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Third Place: Belgium vs England

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Analysing the team selection that Southgate favoured, based on World Cup performance, my view of the England team for the future is:

Pickford (keep) Trippier (Keep) Walker (Keep) Stones (Keep) Maguire (Keep) Young (Dump) Henderson (Dump) Ali (Dump) Lingard (Keep) Sterling (Dump) Kane (Dump).

I have no answer who we should replace the 'dumps' with.
Dump harry Kane
 
The set piece goals were never going to continue like they did and he made no adjustments. What bothers me is this idea that it is the start of bigger things for England.

Aye, important point this which I've barely seen mentioned anywhere in mainstream discussion.

Those setpiece-tactics were cute and deffo worked up to a point, but as with any new-fangled playing style the opposition soon cottons on and the game is up. England were honestly woeful when it came to open play. Harry 'Golden Boots' Kane included.

Plus England have that funny record I think someone else mentioned: no other nation has managed to lose 3 times despite reaching the semis of a major international tournament.

But still, they'll always have that 6-1 against Panama :drunk:
 
Analysing the team selection that Southgate favoured, based on World Cup performance, my view of the England team for the future is:

Pickford (keep) Trippier (Keep) Walker (Keep) Stones (Keep) Maguire (Keep) Young (Dump) Henderson (Dump) Ali (Dump) Lingard (Keep) Sterling (Dump) Kane (Dump).

I have no answer who we should replace the 'dumps' with.

I'm about to do a Zat.

Potential team to build on for the Euros:

GK: Pickford
RCB: Walker
CB: Stones
LCB: Maguire
RWB: Trippier
LWB: Rose
CM: Chalobah
CM: Lewis Cook
AM: RLC
AM: Lingard
CF: Kane
 
I'm about to do a Zat.

Potential team to build on for the Euros:

GK: Pickford
RCB: Walker
CB: Stones
LCB: Maguire
RWB: Trippier
LWB: Rose
CM: Chalobah
CM: Lewis Cook
AM: RLC
AM: Lingard
CF: Kane

…Ooops you forgot Alexander-Arnold the worlds best right back ever - expect a visit and a stern side-mouthed talking from Danny Murphy very soon....
 

Aye, important point this which I've barely seen mentioned anywhere in mainstream discussion.

Those setpiece-tactics were cute and deffo worked up to a point, but as with any new-fangled playing style the opposition soon cottons on and the game is up. England were honestly woeful when it came to open play. Harry 'Golden Boots' Kane included.

Plus England have that funny record I think someone else mentioned: no other nation has managed to lose 3 times despite reaching the semis of a major international tournament.

But still, they'll always have that 6-1 against Panama :drunk:
Hello mate, Germany lost 66.666666666% of their games in this WC.

Good bantz though ;)
 
Aye, important point this which I've barely seen mentioned anywhere in mainstream discussion.

Those setpiece-tactics were cute and deffo worked up to a point, but as with any new-fangled playing style the opposition soon cottons on and the game is up. England were honestly woeful when it came to open play. Harry 'Golden Boots' Kane included.

Plus England have that funny record I think someone else mentioned: no other nation has managed to lose 3 times despite reaching the semis of a major international tournament.

But still, they'll always have that 6-1 against Panama :drunk:

Well technically, they lost one game in reaching the Semi Final.
 

Just read an article on Sterling that he should be looking to model his game after Hazard's game. Which I suppose in theory is not a bad idea I suppose. For me he's more Shaun Wright Phillips than Hazard and I don't think he has it in him to be much more than that.

You know I should be looking to model my game after Hazard's as well. Its just I never bothered to get around to it.

But seriously, he plays for man city. You are going to build an attack around Sterling? Maybe he has other skills but really his entire job at man city is to slot in goals because the entire defense is worried about everyone else.
 
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