Smal

There’ll be a couple of exceptions (ie Brighton this season, when he was injured) but he’s been at least 7/10 in every game in 2020 up until the last 3 imo. Often more, which is incredible in a Steve Bruce team. I don’t see the ‘once in a blue moon’ point at all tbh.

3 games playing out of position in the most turgid system imaginable and now people have decided ASM is overrated

Not saying you can read much into it, but I think it's telling the likes of Lascelles and Lejeune like practically all of Rafa's Instagram posts. Can imagine it was so much easier being a CB under Rafa compared to Bruce - they're clearly fond of him.

Got mad skills but still looks absolutely fucked after 10 minutes Pep should’ve signed HBA to play instead of Mahrez.

Disagree, he clearly controlled the ball with his hand which then resulted in a goal. It's not one of those mad deflections and the team benefitted from it. Still not sure where on his arm it hit though... could’ve been his sleeve ?‍♂️

How is it that the defenders probably know exactly what he's going to do, but they still can't stop him?

An absolute HBA classic tbf

Mowbray is very good. Shame you don't hear him on much other than MOTD, really.

I don’t rate him very highly, but Lampard would probably be a good England manager.

I think Foden has a higher ceiling, for sure.

That touch down the line from Foden man, holy s*** . Incredible ability.

Getting the CBs involved in attacking play is key to this formation, like. Didn’t do it at all against Belgium but we’re doing it well here.

You think adding a downvote option would make the forum LESS toxic?!

It all well and good saying we were the better team, but Belgium went 2-0 up fairly early so they shut up shop. We had absolutely no answer to their low block. Southgate’s system is awful with 2 defensive midfield players in it.

Assumed when he was bringing Sancho and DCL on he was going to 4-4-2, but no... he’s got Sancho as a wing back and DCL out wide. WTF man

Move Mount in field for Rice and put Sancho on, imo.

I have no idea why Declan Rice plays for England. Especially in this system.

Even when he was shit in terms of individual performance, which was quite often, he was very important to the team because of the role he took up in the system. No one else could do it. Results were far worse without him than they were with him.

We'll never really know whether the Carroll sale was good business. Had he stayed and continued the development curve he was on at the time he could've been reaching 200 club goals by now. I know that sounds mental considering his current state, but he was looking like a 20 goal a season striker at the time.

He is an absolutely awful commentator tbh.

Absolutely pathetic.

Carroll ffs.

Longstaff’s having a poor game.

He’s just rubbish. No better than Colback.

Would love to know why the commentators think Schar was lucky there when Adams was literally all over him .