How England MUST Setup To Fix Their Problems.
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I’ve been watching Slovakia , Slovenia , Georgia , Albania etc and they all seem to be able to play some decent joined up football and they have a coherent system and plan. They play triangles , quick sharp passes , keep the ball well , press with intelligence. How the hell are England in this mess ? It’s unbelievable that these smaller nations can figure stuff out and Southgate and his team can’t.
So true.
Bruh i watch canada under jessie marsh crave argentina open for 90mins.
Comes down to lack of actual practice and cohesion.
They lack self beleif
The England Camp have kept saying, for a few tournaments, ‘this is tournament football’. I’ve thought about what this means in terms of tactics and mentality. I now understand that it just means ‘playing shit’.
Not really as every other country has actually played good football except for… England…
Trippier doing a job but him and Foden on the left doesn't work. Drop one of them because this blunder has cost us any momentum in this tournament
Also Trent was brought off before Watkins came on. Trent can play balls for runners but Kane is moving in the wrong direction (backwards). Southgate got is so wrong on the day with class players
@@leotran9259you’ve not understood have you
@@LGEightZero no I completely understand. We’re just dogshit.
This is a brilliant video, basically Trent can do it all, but not if you play like this, same with Foden, Sakah, Rice and Kane, the problem is what everyone has known for the last 8 years, the coach
if by do it all you mean ping long balls when he has acres of space then yeah sure. but other than that? not quite sure.
I would bench Kane.
@@ahmedmiladi9362he got a lot
Interceptions. He needs to learn the position. He can press he plays for Klopp England need to press better.
Adam Wharton a left footed accurate passer of the ball. Who can tackle. Spain & Germany would have played him by now. the squad is brilliant and needs to be utilised. Mainoo, Gordon, Palmer, Toney?
Has to be worth a try. Current line up isn’t working.
Spain would be playing Rice, Mainoo and Wharton as a ball playing 3 in midfield, and it would be class
I think any discussion about TAA, Foden, Kane, Trippier or any individual player means very little until we have some sense of what Southgate actually wants the team to look like.
Are we meant to be a low or mid block? Pressing or passive? Possession based or direct? Do we progress through the middle or down the wings?
Even if the football is boring or ineffective we should at least know what we're trying to do.
Play Trent right back (at least against Slovenia and teams where the opposition winger is not a major threat) with Bellingham and Rice holding with Foden in the AM position, Gordon left and Saka right, then ideally Kane if he is willing to mix his runs and do a bit of pressing, but Watkins is also an option. Trent would be on the ball in a comfortable area that he is used to with the ball down the channel to Saka, across to Gorden or inside to a Bellingham or Foden. Obviously the defensive pace of Kyle walker is great but on the ball he is usually a dead end. So when England should have the majority of the possession play Trent.
We can all say it as much as we like. It will never change. Gareth will never changed. Wasting your breathe and nothing new since 6 years ago. It's the same thing. Every. Time.
You say that but Southgate knows. He will do something different. He will make changes.
If they’re the right ones or enough….. ????
@@steveconnolly322 No. He won't.
@@VillaBoys123 well if you’ve seen his demeanor in his interviews and listened to what he’s said it’s very easy to see he will be trying some alternatives. But enjoy your delusion dude👍😁
@@steveconnolly322 He will change the personal, that's what he does. He won't change the system, the philosophy, the style, the attitude.
@@VillaBoys123 yes. So he will change. Thanks, you’ve got it. And he’s playing differently now to the qualifiers, and a few yrs ago. So generally you’re not impressed with him, which is understandable, but not changing isn’t the problem. The problem is not doing things well. But I’m behind him and the team, and if you recall tournaments from many years ago…. 80’s???? There’s plenty of time to settle on a new solution and approach. In hoping he can find it
I feel like the team is really missing a tyrick Mitchell type LB
Yep, someone actually left footed. Could play with a quasi back 3 and push Trent up like he does for Liverpool.
@@ralf-5 Lewis Hall would have been a good shout too...
Brilliant James...🤣deffo need an overhaul. Gordon rocks. Gareth's set-up with TAA in midfield didn't work in the friendlies - no idea why he persisted with this same set up for another TWO games...scary really. Hope to God that he makes some decent changes for the last group game. I'd like Wharton with Rice and either Foden or Bellingham dropped and Gordon in. Subs of Palmer and Bellingham/Foden, Gomez, Mainoo? I liked your last team selection with a back three too...👍
We either play 5 back yes or you have to get a runner in behind and play Gordon with foden in cam, Jude cm. Spot on as always
or u play a back 4 with gomez at lb, and trent at rb with stones n walker in the middle, trent moves up to create a 4 man midfield for pressing and creating the overload so we stop getting our pants pulled down in midfield.
@@jack28aug that could work and then you have foden and Bellingham in the half spaces but then still no runs on behind for Trent unless you bring in Watkins for the 2 up top so 4-2-2 in build up
Its not Southgate but Ben White mate Steve Holland who is the coach, the tactician, the person who works on the pitch with the players so why is'nt anyone pointing the finger at him???
I personally think the players from the main favourites (England, France, Portugal) have played so many games during the season that they are very tired .. that's why the pressing and the up tempo is missing
I agree
I feel like if Kane plays, Bellignham has to be under him so he can go beyond and they can rotate. If it's watkins up front though, you can play Foden in 10 to be the playmaker and have Bellingham back. Foden and Kane would get in each others way a little bit too much, but it would still be much better than it is now!
Good video
In Wharton we trust. The missing link?
please show this video to every england fan. just makes sense
On the bright side we’ve really made a lot countries happy with our performances
Southgate says the press wasn't good enough but I'm telling you now. Them playing deep is exactly what Southgate has instructed them to do
It clearly isn’t though
Sack GS right now, he obviously doesn’t know what he’s doing and has proved it over and over. Just let the players pick the team and tactics for the rest of the tournament. It can’t be any worse. They are obviously being constrained or bemused by Gone Southbrain’s choices and instructions.
If you’re afraid to do that at least ban him from giving any press conferences. He’s even more disillusioned than Ten Haag. I mean if the dilemma is truly missing Phillips, TAA is not the answer.
In possession we were flat, slow and predictable. Pickford goes long too often even when there's options - either he's told to do that, or just doesn't have the ability. It also doesn't help when we have no left-footed defender. We don't need Rice & Trent standing on the centre-backs toes or with their back to play. Why not play a 4-3-3 like they do at City, Arsenal and Liverpool. Have Rice in the middle, then Bellingham & Foden offering angles either side. Both are comfortable receiving the ball, on the half turn, and can drive up the pitch.
Then we can have Gordon & Saka keeping the width, making runs in behind, with Rice, Walker and Trippier offering support from deep. And if we have the opposition pegged back, Walker or Trippier/Shaw could make an overlapping run.
Germany have Andrich & Kroos in midfield, but they don't play flat like England. Kroos drops to make a back 3, Andrich stays central and the full-backs get wide and join the attack. But we don't have the personnel to do that.
When Shaw is fit, we could play him LB, Trent RB, Rice drops in next to Stones and Guéhi with Wharton/Mainoo central. Or even play almost a back 5, with Walker, Stones, Guéhi and Rice the block that sits, Shaw & Trent as wing-backs and a front 4 of Bellingham, Foden, Saka and Kane. Just like Germany's Gundogan, Musiala, Wirtz and Havertz.
Great vid but you're asking the impossible. Southgate is so limited & tactically unaware it's literally impossible for him to fix this. He simply hasn't got the ability to do it. The sooner he goes the better.
why would you build the team around Trent he is not at the same level as his compatriots. Southgate is failing to utilize a system that takes advantage of his compatriots. you have one of the best strikers in the world in Kane and he gets no service. England has looked competent at the beginning of games but as soon as they score they start defending without any pressure on the ball. If you compare sprains defending of the lead vs England's you see the problems with Southgate's system.
The players in front of Trent are a bigger problem than Trent himself, Kane with Foden/Trippier on the left is never going to see many switched passes or balls in behind, but Kane scored a tap in off 2 deflections and apparently that validates his selection
Bellingham in a two with rice. Play foden at 10, then Gordon or Watkins on the left, they’re the only 2 players who can play on the left that will make runs in behind and stretch the defence
Real question, which manager in the prem would Southgate replace?
i think the players we've been playing are perfect but there are certain problems that need to be fixed
I wish sum1 would do a poll and go thru every prem league manager and ask would you rather hav "pep, pochettino, dyche" as england manager....
Hmmm wonder where southgate would finish in that poll.
Wonder how many would pick Pep, who has had the best team in the world for how many years and won how many CL?
@@Arrowchucka Is that a good thing?
Look at Ancelotti at everton?. Maybe some managers are great with vast sums of money and being able to attract best players from minute pool. Let's face it how many teams would haaland signed for?
Complete opposite to international, u cant just buy a haaland, Salah or mbappe???
As a Welsh man ….. I can’t help but laugh 😂 “footballs coming home” my arse 🎉😂😂
It won't make a difference whatever changes Southgate makes. He has no tactical nous whatsoever, is far too pragmatic and his ability to affect a game is absolutely deplorable. He was the perfect guy for the job when he took over, as England were a shambles and needed that pragmatism to steady the ship. Since probably his second tournament however England have outgrown him.
The players are of a far far higher quality and play day in day out with far higher quality instruction and tactics. You could visibly see the frustration in the last 2 games.
There needs to be a clear philosophy of play instilled in the players way before the start of a tournament. It's abundantly clear that Gareth hasn't a clue who his best XI is. The fact he is currently experimenting with Trent in midfield during the group stages of a competition is concrete proof of this.
If Trent can't get in the team that's a shame, however he shouldn't be shoe-horned in at the cost of the team's balance. The same applies to Phil Foden. Who categorically cannot play on the left wing in this system.
Go back to basics by playing players in their correct positions. If he doesn't have the bottle to put Foden, Rice and Bellingham in midfield together then bench one of them. England's best and most balanced squad (that everyone and their granny are calling for) has the players playing in their established positions.
Pickford in goal
Walker, Stones, Guehi, Trippier (Shaw if fit) at the back
Bellingham, Rice and Foden (Gallagher if Gareth hasn't the bottle) in midfield
Saka, Kane and Gordon up top.
Kane and the midfield need more willing runners, and as much as I like Eze he still wants the ball played to feet. Gordon will run all day. He could be the game changer and the player everyone is calling for yet Gareth hasn't given him a minute. Despite the fact he has looked great whenever he has played.
Bottom line, we will not win this tournament and will likely not even make the semi finals. However we could at least try and salvage a bit of pride then get rid of the handbrake that is Southgate before the next tournament.
England needs a coach that has a clear tactical direction that will suit our strength in forward areas. The players are good enough now to be trusted to do a job. The likes of Steve Cooper and Graham Potter would represent a decent upgrade and both have achieved moderate success at club level. Howe would be the dream candidate but will never happen unless something drastic happens at Newcastle. However finding another coach who follows a similar philosophy should be achievable.
stop deep throating Southgate and admit the only solUtion is sacking him, he won't change the team and even if he did we will still play like shit, it's coachin issue and the sitting back if u go 1-0 has been going on fo 8 years he's not gonna suddenly change it. SACK HIM NOW
Is there a reason why the Stones isn't playing CDM by himself with Rice and Foden as 8s? I'm sure Konsa could partner Guehi at CB
Southgate had us sitting back! We needed to keep the presser up the field. Harry kept coming back into our midfield. We needed him to stretch Denmark we should have spun behind them to push Denmark back! The fans can blame the England players as much as they want. The real culprit is Southgate. We haven't worked on the press, by the look of things. After our substitutions, Our attacking players were pressing, but our midfield wasn't. We can keep blaming everything from the pitch, players, weather, or the fans, but the real issue is Southgate. Time and time again he gets the big, and now small, decisions wrong! Because of Southgate, The squad is unbalanced, he brought/selected the wrong players, he doesn't know who and when to bring players on, and he shows a lack of tactics, What formation to use, how to set his teams up, and how to read the game. Enough is enough, It's time to sack Southgate.#SouthgateOut #SackSouthgate
IMO, it has to be Kane that goes. Kane isnt a player that plays to go in behind like a Watkins or Palmer. I seriously think Palmer would be a much more successful 9 in our attack than Kane
Looking forward to seeing us line up 5 4 1 next game
As good as Kane is I would still like to see us go full press with Watkins for 60 mins and see what happens. Then bring on the creative players against tired defenders. I know a press can be hard to coach but all the players bar Kane play in pressing sides anyway so it has to be possible.
Watkins is even on the same planet as Kane. Stop with this garbage 😂
Foden is a luxury England cannot afford to start games with. England don’t play City’s system: wingers hugging the touchline, constantly stretching the defence, another 10 (Alvarez/Silva) in the opposite pocket to give their CBs a headache, and the threat of a Haaland run in behind. Opposition defenders get suffocated with the number of decisions they have to make. All this gives Foden the chance to cause chaos.
England don’t play this way - and that’s fine, they don’t have to. But it means making sacrifices. If it’s anyone’s team, it’s Bellingham’s. Let’s have him doing what he did all season for Madrid: crash the box and scoring goals, like against Serbia. Sit him in front of Rice and Wharton, who win headers and can move the ball quickly, and have pace on the wings either side (this obviously means Gordon).
No need to panic, but the idea of playing a quarterback in midfield (Trent) with no one to make runs in behind was obviously a bad idea from the start. Fix the left side by bringing on someone quick who can get to the byline, and have a box-crashing 10. Foden can come off the bench to cause chaos. But he can’t start.
That'd be fine is Rice could move the ball quickly buts he's proved he can't. His first time passing is atrocious. We nearly went behind after he played a blind pass to guehi. Rice's passing will hold us back from playing possession based football.
I disagree because Bellingham is a moment's player who can clutch up and score goals from box crashing like u say sort of like a gundo playrr, however this can still happen with foden in the 10 because he's always constantly moving and creating chances for a late runner like Bellingham into the box and for people saying Bellingham is a 10 is wrong because he doesn't create chances for others except himself he's perfect as an 8 to achieve the balance and even off the ball foden and jude r the first to press high so whilst I do understand ur points I'm saying that Bellingham can provide 8/10 performance for team to thrive rather than him have a 10/10 and the team to not do as well as seen in the Serbia game
you're acting like the serbia game was a good one.
@@helloitsme_omer i’m not which is why it proves my point, bellingham had a fantastic game with him literally being everywhere on the pitch and being crucial for both attack and defense, his rating would be very high however as we saw england as a whole generally struggled as firstly the press wasn’t up to par but also because bellingham doesn’t have the qualities of a foden or a traditional 10 to create chances for others as like i said he’s the guy to come up clutch in key moments by providing late runs into the box and scoring or to run the full length of the pitch to stop opposition counter attacks
@@Nevinb_06 Yeah I agree with you, not the original post
4 1 2 3 add some freakin PACE up front. 1 CDM only.
Jim, fuckin class as always, deserve way more credit but all i can say is keep making great content cos every single wee slug loves it
James has England out there playing a 3-2-5 like it's 1909...
have you ever watched a modern football game…? most teams in their attacking phase in possession (not transition / counter) have a 3-2-5 or 2-3-5
The problem is Southgate think the 5 are all defence 😂
It's Foden's team and this is coming from a Birmingham city fan, we need Foden in the right areas
3-4-3. Walker, Stones, Guehi; A-A, Rice, JB, Gordon; Eze, Watkins, Foden.
What is everyone talking about ‘experiment’ in a major tournament this should all have already been worked out.
The take away from all this, bearing in mind you're so right, is that it's all Trent's fault
Feels like southgate is going with safe bet players. Defo need to switch it up. Palmer/gordon.
I just can’t imagine Gareth shouting and screaming at them at half time… which clearly is what our players need because they aren’t listening. Too soft.
If he did that they’d panic
England are just way too central. We have 3 CMs with Kane dropping into midfield and Foden coming in field. That's 5 players all in similar spaces. Then you have Trippier who keeps playing on the inside because he can't use his weak foot. Saka is the only guy not playing centrally. This is why it's so easy to stop England.
Trent is NOT A PIVOT!!! Nowhere near it!!!! Not even close.
Play Wharton at 6, Rice at 8.
“If he dies on this horse” 😂
This is what i think,
Kane can't press and is unfit and hasn't played a full 90 minutes for months, Foden is ineffective, Rice is overrun in midfield because Bellingham doesn't want to track back and Alexander Arnold is out of his depth, Southgate can get the blame for playing this squad but the players have to take the blame for being unable to execute whatever game plan he gave them because there aren't good enough to do it.
what needs to happen is this change formation to 4-4-2, Foden needs to be dropped or played on the right instead of Saka, Kane needs to be a 45 minute player, Alexander Arnold needs to be out of midfield and on the subs bench as a right back.
On the right Walker and Foden play together for Man City, know each other, can player well together.
on the left Trippier and Gordon, play together for Newcastle, know each other, can player well together.
Kane is the striker furthest forward and Bellingham just behind.
Starting 11 from left to right
Pickford
Trippier -Guehi - Stones - Walker
Gordon - Rice - Mainoo (or Gallagher)- Foden
Bellinghaham
Kane
They should put a stick instead of Southgate, and they easily win
Southgate is obsessed, OBSESSED with the defensive double pivot! He cannot stand the thought of attack over defence! The man is a joke, and not a funny one!
Southgate is letting Bellingham do whatever he wants and it’s not helping in terms of his positional awareness. He’s already developing an ego at 20 years old.
This is so true. Why cant OUTgate see it?
Add psychology into your analysis. It differentiated you. Cheers
Wild to say this but currently, as a team, England just arent good enough. Great individuals but that's as far as it goes.
Foden 10, Jude at 8, Gordon on the wing - Gareth Northfence ain’t got a scoob
We will never win a tournament with Pickford in the side. The guys scared to roll it out to JUDE BELLINGHAM who was under hardly any pressure.
he panics the whole team, always has, always will.
saved england multiple times gotta back the bloke especially with how bad ramsdale is
@@esseffsee No? You lot see some half decent saves(like all "top" keepers should make) and claim he's great.
The whole time he's been keeper, we've had the same problem, his distribution and him panicking leads to us not being able to retain the ball. Look at the Italy final, look at the France game, he's a large part to blame everytime.
His mentality is awful, anytime someone has a shot against us, he freaks out, he let's the opposition know we're under pressure, and just invites them to gain confidence, it's such a small club mentality he has.
We will never win anything with him, just like you can't win the prem with an average keeper.
He's played short passes a lot but England struggled to find an outlet, then they passit back to him under more pressure forcing him to go long.
@@f1i273 dude, Exactly!!!! Ding ding ding, that IS the modern game. When he gets the ball back under pressure it's up to him to find another pass and he can't. That's exactly the fucking point
Pointless even talking about changing players, that's not the issue at all. The system, or lack of system is a serious problem and the negative mentality Southgate has bred into these players is. And whoever gets the job next has a seriously difficult job fixing that.
Ollie Watkins would have been perfect for this game
Pickford
Walker Stones Guehi
Saka Rice Bellingham Gordon
Palmer Foden
Kane
Trent can definitely play with Kane. He played with Firmino for years who doesn't make runs in behind. You just need pace on the wings to help Kane.
Except that Liverpool played a system where Sadio Mane and Mo Salah made forward runs while Firmino dropped back as a false-9?
@@hiskingdomreigns yes, so put pace on the wings (Gordon/rashford/Sterling and Saka)
Except Kane doesn't have the skill to play false-9. He's supposed to stand in the box and receive crosses. The fact that we're having this discussion is testament to how Southgate doesn't have a clue what tactical system to play. Just throws on a mish-mash of players who are used to very different styles of club play. A headless chicken.
@hiskingdomreigns Kane definitely has the ability to drop deep and create space for wingers, we've seen him do so for years with son. England players actually play fairly similar systems for club, particularly out of possession. This makes it even more baffling that we look so bad at pressing.
English F.A and fans are so Stubborn 😂 Stop crying 😭 Just Sack Southgate in the middle of the tournament like Ivory Coast 🇨🇮
And England can win the Euro 2024.
Last Southgate summer, thankfully
Bowen and Gordon would have pressed
Is Pickford; Trent, Stones, Guehi, Trippier; Wharton, Rice; Gordon, Bellingham, Foden, Saka mental? Double false 9 system, 4-2-4 defensive shape. Get lazy kane out and play two lads with experience as f9s.
As an argentinian, it's insane how you've stuck with this man at the helm for so long. A manager that's never won a difficult match, just coasted through the easy ones. A manager that changes up a whole front line at 70 minutes (something I'm not against in principle if you're not doing well) with 3 runners, and 5 minutes earlier took off the only long pass specialist in the team (TAA) in favor of a man who is very good imo, but can't make a 5mts pass, much less a long one (Gallagher).
You have so much talent to exploit, such a good team to go far and even win tournaments, but you're stuck with an absolute donkey becuse (he knit the team together)
This is it. The best post on TH-cam.
Bravo sir!
The good news is this is def gonna be his last time and a lot of these guys have got more tournaments in them. Doesn’t make this Euros any less shit for us but you can’t have everything
Best comment out of the hundred I’ve read on TH-cam about the Southgate situation. Good luck in the americas 🏴
@@ht8083 you too, and hope we come across next WC. It's been way too long since we've had a match
I don't disagree, however I will say kane is also a long passer but he also went off with TAA
I can’t believe we didn’t take a fit left footed defender, one of branthwaite Colwill or Chilwell had to go to offer balance, ideally branthwaite could play Lb and then we can use a makeshift back 3
As a German, I think England should definitely stick with Southgate 😁😁
I think you guys would shine under him... we'll swap you for that failed Bayern Munich coach you've got.
@@thefootballpunneditas a french fan, I think you should share Southgate
Love this! 🙌🏿🙌🏿❤️
As a swede, someone get disqualified and make room for us 👍😁
As a clown, I can say that Southgate is one of us.
Southgate is me in Fifa career mode tryna fit all his best players on the pitch regardless of formation
What language is this message in,I find it difficult to understand,are you Albanian.
Why Southgate wasn’t on the touch line yelling at the team to get up the pitch is mind boggling.
He was at one point towards the 70th minute, waving them up the pitch. Honestly I don't think it helps coming from Southgate, because he doesn't normally do it. It makes it look like the house is falling down when the usually calm manager is waving his arms on the sidelines.
Nobody expects a guy with a 90 IQ to flex his stuff at a chess competition. Why expect anything from southgate?
He face looked devoid of any answers. He really did look like a manager not knowing what to do.
He was telling the players to remember how smart he is; thinkkkk
he doesnt want them up the pitch that is the problem
I just rewatched the whole game (I'm mental I know) and I think Kane is a huge problem. He doesn't start a press, he doesn't attempt to run in behind, There is no out ball when we win the ball back near our box as Kane is by our box too. Opposition defence even step up as they know Kane isn't really an issue. People say we need runners for Kane? He doesn't even get into space quick enough to do his through balls that he is good at. I really think we need to think about starting Watkins and hope we don't miss Kanes lethality inside the box.
"If he dies on this horse" Top tier Samism that.
Elite tier Samism for sure
^
England need pace on the left, and stability in the midfield, it sounds crazy but if Kane cant press, id play someone who can lead a press
Kane: “there are no easy games in international football”.
Well yeah, when the team keeps committing unforced errors and giving the ball away while playing with no intensity and coordinated press, there are no easy games at this level!
If the rumours are true that Kane isn’t 100% fit then why not use this as an excuse to bench him for “rest”.
Southgate’s is such a coward
Southgate isn't even using Trent in manner that may work.
Trent should be moving forward into Saka's position with Rice covering Trent and Saka making central runs to support Kane. That, only possibly, may work.
Everything Southgate does, is dumb.
Kane is clearly injured or lacking match fitness after an injury, he got taken off again Madrid and didn’t play the last 2 Bayern games due to a back injury. He then proceedes to play 90 ish minutes across the friendlies and start both group stage games not moving enough.
He basically stands still any chance he gets. I’m so confused
Gareth is mid table manager with mid-table mentality goes brave in qualifiers and goes hiding in main tournament.
Great point on Pickford's kicking.
I remember in the Croatia semi final thinking the game turned when Pickford started booting it long.
It's not just Southgate, it's the entire coaching staff too. Wtf are they thinking? Too much time looking at laptops, not enough time talking with the players and having THEM work out their best partners on pitch. We have a talented bunch of individuals, just not a team (like with Sven, Fabio etc).
Pickford’s inability to play short is hurting england massively
He can play short. It’s not his fault. He’s only playing long balls because we’ve been pressed so aggressively that he has no safe options to play it short.
It's really hard for people to think about dropping a star... but we accept that Benzema got benched and left out for years for Giroud. A suicidal choice at club level but based on results the right choice. It's about getting a tune out of a team for a few games, sometimes the better individual player for a certain position can make the team worse. I think Watkins would make us better despite him not being as good a footballer overall.
What? Benzema didn’t get benched for footballing reasons and was great when he came back for the euros and if not for a disaster class from Mbappe would’ve won against Switzerland.
Google Benzema15 bro, then you'll see why he was dropped for France
How to fix england: Fired Southgate. I don't it happen during tournaments but after. Maybe
Ivory Coast sacked their manager mid-tournament and won AFCON 👀
Insightful
It's not just Southgate. I've been watching since the 1970's, and it's every manager. So the answer is not just "sack Southgate", you have to sack the faceless heirarchy that select England managers.
If England were a club, it's not just "sack the manager". It's "sack the Directors of Football".
Maybe first things first and you brush up on your spelling.
Trent such a better option at left back than trippier he can use his left foot for a start, and when we are in possession he can go and sit in with rice and spray it about.. Walker sits in a 3 with the other two much better balance
Or walker ad RCB as he has done before.
I’ve seen nothing in the years of Southgate to suggest he knows anything about adapting systems to fit these different profiles he’s picked. The fact he begged for Kalvin Phillips last night was a telltale sign. You selected Wharton and Mainoo yet you’re crying about not having someone who was near bottom of the pile in DMs in the prem? That’s not what an international manager is paid to do and no one is calling him out on it.
The problem is, what I haven’t seen pundits pick up on, is Foden is getting the ball, coming central… leaving no one on the left wing. All teams have to do is defend our middle and RW and that’s job done. Never mind not being able to play the ball out
Comparing Trent to Kroos feels a bit ridiculous. One is a converted RB with almost no experience in the position and the other one is one of the best CMs in the world. It's very strange that we're trying to accommodate Trent really, even at his best the kind of passes he does are quite unlikely to lead to goals with the forwards we have.
The experience is incomparable, but the idea of being the composed play maker seeking out long passes in behind and controlling the tempo is the point James was making
TAA has made 2 good passes in 2 games. Hardly World Class.
The point is more so that Germany and Madrid both keep Kroos out of the block so his time and space to do his thing. Trent drops between the CBs at Liverpool for goodness sake. He shouldn't be receiving the ball between the lines, and that's the point with Kroos.
trent plays at rb for liverpool moving into midfield to make a 4 man midfield to make a better press and to overload the midfield, he's never been in a midfield 3 with no tactics behind it. hes absolutely world class.
If we actually tried to accommodate Trent we’d just play him at rb at least against the teams we should be controlling the game against
Not to blow smoke up your proverbial but its so much easier watching tactical stuff in response to a poor England game than a fair few other yt pundits who just wanna throw toddler tantrums for clicks. Solid content as always 👍
Not to blow smoke up your proverbial as a pre-empting to any sentence is such a great one, I'll keep it for later, Cheers mate
Don’t understand why in the prep games, he was playing 4-3-3 and started that way for about 20 minutes against Serbia and everyone looked good, only to switch to a 4-2-3-1. I don’t get it. It is harmful more than it is beneficial to so many of the players.
It’s completely made Trent the fall guy because he’s out of his depth there, he can’t get forward and create and his weaknesses are more exposed there. I’ve never seen him look more timid than he did last night, like he was terrified of making a mistake.
After watching how awful the Serbia game was, how did Southgate think I’ll play the exact same 11 in that same set up. Play the same 11 but change the system. Clearly the 4-2-3-1 doesn’t work with the personnel on the pitch.
The average position of the team for the 15 minutes after the goal was disgusting. I’ve never seen anything more shameful. All of them were camped out in and around the box except Saka. Who was just waiting for a pass.
Southgate is a massive problem. He says they haven’t replaced Phillips - well either play Wharton or better yet, be a better manager that can get the best out of your players by playing a system where you don’t need a Phillips. Or I don’t know….. play your warm up games in that system so the players can get used to it.
I expect Trent to be dropped for Gallagher and I expect them to not be much better unless he switches the system around because he’s got them playing trash football atm.
He needs to go after this tournament, even if he wins it (which LOL)
At least they’ll all be available for pre season with their clubs at this rate.
Why do so many people reply in many paragraphs.. 😂😂😂
@@thedethrocker8858TLDR
@@thedethrocker8858probably the same reason as to why some people reply with 1 sentence and lots of laughing emojis…
Yep, it’s been crap football bailed out by the players for too long. He needs to go and he will be seen as a joke
Honestly so sick of seeing Gallagher, guy is a headless chicken - much rather see Mainoo or Wharton but ideally id push Bellingham back slightly and put Foden ahead of him.
Big problem when you have a team of superstars, everyone's ego clashes and it just becomes a car crash. Every team needs a level minded James Milner style player. Yes, I said that.
God I'm glad to not be watching James Milner in an England shirt again. No matter how bad we are
Hendo back in again?
@@ecaeas4439 now we're talking!!
Neither of those two please
This has nothing to do with them being stars.. it’s all done to the manager and coaches
Right i want to make it clear im a big HK fan and a Spurs fan for over 40 years, but this is all on Kane for me, He is the Captain and should be leading by example, also any press is led by the centre forward, If your captain and centre forward cant be arsed to press, then why will the others? Now i dont think we should drop Kane but i do think we need a striker in front of him, Kane has a vision for a killer threading pass that nobody else except maybe trent does. I just think 2 up top is the way forward
Unless there’s a big turnaround very quickly, I think we’re going to reach the QFs at best. I genuinely hope I’m wrong and Southgate turns it around but I think he’s taken us as far as he can.
When he was appointed, we were at rock bottom. He stabilised us defensively, brought in a great team spirit and got the country united towards team in 2018 as expectations were low. As we’ve then progressed with him, we’ve pulled away and outgrown him with the players we now have available. He’s been brilliant for the most part, he really has but we need a new manager after the tournament. He’s a very good defensive-solid manager but asking him to get his sides playing free-flowing attacking football isn’t in his skillset.
Each manager has a tactical approach and core fundamentals in how they want their teams to play, the players we have and the manager we have aren’t best suited now. It’s like saying to Steve Bruce, go and get your teams to play like Klopp or Pep, he wouldn’t be able to do it. Yes those first 20 mins against Serbia were brilliant, but we reverted to type and went defensive to protect what we’ve got. It’s a mindset we need to change and that comes from the manager.
Also, why we’re still experimenting 2 games into the tournament is bewildering. He should know the core of his team and the way he wants us to play months in advance of the first game. We wasted the friendlies in the build up. Play your strongest team at the start, get the cohesion and then swap as those games go on. Nope, we experimented and played people who he’s left behind or not using.
Like I say, I bloody hope he proves me wrong but it may well be too late to turn it around. We need a big reaction on Tuesday or it’ll end in tears…again.
We couldn’t play our best teams in the friendlies/build up because we’ve had so many key injuries and absences. Eg Bellingham joined the camp late because of the champions league final. So Southgate literally just had no opportunity to test the ideal lineup before this tournament
The vibes 11 goes hard 😍👌 i would just play a back 4 of CBs and have Stones step out... Gomez, Guehi, Stones and Walker... Guardioreth Pepgate
take out guehi, move walker to rcb, trent at rb moving into midfield to create the overload and press like he does for liverpool with record numbers.
@@jack28aug hahaha yeah that's mega vibes, but I was bringing it back to reality a bit so nobody is getting shoehorned in, Guehi is getting his props for being decent so far and Trent can eat bench... But I rate it, fuck it let's go out with a bang 🤣
@@jacklane3679 we just need 4 man in midfield we're getting it right up us in the middle of the park. imo. box midfield will let us dominate the middle of the park. I've just never seen guehi in a back 3 shape so i dunno.
@@jack28aug well I think we're trying to make a 4 man box midfield with Rice, Trent, Foden and Bellingham. Guehi, Stones and Walker are forming the back three behind them. We're just not playing well enough to see it much.
The issue is the way we're doing it is leaving us with no width in the left hand side. It's all left to a leggy right back covering that whole left channel, so we offer no threat going forward on that side, making us 50% easier to stop going forward and completely open to being attacked down our left as well, then we're stuck defending again. Cycle repeats whenever we do get forward.
Only bringing Luke Shaw if he actually planned to play this way was so fucking stupid 😂
@@jacklane3679 n y did he take gomez? played lb pretty much all season, and we're playing trippier? or talking about using walker or sum1 there, and that's it init, a 4 man midfield at the expense of of left forward, and does not create an overload, their rb just tucks in coz trippiers in "the back 3" technically coz walkers bombing on. pep n klopp r just scratching their head at this, they need to pick up the phone!
Simple. Get rice and Bellingham in the middle to dictate the game. Trent at right back. Bring on walker second half to bomb forward with fresh legs from the right with Paul konchesky on the left to feed Heskey & any Carrol up front.
Rice and Bellingham are not the type to dictate the game. Rice cannot even receive back to play and progress the ball.
@@JamesCM86 don't need a good midfield with Heskey upfront. There just there to make the numbers up.
@@JamesCM86exactly why at Arsenal they play someone next to him that dictates like Jorginho and it also does help that they have Odegaard who can do everything, England don’t have that profile, you won’t see Foden dictating the tempo
@CMJames Yep. Rice is great reading defensivley amd getting a foot in - THAT IS IT. He lacks everything else to be a 6. Sure, looks great at a West Ham when the team sits back, but not in a ball dominating side. Even Arteta realised that and has Jorghino next to him. And when hes an 8, particularly at international level, there's plenty better than him, especially on other talented teams in the middle of the park. He isn't quick enough mentally, isnt quick enough on the ball, isn't cute enough on the ball, and isn't technically gifted. He's slowly being found out and massively overrated as we have seen before with many England players. Oh and Saka has another level he needs to get to - 0 assists for England leading in to the actual tournaments, 1 now, and that is effing dire for 'top class' winger (not counting qualifiers we near always breeze through)
@@Allegro_Giusto We have one natural 6 and that's Adam Wharton, he plays the ball quickly with one touch passing and he has good vision
Like your suggestions. Would add in 4-2-3-1 you could just push up Stones into the right side controller role in specific (triggered) phase of play and have Walker tuck into a RCB role; in other phases, Walker overlaps and Rice has to hold (with Stones still behind). Allows Bellingham to get forward. Get Trent out of the side, Foden into the CAM where he’s fantastic, and a proper left wing (like Gordon) to keep width. Watkins/Kane based on match situation (Kane early and Watkins late).
Trent is not a central midfielder. Doesnt know where to stand. Hes also not got the right set up to work as like a quarter back role. No runners for him. Pointless therefore playing him. The fact southgate cant see this shows hes not good enough. The phillips comment shows why he doesnt have a clue what hes doing.
Trent mid but then Kane deep and Foden narrow is what is killing me. You play TAA to get long balls in behind but then don’t give him anyone to pass to. It’s such a basic mistake that it really makes me question what Southgate is doing. Either drop TAA or bring on someone like Watkins with him.
@@bfethree4060 in theory I think this works for sure but playing central midfield is more than just spraying passes around. Maybe if you had two willing to work box to box with him and therefore sacrificed some of Bellinghams freedom. I would just personally prioritise Bellingham's freedom over Trent's.
@@dansmith4766 I don’t think he’s a CM either but at least with setup geared towards his skills you could try to justify it. I agree with you that I don’t understand how Southgate doesn’t see it.
@@bfethree4060 Yeah totally agree with you and James nails the issue - he needs to commit to doing a thing. If he wants to do a QB thing with Trent and runners fine, not the most elegant approach but it's thought out at least. Unfortunately I suspect it's too late and another exit the minute England come up against a half decent team beckons.
Probably no surprise Spurs suffered the same mentality issue with Kane for so many years and he said it himself, we go 1-0 and just seem to sit back rather than go for another goal. We’ll lead then the Harry, you’re England’s captain and were Spurs’ vice-captain, lead from the front!
Then when Conte came, we sat back and struggled to find a way out unless he came deep and Son went in behind.
I hate saying this cus im a newcastle fan but eddie howe is perfect for england. He isnt scared of dropping the big players if they don't perform and he plays a better formation. It's similar but he plays a 433 but he only has 1 defensive mid not 2
But no number 10 so u could play bellingham nd foden but slightly wider
He isn’t a national team manager. He thrives off the day to day and creating the hardest work team on the planet. You don’t get to work with the players as England manager. You have to be a tactics guy - Howe isn’t necessarily that guy. I agree about his approach of not caring about egos though.
@@shawnmorgan5221Howe is a tactics guy though.
@@GigaChad-dm8ce Think the point the guy is trying to make is Howe is far less 'shape' tactics which require less day to day coaching. Might be waffling. Howe is a really good pressing tactician
pep soon
Southgate has picked a team, and squad, with square pegs for round holes. Playing a counter attacking system (after we've taken the lead) with forward players that want the ball into feet and don't make the runs in behind. Why play Trent in midfield if you don't have any players making runs he can pick out. Couldn't understand why so many England fans wanted Trent in CM when he ISN'T a midfielder and doesn't have the attributes to play there. We need a far more stable structure to get the best out of our key players; Jude, Kane, Foden etc.
Not bringing on Palmer, Mainoo and Gordon is very worrying given that they're the players that are most likely to give us the structure this team needs. A lot to improve between now and the knock out stages.
More fantasy football playing an imaginary game in the head of an apparently more sober and thoughtful pundit. This does not address teams that love the counter-press like Austria and the physically domination of England. The glaring weakness at LB and the targeting by teams of Trippier, while unable to support the LW. The lack of height or physical power both offensively and defensively. The lack of endurance. The willingness for a number of teams to play grinding, destructive football. The mental frailties caused by playing two crushingly physical games , the ability of deep lying playmakers like Kroos to pop a ball down the channels and do what Germany did to Scotland in the first 10 minutes before applying the killing blow.
It's as though English football hasn't learnt any lessons since 1970-that its great teams with a tried and tested pattern of play win the big games, not 'Plan B' (or is it C now) so beloved by the British media class and fandom.
Well done James, you've out Southgate Southgate and the likes of Andrich, Kante, Rhordi, are never going to thrive in any of the set ups presented by this ill thought out panic presentation. When an entire nation can't pick a starting 11 without descending into farce, when apparently Rashford and Grelish lack of work rate isn't an issue and should be playing, when chucking kids with little or no experience is the key and a 34 year old German manager plays with three formations dependant on game state, then your way out of your depth.
Calm down mate lol
PSSST, joe gomez.
Germany's been shit for years unless you missed it?....and you haven't won this tournament yet so calm down
For me, Gordon & Wharton should come in and Trent should move to RB 🤷♂️