If we were England fans

[Kevin D]

What would your starting XI be?

 

Specifically the front 6?

 

Obviously we all hate England and hope they lose 8-0 and no Liverpool players are involved etc etc, but quite curious how people on here would balance their attacking options?

 

They’ve got a lot of quality players, but trying to put them in a functional 11 without it being 1) unbalanced or 2) murdered by the press and their cunt fans seems a tricky one.

 

[AngryOfTuebrook]

I think they'd be undermined by having a goalkeeper who just isn't up to international standard.

[Jairzinho]

Rice Foden

Palmer Bellingham Gordon

Kane

 

Jones would rotate with the two midfielders, and Saka with Palmer.

 

The goalkeeper and defence are fucking dreadful though.

The goak

[Bjornebye]

Goram

 

cundy

maguire

pat sharp 

vin diesel

 

coleman 

barry horne

 

amy whinehouse

bellingham

gordon 

 

mike tyson

 

 

 

[Kevin D]

14 minutes ago, Jairzinho said:

Rice Foden

Palmer Bellingham Gordon

Kane

 

Jones would rotate with the two midfielders, and Saka with Palmer.

 

The goalkeeper and defence are fucking dreadful though.

The goak

Surprised at no Saka so him and Gordon give you the width.

[Jairzinho]

2 minutes ago, Kevin D said:

Surprised at no Saka so him and Gordon give you the width.

 

I want that from the fullbacks. The strength of the team is the attacking midfielders, the team should be built to reflect that.

 

Saka is an option from the bench, like Watkins, to go a bit more direct in the last 20 minutes.

[lifetime fan]

Foden would get destroyed in a midfield 2 mate. 

[3 Stacks]

10 minutes ago, Jairzinho said:

 

I want that from the fullbacks. The strength of the team is the attacking midfielders, the team should be built to reflect that.

 

Saka is an option from the bench, like Watkins, to go a bit more direct in the last 20 minutes.

I think the issue with that is none of the English fullbacks actually provide width. You're not gonna get it with Trent or a decrepit Walker/Trippier, or Rico Lewis. And then on the left side, there's just no one effective, period.

[Kevin D]

10 minutes ago, Jairzinho said:

 

I want that from the fullbacks. The strength of the team is the attacking midfielders, the team should be built to reflect that.

 

Saka is an option from the bench, like Watkins, to go a bit more direct in the last 20 minutes.

Who is the left back to provide that width?
 

Any notion of going with a false 9, or is Kane too good/powerful in the media?

[Scott_M]

Dunno in goal

 

Trent 

Stones

Guehi

Dunno at left back

 

Rice

Bellingham

Saka

Foden / Palmer

Gordon

Kane

 

[lifetime fan]

To get the best balance I reckon you’d need to go 3 at the back. 
 

Problem with that is you don’t have a single decent centre back let alone 3. 

[3 Stacks]

 

Tuchel will probably play a back 3 and he is tactically good enough that he could make it work.

 

Dropping Kane and playing a 4-2-4 with Bellingham and Foden/Palmer doing a double false 9 thing makes sense as well but Kane's not going anywhere.

[Jairzinho]

5 minutes ago, Kevin D said:

Who is the left back to provide that width?
 

Any notion of going with a false 9, or is Kane too good/powerful in the media?

 

Left back, not arsed. Just someone left footed and quick. Mitchell?

 

Yeah maybe Bellingham. Although Kane would be playing like that anyway.

[Jairzinho]

18 minutes ago, lifetime fan said:

Foden would get destroyed in a midfield 2 mate. 

 

It wouldn't be a midfield two really.

[Bjornebye]

17 minutes ago, lifetime fan said:

Foden would get destroyed in a midfield 2 mate. 

Yep. Should be Bellingham and Rice with Foden Palmer and possibly Eze 

 

Kane up front of course you don’t give him two charnces great striker massive helmet 

[Bjornebye]

2 minutes ago, 3 Stacks said:

 

Tuchel will probably play a back 3 and he is tactically good enough that he could make it work.

 

Dropping Kane and playing a 4-2-4 with Bellingham and Foden/Palmer doing a double false 9 thing makes sense as well but Kane's not going anywhere.

England should play with a back 3 to accommodate Trent as a winger. Should have always been the way with a striker like Kane ready for it. 

[Bjornebye]

Remember when England have Cole, Le Saux, Pearce they can’t buy a left back nowadays. Even the left footed cunts don’t wanna play there 

[Jairzinho]

Bellingham has been playing as a striker or number 10. He may be twice the size of Foden but he gives zero fucks about defending. 

 

His ego is about seven times that of Ronaldo's now.

[lifetime fan]

Just now, Bjornebye said:

Remember when England have Cole, Le Saux, Pearce they can’t buy a left back nowadays. Even the left footed cunts don’t wanna play there 

Dorigo pisses all over the options England have now. 

[VERBAL DIARRHEA]

43 minutes ago, Bjornebye said:

Goram

 

cundy

maguire

pat sharp 

vin diesel

 

coleman 

barry horne

 

amy whinehouse

bellingham

gordon 

 

mike tyson

 

 

 

Fucking joke mate, it’s Winehouse!

[Kevin D]

11 minutes ago, Jairzinho said:

 

Left back, not arsed. Just someone left footed and quick. Mitchell?

 

Yeah maybe Bellingham. Although Kane would be playing like that anyway.

Trent and Foden need to be running the match, but I’m still not sure how to put it all together with Bellingham, Palmer and Kane.

[Bjornebye]

The big question is where’s he’s gonna fit Benson & Hedges into the side. 

[johnsusername]

Kyle Walker is a cunt. A weird voiced cunt at that. 

[3 Stacks]

Lewis Hall could be a guy at some point at left back. He looks pretty good.

[Bjornebye]

13 minutes ago, 3 Stacks said:

Lewis Hall could be a guy at some point at left back. He looks pretty good.

Shame he plays for Thailand