gone – how will history look at the former Middlesborough defender’s managerial stint? Where did it go wrong tactically at the tournament? And where does the national team go next, both in terms of manager and player personnel?
Stream Strike! Episode 02 now on Spotify and Apple Podcasts.
