Don't think England have any decent left footed CB. Best choice to play LCB would be Tomori but Southgate never plays him
Internationals September (Nations League + Friendlies) | England RELEGATED
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Blast from the past that..
The new England shirt is ghastly, it’s like something from the NASL circa 1978.
I think this is the wrong shape for England.
Awful pressing too.
WTF!
See player quality plus fixture list. System he uses makes it a dead game that is hard to play against, then relies on set pieces/moments in attack (England have done very well with set pieces under him). It's a sound strategy, but with the players England have.... You really expect more as it's limiting them. Smaller sides should go that route, big sides shouldn't.
We look like a team of strangers coming together for a game
Worth mentioning that it was the players that got us to the final of last years Euros, not Southgate.
Yep this is spot on. The players at his disposal, it's really a crime against football to be playing this way.
Hungary leading Germany.
Feck Southgate and his shithouse tactics. This is one of the most talented England squads in years but you wouldn't know it with how they play.
Remember people saying we should have thrown £150m at Rice… 
Kind of insane those England's starting mids are worth a combined 300m (Rice, Bellingham) 
Look at his CV - it's wishful thinking to think he's ever going to get them going properly.
Breaks down the play every time Sterling he's fecking shite
Surely looking at his CV he shouldn't have got the job.
3atb formations without aggressive attacking wingbacks just leaves your forwards isolated.
James and Saka need to be instructed to get forward at every moment. Don't worry about defending.
James and Saka need to be instructed to get forward at every moment. Don't worry about defending.
70% possession and not had a shot yet
The problem is southgate plays his wingbacks too conservative. Take a risk man.
Such a cowardly playerRemember people saying we should have thrown £150m at Rice…
I agree but the FA don't think logically, obviously.
Eric Dyer thinking he is Pirlo.
The quality of some of these Italian strikers 
England are awful
No shape, no style to their play
With the WC on the horizon they will be lucky If they get away without not getting a hiding off one of the bigger teams
No shape, no style to their play
With the WC on the horizon they will be lucky If they get away without not getting a hiding off one of the bigger teams
Italian side is really poor.
Think they have the excuse of a lot of players missing.
Get in Demirovic! Well deserved. Thought we'd be shit but we've dominated the first 30 minutes here. Lack cutting edge but we press well and keep the ball well.
I think Italy are being too cautious just take the game to England
It is but they are making England look worse
On the flipside England are playing like shitbags
I have to agree, they are going to get a heavy defeat at some point.
We're fortunate that Italy are just as shit as we are.
Surely we'd be better off playing Shaw over there, instead of Saka.
(Shaw's not in the squad, is he?
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Surely we'd be better off playing Shaw over there, instead of Saka.
(Shaw's not in the squad, is he?
)Very poor in midfield
This is pretty hopeless. It looks like Rice has been playing left back for half of this game just to cover Saka. Not his fault, but he's just not a left back and he clearly doesn't want to play there either.
Does make me ask the question why is he not playing a left wing back in that position? If he doesn't have one available then why play that system?
If I was English I'd be very worried about that.
Disgraceful from the German fans.
With two of the most overrated midfielders in European football in there.
What they doing?
England need to replace Southgate.