Consigliere Posted June 29, 2021 Share Posted June 29, 2021 England lineup (3-4-3): Pickford Walker Stones Maguire Trippier Phillips Rice Shaw Saka Kane Sterling Subs: Grealish, Mount, Johnstone, Henderson, Rashford, Bellingham, Foden, Mings, Sancho, Ramsdale, James, Coady Germany lineup (3-4-2-1): Neuer Ginter Hummels Rüdiger Kimmich Kroos Goretzka Gosens Havertz Müller Werner Subs: Volland, Gnabry, Halstenberg, Koch, Leno, Süle, Musiala, Trapp, Nehaus, Can, Sané, Gündogan Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ljkeane Posted June 29, 2021 Share Posted June 29, 2021 Germany are not that good. Do we really need to change formation to match them and pick 7 defensive players? ETA: Also no Calvert-Lewin on the bench is a really bad idea. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Soylent Brown Posted June 29, 2021 Share Posted June 29, 2021 It's Southgate, he's always going to be five times more cautious than he needs to be. At least he's playing Saka. I wonder if this will be as exciting as the previous matches in this round, or will we manage to strangle the life out of it? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Corvinus85 Posted June 29, 2021 Share Posted June 29, 2021 Based on how it's going, I predict red cards. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Soylent Brown Posted June 29, 2021 Share Posted June 29, 2021 For someone so dominant in his own box, Maguire really is shit at attacking headers. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Consigliere Posted June 29, 2021 Author Share Posted June 29, 2021 Maguire is good at finding space in the box and winning headers but completely and utterly useless at getting those headers on target. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Consigliere Posted June 29, 2021 Author Share Posted June 29, 2021 Kane is being marked out of the game and the service to him has been nonexistent as well. A grand total of two touches thus far. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ljkeane Posted June 29, 2021 Share Posted June 29, 2021 He’s been a complete passenger, again. Good thing Southgate didn’t even bother to pick the other striker in the squad on the bench. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mormont Posted June 29, 2021 Share Posted June 29, 2021 A Kane hat-trick is my last hope for fantasy football. I am conflicted. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Soylent Brown Posted June 29, 2021 Share Posted June 29, 2021 If nobody passes to DCL, he doesn't do so well either. Maguire is trying too hard to make runs, and has already made a few where he's lost his way a bit. He's going to end up giving the Germans a free counter attack before long. I'd like to see Henderson on sooner rather than later to give us a bit more passing range in the middle. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Consigliere Posted June 29, 2021 Author Share Posted June 29, 2021 Rice and Phillips are already doing a great job at giving Germany free counters. Goretzka waltzing past them like they aren't even there; Kroos being given all the time he wants to spray passes. That was a really poor challenge from Phillips. Kane should've done a lot better there. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mormont Posted June 29, 2021 Share Posted June 29, 2021 That's twice Hummels has saved the Germans. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Soylent Brown Posted June 29, 2021 Share Posted June 29, 2021 Yep. I can't see him lasting the game if left to his own devices. He's been going in heavy on challenges all half. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ljkeane Posted June 29, 2021 Share Posted June 29, 2021 Yeah, I'd have preferred Rice coming off for Henderson but Phillips is going to get a red card if he stays on. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Consigliere Posted June 29, 2021 Author Share Posted June 29, 2021 Turning out to be a real great idea not having DCL on the bench. Rashford will end up at CF where he's absolutely terrible. eta. Has Sterling forgotten how to pass? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rorschach - 2 Posted June 29, 2021 Share Posted June 29, 2021 Seems to me England is utterly without what constitutes a midfield today. Trippier / Shaw are attacking fullbacks, they need space when charging forward. Rice / Phillips hold. Sterling / Saka / Kane line up as attackers. There's a void in the middle of the pitch where Southgate should have put at least one player. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BigFatCoward Posted June 29, 2021 Share Posted June 29, 2021 I know he is our only scorer, but Sterling other than that has been utterly shite the whole tournament. The talent on the bench compared to the dross on the pitch is so typically England. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mormont Posted June 29, 2021 Share Posted June 29, 2021 Players do tend to look better when they're not playing. I actually think Sterling's been OK in this game. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Soylent Brown Posted June 29, 2021 Share Posted June 29, 2021 3 minutes ago, Consigliere said: eta. Has Sterling forgotten how to pass? It seems that way. Henderson seems the most obvious choice in midfield for me. We wouldn't lose anything defensively, but he's a lot better at passing it around and shouting at teammates to do goals. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Corvinus85 Posted June 29, 2021 Share Posted June 29, 2021 Never mind, I'm stupid. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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