England v Brazil | Friendly | Match Thread

[SebastianBlue]

And all will finish*

*Unless Stones is injured covering Slabby.

 

[Gorbachev]

Phil starting on the right whilst Saka is out tells you Southgate has no intention to start him at the Euros.

 

[domalino]

Phil starting on the right whilst Saka is out tells you Southgate has no intention to start him at the Euros.

Or if you take half a second to think about it, Phil is playing on the right because Antony Gordon can’t, so instead of forcing a kid to play out of position in his first England start, he’s swapped the wingers around.

 

[SebastianBlue]

Yeah this is a really big issue.

What we really need to all focus on is that Jordan Henderson, who isn’t starting or on the bench, is part of the 30 man training squad.

Forget the football match about to happen, we need to exclusively whine and complain about the 6th choice midfielder Southgate has gone with, because everyone knows you can’t win a tournament unless your 6th choice midfield option is world class.

I hadn't realised that Henderson was now 6th choice.

My mind is now at ease!

 

[Gorbachev]

Or if you take half a second to think about it, Phil is playing on the right because Antony Gordon can’t, so instead of forcing a kid to play out of position in his first England start, he’s swapped the wingers around.

In my opinion, Southgate plays Gordon, Rashford or Grealish on the left.

He either plays Foden in the midfield 3 or as a sub and I don't think he has the personality to play Phil in a midfield 3 with Bellingham and Rice.

Southgate for me wants this Gallagher and Rice partnership to work.

 

[ninjamonkey]

Looks like foden will be out wide, if waistcoat had any intention of playing the obvious rice/bellingham/foden midfield in the euros we'd surely see it today. Absolute coward. Pep would have us lining up like that and so would any forward thinking manager. FA keeping this fraud in charge will go down as the greatest waste of English talent in a century unless they somehow manage to win in spite of the tactically inept man in charge.

 

[dronefromsector7G]

So excited for this. Dawn of a new era for Gaz and his boys. Time to show how good we really are. #engerland

 

[SebastianBlue]

Or if you take half a second to think about it, Phil is playing on the right because Antony Gordon can’t, so instead of forcing a kid to play out of position in his first England start, he’s swapped the wingers around.

Alternatively, Southgate could have played Rashford on the right (on for Gallagher) and Foden in the middle.

Isn't this sort of friendly the perfect opportunity for experimentation?

 

[r.soleofsalford]

Fucking henderson still getting picked for england

It’s a fucking joke. Nearly as bad as this kid from united getting picked for the squad

 

[TinFoilHat]

Saka would rather flog his special sauce in Nando's than play in a friendly for Engerland.