UEFA Euro 2020 Group D ** spoilers ** (England, Croatia, Scotland, C.Republic)

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Maundie said:
I would say Pope over Pickford as well but we all know T-Rex arms has some sort of hold over Southgate.
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Bandwagon.

He's done nothing wrong for England and Pope has made as many or more mistakes than Pickford at club level. But they don't get highlighted because he isn't England no1 and isn't as unlikable as Pickford, talksport multiple times have mentioned this and highlighted popes errors that get brushed under the carpet while going after Pickford. Pickford is the best of a very average bunch.
 
Andybtsn said:
I’m assuming you’re watching Bundesliga week in week out too :D

Phillips is arguably the most in form English CDM in the PL so why he shouldn’t start bemuses me.
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You be right, I do.
I'd rather we played an attacking formation that a CDM and put in grealish over Philips if you dont like Bellingham.
 
Robbo said:
I really hope you're right!

Mings over Coady though, is he not fit?!

Edit: that Croatia team is pretty solid in midfield/attack. Won't be easy.
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Yep, they will beat us with their experience with the basics. We need to utilise the pace and attacking but I don’t think we will do that.
 
ChroniC said:
You be right, I do.
I'd rather we played an attacking formation that a CDM and put in grealish over Philips if you dont like Bellingham.
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So who’s covering the defence? You need someone to sit in front of them so if you’re going with your theory drop Rice and start Phillips.
 
Andybtsn said:
So who’s covering the defence? You need someone to sit in front of them so if you’re going with your theory drop Rice and start Phillips.
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We're not playing a back 3. Sod covering the 4 men who's job it is to defend. We need to push forward, attack is the best for of defence, otherwise this will be the outcome..

We do nothing for 30mins, get a lucky goal from somewhere like a pen, then we'll spend 60 mins defending and being pressured and letting one in around the 80th min a la every freaking other England game in a euros ever for the last 30 years.
 
Robbo said:
I really hope you're right!

Mings over Coady though, is he not fit?!

Edit: that Croatia team is pretty solid in midfield/attack. Won't be easy.
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Listening to Jose on talksport he thought Coady was a 3 at the back type cb. Not sure if that’s accurate as I haven’t watched him enough.
 
ChroniC said:
We're not playing a back 3. Sod covering the 4 men who's job it is to defend. We need to push forward, attack is the best for of defence, otherwise this will be the outcome..

We do nothing for 30mins, get a lucky goal from somewhere like a pen, then we'll spend 60 mins defending and being pressured and letting one in around the 80th min a la every freaking other England game ever for the last 30 years.
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This ain’t FIFA :p
 
Jimbeam3678 said:
Listening to Jose on talksport he thought Coady was a 3 at the back type cb. Not sure if that’s accurate as I haven’t watched him enough.
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Correct. I saw a tweet from a wolves fan forum thing with wishes for next season and that was a back four without Coady!
 
That team is too defensive IMO, but I'm not entirely against some caution at least to start with. I hope he'll change it up if we're not creating much (a very real possibility).
 
Looking at the two lineups, I think we'll see Croatia control the midfield and England will tire themselves ball chasing.

I feel like our bench is relatively strong - maybe Grealish on later to tear up a tired defence?
 
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