I actually think Southgate deserves a bit of credit, he seemed to have fostered a healthy but competitive desire for places.Vardy creates space for people, but is half the player against a deep defence - against Belgium maybe, but not against Panama/Tunisia.
Similarly, I'd play Henderson ahead of Dier in the first two, when England should have more of the ball.
If it's 5-3-2, then there are only 3 attacking positions free as Henderson/Dier has one, and Kane has another. Sterling, Alli, Rashford, Loftus-Cheek for two places, and then there's Delph as well for the middle.
For Panama/Tunisia, I'd think about whether it's possible to play another forward player and reduce the defence (not that I know much about either!).
Where did this competition for places come from?
No it means he's on the same wavelength as great players and miles ahead of the shite ones, who was he supposed to square it to on Saturday when he ended up chipping it wide? No **** was moving, just all stood admiring his great turn and move into the box.
So we are at the point now where he plays shit because he’s that good. Haha.
I actually think Southgate deserves a bit of credit, he seemed to have fostered a healthy but competitive desire for places.
No way he needs to play both dier and Henderson together against Tunisia or Panama; we need to take 6 points from the first two as I don't fancy our chances against Belgium in a pressure situation
We get it, you don't rate Sterling, but if you think he's worse than Rashford you're fucking deluded. And if you think he was 'shit' v Nigeria god knows what you thought about Lingard, Alli or Dier then.
Agreed, stark contrast from 2016 when we had no idea what woy was going to doI'd go with more than a bit. He seems to have had a plan, for outfield players at least.
By 'ahead of', I meant 'instead of' - as you say, playing both would be crazy.
Agreed, stark contrast from 2016 when we had no idea what woy was going to do
Good point, can't believe he was crow barred into central midfield. Along with Kane on the corners it was one of the most ludicrous decisions I've seen a football manager makeSouthgate isn't forced to play Rooney. That in itself is a huge advantage!
I certainly don’t rate him for England. No one is quick scrambling for his England stats, wonder why. He was shit v Nigeria, if you don’t think he was then I can only imagine you thought rashford was world class last night? Or can you reasonably assess someone’s game if it isn’t Sterlings? For England he is worse than Rashford, feel free to do the research.