Gareth Southgate

[Bluekiwi]

Havs anyone seen the item on the MuEN web site ? The Rags have found their Iniesta in Lingard - really!!!

 

[dickie davies]

There was an article before the world cup where Southgate was asked "what happens if the back three system isn't working! Will you change it to a back four?" His reply was along the lines of the back three is the answer to all the problems and we make it works no matter what

With regards to England not having a talented squad, then surely we should play a system that gets the best from the players we do have, rather than shoehorning them into an unfamiliar one where our better players are weakened

Walker is one of the world's best right backs and played at centre half
Sterling is far more dynamic and a real threat when coming in from wide positions yet was played in a David Silva position

England should have set up like a downmarket City
Starting with a back four with Delph at left back who moves into midfield to create the extra man when we are in posession
Henderson the screen
Rashford and Sterling wide
Kane up front
Ali has been shite this season so Loftus Cheek should have been in with then a toss up between Wellshit and Lingard

Frighten the opposition with electric pace out wide and control the midfield

 

[lonestay]

If Southgate wants to play like a mini City then he has to play the city players in their club positions to start with. Then comes the tricky bit, finding players from other clubs that don't play that system week in week out to suddenly be able to do so . Southgate himself
Played it to safe his subs were predictable, time and player wise . To play a possession game and play out from the back is going to be difficult for England simply because the majority of the clubs that will provide the players do not play that way .

 

[the god Gerry Gow]

Truly abysmal performance though on a bright note we did add hoofing the ball to nobody every 30 seconds to our list of achievements.
Apparently Henderson played as I saw him being substituted.
Kane, Lingard and Alli were so poor I don’t think it is possible to play worse.
Did any midfielder actually get a single tackle in.

 

[Pigeonho]

Put Foden in that team in 4 years time. Stick with the manager. Some national pride has been restored.

 

[Indaparkside]

Put Foden in that team in 4 years time. Stick with the manager. Some national pride has been restored.

Get big fat Sam back :)

 

[BerkshireBlue]

There was an article before the world cup where Southgate was asked "what happens if the back three system isn't working! Will you change it to a back four?" His reply was along the lines of the back three is the answer to all the problems and we make it works no matter what

With regards to England not having a talented squad, then surely we should play a system that gets the best from the players we do have, rather than shoehorning them into an unfamiliar one where our better players are weakened

Walker is one of the world's best right backs and played at centre half
Sterling is far more dynamic and a real threat when coming in from wide positions yet was played in a David Silva position

England should have set up like a downmarket City
Starting with a back four with Delph at left back who moves into midfield to create the extra man when we are in posession
Henderson the screen
Rashford and Sterling wide
Kane up front
Ali has been shite this season so Loftus Cheek should have been in with then a toss up between Wellshit and Lingard

Frighten the opposition with electric pace out wide and control the midfield

completely agree. The walker at cb was always going to back fire. Why wouldnt you pick 3 of the back 4 players that have the best defence in the league is questionable. Croatia targetted Young because hes shit and it worked

 

[jaiguruKun]

There was an article before the world cup where Southgate was asked "what happens if the back three system isn't working! Will you change it to a back four?" His reply was along the lines of the back three is the answer to all the problems and we make it works no matter what

With regards to England not having a talented squad, then surely we should play a system that gets the best from the players we do have, rather than shoehorning them into an unfamiliar one where our better players are weakened

Walker is one of the world's best right backs and played at centre half
Sterling is far more dynamic and a real threat when coming in from wide positions yet was played in a David Silva position

England should have set up like a downmarket City
Starting with a back four with Delph at left back who moves into midfield to create the extra man when we are in posession
Henderson the screen
Rashford and Sterling wide
Kane up front
Ali has been shite this season so Loftus Cheek should have been in with then a toss up between Wellshit and Lingard

Frighten the opposition with electric pace out wide and control the midfield

He definitely should have changed the system in the second half last night. England stopped playing completely and were relying almost solely on long balls to Kane. Croatia had way too much space out wide and changing to a back four would definitely have helped.

 

[IH8MUFC]

Put Foden in that team in 4 years time. Stick with the manager. Some national pride has been restored.

Southgate can only polish a turd so much. From halftime onwards, we could all see how much better Croatia were on the ball, not that we didn't expect this before the game.

It's time to move most of these players on from the national team now and start building around the future which Foden will be a huge part of. Players that are comfortable on the ball and don't panic and hit it anywhere. Notably Jordan Henderson.

With the likes of Dasilva, Hudson-Odoi, Sancho, Foden, Mount, Mccechran, Brewster, Gomes, McGuane, Panzo, Sterling, Latibeaudiere, Maddison, Roberts, Sessegnon Brothers, Lookman, Greenwood we have some amazing young players and in 4 years we could have the most exciting team in the world cup.

 

[Cobra]

England should have set up like a downmarket City
Starting with a back four with Delph at left back who moves into midfield to create the extra man when we are in posession
Henderson the screen
Rashford and Sterling wide
Kane up front
Ali has been shite this season so Loftus Cheek should have been in with then a toss up between Wellshit and Lingard

Frighten the opposition with electric pace out wide and control the midfield

How exactly would we be controlling the midfield with Henderson playing there on his own?