Zapp Brannigan
Built like a steakhouse, handles like a bistro
England have Declan Rice, who is pretty good at that job. Dier has been almost exclusively a CB since football restarted (and a couple of games before lockdown).
England: Nations League 2020/21
- Thread starter Lord Camomile
- Start date
Lord Camomile
Yipchaa!
No fear. Sandi Toksvig's boys are gonna take a hell of a beating.
Lord Camomile
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Weeeeeell, this isn't exactly thrilling.
Zapp Brannigan
Built like a steakhouse, handles like a bistro
This is shite. No left sided width, and about 30 yards between midfield and attack. The front 3 are only getting touches when they drop deep, back to goal.
Play a left back ffs. Chilwell, Shaw, Rose, Sessegnon, Brandon Williams from Man Utd.
At half time, take off a centre back and bring on Grealish. Someone who can take the ball under pressure, turn and get the front 3 playing towards goal.
Play a left back ffs. Chilwell, Shaw, Rose, Sessegnon, Brandon Williams from Man Utd.
At half time, take off a centre back and bring on Grealish. Someone who can take the ball under pressure, turn and get the front 3 playing towards goal.
butchersapron
Bring back hanging
Disgrace of a line-up. One of that mid 3 not all 3. ruined that young lads birthday.
Lord Camomile
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Ah, but do you remember the World Cup, lads.
butchersapron
Bring back hanging
There's at least one person there but he's cramped out by the rest of the stop them playing plan. It's ridiculous - trying new stuff, yes, all for it. THREE Defensive MF. That can'r be the plan.
butchersapron
Bring back hanging
The fear is back.
Zapp Brannigan
Built like a steakhouse, handles like a bistro
All 3 centre backs are quite good at bringing the ball out and playing from the back, so they're sharing the part of the pitch with the defensive midfielders and it's too cramped. This game is crying out for either Loftus-Cheek as a ball carrier or Harry Winks.
Lord Camomile
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End to end stuff.
Lord Camomile
Yipchaa!
It can bloody well stay away if that's the sort of thing we can expect.
#goinghome
AverageJoe
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Next month Badgers, 10 October.
FFS
Lord Camomile
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at the Deliveroo sponsor.strung out
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More of an UberEats fan?
Zapp Brannigan
Built like a steakhouse, handles like a bistro
4 right backs
4 right backs
To be fair, Walker in a back three and Trippier as a wing back worked pretty well at the WC.
Zapp Brannigan
Built like a steakhouse, handles like a bistro
TAA is the best of the lot by a mile. Only Conor Coady in the entire squad plays in a back 3 regularly, don't see the point personally.
I agree that they won't play a back three, because doing so with a front three (Sancho-Kane-Sterling probably) seems a bit too attacking, especially without a grinder in midfield.
Lord Camomile
Yipchaa!
Interesting starting line up. Hope they can make the most of it, but the conditions aren't exactly suited to it.
Lord Camomile
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Make sure you've got everything you need: drinks, snacks, something else to do while the match is on in the background...
Lord Camomile
Yipchaa!
I jest, but I hope it's a good match. Yes, it's a friendly with second-string players 3 days before a competitive double header, but it's England v Wales, that's gotta be worth something!
