Game 17: Denmark vs England live from the Frankfurt Arena. BBC1 5pm

[GunmaN1905]

Just now, Rob1981 said:

We should obviously be doing this

And who's fault is that it wasn't done?

You can't say you're lacking a left-back if the man in charge doesn't take one to the tournament. It's not like he took someone who got injured during the first game.

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But that still doesn’t mean we have wasted loads of games when we could have been bedding in the front six that we probably need to use now.  Either they’ve not been available together, or the spare games have been taken out of the schedule, or it hasn’t been obvious that other players wouldn’t also be strong contenders for those spots.

You had an easy qualifying group, Nations League you managed to get relegated from an some friendlies.

[kopsy101]

7 minutes ago, GunmaN1905 said:

Too many considering the opposition. The end of Serbia game was full panic mode, as were some sequences in second half against Denmark.

Can you find me an actual chance conceded? Not some outside of the box effort or a dangerous cross, but an actual chance.

[Rob1981]

6 minutes ago, GunmaN1905 said:

And who's fault is that it wasn't done?

You can't say you're lacking a left-back if the man in charge doesn't take one to the tournament. It's not like he took someone who got injured during the first game.

Where have I said otherwise?  

It is clearly Southgate’s fault that we have gone in without a fit left footer. And also wasted two games using TAA in a role that he clearly can’t play against a better opponent.

But again, that doesn’t mean we have had loads and loads of previous opportunities to play Bellingham and Foden together and perfect our foolproof tactical system. There simply haven’t been enough games where they were both available, and when both have been playing so well that they weren’t being pushed hard for a starting place by someone else.

Not sure how else to say it  

Edited June 21 by Rob1981

[kopsy101]

For what it's worth, I can think of 1 - Christensen from the corner. But that's it. For 2 games, that's good!

[darren1983]

54 minutes ago, GunmaN1905 said:

I just can't. I'm done.

If only  

[enigmatic]

2 hours ago, Weezer said:

Maybe Pickford's taken it upon himself to keep kicking the ball long?

More to the point, we were a damned sight better against Serbia where he kicked long and they gave it back to us than against Denmark where we tried to play out the back and either ended up with the ball with centre backs being pressed out wide or the Declan Rice lookalike managing to lose possession under no real pressure at all

So regardless of whose decision it was he may not have been having a mad one!

[Barnzy]

I know France didn’t play well tonight but they were miles ahead of England, loads going wrong for me - main thing was they looked scared, they didnt try the things they were capable of which resulted in this slow inexpensive play which was awful to watch, France at least tried stuff and their players moved, ours didn’t.
 

Individually,  I thought Bellingham was a disgrace - played mostly alongside Kane and showed no urgency in anything he did almost seemed like a frustrated petulant child at times - because he’s our great hope this time around he doesn’t get called out on it. 
 

Kane, needs to stay upfront and be a target man - hold the ball up and get Foden and Saka running off him, the whole front 4 looked like they had just met that day.  The team has while needs to get comfortable with given Foden the ball in the tight places he wants - he needs to play centrally obviously and we need to keep width with Saka and one other. 
 

Rice, feel like he’s been told to just keep the ball at all costs - to many side ways and backwards passes. Trent, this hasn’t worked but the answer isn’t Gallagher who is a red card waiting to happen.  Try out a single Pivot against Slovenia allowing Bellingham to get forward from deeper. 
 

 

Edited June 22 by Barnzy