1-0 Falcao goal just before half time, we labour through the second half and never look like scoring. Goes down as ‘the best chance we will ever get to go to a World Cup final’ even though we get exposed as being worse than Colombia etc.
Or we turn it on Euro 96 v Holland style, Kane grabs a hat trick and we move on to the most winnable quarter final we could ever get vs Sweden or Switzerland.........
I rate Southgate but I think the main issue with Sterling is that he has played him upfront / off of Kane. That's not his position.
Yet Sterling seems to work better in Southgate's system than Rashford or Vardy
I think thats the telling thing with our World Cup this year - We're prioritising the system over the players for once
Exactly. No argument from me there at all. I like Sterling and it's not all about goals. He contributes to the team. The only way that could change maybe is dropping Sterling, pushing Dele or Lingard further up and bringing Loftus-Cheek, Delph (when he's back), or maybe Dier in alongside Henderson. Another alternative could actually be Welbeck in that current Sterling role.
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I think thats the telling thing with our World Cup this year - We're prioritising the system over the players for once
This is massive, the biggest England game in god knows how long.
Oh shit ......
That is huge!