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You've got no sense of humour either. Relax a bit, you take yourself far too seriously.
Ah, so you're a comedy act?
Sorry..... I hadn't noticed..... I shall adjust my perception accordingly.
I would play this…
Walker - Gomez - Guéhi - Trippier
——————-Stones
———Bellingham-Rice
Saka——————————-Gordon
——————-Kane
It’s a much more balanced team that has runners for Kane and fixes the problem at 6.
Walker - Gomez - Guéhi - Trippier
——————-Stones
———Bellingham-Rice
Saka——————————-Gordon
——————-Kane
It’s a much more balanced team that has runners for Kane and fixes the problem at 6.
Southgate is a complete coward. His only formation is a defensive double pivot.
So, our only hope is that he bites the bullet and decides who he wants to play, Foden or Bellingham. He can then line up with Wharton/Rice/Bellingham and play Gordon/Saka off Kane.
But he won’t make that decision, because he’s frightened.
Concerning. Sounds like a lack of preparation
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I came to terms with that long ago (I'd reluctantly accept a proper #6 + Rice & Bellingham).....
Just makes the TAA experiment all the more baffling (that and the fact that aside from a half against Bosnia he was shit in MF every time Gary or Klopp tried it).
It’s outrageous that he’s doing this now.
He’s had, at the very least, a year to work out who he wants to partner Rice. Mainoo, Gallagher or Wharton. I’d probably go with the latter but I really like Mainoo too. He obviously loved how Philips and Rice worked together. Very matter of fact progression through the midfield; together they achieved what an exceptionally talented individual might achieve on his own.
You then give Bellingham the freedom of the pitch and say ‘go and show everyone you’re the best player in the world’. Instead, he’s confusing everyone - Rice clearly doesn’t feel comfortable progressing the ball and Bellingham doesn’t know when to drop. TAA looked totally lost and Foden is floating around the left hand but getting frustrated and dropping into the middle.
Shocking management. I have no interest in digging out individuals. It’s Southgate.
Theres so many answers to the problem. Any formation with balance is better than what we have. Any formation with players that dont suit it wont work
100%... Only to add that's killing Kane too cos he naturally plays like an False 9.
Notions of perfection aside; it's so easily fixed but the frustrating cunt can't see (sh)it
Very very true. Lots have been massively overrating our side
Southgate is a complete fraud.
His insistence on playing Bellingham as the 10 is what is killing us. He can still break into the box and get goals like the one against Serbia from a deeper position.
Why are we playing Foden in a positive which makes him completely ineffective and experimenting with Trent in midfield?
Any non-coward just keeps it simple and plays:
His insistence on playing Bellingham as the 10 is what is killing us. He can still break into the box and get goals like the one against Serbia from a deeper position.
Why are we playing Foden in a positive which makes him completely ineffective and experimenting with Trent in midfield?
Any non-coward just keeps it simple and plays:
Bellingham - Rice
Saka -- Foden -- Gordon
Kane
Saka -- Foden -- Gordon
Kane
It’s the FA who have no ambition and are forever happy with a safe, uncontroversial character who can just qualify for tournaments and hopefully get into the knockout stages.
There was not one single football reason to appoint Southgate.
And as for appointing Woy instead of Harry, what a bunch of gutless fucking losers.
It’s like Conteball on steroids but with much better players. Although we rarely went one up!
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Hahahaha, who’d have though Southgate a massive fan of the right wing.
Average positions are based on ball touches so in those 15 mins Kane for example would have touched the ball a couple of times in that area of the pitch, not that that's great but it gives it a bit more context I guess because it looks like that's where the players were positioning themselves.
Still leaves Bellingha, Foden & Kane all treading on each other's toes...... We need to play 433 with a single pivot..