Stones is excellent now that he doesn't make the mistakes he used to make. When he keeps things simple he's top class. Give it another year or two and I think Tomori will be his partner.
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Stones is excellent now that he doesn't make the mistakes he used to make. When he keeps things simple he's top class. Give it another year or two and I think Tomori will be his partner.
We lack a real elite midfielder. Foden and Kane are class, defence works, wing backs are fine but against teams of Italy’s quality we really miss a Carrick type.
Rice is brilliant at what he does. We do miss a Verratti type midfielder, but to be fair so do most countries.
Rice is a good DM but he isn’t elite on the ball, he is elite at spotting danger and covering which is what a traditional DM does. Arguably young Bellingham may have that quality but you feel he is a bit to inexperienced at this stage. I was thinking more Jorginho than Verratti although he is great as well.
Gary as a slur was boring from day 1.
Philips and rice goes back to his cautious ways, Domenech shows it can be successful.
CB is where we don't compare but not miles off, everywhere else we are in the conversation for being top bracket... (perhaps GK)
I think that's Rice. Well, nearly so.
Potter and Dyche are the only two I can imagine taking it at this stage in their career, happy with either.
Not many great MF with great players around them.
France are the standout imo but player for player we are not far behind.
Funny that Carrick was often looked down on a bit for England for being too slow, because most English people loved those box to box Gerrard and Lampard style players so much. I honestly believe Foden could do that role for us if played deep, but then you would be wasting some of his talent and ideally you want him as close to the opponents box as often as possible.
See, I don't think pragmatic is boring.
We were far from boring in the Euros knock-out stages and final for example.
He is a great DM but he isn't going to dictate play against elite teams. It’s hard to get those type of players but I feel it’s what we lack, a Carrick, Modric, Jorginho because we are great on the front foot but when under pressure you need ball players who are ultra press resistant and smart in distribution. That would probably take us over the line in terms of being favourites in any game even against Italy and the like.
Carrick to be fair in his younger days was a liability without the ball. After he went United his defensive positioning improved dramatically while his passing game was always elite.
I agree that the Gerrard/Lampard thing was stupid, the England managers of the day should have used Parker/Carrick at the base to add balance. Foden could develop into a player in almost any position but I think City want him further up top.
I meant Gary as a slur was boring rather than him (changed).
He is lacking with in game management, both Italy and Croatia shows that, these were games where management can really make the difference. Was saying that real time as game was going so no hindsight.
But he really does seem to learn from his failures.
Yeah, but you can't just invent those players.
Between Rice and Phillips we're OK there - not great, maybe other teams are stronger in that area - but very decent.
Yeah, it'd be awesome to drop a 29-year-old Hoddle or a nationalised Modric in there for some games but then again, for others...
Looks like Wolverhampton
Apparently it’s very nice and the locals are very friendly
Looks like Montenegro TBF. Nice.
Rice is really coming on as a player, was a fairly average DM now a good good player. Progressing forwards, box to box and a few goals.
Reminds me of when Mourinho called him “Gary” last year to get under his skin, Southgate understandably didn’t take too kindly to it
The way I see it; Potter would be the least suited as he'd need more access to his players to truly do his thing.
Rice and Bellingham is the risky but obvious paring. I'm scared of using Germany as a guide to quality but post WC need to give a run of games.
Perhaps, but he seems nice like Southgate so lazily hoping Southgate +.