joedurham
Striker
Looking at the side we put out on Friday we should be doing a lot better. The mystery is for what tactical reasons do we underperform so much?
One could argue that are players are over-hyped, but even if that may be so to a certain extent, they are still excellent players. The forward line we put out would have been Pep's dream a year ago and Rice and Bellingham are fantastic players.
The root of the problem as I see it is that Southgate doesn't trust his defenders ( neither do we 100%) and given his conservative nature he errs too far on the side of caution. Also his excessive loyalty to certain players leads him to continue with the unfortunate Harry Maguire.
For me Saka should start on the right and a combination of Grealish or Sterling on the left in attack. Foden has to be the number 10 - in an Iniesta role and all the midfielders have have the liberty to move up front when Kane drops deep.
The difficulty is in defence. I would go James, Stones, Diet and Chilwell.
Above all, the manager has to instill attacking confidence - far better to draw 3-3 than fail to score in 500 minutes.
One could argue that are players are over-hyped, but even if that may be so to a certain extent, they are still excellent players. The forward line we put out would have been Pep's dream a year ago and Rice and Bellingham are fantastic players.
The root of the problem as I see it is that Southgate doesn't trust his defenders ( neither do we 100%) and given his conservative nature he errs too far on the side of caution. Also his excessive loyalty to certain players leads him to continue with the unfortunate Harry Maguire.
For me Saka should start on the right and a combination of Grealish or Sterling on the left in attack. Foden has to be the number 10 - in an Iniesta role and all the midfielders have have the liberty to move up front when Kane drops deep.
The difficulty is in defence. I would go James, Stones, Diet and Chilwell.
Above all, the manager has to instill attacking confidence - far better to draw 3-3 than fail to score in 500 minutes.