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Quality strike by Maguire. 
paddyc
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England a trifle fortunate to get win without playing anywhere near their best.
Southgate's reluctance to make changes when we were needed to freshen things up and get on front foot a big concern .
Southgate's reluctance to make changes when we were needed to freshen things up and get on front foot a big concern .
4LEX
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The problem was the bench tonight was pretty poor attacking wise due to no Sancho, Grealish or Rashford. Don't rate Southgate and think he's way too defensive and afraid to make a wrong move but did anyone think DCL or Lingard would do anything?
Scrappy win but that's us qualified
Scrappy win but that's us qualified
Tashyboy
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To be honest I think England are complete and utter rammel. Take the last game. Phillips and Rice in midfield. They are not the most creative of players but will protect a back four. What against Albania ? Pope as a keeper I like, but his distribution is woeful. When he has the ball either Rice or Phillips has to come for it. They don’t. It’s shocking. With a back four and rice and Phillips. That leaves 3 attack minded players to be creative for Kane.
Watching Foden and Sterling play for England, they are different players than when at City.
What exactly is our system of play.
Watching Foden and Sterling play for England, they are different players than when at City.
What exactly is our system of play.
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I think rice and ward prowse would be an excellent combo as whilst a defensive midfielder he gets forward a lot
Orikoru
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I called it.
clubchamp98
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I would add to this how deep Kane is playing .
He is linking play well but when we then go forward he is ten yards behind the ball.
This is what Firmino does at Liverpool , and unless the midfield get up past the striker there is nobody in the box.
Has Southgate asked him to play like this ?
Or has it just rubbed off from Spurs.?
Beezerk
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Yet another "paper over the cracks" victory for England.
I'm not looking forward to the Euros much
I'm not looking forward to the Euros much
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Stones and Maguire must be the worst pair of central defenders to ever play for England.
I don't mind two defensive midfielders, but I think there needs to be a back 3 behind them, not a 4. I don't rate Rice at all and Phillips isn't the same player for England as he is for Leeds. Which I think is probably a conflict in styles. I can see Henderson and Philips working well.
I really don't understand how Walker is playing in front of Reece James either.
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Do not have any high expectations from England in the Euros, but I also don’t see any other Nation dominating the Comp either.
England have a lot of first choice players missing at the moment so I don’t think we’ve done that bad.
Pickford, TAA, Gomez, Henderson, Rashford, Maddison, Grealish, Dier etc, we won’t all agree on any of those listed playing or not, but it’s still players who have been and probably will get in the team before some of those over the last 3 games.
But in typical England fan style, we’re doomed whichever players he picks.
England have a lot of first choice players missing at the moment so I don’t think we’ve done that bad.
Pickford, TAA, Gomez, Henderson, Rashford, Maddison, Grealish, Dier etc, we won’t all agree on any of those listed playing or not, but it’s still players who have been and probably will get in the team before some of those over the last 3 games.
But in typical England fan style, we’re doomed whichever players he picks.
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Watching the game last night I couldn’t actually see what we were scared of.
A very poor Polish team we should have taken care of comfortably.
The good news is this is probably nowhere near the best starting eleven.
Pope will be out as soon as Pickford available.
Walker not my first choice I would have Trippier.
Stones and McGuire don’t look solid as a pair but who else is there.
Mints? Not for me,and Shaw will be left back.
Foden ,Sterling,Rashford and Kane front four.
Agree with others Kane has to stay up front.
Rice wasted as a holding player but won’t get ahead of others further up field but imo is a very good holding midfielder.
Qualification the priority that’s done but can we win it against much better teams,once again it’s a no from me.
A very poor Polish team we should have taken care of comfortably.
The good news is this is probably nowhere near the best starting eleven.
Pope will be out as soon as Pickford available.
Walker not my first choice I would have Trippier.
Stones and McGuire don’t look solid as a pair but who else is there.
Mints? Not for me,and Shaw will be left back.
Foden ,Sterling,Rashford and Kane front four.
Agree with others Kane has to stay up front.
Rice wasted as a holding player but won’t get ahead of others further up field but imo is a very good holding midfielder.
Qualification the priority that’s done but can we win it against much better teams,once again it’s a no from me.
Orikoru
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My England team for the Euros would probably be as follows:
The right back could be any one of about four players to be honest. Trent if you want to attack against someone rubbish, Wan-Bissaka if you only want him to defend against a decent winger, Trippier if you want to have lots of the ball or put crosses in, Walker if you just want someone to be fast and run into people.
As for the second centre back, I'm sorry to say they are all mediocre at best. I think Coady is the best of a bad bunch. But if they're playing for their clubs then it'll be Maguire and Stones irrespective of what any of us think.
Pope
*RB* - Coady - *CB* - Shaw
Rice - Mount
Sterling - Foden - Grealish
Kane
*RB* - Coady - *CB* - Shaw
Rice - Mount
Sterling - Foden - Grealish
Kane
The right back could be any one of about four players to be honest. Trent if you want to attack against someone rubbish, Wan-Bissaka if you only want him to defend against a decent winger, Trippier if you want to have lots of the ball or put crosses in, Walker if you just want someone to be fast and run into people.
As for the second centre back, I'm sorry to say they are all mediocre at best. I think Coady is the best of a bad bunch. But if they're playing for their clubs then it'll be Maguire and Stones irrespective of what any of us think.
pendodave
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Stones, McGuire and pope looked pretty ugly as a 3 ball.
Reminded me of arsenal. This is not a good thing.
Apart from pickford coming in, not really sure what would improve things, sadly.
Not particularly impressed by Phillips. Don't think he's quite up to the level.
Reminded me of arsenal. This is not a good thing.
Apart from pickford coming in, not really sure what would improve things, sadly.
Not particularly impressed by Phillips. Don't think he's quite up to the level.
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Personally I’d like to see Henderson in goal but I believe he’ll stick with Pickford once he’s fit again.
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MAGUIRE.
DanFST
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Maguire will give away a pen for manhandling in the box this tournament, i'm sure of it.
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Me I would go 4 3 3
a front 3 of Foden Kane and Sancho I would have sat behind Grealish (Henderson or Rice or phillips) and mount
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Don't rate rice? How much you seen of him? At 22 he has 128 premier League games under his belt, 15 caps already
He is going to be a huge player
Wanted back by Chelsea , would walk into man uniteds team ATM , would be perfect replacement for fernandinio at city
He wasted in a two DM system. He would be better as the only DM with a box to box like mount next to him.
Orikoru
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He does look such a good player. Reminds me of a young Roy Keane (without the being a psychopath part obviously) the way he can tackle & intercept but also drive a team on if needed, and deceptively good on the ball.
