This is so much better than the shite served up against Slovenia and Lithuania recently. Should play the kids more often, Henderson et al are never going to achieve anything for England, the kids just might
I understand wanting defenders who are comfortable on the ball, but we still need to defend and are Maguire and Gomez good enough defensively at the moment, especially against the best teams?
I understand wanting defenders who are comfortable on the ball, but we still need to defend and are Maguire and Gomez good enough defensively at the moment, especially against the best teams?
Gomez and Maguire are currently doing fine against Germany.... GERMANY.
I understand wanting defenders who are comfortable on the ball, but we still need to defend and are Maguire and Gomez good enough defensively at the moment, especially against the best teams?
Gomez and Maguire are currently doing fine against Germany.... GERMANY.
An under strength Germany, not playing at full tilt...
I understand wanting defenders who are comfortable on the ball, but we still need to defend and are Maguire and Gomez good enough defensively at the moment, especially against the best teams?
Gomez and Maguire are currently doing fine against Germany.... GERMANY.
If you think this is the same Germany that play in competitive games you're dreaming.
I understand wanting defenders who are comfortable on the ball, but we still need to defend and are Maguire and Gomez good enough defensively at the moment, especially against the best teams?
Gomez and Maguire are currently doing fine against Germany.... GERMANY.
An under strength Germany, not playing at full tilt...
I should imagine more of the German starting 11 will start for them in Russia than the England 11 that will start for us.
I'm optimistic about our kids coming through. I think we'll be fine for years now. May take a couple of years for it to have an impact but I'm more optimistic now about our future than I have been for years.
This is so much better than the shite served up against Slovenia and Lithuania recently. Should play the kids more often, Henderson et al are never going to achieve anything for England, the kids just might
But the big difference is Germany have come out and attacked and left space in behind. It's why I don't really understand these friendlies against big teams (jk, it's money). England's problem is breaking down teams who sit deep and don't allow space in behind. Slovakia, Slovenia, Scotland, Wales, Russia, Iceland. That's not to say that they'll beat better teams, but they're far better suited to sitting deep and hitting teams with pace and power on the counter. Remember Vardy's appearances in the Euros? Yeah, me neither because he came on against packed defenses and he's not good against those. Harry Kane? Yup, same there (though he has the tools to do better).
It remains to be seen if 3-5-2/3-4-3 is the answer to that. I don't think it's a terrible shout to at least give it a try. But would it have helped break down Russia, Wales, Slovakia, and Iceland? I'm not convinced.
I'm optimistic about our kids coming through. I think we'll be fine for years now. May take a couple of years for it to have an impact but I'm more optimistic now about our future than I have been for years.
And it should be noted that the core of the England first team is still quite young. I think they were the youngest or second youngest team at the Euros.
And that's not including players who are coming through the successful youth teams, or even the likes of Loftus-Cheek, who is a real prospect, Gomez, Abraham, etc.
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Alli and Sterling can then work for their appearances in Russia
Apart from that....
German team are walking around and England still don't look better than them.
They look like they're having a stroll today.
It remains to be seen if 3-5-2/3-4-3 is the answer to that. I don't think it's a terrible shout to at least give it a try. But would it have helped break down Russia, Wales, Slovakia, and Iceland? I'm not convinced.
You have:
Butland (24)
Pickford (23)
Stones (23)
Keane (24)
Dier (23)
Lingard (24)
Sterling (22 FFS!)
Alli (21 FFS)
Ox (24)
Kane (24)
Rashford (20)
And that's not including players who are coming through the successful youth teams, or even the likes of Loftus-Cheek, who is a real prospect, Gomez, Abraham, etc.
And RLC is a proper player!!!