What you are saying here in the first part is what attitude the players should have and that is entirely under the direction of the manager.

The players in the England team are more than capable of winning the tournament.

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Most of us know GS is a useless tactician, but can someone please explain the lethargy of the England team? They look knackered.

On the rare occasins England speed up they can look effective.

Also and this is so basic I can't believe I'm saying it, the vast majority of England's passes are right at the player, instead of being where the player can run on to it. No fluidity. Anyone else notice this?

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Cant believe Southgate saying TAA plays in the middle because we have nobody else , that Foden plays left because we have nobody else , that Trippier plays left back ect ect .Who picks the squad ,who picks the team ?

The TAA experiment should be consigned to the bin
Change the formation to suit the players
Kane is finished as our first choice striker

Boring Boring England

I’d suggest there’s two reasons Eze looked lost:

1. He’s not a LW.
2. Southgate is not a football manager judging by anything we’ve seen on the pitch from England. What are his tactics? What’s his game plan? What’s his style? He’s the FA’s loyal son and perhaps created a pink cloud upon which a group of very talented players performed well for a couple tournaments.

Our midfield was near absent today. The ball kept going loose in the middle and there was never anybody from our side near it. As a result, there was no flow through our team, we only ever got forward when somebody charged solitary with the ball. Eze, Foden, Saka, Bowen, Kane, Watkins, Bellingham. All these players will look quite uninspired and ordinary if we have no plan to move the ball forward and rely upon them to single-handedly create something in the inevitable tactical vacuum. Southgate is not a football manager.

Now Zaha's got a bit of green grass ahead of him here... and finds Ambrose... not a bad effort!!!!

I thought Eze was largely playing left inside forward for us under Glasner - that was what I presumed he was picked for. Maybe I'm wrong as I obviously don't have our tactical plan. He could be a roaming playmaker or something like that.

I agree on the tactics unfortunately. I don't know where to start on that. The basics first and then work from there.

Something I haven't seen mentioned is that it seems to me that literally everyone now plays with a back three. Then we keep on coming out and saying how hard it is to play against a back three. I would think that there are two options: two advanced up front - or play with a back three yourself if it's that effective.

Red and Blue Army!

I wouldn't say they have performed well in a couple of tournaments , they performed OK , beat teams they were supposed to beat and didn't against anyone half decent . I would agree Southgate is not a football manager

Indeed, we have seen first hand how a different system and tactics can change a team. (A team that still included Hughes and Clyne).

We know the players are good enough, we see them every week.

Hopefully the press now can get out of Southgate's backside, and realise we've been playing with a hand break for a while now.

I am not a highly paid manager, but it seems obvious to me playing Tripper at left back, means we have no attack down the left as he doesnt overlap and cross a ball, as he has to cut back. So whoever plays left wing has no support, Mitchell would be a better option. Why play a right back in midfield, who just walks around and gives the ball away constantly. They have obviously had to tactic to press the opposition as they think they are too good to do that.
Our media sense of entitlement claiming we are favourites etc is embarrassing, I expect other major teams think we are a joke.

Yes wokegate gambled on Shaw being fit and thats backfired and not to take cover was a big error . The only thing that will save our euros is a player revolt ,a change of formation and some attacking intent

What’s the betting we see more lethargic passing back, sideways and occasionally forth in our own half, in reaction to his “We didn’t keep the ball” revelation?

Edited by Eaglehamster (21 Jun 2024 6.08am)

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