I loved his Rashford assist, the way he bumped that defender to then turn and pick the ball out of the air the way he did. Oosh proper class that.
yeah bit unfair on Rashy that. He is really the poundland Mbappe rather than the poundland Son.He has to be fair
His own manager at club level has said Foden isn’t quite ready to play in midfield. Unless you mean as a 10 behind the strikers?
It has nothing to do with that. Foden excels in free role. If you want him as a 10 then he wouldn’t be able to play with Bellingham if Southgate wants Jude as a B2B for the sake of team balance and being vulnerable on the counter.
It's a very workmanlike middle three, should give us a solid base and plenty of running but it lacks creativity.
Yeah I’d play him as a 10 with license to roam and link things up.
Yes as a 10 behind Kane. You might have to change for France but against Wales he could play there.
Rice can easily do the holding job against Wales whilst Bellingham doing the box to box role leaving Foden as the 10. Of course you may have to amend against tougher opponents but against Wales it should be a no brainier.
I think he has to play really in that set up. I’d prefer Rice and Phillips but the latter hasn’t really played.
Could Mount not be a decent B2B 6? Paired with Rice
Exactly this. It’s Wales FFS! We should be playing positive from the start not inviting pressure.
Yeah that could work. Wales are likely to sit back. His creativity could be key to winning the game. Kane needs to try and stay in the box more though. He’s roaming way too much, almost getting in the way of other players in their areas of the pitch.
No, Bellingham and Rice would be good together. Against tougher teams, you may have to play an additional midfielder but against Wales, you could play Foden as 10,
Bellingham and Rice would have been fine against Wales with Foden in front.
Would have stuck with Saka on the right and played Foden and Bellingham as two 8's, with Rice behind them.
This for me.
Were vulnerable on the break with that. 2 midfielders drifting off is too much.
Rice and Henderson just sounds very underwhelming, but it shows how poor the options are for the deeper midfield positions.
Rice doesn’t drift anywhere, plays the holding role well.
Mount is pretty much an English Oscar. He is better as a pressing 10. Even though he believes he is an 8 which is quite laughable. He is just horribly out of form, last season his goals return wasn’t bad for a team that was so shite. 1 in 3 for goals and assists in the league which was better than Foden the media darling in a better team.
As a non English fan I think it’s due to the fall in quality of international football that bluffs this a little.
It's not his club position, I'm happy with him in the left.
Only if that twat goes with saka, mount and sterling again.
Back 5 from here on out.
I tipped England for the WC, but I can’t envision a scenario where they beat France. I fancy they’ll scrape past Senegal though.
100% mismanaged, but also as you said "could have had" Sven managed to push Scholes out on the left trying to have Lampard and Gerrard in the center.
