England Squad - Euro 2024

Got some brilliant players but the balance of the squad feels a bit off, defence looks weak and we’re in big trouble if Stones gets injured. Trippier also had an up and down season compared to the previous one and playing him at LB will unbalance us a bit. Will be a shame if Foden gets chucked out on the wing once Bellingham is back
 
hilts said:
Its Southgate there is no relevance to how pep or ancelotti play. If he wants 3 strikers just in case or wants to use 2 to chase a goal late on that's fine, you don't pick the team or tactics sunshine
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Congeats on discovering im not southgate, doesnt discredit my point though. This friendly tonight, before the tournament has even started has proven my point.
 
Blue Potato said:
Got some brilliant players but the balance of the squad feels a bit off, defence looks weak and we’re in big trouble if Stones gets injured. Trippier also had an up and down season compared to the previous one and playing him at LB will unbalance us a bit. Will be a shame if Foden gets chucked out on the wing once Bellingham is back
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The thing about the defence is walker/trippier/trent all have a habit of bombing forward up the wings leaving you open to the counter.... Fine in the group but not in knockout stage.
 
Leave Jack out of the final squad shows just what a clueless fucker the Waistcoat is.

Grealish gives the team something that no other player can.
 
The decision on the best starting XI and set up almost comes down to a decision to drop one of Alexander-Arnold, Walker, Gordon and Foden.

I think everyone agrees that Foden needs to play, but if he doesn’t perform for England like he does for City, he will get rotated/dropped.
I think Walker is the player of the 4 that offers the least to the team, but it probably gets in to give balance.
Alexander-Arnold probably has the least favour with waistcoat, but as the tournament progresses I think he will force his hand.
And Gordon looked decent against Iceland. Lol

My XI would be…

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I'm not much of a TAA fan but I think his goal in the first friendly and some decent forward passing in the second might play him into contention to feature at some point. He's had 2 subsitute appearances and in both, although he hasn't exactly set the world alight, he has at least done something to try to get the team forward.
 
Lauz9888 said:
I'm not much of a TAA fan but I think his goal in the first friendly and some decent forward passing in the second might play him into contention to feature at some point. He's had 2 subsitute appearances and in both, although he hasn't exactly set the world alight, he has at least done something to try to get the team forward.
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Abit like Grealish when he played 30 minutes in the friendly
 
The moment Boulders went down I knew he couldn't continue, but he soldiered on to half-time. I just hope to fuck he hasn't done any serious damage because my hatred for internationals will grow and grow.

I have a mild interest in what my country does regarding football, but I have an all-consuming obsession with what City do.
 
KentBlue said:
The moment Boulders went down I knew he couldn't continue, but he soldiered on to half-time. I just hope to fuck he hasn't done any serious damage because my hatred for internationals will grow and grow.

I have a mild interest in what my country does regarding football, but I have an all-consuming obsession with what City do.
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The wrong thread for this post
Stones is probably our best centre half, but his fitness is totally unreliable
If City received any half decent offer, I’d sell
Problem is, no one’s got any money
 
The biggest problem I saw for foden in the 10 the other night was Kane constantly taking up his positions. He drops back so much into a congested area it leaves even less space for foden to be found. If Kane plays then I think it suits Bellingham more there as he's better at running past the striker. Rice needs to be a pure 6, he doesn't have the range to be an 8 and England don't have the tactical flexibility to support it. I'd put Alexander-Arnold next to him and he should be allowed to move through the lines as he can at least see a pass. Shaw would have been lb but since he's not seen any action for months it will be trippier imo.
 
We just don’t have ANY pattern of play. Im good with his squad selections but we’ll do fuck all cos he cant coach. How can you make kane, foden and palmer look toothless against weaker opposition when they have about 80 goals between them this season?

Huge gaps in the midfield and absolutely no cohesion. No pulling the oppostion around and attacking the space. Just 11 aimless players.
 
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