Yeah don’t mind that at all. On the proviso that it’s not a flat back 5, which that can quite easily turn into with Southgate.
England Euro 2024 Squad and Discussion
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The Toblerone formation. How often does Saka play on the left or at wing back for Arsenal?
Yep this looks better & can get Palmer & Eze for either CAM positions if one is not performing.
Gallagher wouldnt be as bad aswell since the team would have much more creativity even though Mainoo is better pick.
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Walker Stones Konsa Trent
Mainoo Rice
Saka Bellingham Foden
Kane
Walker Stones Konsa Trent
Mainoo Rice
Saka Bellingham Foden
Kane
You're playing like crap. Southgate doesn't have a clue what he's doing. None of that matters because you have Bellingham. Switzerland and the Netherlands aren't good enough to overcome him
The final either southgate gets his shit together or england will lose that
Bellingham is good but not that good imo
He made all the difference against Serbia and Slovakia but Switzerland and Holland are a different kettle of fish
He is. You'll see
As a Real Madrid supporter, how would you rate Bellingham thus far on a scale from Thomas Gravesen to Cristiano Ronaldo?
Never seen anything like him before. His stage presence is unreal. Supernatural
That line up has no-one actually playing upfront. Kane will drop into the spaces Bellingham and Foden want to play in.
I reckon Kane would be dropping deep even if he was playing with prime Busquets, Xavi, Iniesta and Messi, which at that point they would’ve told him to feck off.
Maybe Mainoo, Rice, Jude and Foden should tell him to feck off, if Southgate can’t, shoo him away from midfield you know.
I don’t know what’s wrong with that guy, maybe it was something he ate.
Don’t like Trent at LB at all.
Sub Shaw in if he‘s fit.
Honestly would like to see this team. Get them to play with Trent firing balls onto Toney and picking up the pieces like Big Sam said. Rice isn't good enough at progressing the ball.
Appropriate choice for playing Switzerland
I advocated for a 3-4-2-1 way back in this thread but just heard that Southgate is planning on playing Tripper at RWB rather than TAA. F* ck off.
Even with the new formation we still see foden shoe horned into the set up, you can't have Bellingham, kane and foden all in the same team when they all try to occupy the same area of the pitch, Bellingham has delivered, kane has well.. at least been our joint top scorer but foden has done sod all except the odd decent moments on the ball here and there but not enough to warrant messing up the balance in attack for this pep system player.
Watkins or toney should replace him in the team if we go 3 at the back
Watkins or toney should replace him in the team if we go 3 at the back
Toney will get on around the 90th minute
Southgate is such a *****.
Cant even play TAA with a back 3 against Switzerland.
Think that both Foden & Bellingham centrally is going to be amazing - Kane can't drop as deep as he did before because he looks like he has lost some speed this year.
Foden & Bellingham trying to be the goalscorers whilst Kane occupy the CB's is the best we can get.
We needed a left footed LB and Saka has played there before - thats why i wanted him to play there because without Gordon, Rashford or Grealish at LW - playing Saka at RW makes it too hard on one player trying to hold width & cut in.
Cant even play TAA with a back 3 against Switzerland.
Think that both Foden & Bellingham centrally is going to be amazing - Kane can't drop as deep as he did before because he looks like he has lost some speed this year.
Foden & Bellingham trying to be the goalscorers whilst Kane occupy the CB's is the best we can get.
We needed a left footed LB and Saka has played there before - thats why i wanted him to play there because without Gordon, Rashford or Grealish at LW - playing Saka at RW makes it too hard on one player trying to hold width & cut in.
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So basically the same players, but in a more negative formation still with, a RW at left wing back, 2 no 10s and a deep lying striker. Trippier ahead of TAA at right wing back.
This is going to be horrible isn't it?
This is going to be horrible isn't it?
It might not even be 3 at the back. If it is, I am actually in favour of Tripper over TAA as RWB.
I dont watch Arsenal a ton. He doesn’t play there anymore I don’t think, but it is my understanding he started his career as a LB/LWB and has experience there?
May e some Arsenal fans can shed light
Got it 95% right, only Trippier for Trent.
Foden confirmed it's 3 at the back.
Southgate has never picked a lineup that any of us agree on or like. How can he be this bad. Is this even possible that a mgr never has never picked a team we all want just even once
....why Trippier? There is nothing Trippier does better than TAA in 2024. Like, you can't even call it a defensive move to balance Saka on the left because Trent is a better defender than Trippier these days...
what the actual feck
what the actual feck
Little did I know he’d play Tripper at LWB and Saka at RWB when natural width from the wingbacks is the key to this system working. Doesn’t have a clue.
So bizarre playing trippier LWB.
This is what I was thinking. If Trippier was good defensively that would be one thing… but he is actually worse than Trent in that area now. If we have adopted a wingback system, not playing Trent is, well… yet another fireable offense …. But Southgate has had so many of those at this point t who can even count.
What if instead of having Pep, the Barcelona teams with Xavi, Iniesta, Messi had kept the worst manager imaginable because he had gotten that team to the CL semi’s twice. That’s what Southgate feels like for England.
This is an improvement on previous showings. England actually look like they can build something moving forward.
Rice looking so much better.
Yeah so he's just playing the same guys in the same roles and with the same structure as always, just with Bellingham and Foden swapped
Which does explain why Trippier instead of TAA in fairness
Which does explain why Trippier instead of TAA in fairness
Foden has stunk out this tournament to high heaven and the press haven't said a peep.
When no one is pressing him and he has all the space and time in The world.
i missed the game. Only caught the second half of extra time. How did we play? The usual?
Every time someone talks positive about Rice i see your posts. You really dislike him don't you?
feck sake, now we have to watch another game!
It's coming home.
Seems a bit unfair taking penalties against a keeper under 4ft tall.
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