England

[Disco]

Just curious, would you argue he's a wing-back rather? I wouldn't. Either way, the biggest gripe I usually have with 3-5-2 is the lack of natural wingers. Some teams like Juve can make use of the system in creating attacking football but let's face it, most teams that use the 3-5-2 system are interested in taking advantage of three centre backs and therefore being extra solid at the back.

 

Not sure, I guess so. Read something a while back saying Liverpool reckon he’ll be a midfielder eventually. Know where you’re coming from though.

[sixx]

I for one would say he's the most exciting young prospect England has at the moment, barring maybe Rashford. Most of my friends are Liverpool fans and therefore I see a lot more of them than I actually care for haha. I'd just say he's a very modern right back - quick, adept defensively and can deliver the goods going forward, very good right foot.

[Astroblack]

Alex Scott is a dream.

[David Edgar]

Walker is so obviously out of position.  Southgate is a proper hipster.

[geordiedean]

Alex Scott is a dream.

 

Shes smoking hot

[Disco]

Cheek is miles off the pace. Madness for him to be at Chelsea.

[ToonArmy1892]

Feels like Djourou has been around for ages.

[joeyt]

Feels like Djourou has been around for ages.

 

Aye, and only left Arsenal 4 years ago

[ToonArmy1892]

Feels like Djourou has been around for ages.

 

Aye, and only left Arsenal 4 years ago

 

He's only 31 aswell, just wiki'd him thinking he must be about 36

[WarrenBartonCentrePartin]

Looking back on where we first met, I cannot escape and I cannot forget, please score more than one, not one cunt has shone, England's fucking dull again.

[triggs]

He gets a lot of stick but England could do with someone like Xhaka in midfield

[WarrenBartonCentrePartin]

Welbeck does Schar, who injures himself in the process.

[Astroblack]

Love Rashford stepping up to the plate. Soon as Mourinho is binned, the better

[David Edgar]

Rashford does something good now and then and all of a sudden all of his below par performances are forgotten.

[Astroblack]

See this over the line, boys. It'd be a huge win.

[Astroblack]

That was a great performance.

 

I thought we'd struggle but we looked fairly comfortable and the team looks to be singing from the same hymn sheet.

[Si]

Love Southgate, he's done so much In getting the players to care again and working towards something. Whatever happens in the next 4 years if soneone else comes in it needs to be a similar appointment the goal shouldn't change. It feels like for the first time we are working towards something rather than just turning up.

[Kimbo]

I don’t think much has changed for England, other than the players and manager being younger, and them playing 3 at the back. I don’t see anything particularly exciting happening, it’s just England continuing to be a second tier side.

[Si]

I think the difference is the recognition of that and a feeling that we are trying to progress.

[ToonArmy1892]

What we certainly don't have, is an exceptional passer of the ball, well we do but he doesn't get picked, fucking crazy.

[Astroblack]

Maybe Oxlade?

[ToonArmy1892]

Nah, he's more of a runner.

[joeyt]

We had Gerrard, Scholes, Carrick and Lampard all around a similar time but we're crying out for someone like that now

 

[leffe186]

We had Gerrard, Scholes, Carrick and Lampard all around a similar time but we're crying out for someone like that now

 

Well all four of them are very different types of player . I’d say Alli is like Lampard tbh. We def need a Scholes and/or a Carrick though.

[ToonArmy1892]

Scholes should have been our Xavi/Pirlo.

 

Him getting put on the left to accomodate Lampard and Gerrard in the middle was a disgrace.

 

A midfield 3 with all of them, Scholes as the deep lying playmaker may have worked.