Serbia v England - Sun 16th June, 20:00 | Euro 2024 Group C

[Beanhead]

Without Shaw effectively playing as a left winger, we’d arguably be better with Gordon on the left than Phil. Phil will only be able to shine with Shaw playing left wing as it frees him that little bit more. I’d expect Gordon for Phil at some point in the second half, with Trippier then staying deeper.

I fully agree.. as much as I hate to want a rag.. Phil will have a great tournament if we can get the burger boy fit. Trippier makes the left obsolete.

 

[Josh_D]

Soon as we scored, trippier stays back and fodens isolated. We give uo territory and the midfield cant get the ball to him. Same story every singke fucking time under southgate

Why when I saw your post at the start, I was thinking that your happiness may be short-lived :)

 

[Brendan110_0]

Bellingham and Foden need to be free, as soon as Foden was shuffled to the left the game changed.

 

[balotellishaircut]

That's his head.

I’m calling it now, I can see him looking like Hesky by the end of the year. :)

 

[BlueTG]

Anyone know how old Bellingham is?


Or Walker for that matter?

 

[FromPollockToSilva]

Someone has to be arriving at the far stick when the ball comes in from the right where we’re having a lot of joy

Kane always goes into the middle and Foden does too (presumably because Haaland prefers the far post run at City). Someone arriving at the back post would have bagged a couple of goals in that first half

 

[Ashton Moss Messi]

Bellingham new sponsor to be Farley's Rusk and Haribo

 

[Josh_D]

Do you think Pep would have made it work if we got Bellingham?

It’s Pep. I trust that he would have had his own ideas.

 

[super_city_si]

Why when I saw your post at the start, I was thinking that your happiness may be short-lived :)

It was all so encouraging :)

 

[Bigg Bigg Blue]

Just give the kid his credit. He's been the Outstanding player so far. It's an international game, not a league game. Get behind the team

I am 100 % behind the team mate but fuck me the way they go on about him you would think he is the only English player on the pitch

 

[ninjamonkey]

Phil tries to be a team player too much and plays like he's at City. He needs to recognise he's so much better than the rest around him and take it upon himself to be the man to do something every time he picks the ball up because we aren't going to dominate like city.

 

[CC1]

Every time we go forward Phil makes a great run but they won't pass the ball to him

That’s the main problem & why he sometimes looks out of it. He makes the runs - as he does for us - but there’s nobody good enough to spot it & send a decent pass. Rice is so slow & Bellend just looks out for himself when he’s not rolling around or diving

 

[r.soleofsalford]

I don't think he understands where he's supposed to be playing. It's like Southgate has said to him you're free to drift into space and trippier will provide the width but where ever he goes he's in someone else's spot.

Think Bellingham is a twat but he's looked much better, but I think it's because he's happier drifting into others space whilst foden is self-conscious of it

The ball is being played down the right wing . There is no ball up the left. It doesn’t help that we have a right back playing leftback so his natural pass is in field not wide.

 

[SamBlue]

Foden and this England set up are like oil and water, this just doesn't work. He seems pretty much lost with no specific task given. I could swallow it actually if he hasn't been completely different player in City shirt. And to be the player of the season in the PL and yet looking like a complete stranger in this team, something is off. Every single England game he's been playing looks like it's his first.

 

[Robinho's Subbuteo]

Being a pundit is a bit piss easy isn’t it!?

 

[SCEtoAUX]

Two words. Jack Grealish.

 

[Withnail]

Guehi, Bellingham and Walker all having very good games. Foden at the moment very quiet.

 

[Sky Blue]

Bellingham will always play centrally over Phil because he has that combatative side to his game whilst Phil get thrown off balance when a breeze picks up.

Kinell sick of the Phil bashing on here. Jokers.

 

[I'm With Stupid]

Without Shaw effectively playing as a left winger, we’d arguably be better with Gordon on the left than Phil. Phil will only be able to shine with Shaw playing left wing as it frees him that little bit more. I’d expect Gordon for Phil at some point in the second half, with Trippier then staying deeper.

Phil's strength is those little bits of interplay with other attacking players, which is hard to do when you don't have any other attacking players on your side of the pitch. Saka's strength is taking players on as an individual, which is why he always looks the best player in a team where there's isn't much in the way of attacking patterns. It's also why Grealish always looked so good, because of his dribbling. Kane has clearly been told to stay up top and not get involved in the build up, so if Foden wants to do something, it's basically up to him to try and do what Saka does and take on defenders, which is not his game. Add to that the lack of a full back. But at least we have the defensive solidity and world class passing that TAA brings. One mistake leading to a chance, and zero decent passes so far, as far as I can tell.

 

[Ohrodneyrodney]

Bellingham will always play centrally over Phil because he has that combatative side to his game whilst Phil get thrown off balance when a breeze picks up.

Bollocks