| England v Italy 13:36 - Sep 23 with 758 views | gtsb1966 |
and then Germany. How will Southgate approach these two. The obvious answer is he will adopt his often used safety first approach but he seems to be under a little bit of pressure now. Hope we win both but if we lose both could he walk before the world cup? He said after the Hungary game he wouldn't out stay his welcome and he is a very honourable man. |  | | |  |
| England v Italy on 13:47 - Sep 23 with 690 views | SE1blue |
I don't think he would ever leave before the WC, it'd be too much upheaval months before the tournament and who would replace him right now?
It was interesting to see the strength of teams put out yesterday, clearly everyone sees this as a good prep for the WC, in what really is the Pizza Cup of international tournaments.
Think we will win today and against Hungary but either way, Southgate isn't going anywhere right now. |  |
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| England v Italy on 13:54 - Sep 23 with 667 views | BlueBlood90 |
I personally don't care too much about the result of these two games. I would've found it better to play Tammy Abraham and Ivan Toney. We all know what Harry Kane offers but there's no plan B if he gets injured.
Ivan Toney isn't even on the bench tonight! A waste of time calling him up. |  |
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| England v Italy on 14:16 - Sep 23 with 628 views | Stenvict |
England will have a poor WC, Southgate will either walk or get the sack, Forest will sack Cooper around Christmas time, and he'll be the new England manager. |  |
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| England v Italy on 14:37 - Sep 23 with 589 views | rickw |
Rumour is it's going to be a 343 system (523 when defending) so something like
__________Ramsdale
___Walker__Stones__Maguire
TAA____Rice___Bellingham__Trippier
___Sterling___Kane___Mount
Not the team I'd play, but I don't think that'll be far off how Southgate does it, unless he's only planning on playing each player once over the 2 games.... |  |
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| England v Italy on 14:39 - Sep 23 with 583 views | J2BLUE |
Love big international tournaments but really struggle to care about friendlies and the Nations League. We can lose both 2-0 and Southgate is as safe as any manager. |  |
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| England v Italy on 15:07 - Sep 23 with 540 views | tractordownsouth |
| England v Italy on 14:37 - Sep 23 by rickw |
Rumour is it's going to be a 343 system (523 when defending) so something like
__________Ramsdale
___Walker__Stones__Maguire
TAA____Rice___Bellingham__Trippier
___Sterling___Kane___Mount
Not the team I'd play, but I don't think that'll be far off how Southgate does it, unless he's only planning on playing each player once over the 2 games.... |
I like the 3-4-3 but I don’t see where Mount fits in out wide - he tried that in the Euros final and it didn’t work. Same with TAA, he doesn’t give enough width.
My team for the World Cup would be
Pickford (Pope if not fit)
Walker
Stones
Maguire
James
Rice
Bellingham
Chilwell
Sterling
Kane
Foden |  |
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| England v Italy on 15:18 - Sep 23 with 532 views | Illinoisblue |
| England v Italy on 14:39 - Sep 23 by J2BLUE |
Love big international tournaments but really struggle to care about friendlies and the Nations League. We can lose both 2-0 and Southgate is as safe as any manager. |
Totally agree. This Nations league is an unnecessary nonsense on the football calendar |  |
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| England v Italy on 16:14 - Sep 23 with 464 views | rickw |
| England v Italy on 15:07 - Sep 23 by tractordownsouth |
I like the 3-4-3 but I don’t see where Mount fits in out wide - he tried that in the Euros final and it didn’t work. Same with TAA, he doesn’t give enough width.
My team for the World Cup would be
Pickford (Pope if not fit)
Walker
Stones
Maguire
James
Rice
Bellingham
Chilwell
Sterling
Kane
Foden |
I would go for a 4-3-3 as:
__________Pickford
James__Stones__Maguire__Chilwell
__Bellingham_Rice__Mount
Foden______Kane________Sterling
I'd go for nearly the same but agree about Mount as a wide forward, I much prefer him in midfield which is my only change to your team - instead of Walker at the back
I also wonder if Ramsdale can do enough in these 2 games to oust Pickford, Ramsdale has clearly been better for their clubs the past year, but Pickford has never let England down... [Post edited 23 Sep 2022 16:15]
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