How England MUST Setup To Fix Their Problems.
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As a German, I think England should definitely stick with Southgate đđ
I think you guys would shine under him... we'll swap you for that failed Bayern Munich coach you've got.
â@@thefootballpunneditas a french fan, I think you should share Southgate
Love this! đđżđđżâ€ïž
As a swede, someone get disqualified and make room for us đđ
As a clown, I can say that Southgate is one of us.
Iâve been watching Slovakia , Slovenia , Georgia , Albania etc and they all seem to be able to play some decent joined up football and they have a coherent system and plan. They play triangles , quick sharp passes , keep the ball well , press with intelligence. How the hell are England in this mess ? Itâs unbelievable that these smaller nations can figure stuff out and Southgate and his team canât.
So true.
Bruh i watch canada under jessie marsh crave argentina open for 90mins.
Comes down to lack of actual practice and cohesion.
They lack self beleif
The England Camp have kept saying, for a few tournaments, âthis is tournament footballâ. Iâve thought about what this means in terms of tactics and mentality. I now understand that it just means âplaying shitâ.
Not really as every other country has actually played good football except for⊠EnglandâŠ
Trippier doing a job but him and Foden on the left doesn't work. Drop one of them because this blunder has cost us any momentum in this tournament
Also Trent was brought off before Watkins came on. Trent can play balls for runners but Kane is moving in the wrong direction (backwards). Southgate got is so wrong on the day with class players
@@leotran9259youâve not understood have you
@@LGEightZero no I completely understand. Weâre just dogshit.
As an argentinian, it's insane how you've stuck with this man at the helm for so long. A manager that's never won a difficult match, just coasted through the easy ones. A manager that changes up a whole front line at 70 minutes (something I'm not against in principle if you're not doing well) with 3 runners, and 5 minutes earlier took off the only long pass specialist in the team (TAA) in favor of a man who is very good imo, but can't make a 5mts pass, much less a long one (Gallagher).
You have so much talent to exploit, such a good team to go far and even win tournaments, but you're stuck with an absolute donkey becuse (he knit the team together)
This is it. The best post on CZcams.
Bravo sir!
The good news is this is def gonna be his last time and a lot of these guys have got more tournaments in them. Doesnât make this Euros any less shit for us but you canât have everything
Best comment out of the hundred Iâve read on CZcams about the Southgate situation. Good luck in the americas đŽó §ó ąó „ó źó §ó ż
@@ht8083 you too, and hope we come across next WC. It's been way too long since we've had a match
I don't disagree, however I will say kane is also a long passer but he also went off with TAA
Southgate is me in Fifa career mode tryna fit all his best players on the pitch regardless of formation
What language is this message in,I find it difficult to understand,are you Albanian.
I just rewatched the whole game (I'm mental I know) and I think Kane is a huge problem. He doesn't start a press, he doesn't attempt to run in behind, There is no out ball when we win the ball back near our box as Kane is by our box too. Opposition defence even step up as they know Kane isn't really an issue. People say we need runners for Kane? He doesn't even get into space quick enough to do his through balls that he is good at. I really think we need to think about starting Watkins and hope we don't miss Kanes lethality inside the box.
Why Southgate wasnât on the touch line yelling at the team to get up the pitch is mind boggling.
He was at one point towards the 70th minute, waving them up the pitch. Honestly I don't think it helps coming from Southgate, because he doesn't normally do it. It makes it look like the house is falling down when the usually calm manager is waving his arms on the sidelines.
Nobody expects a guy with a 90 IQ to flex his stuff at a chess competition. Why expect anything from southgate?
He face looked devoid of any answers. He really did look like a manager not knowing what to do.
He was telling the players to remember how smart he is; thinkkkk
he doesnt want them up the pitch that is the problem
I canât believe we didnât take a fit left footed defender, one of branthwaite Colwill or Chilwell had to go to offer balance, ideally branthwaite could play Lb and then we can use a makeshift back 3
"If he dies on this horse" Top tier Samism that.
Elite tier Samism for sure
^
This is a brilliant video, basically Trent can do it all, but not if you play like this, same with Foden, Sakah, Rice and Kane, the problem is what everyone has known for the last 8 years, the coach
if by do it all you mean ping long balls when he has acres of space then yeah sure. but other than that? not quite sure.
I would bench Kane.
@@ahmedmiladi9362he got a lot
Interceptions. He needs to learn the position. He can press he plays for Klopp England need to press better.
Adam Wharton a left footed accurate passer of the ball. Who can tackle. Spain & Germany would have played him by now. the squad is brilliant and needs to be utilised. Mainoo, Gordon, Palmer, Toney?
Has to be worth a try. Current line up isnât working.
Spain would be playing Rice, Mainoo and Wharton as a ball playing 3 in midfield, and it would be class
Kane: âthere are no easy games in international footballâ.
Well yeah, when the team keeps committing unforced errors and giving the ball away while playing with no intensity and coordinated press, there are no easy games at this level!
Great point on Pickford's kicking.
I remember in the Croatia semi final thinking the game turned when Pickford started booting it long.
I think any discussion about TAA, Foden, Kane, Trippier or any individual player means very little until we have some sense of what Southgate actually wants the team to look like.
Are we meant to be a low or mid block? Pressing or passive? Possession based or direct? Do we progress through the middle or down the wings?
Even if the football is boring or ineffective we should at least know what we're trying to do.
England need pace on the left, and stability in the midfield, it sounds crazy but if Kane cant press, id play someone who can lead a press
Gareth is mid table manager with mid-table mentality goes brave in qualifiers and goes hiding in main tournament.
If the rumours are true that Kane isnât 100% fit then why not use this as an excuse to bench him for ârestâ.
Southgateâs is such a coward
Pickfordâs inability to play short is hurting england massively
He can play short. Itâs not his fault. Heâs only playing long balls because weâve been pressed so aggressively that he has no safe options to play it short.
Kane is clearly injured or lacking match fitness after an injury, he got taken off again Madrid and didnât play the last 2 Bayern games due to a back injury. He then proceedes to play 90 ish minutes across the friendlies and start both group stage games not moving enough.
He basically stands still any chance he gets. Iâm so confused
It's really hard for people to think about dropping a star... but we accept that Benzema got benched and left out for years for Giroud. A suicidal choice at club level but based on results the right choice. It's about getting a tune out of a team for a few games, sometimes the better individual player for a certain position can make the team worse. I think Watkins would make us better despite him not being as good a footballer overall.
What? Benzema didnât get benched for footballing reasons and was great when he came back for the euros and if not for a disaster class from Mbappe wouldâve won against Switzerland.
Google Benzema15 bro, then you'll see why he was dropped for France
Trent such a better option at left back than trippier he can use his left foot for a start, and when we are in possession he can go and sit in with rice and spray it about.. Walker sits in a 3 with the other two much better balance
Or walker ad RCB as he has done before.
The problem is, what I havenât seen pundits pick up on, is Foden is getting the ball, coming central⊠leaving no one on the left wing. All teams have to do is defend our middle and RW and thatâs job done. Never mind not being able to play the ball out
It's not just Southgate, it's the entire coaching staff too. Wtf are they thinking? Too much time looking at laptops, not enough time talking with the players and having THEM work out their best partners on pitch. We have a talented bunch of individuals, just not a team (like with Sven, Fabio etc).
Play Trent right back (at least against Slovenia and teams where the opposition winger is not a major threat) with Bellingham and Rice holding with Foden in the AM position, Gordon left and Saka right, then ideally Kane if he is willing to mix his runs and do a bit of pressing, but Watkins is also an option. Trent would be on the ball in a comfortable area that he is used to with the ball down the channel to Saka, across to Gorden or inside to a Bellingham or Foden. Obviously the defensive pace of Kyle walker is great but on the ball he is usually a dead end. So when England should have the majority of the possession play Trent.
Southgate isn't even using Trent in manner that may work.
Trent should be moving forward into Saka's position with Rice covering Trent and Saka making central runs to support Kane. That, only possibly, may work.
Everything Southgate does, is dumb.
Comparing Trent to Kroos feels a bit ridiculous. One is a converted RB with almost no experience in the position and the other one is one of the best CMs in the world. It's very strange that we're trying to accommodate Trent really, even at his best the kind of passes he does are quite unlikely to lead to goals with the forwards we have.
The experience is incomparable, but the idea of being the composed play maker seeking out long passes in behind and controlling the tempo is the point James was making
TAA has made 2 good passes in 2 games. Hardly World Class.
The point is more so that Germany and Madrid both keep Kroos out of the block so his time and space to do his thing. Trent drops between the CBs at Liverpool for goodness sake. He shouldn't be receiving the ball between the lines, and that's the point with Kroos.
trent plays at rb for liverpool moving into midfield to make a 4 man midfield to make a better press and to overload the midfield, he's never been in a midfield 3 with no tactics behind it. hes absolutely world class.
If we actually tried to accommodate Trent weâd just play him at rb at least against the teams we should be controlling the game against
I feel like the team is really missing a tyrick Mitchell type LB
Yep, someone actually left footed. Could play with a quasi back 3 and push Trent up like he does for Liverpool.
@@rickys7435 Lewis Hall would have been a good shout too...
We can all say it as much as we like. It will never change. Gareth will never changed. Wasting your breathe and nothing new since 6 years ago. It's the same thing. Every. Time.
You say that but Southgate knows. He will do something different. He will make changes.
If theyâre the right ones or enoughâŠ.. ????
@@steveconnolly322 No. He won't.
@@VillaBoys123 well if youâve seen his demeanor in his interviews and listened to what heâs said itâs very easy to see he will be trying some alternatives. But enjoy your delusion dudeđđ
@@steveconnolly322 He will change the personal, that's what he does. He won't change the system, the philosophy, the style, the attitude.
@@VillaBoys123 yes. So he will change. Thanks, youâve got it. And heâs playing differently now to the qualifiers, and a few yrs ago. So generally youâre not impressed with him, which is understandable, but not changing isnât the problem. The problem is not doing things well. But Iâm behind him and the team, and if you recall tournaments from many years agoâŠ. 80âs???? Thereâs plenty of time to settle on a new solution and approach. In hoping he can find it
How to fix england: Fired Southgate. I don't it happen during tournaments but after. Maybe
Ivory Coast sacked their manager mid-tournament and won AFCON đ
Insightful
It's not just Southgate. I've been watching since the 1970's, and it's every manager. So the answer is not just "sack Southgate", you have to sack the faceless heirarchy that select England managers.
If England were a club, it's not just "sack the manager". It's "sack the Directors of Football".
Maybe first things first and you brush up on your spelling.
Like your suggestions. Would add in 4-2-3-1 you could just push up Stones into the right side controller role in specific (triggered) phase of play and have Walker tuck into a RCB role; in other phases, Walker overlaps and Rice has to hold (with Stones still behind). Allows Bellingham to get forward. Get Trent out of the side, Foden into the CAM where heâs fantastic, and a proper left wing (like Gordon) to keep width. Watkins/Kane based on match situation (Kane early and Watkins late).
We either play 5 back yes or you have to get a runner in behind and play Gordon with foden in cam, Jude cm. Spot on as always
or u play a back 4 with gomez at lb, and trent at rb with stones n walker in the middle, trent moves up to create a 4 man midfield for pressing and creating the overload so we stop getting our pants pulled down in midfield.
@@jack28aug that could work and then you have foden and Bellingham in the half spaces but then still no runs on behind for Trent unless you bring in Watkins for the 2 up top so 4-2-2 in build up
Big problem when you have a team of superstars, everyone's ego clashes and it just becomes a car crash. Every team needs a level minded James Milner style player. Yes, I said that.
God I'm glad to not be watching James Milner in an England shirt again. No matter how bad we are
Hendo back in again?
@@ecaeas4439 now we're talking!!
Neither of those two please
This has nothing to do with them being stars.. itâs all done to the manager and coaches
Not to blow smoke up your proverbial but its so much easier watching tactical stuff in response to a poor England game than a fair few other yt pundits who just wanna throw toddler tantrums for clicks. Solid content as always đ
Not to blow smoke up your proverbial as a pre-empting to any sentence is such a great one, I'll keep it for later, Cheers mate
I hate saying this cus im a newcastle fan but eddie howe is perfect for england. He isnt scared of dropping the big players if they don't perform and he plays a better formation. It's similar but he plays a 433 but he only has 1 defensive mid not 2
But no number 10 so u could play bellingham nd foden but slightly wider
He isnât a national team manager. He thrives off the day to day and creating the hardest work team on the planet. You donât get to work with the players as England manager. You have to be a tactics guy - Howe isnât necessarily that guy. I agree about his approach of not caring about egos though.
â @@shawnmorgan5221Howe is a tactics guy though.
@@GigaChad-dm8ce Think the point the guy is trying to make is Howe is far less 'shape' tactics which require less day to day coaching. Might be waffling. Howe is a really good pressing tactician
pep soon
Donât understand why in the prep games, he was playing 4-3-3 and started that way for about 20 minutes against Serbia and everyone looked good, only to switch to a 4-2-3-1. I donât get it. It is harmful more than it is beneficial to so many of the players.
Itâs completely made Trent the fall guy because heâs out of his depth there, he canât get forward and create and his weaknesses are more exposed there. Iâve never seen him look more timid than he did last night, like he was terrified of making a mistake.
After watching how awful the Serbia game was, how did Southgate think Iâll play the exact same 11 in that same set up. Play the same 11 but change the system. Clearly the 4-2-3-1 doesnât work with the personnel on the pitch.
The average position of the team for the 15 minutes after the goal was disgusting. Iâve never seen anything more shameful. All of them were camped out in and around the box except Saka. Who was just waiting for a pass.
Southgate is a massive problem. He says they havenât replaced Phillips - well either play Wharton or better yet, be a better manager that can get the best out of your players by playing a system where you donât need a Phillips. Or I donât knowâŠ.. play your warm up games in that system so the players can get used to it.
I expect Trent to be dropped for Gallagher and I expect them to not be much better unless he switches the system around because heâs got them playing trash football atm.
He needs to go after this tournament, even if he wins it (which LOL)
At least theyâll all be available for pre season with their clubs at this rate.
Why do so many people reply in many paragraphs.. đđđ
@@thedethrocker8858TLDR
@@thedethrocker8858probably the same reason as to why some people reply with 1 sentence and lots of laughing emojisâŠ
Yep, itâs been crap football bailed out by the players for too long. He needs to go and he will be seen as a joke
Honestly so sick of seeing Gallagher, guy is a headless chicken - much rather see Mainoo or Wharton but ideally id push Bellingham back slightly and put Foden ahead of him.
Iâve seen nothing in the years of Southgate to suggest he knows anything about adapting systems to fit these different profiles heâs picked. The fact he begged for Kalvin Phillips last night was a telltale sign. You selected Wharton and Mainoo yet youâre crying about not having someone who was near bottom of the pile in DMs in the prem? Thatâs not what an international manager is paid to do and no one is calling him out on it.
Simple. Get rice and Bellingham in the middle to dictate the game. Trent at right back. Bring on walker second half to bomb forward with fresh legs from the right with Paul konchesky on the left to feed Heskey & any Carrol up front.
Rice and Bellingham are not the type to dictate the game. Rice cannot even receive back to play and progress the ball.
@@CMJames don't need a good midfield with Heskey upfront. There just there to make the numbers up.
@@CMJamesexactly why at Arsenal they play someone next to him that dictates like Jorginho and it also does help that they have Odegaard who can do everything, England donât have that profile, you wonât see Foden dictating the tempo
â@CMJames Yep. Rice is great reading defensivley amd getting a foot in - THAT IS IT. He lacks everything else to be a 6. Sure, looks great at a West Ham when the team sits back, but not in a ball dominating side. Even Arteta realised that and has Jorghino next to him. And when hes an 8, particularly at international level, there's plenty better than him, especially on other talented teams in the middle of the park. He isn't quick enough mentally, isnt quick enough on the ball, isn't cute enough on the ball, and isn't technically gifted. He's slowly being found out and massively overrated as we have seen before with many England players. Oh and Saka has another level he needs to get to - 0 assists for England leading in to the actual tournaments, 1 now, and that is effing dire for 'top class' winger (not counting qualifiers we near always breeze through)
@@_SIRenity_ We have one natural 6 and that's Adam Wharton, he plays the ball quickly with one touch passing and he has good vision
Right i want to make it clear im a big HK fan and a Spurs fan for over 40 years, but this is all on Kane for me, He is the Captain and should be leading by example, also any press is led by the centre forward, If your captain and centre forward cant be arsed to press, then why will the others? Now i dont think we should drop Kane but i do think we need a striker in front of him, Kane has a vision for a killer threading pass that nobody else except maybe trent does. I just think 2 up top is the way forward
The vibes 11 goes hard đđ i would just play a back 4 of CBs and have Stones step out... Gomez, Guehi, Stones and Walker... Guardioreth Pepgate
take out guehi, move walker to rcb, trent at rb moving into midfield to create the overload and press like he does for liverpool with record numbers.
@@jack28aug hahaha yeah that's mega vibes, but I was bringing it back to reality a bit so nobody is getting shoehorned in, Guehi is getting his props for being decent so far and Trent can eat bench... But I rate it, fuck it let's go out with a bang đ€Ł
@@jacklane3679 we just need 4 man in midfield we're getting it right up us in the middle of the park. imo. box midfield will let us dominate the middle of the park. I've just never seen guehi in a back 3 shape so i dunno.
@@jack28aug well I think we're trying to make a 4 man box midfield with Rice, Trent, Foden and Bellingham. Guehi, Stones and Walker are forming the back three behind them. We're just not playing well enough to see it much.
The issue is the way we're doing it is leaving us with no width in the left hand side. It's all left to a leggy right back covering that whole left channel, so we offer no threat going forward on that side, making us 50% easier to stop going forward and completely open to being attacked down our left as well, then we're stuck defending again. Cycle repeats whenever we do get forward.
Only bringing Luke Shaw if he actually planned to play this way was so fucking stupid đ
@@jacklane3679 n y did he take gomez? played lb pretty much all season, and we're playing trippier? or talking about using walker or sum1 there, and that's it init, a 4 man midfield at the expense of of left forward, and does not create an overload, their rb just tucks in coz trippiers in "the back 3" technically coz walkers bombing on. pep n klopp r just scratching their head at this, they need to pick up the phone!
Probably no surprise Spurs suffered the same mentality issue with Kane for so many years and he said it himself, we go 1-0 and just seem to sit back rather than go for another goal. Weâll lead then the Harry, youâre Englandâs captain and were Spursâ vice-captain, lead from the front!
Then when Conte came, we sat back and struggled to find a way out unless he came deep and Son went in behind.
Unless thereâs a big turnaround very quickly, I think weâre going to reach the QFs at best. I genuinely hope Iâm wrong and Southgate turns it around but I think heâs taken us as far as he can.
When he was appointed, we were at rock bottom. He stabilised us defensively, brought in a great team spirit and got the country united towards team in 2018 as expectations were low. As weâve then progressed with him, weâve pulled away and outgrown him with the players we now have available. Heâs been brilliant for the most part, he really has but we need a new manager after the tournament. Heâs a very good defensive-solid manager but asking him to get his sides playing free-flowing attacking football isnât in his skillset.
Each manager has a tactical approach and core fundamentals in how they want their teams to play, the players we have and the manager we have arenât best suited now. Itâs like saying to Steve Bruce, go and get your teams to play like Klopp or Pep, he wouldnât be able to do it. Yes those first 20 mins against Serbia were brilliant, but we reverted to type and went defensive to protect what weâve got. Itâs a mindset we need to change and that comes from the manager.
Also, why weâre still experimenting 2 games into the tournament is bewildering. He should know the core of his team and the way he wants us to play months in advance of the first game. We wasted the friendlies in the build up. Play your strongest team at the start, get the cohesion and then swap as those games go on. Nope, we experimented and played people who heâs left behind or not using.
Like I say, I bloody hope he proves me wrong but it may well be too late to turn it around. We need a big reaction on Tuesday or itâll end in tearsâŠagain.
We couldnât play our best teams in the friendlies/build up because weâve had so many key injuries and absences. Eg Bellingham joined the camp late because of the champions league final. So Southgate literally just had no opportunity to test the ideal lineup before this tournament
This final strategy is good.
One of the issues with Bellingham up top is he tends to drift left and get in the way of the winger, so often we have seen either the winger get the ball and Bellingham as almost on his toes or Bellingham gets the ball but he is in the wingerâs space.
Bellingham in 8 rather than 10
Brilliant James...đ€Łdeffo need an overhaul. Gordon rocks. Gareth's set-up with TAA in midfield didn't work in the friendlies - no idea why he persisted with this same set up for another TWO games...scary really. Hope to God that he makes some decent changes for the last group game. I'd like Wharton with Rice and either Foden or Bellingham dropped and Gordon in. Subs of Palmer and Bellingham/Foden, Gomez, Mainoo? I liked your last team selection with a back three too...đ
The Trent in MF thing doesn't make sense. The whole point of him, is he does all the stuff he's lauded for, from RB. Where he has time and space to do it.
He just needs to rotate with Walker. Depending on what we're up against and what's needed in the game, at the time.
The start of a tournament, is not the time to be experimenting with this. Especially when the rest of the team is playing so badly. Madness.
Most good teams in the prem play with wing backs or inverted wing backs. So if Gareth wants Trent to play so bad then make him inverted left back - everyone in the prem is using them for full backs who canât defend midfield but are more effective on the ball in those areas. Solves the Foden issue with tripper also not running the channel enough and allows another midfielder like Bellingham / Foden to be 10s and Gordon on the left
If Germany can find a way to play Musiala and Wirtz then surely England can find a way to effectively play Bellingham and Foden
Germany have a good manager.
They have overlapping fullbacks, a three man midfield behind them, and a striker who runs in behind to stretch the backline. None of these things apply to England's setup
Germany have been shite for ages and only just clicked
I think you play to Kane and Trentâs strengths, put him at rb and invert into midfield, have runners going in behind for Kane like Gordon, so Trent can play those passes in behind
please show this video to every england fan. just makes sense
Agree with you in your analysis. Wondering if part of what is going on is players now stuck in years of defensive mentality and/or players tired after a tough season and conserving energy so they don't do the high press which they know they can't do for 70-90 minutes
In Wharton we trust. The missing link?
I think the Harry Kane element of this England team is cause for concern and sort of reminiscent of Rooney when he started getting older, dropping deeper to receive the ball. I don't watch Harry Kane play with the Bayern team consistently but his body language and behaviour just shows that maybe he's not asked to work as hard.
When this England team presses we are very effective, everyone moves as a unit and it's very satisfying to see us win the ball back high up the pitch but England aren't doing enough of it especially after Denmark scored!
Shearer was hammering the defensive line for not pushing up enough, do they not trust the two playing ahead of them in Trent and Rice together?
Its not Southgate but Ben White mate Steve Holland who is the coach, the tactician, the person who works on the pitch with the players so why is'nt anyone pointing the finger at him???
I personally think the players from the main favourites (England, France, Portugal) have played so many games during the season that they are very tired .. that's why the pressing and the up tempo is missing
I agree
On the bright side weâve really made a lot countries happy with our performances
I agree with your XI, as do probably most people. I get the argument against it, that Bellingham being a forward-minded player might empty midfield to get forward, and should be given the license to do so, but that instability it would create would be attenuated by the fact our two full-backs are very conservative. Trippier would actually be better suited to playing more narrow to cover for Bellingham's forward movements than he is running up and down the left wing.
I came here from a video with some individuals who tried to claim that part of Englandâs problems were Bowen, Watkins, & Gordon not playing in the champions league so they shouldnât play at the euros. I was rattled and probably lost brain cells so I needed to take a breather before I commented something heinous and gave them more engagement.
More fantasy football playing an imaginary game in the head of an apparently more sober and thoughtful pundit. This does not address teams that love the counter-press like Austria and the physically domination of England. The glaring weakness at LB and the targeting by teams of Trippier, while unable to support the LW. The lack of height or physical power both offensively and defensively. The lack of endurance. The willingness for a number of teams to play grinding, destructive football. The mental frailties caused by playing two crushingly physical games , the ability of deep lying playmakers like Kroos to pop a ball down the channels and do what Germany did to Scotland in the first 10 minutes before applying the killing blow.
It's as though English football hasn't learnt any lessons since 1970-that its great teams with a tried and tested pattern of play win the big games, not 'Plan B' (or is it C now) so beloved by the British media class and fandom.
Well done James, you've out Southgate Southgate and the likes of Andrich, Kante, Rhordi, are never going to thrive in any of the set ups presented by this ill thought out panic presentation. When an entire nation can't pick a starting 11 without descending into farce, when apparently Rashford and Grelish lack of work rate isn't an issue and should be playing, when chucking kids with little or no experience is the key and a 34 year old German manager plays with three formations dependant on game state, then your way out of your depth.
Calm down mate lol
PSSST, joe gomez.
Germany's been shit for years unless you missed it?....and you haven't won this tournament yet so calm down
Southgate says the press wasn't good enough but I'm telling you now. Them playing deep is exactly what Southgate has instructed them to do
It clearly isnât though
Unfortunately, this is completely wrong. This video didn't have any criticism of Bellingham and he is where the midfield lacks balance. You mention his pressing creating the goal but it doesn't, the goalkeeper makes a poor decision unrelated to Bellingham. Madrid do not press in the way most modern teams do and it's clear when you watch Bellingham. His passing was also awful (many players were too 2nd half but from the start he was poor) excluding the pass to Watkins and he slowed the game down repeatedly. Despite his individual quality and ability to score, any midfield 3 without Bellingham would function better - play him as an 8 and watch. Kane may be carrying an injury, in which case he shouldn't play, but, no matter what, Foden must play centrally.
Not only that but Kane is playing like he has at Bayern, he doesnât get involved with the press. Everyone else around him presses and he will do 1 of 2 things, sit on the shoulder of the CB ready to run into the box or hang back waiting for the pass (like we see in the clip).
Harry Kane and Jude are 2 of the best players in the world right now but play for 2 very different systems. They werenât able to play together in the warm up games and you can train on something all you like but sometimes it takes a few games to get it right. We see this all the time in club football.
Everyone clamouring for Southgate to be sacked (which I think regardless of the result, his time is up after this tournament) and then arguing a midfield of Foden, Bellingham and Rice behind Kane is the solution, would do no better.
All of them without exception executed terrible passes. It tells you that they have no cohesion. It wasn't about the passing. We praise good passers so much that we forget that it depends on teammates knowing where to be and how to make runs. Looking at the game.yesterday you can see that they were all out of sync.
When a team is out of sync, the first and most important symptom is poor passing from people who are normally good passers.
It was the single theme that the commentators were hammering yesterday.
I'm not picking on any player AT ALL. Saka, Foden, Kane, Bellingham, Rice, Trent, they all receive the ball and lose it because they don't know where their teammates are within a second. The time it takes a player in the midfield to look around is time you're dispossessed. You need to be in sync.
This is not a team. They can't even play out from the back.
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I hate to say it as a Newcastle fan, but Eddie Howe's style of play is exactly what you want England to do. I'd be surprised if he took the England job at this stage of his career, but he is the outstanding candidate.
I agree with the best team. You could play a 4-3-3 or a 4-2-3-1 depending on how much youâre going for it.
Great analysis James. I absolutely agree with Bellingham-Rice (everybody's forgotten Jude is a proper midfielder, he was just, brilliantly it has to be said, plugging a hole at Real) in the pivot, Gordon (the only right winger who will stretch the play + hard working off the ball) and Foden in the 10.
Rice, Bellingham, Foden can never happen because Southgate can't fathom a midfield like that, he just wants Kalvin Phillips back. Southgate is a war criminal, Gallagher will start next game
I don't think this side actually has an identity. If we want to play direct, why do we have no runners? If we want to play possession, we struggle to create chances. If we want to be pressing there's not enough energy.
We need to pick a system and players that suit it. For me, a change in style to be more direct suits us better and you only have to change Foden for Gordon, have Trent drop very deep to collect the ball and look for those runs. If the pitch is stretched, more room for Kane and Bellingham to work in. Rice covers the left side because of weakness there.
Good, fair analysis, though it remains to be seen whether Southgate can actually organise a press, including letting the back four step up and squeeze the space. The players can do it. But can the coach?
Every video and social media post wants Gordon to play LW, yet he hasn't played a single minute. Team is crying out for his energy and drive, he would also give Trippier loads of cover going back on the left if needed.
Spain have a new manager and have completely changed their style of play with basically the same players. How come theyâre not confused?
Your analysis is the best around. Quality work.
Trent in midfield clearly isnât working, therefore he should move Rice to a single pivot 6 and play Foden and Bellingham as 10âs/8âs. Both of them could interchange and take turns attacking and defending. You saw in the Denmark game how Foden was clearly fed up of not being able to effect the game on the LW, so he dropped really deep and central and demanded the ball, when he got the ball he carried in past half of their team multiple times and was a lot more effective.
If you want to be more safe you could try and play Adam Wharton next to Rice as a double Pivot, you would probably have to sacrifice Foden for a half but it would make the midfield more balanced and we would control the game better. You could then use Foden as an effective sub in the second half. Trent isnât working in that position, and there is no clear replacement so why not try Wharton?
You then play someone like Anthony Gordon on the LW to stretch the play. He adds pace and directness and gives the players something to aim for. Trent could also come on and effect the game from RB if needed. Also make the use of Cole Palmer if one of the attacking players isnât performing. Same goes for Kane with Watkins and Toney.
Southgate has options he just needs to use them and make the changes fast.
Southgate has picked a team, and squad, with square pegs for round holes. Playing a counter attacking system (after we've taken the lead) with forward players that want the ball into feet and don't make the runs in behind. Why play Trent in midfield if you don't have any players making runs he can pick out. Couldn't understand why so many England fans wanted Trent in CM when he ISN'T a midfielder and doesn't have the attributes to play there. We need a far more stable structure to get the best out of our key players; Jude, Kane, Foden etc.
Not bringing on Palmer, Mainoo and Gordon is very worrying given that they're the players that are most likely to give us the structure this team needs. A lot to improve between now and the knock out stages.
I rlly like this team at 26:27... Its even easier to give palmer a chance in that lineup. If either Gordon, Foden or Saka are having a bad day you can play palmer as a CAM and rearrange the other 2.
I love your videos mate. Logic. Not sensationalist. Great stuff đ
Good, fair analysis, though it remains to be seen whether Southgate can actually organise a press, including letting the back four step up and squeeze the space. The players can do it. But can the coach?
Think a vibes XI would be a 3-5-2 with TAA outside Walker and Saka at LWB.
I agree with James. It's about doing things quickly, keeping the tempo up
I feel like if Kane plays, Bellignham has to be under him so he can go beyond and they can rotate. If it's watkins up front though, you can play Foden in 10 to be the playmaker and have Bellingham back. Foden and Kane would get in each others way a little bit too much, but it would still be much better than it is now!
Good video
Seeing that Pickford pass and comparing that to what for instance Verbruggen is doing for the Dutch is so striking.
Surely we just abuse the right hand side, 4-3-3 saka, Foden and Trent, bring Gomez in as lb, Gordon Lw, when we are attacking Gomez stays back to form a 3 for defensive stability, rice has the legs to cover in front, would want stones in the middle of the 3 so who would you pick at RCB Iâm not sure, bigger games bring in Walker for Trent and allow stones to step in next to rice like he has done for city so that Jude and Foden are free to move
3 at the back 1 single pivot (rice) with stones pushing forward when in possession into the âTrentâ space allowing Rice to be an 8 not a 6. Will allow full backs to push on and Foden / Saka not to be as wide
I agree with james i think play "foden's team" tactics and use bellingham as more of a box to box and clear the 10 space so that foden can go to work you do that by stretching the play wide also which is why gordon must come in on the left if im honest i'd be uncomfortable leaving kane out but i would light a fire underneath him by taking him aside and telling him to be much more varied in his runs come short by all means when its on and we overload with the wingers in behind but on occasion give your creative players the chance to find you in the box with a killer pass or a long ball to get us up the pitch if we are under the cosh in short gordon for trent and a tweak in the tactical side and we should see a vast improvement the caveat of course to all of this is does southgate see what we do i don't think so i think he'll go gallagher for TAA and keep foden out wide which just won't solve the issues in my opinion
I think Trippier starting at LB says everything there is to know about Southgate as a manager. Trippier has been solid for England over the years but just had a horrible season playing in his preferred position (let alone playing out of position). Southgate is not courageous enough to make even basic decisions for the betterment of the team. He is too rigid and borderline cowardly, so Itâs no wonder everything else falls apart & we keep seeing the same issues.
I love the part where you convince Southgate to change his mind
Sack GS right now, he obviously doesnât know what heâs doing and has proved it over and over. Just let the players pick the team and tactics for the rest of the tournament. It canât be any worse. They are obviously being constrained or bemused by Gone Southbrainâs choices and instructions.
If youâre afraid to do that at least ban him from giving any press conferences. Heâs even more disillusioned than Ten Haag. I mean if the dilemma is truly missing Phillips, TAA is not the answer.
Talking about England playing like Germany is funny, given that I thought the reason for selecting Trent was to offer England the option of playing the 3-3-3-1 shape that Germany like to adopt when Kroos (pronounced like gross, not crews), with Trent starting as a wing-back. That leave Foden, Bellingham and Saka as the OM line, with Saka usually being the one pushing up and running behind and the other 2 providing movement. The wing-backs, particularly Trent, can then move into the spaces vacated to provide the necessary rotation. The other option that works for England would be to copy Spain and go for a 4-1-2-3. In that case, selecting Gordon on the left and using a midfield 3 of Rice, Bellingham and Foden (ie the suggested team from the video) gives more attacking options at the expense of a defensive player. Both of these seem reasonable. Having Foden, Bellingham and Trippier occupying the same space with almost identical heat maps is not.
Great analysis apart from a picture of France. By the end I'm thinking the coaching is the greater challenge than player selection.
Hey James, love your videos †Which software do you use for your analysis?
I'm not a England fan, so that may possible why I'm not attached too certain players in certain positions based on where they have played their best football for their club team. But instead what I suggest by the following is getting the best out of the team as a whole, and as well be the most cohesive as you can be with the current squad and it's issues as of now. I would suggest the following: Guehi, Stones, Walker as CB's. Saka as a left WB, TAA right WB, Rice & Bellingham in midfield, Foden/Palmer on the RW, Gordon on the LW and Kane thru the middle. Foden/Palmer is able to both hold the width and cut inside, Gordon will be able to do the same, but also provide more of a threat in behind. Kane with that setup around him, will be able to drop deeper and create and spray passes and be the best version of himself. Also you have Saka on the overlap on the left, TAA in a position where he can overlap, underlap, get in the pockets he loves and spray passes and even go inside too the midfield to support Rice and Bellingham if needed. It's too late for something like this at this point in the turnament, but if Southgate had anything about him and truly wanted too get the most out of the squad he chosen, that for me would be it.
yeah if i was joe gomez i'm going home at this point, the disrespect, played lb all season finished above trippier or shaw in the league, its MAD.
Canât teach them that overnight though
@@user-ed7et3pb4o they play for city and liverpool as a 4, they know it better than southgate does, they defo know it better than whatever it is they've bin told to do atm.
@@user-ed7et3pb4o No, I'm afraid that would be too complicated. More so for Southgate than the players. No, seriously you're right. But the issue is that he chose to go into this championship with no LB ready too play from the get go, and then had no imagination too think outside his own little box. I concede he hasn't the best squad in the tournament imho, but it's certainly miles ahead of what he's gotten out of them so far!
@@MrOffaB I think heâs been trying new things and actually been uncharacteristically brave/inventive - the problem is that it just hasnât worked, and our old simpler tactics worked much better.
But if you look at all the media and fan lineups before the tournament started, the starting 11 against Serbia was actually pretty much what everyone had been asking for. I donât think anyone anticipated it being so awkward in practice. And in fairness to Southgate, there were so many injuries and absences in the build up to the tournament that he had no opportunity to practice.
The lack of conversation over Cole Palmer as a "finisher" is upsetting.
A player you can bring on to make a real finishing impact against tired legs is important.
Palmer is exactly that player, and how he hasn't got a shout yet is beyond me.
Pickford
Walker - Guehi - Gomez
Stones - Rice
Saka - Kane - Foden - Bellingham
Watkins
The only realistic formation that emulates how our top players play their best club football.
Great vid but you're asking the impossible. Southgate is so limited & tactically unaware it's literally impossible for him to fix this. He simply hasn't got the ability to do it. The sooner he goes the better.
elsewhere, it was pointed out that Southgate was a defender... that is his first reflex, stay safe, calm down (84+ minutes, Gareth is calming his team! jack%ss). If James can rightly see all these failures, weaknesses and confusion, why can't Southgate and his dedicated staff? Palmer would've seen Foden or Saka; get Kane off, he doesn't/can't meet the demands of the needs of THIS team. Kane is such an intelligent passer, when the doesn't have to do much else, but his legs are not up to running much, or often.
Southgate is unbelievably tactically inept, football, and the players we are blessed with have moved on since Euro 2020 and the FA need to be open their eyes to this.
If the FA love Southgate that much.... which they obviously do... then put him in a director of football role within the England set up but we need to bring in a manager with vision and an acute understanding of modern football....... If we want an Englishman, go for an Eddie Howe, if we don't mind where he comes from, then go and get Jurgen Klopp. I'd be happy with either.
This team needs ripping up and stating again. Southgate has chosen players for two separate philosophies. You can't have players like foden, Kane, Bellingham dropping deep when Trent is obviously in to make those passes behind. And the fact that Southgate brings him off 15 minutes before players who actually get in behind and stretch a defence defies logic. The whole team has been poor across the two games and Ironically the player pundits (who obviously dont do their own research) are down on because hes replacing Maguire has been England's best player across the two games.
Southgate needs to change up his defensive structure. There were multiple moments when Trent was the only player in the midfield because Ruce had to drop into the back line to cover a run into the space vacated when Guehu was pulled out wide.
The idea of having a rest 442 defence is to have a good pressing structure on the defenders. But with a Lazy Kane and a Bellingham who only shows his "energy" offensively, it doesn't work. And when they do end up pressing, the two sole midfielders are too concered about the space 5 yards in front of our centre back to join the pressing structure. Either the whole team needs to press or get Bellingham to drop into the midfield defensively to make a 5 or 3.
Southgate has two options in the next match. Stick with the game plan of the last two games of knicking a goal and hoping to hold together the rest of the 90. Or he needs to change.
He can either drop Trent and either Foden or Bellingham, as apart from moments, all of them have been subpar, for Gallagher and Eze who will give energy defensively and can work well with 1-or-2 touch football.
Or he drops Bellingham deeper, creating a 433 and play Gordon, Watkins instead of Foden/Bellingham and Kane. To stretch the backline and to allow Trent to play the balls he's claerly put in the team to play.
I would also in both these scenarios play Gomez at left back, in the small cameos he made in the warm up games he made more supportive runs for his left winger and (dont fact check me on this) more passes with his left foot. Trippier seems allergic to using his left foot to even make a 6 yard pass. Gomez has experience playing at left back for Liverpool and can use his left foot for more than just standing on.
YEEEEEEEES JOE GOMEZ. Gomez Stones Walker back 3 trent moving into create the overload in midfield, its so simple it's beautiful.
I like your team selection, my concern is Trippier, I'm not a fan of Shaw but he would undoubtedly be a better option. We need someone there with a left foot, would Guehi be a possibility and bring in Konsa? I'd be brave, drop Kane for Watkins.
My take on this, is that Denmark played well and had England figured out. It is hard to control a game, when the opposition knows your left side is non existent.
MĂŠhle did very well as a right footed leftback 3 years ago, but Trippier hasnt got those attributes on the left flank. Foden should be CAM, he is not a left winger. That left side will cripple the english squad. Yes TAA hasnt got what it takes in the middle of the pitch, but he hasnt got the runs for his passes anyway.
My pick for the England starting 11:
GK- Who cares
RB- Walker
CB- Stones
CB- Guehi
LB- TAA (Yes at left!!)
CDM- Rice
CM- Bellingham
COM- Foden
RW- Saka
LW- Palmer
ST- Kane
TAA at left!! Yes. When in position I would spread out the D in three with Walker right, Stones center and Guehi left. Some thing like this:
GK- Who cares
RCB- Walker
CB- Stones
LCB- Guehi
CDM- TAA
CM- Rice
COM- Bellingham
COM- Foden
RW- Saka
LW- Palmer
ST- Kane
Walkers pace in offense is only needed in counter attacks really.
What do you guys think?
I could be wrong, but I think I remember you were waxing lyrical about Southgate a couple of months ago and how he'd be a good fit for the United job. đ Dude is absolutely incompetent and is showing it yet again.
Why do you watch then? And even more why comment? Jim actually provides in-depth analysis. If you want a hot take go watch Buvey or something
@@edmundtaylor3542 By "dude" I was referring to Southgate. I sometimes disagree with Jim's takes but I agree with you; he usually provides good analysis and makes good videos.
As for why I commented, because I fucking can. Why did you comment on my comment or feel the need to tell me what to do? Just keep scrolling if you don't like what a random person on the internet said in a comments section. Weirdo.
Jimbo, it was like watching Ainsworthâs QPR earlier on this season
Itâs getting close to that ueah
James, you should never be experimenting in a tournament. That should be done in friendlies. Trent should never have been near midfield in either game
Southgate - fortunate draws have allowed him to progress in tournaments. One good result against Germany in knock out football. Relegated twice. Championship teams fans would be furious for him to appointed as their manager. Will achieve nothing once he leaves England. No chance for England with him at the helm and 90% of fans have justifiably been saying this for years.
Jim, fuckin class as always, deserve way more credit but all i can say is keep making great content cos every single wee slug loves it