We knew we would get back here eventually; England need Trent Alexander-Arnold to get Kieran Trippier out of the team.
I was singing to the TV whilst watching Belgium clustrf*ck their way to a 0-0 draw against the mighty Ukraine.For anyone looking for omens, Slovakia were Sam Allardyce’s last opponents as England manager. Gareth Southgate with pint of wine at the ready. Trent Alexander-Arnold HAS to start for England & HAS to stay on the pitch. When he is playing, England are so much more likely to create chances.
Similarly, he CAN play in midfield – he spent most of his youth career in that role. People speak as if he has never played football before! He’s a professional & has played in midfield many times under Klopp! Unfortunately, that left-back is Trippier, an utterly one-dimensional footballer who inevitably slows the play down and/or looks to play an unambitious pass to anyone further back who is unmarked . This causes all sorts of problems.
Trent at attacking right wing back. He can switch between drifting centrally to help in midfield like he does for Liverpool, and going high and wide on the right to deliver crosses for Kane who would surely capitalise.Shaw at attacking left wing back. Except it’s unclear whether he will be fit enough to play at this tournament. I think Southgate made a major faux pas in not bringing another specialist left back. But here we are and there is a solution.
Foden should be given licence to stay up high out of possession to dovetail with Kane as a pacy and tricky threat on the counter, and also bring energy and pressing to help Kane. So the out-of-possession formation would look like a 5-3-2 or 5-3-1-1 with the back 5, a midfield three of Rice in the centre, Saka/Palmer on the centre right and Bellingham coming deeper to help on the centre left. Kane and Foden both staying high and dropping deep when necessary.
I’m not sure that we have one. The one thing that has always seemed quite English was fast wing play, last ditch tackles, attack over defence, unlikely shots and moments of raw excitement like Gazza. Maybe the closest thing is “positive football”.
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