Modern football is 85 minutes of boredom and 5 minutes of action.
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Yeah because I trust Southgate over Pep Guardiola who makes consistent use of Grealish in bigger fixtures.
He isn’t productive enough to start week in week out but there are pretty much no better wingers at what he does.
And ‘old’ football was a bunch of unfit cloggers , who would be breathing out their arses 20 mins in now, kicking lumps out of each other with anyone who had an ounce of technical quality standing out a mile.
On shite pitches.
Is the 85 minutes having to listen to Lee Dixon ?
But you have the WC Rice and Bellendham in the MF...and the wunderkind Mainoo (not to mention Wharton coming along). I mean, how does a MF become truly WC without that ability?
Finland have been every bit as good as us in this half. The midfield balance is wrong and Kane's lack of movement is a hindrance.
Both top midfielders. Bellingham definition of elite and he is Him.
Not midfielders who dictate tempo.
Mainoo is an insane talent but a child.
So give me an archetype you're looking for...and don't fucking say Modric as the player obvs won't need to be WC but actually competent.
It's a pity that England didn't play for the 2-0 and let the Finns come.
It will be interesting to see how Gallagher develops at Athletico. He might be able to fill that sort of unfussy midfield position. Wharton perhaps? Although likely too much of a 6.
Busquets
With Kane it's been like playing with 10 men.
With Palmer it's been like playing with 9.
Bellingham should never be involved in possession sequences. The moment he starts to come deep, the others should tell him to fuck off back up front.
Trent with another insipid display, and people wonder why he didn't get picked for ages.
Walker has looked pretty dozy also.
Stones and Gomes seem to have injuries and are limping about.
All in all not great. Were in control largely for the first half hour, after that they all stopped running, and again the shape is far too iffy.
With Palmer it's been like playing with 9.
Bellingham should never be involved in possession sequences. The moment he starts to come deep, the others should tell him to fuck off back up front.
Trent with another insipid display, and people wonder why he didn't get picked for ages.
Walker has looked pretty dozy also.
Stones and Gomes seem to have injuries and are limping about.
All in all not great. Were in control largely for the first half hour, after that they all stopped running, and again the shape is far too iffy.
If you're lucky , that is !
Welp, least you didn't say Modric...so fair enough.
Started watching 5 minutes ago, can someone with a wankhorn filter tell me what the first half was like?
How has he missed that?