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Agreed, before we’ve played 3-4-3 with wingers with Saka and Foden/Sterling/Rashford/Mount rather than AMs so my hope is that Foden and Bellingham both have free rein to find space to exploit. Listening to Sky Sports News, one of the main reporters suggested the great idea of dropping one of...

He clearly knows his best team, but going into the tournament there were three problem areas for us: CB LB CM Thankfully, Guehi has stepped up well at CB in Maguire’s absence. LB is a problem, clearly someone in the medical team has got it wrong on Shaw. CM, the TAA experiment was worthwhile...

Trippier has been one of the best fullbacks in the league since he joined Newcastle but he slipped out of form in 2024 and has definitely taken that form into the Euros. For all the stick Southgate got for it, playing Trippier LB was the best of bad options available for him. The only fit and...

We’ll see on Saturday, to me these changes make a lot of sense and given that several major newspapers are reporting that’s what we’re using in training. It’s a formation that the team have used a lot in his reign so it’s nothing radical. Southgate also said he liked what Saka offered at LB...

They also don’t live in the real world where their ideals and policies meet the real world. There’s a reason net zero policies have caused backlash wherever they’ve been implemented. On voting age, ironically, the AfD and National Rally have attracted a lot of young voters. So the warning to...

Apparently Southgate is considering 3-4-3 again for Switzerland. Supposedly the team is going to be: Pickford Walker Stones Konsa TAA Mainoo Rice Trippier/Saka Bellingham Foden Kane More like the box we used to play under MR. Personally, this is a lineup I’d like to see with perhaps Gordon >...

How was he a charlatan specifically? His solutions are different to ones you prefer. He talks very differently to how he governs. For example, on NATO and Afghanistan - he was dismissed as a fool for chastising German diplomats for their reliance on Russian energy. Then came along the...

Did he not lose his shirt at the end of last season? 😂

Could be signing two, a development player and BTA perhaps? Is this too optimistic?

It’s academic at this point but I don’t think they beat Germany or France. They’ve looked good against the opposition so far, credit to them. In most tournaments, France’s Deschamps, Portugal’s Santos (2016) and Argentina’s Scaloni (2022) were accused of drab ‘cautious’ football. Even the great...

That’s the point. The best teams in tournaments don’t tend to be risk takers. Usually quite conservative and prioritise defence over attack.

Definitely game of the R16. Turkey play some really entertaining stuff but I reckon they’ll get exposed by the Netherlands. As for Austria, good team but people got a bit too carried away they won their group. Well coached and well drilled but too open for a team to win the tournament as...

Glad Austria are getting beat by Turkey, was getting sick of people hailing them as dark horses. Did excellently in the group but were fortunate to beat the Dutch. Just as Tifo did a video on ‘Can Austria win the Euros?’ No…

First and foremost, is how well England get on. The deeper they get, the better it is for me personally. Otherwise, entertaining matches and teams! Euro 2012, 2016 & 2020 were fun and of course 2018 where for a moment we believed we could get to the final. 2022 was genuinely gutting and put me...

First point was that we’ve been here before in regards to MR choosing a new trusted assistant. Second point, like the players, if the management are no longer fit for purpose, then they ought to be replaced. Therefore, if Adi’s methods worked perfectly with players we had in the lower leagues...

Why not? He can probably see that some of the new cohort of players aren’t fans of Adi’s methods. We were worried when Steve Taylor (pre-Adi AM) was seriously ill and how MR would get on without him. We ended up with AV who was great for us. If our ITKs are correct, then just as we need to...

Meanwhile Kane has been terrible… 😂

Well, we know what Slovenia weren’t practising in training…

It is funny seeing the BBC crew wax lyrical about Slovenia with seemingly no irony that a week ago they were slagging off England. Their narrative is completely lopsided. Fair play to Slovenia, they are unbelievably well drilled and deserved to win imo.

I know, Sesko is also linked with a move to Arsenal as well as Vik.