Diego
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No way Griezmann or Lloris get in. Would prefer Rice to Rabiot tooLloris
Walker
Varane
Upamecano
Shaw
Rabiot
Bellingham
Foden
Griezmann
Mbappe
Kane
No way Griezmann or Lloris get in. Would prefer Rice to Rabiot tooLloris
Walker
Varane
Upamecano
Shaw
Rabiot
Bellingham
Foden
Griezmann
Mbappe
Kane
Well can’t argue with your optimism about the quality of our squad. Can we beat them of course we can but they need to be on a bad day and we need to play the game of our lives. The WC starts on Saturday. We have seen off the likes of Iran Wales and Senegal and tussled with USA. The big test is coming. Pass it and we can go all the way. Fail - well at least we achieved expected progress and Gareth Southgate can retire from the job with a strong upheld reputation.No way Griezmann or Lloris get in. Would prefer Rice to Rabiot too
Need to man mark him out of the game. If you frustrate him his head drops.
I’d sacrifice Rice for AA and tell him to not leave his side all match… pin him down totally
Will be very interesting to see what he goes with. He could switch to wing-backs but that will potentially mean breaking up our midfield trio, which is working really well for us.Walker tried a few times to get by the Senegalese lad last night, commentators kept saying Walker fancies himself in a foot race against him and he didn't beat him once. Mbappe will fly past him, theres no doubt whatsoever about that. I think we'll see it early on too long diagonal ball or Griezmann through ball and Mbappe will set the tone early to get in Walkers head.
If we're pinning all our hopes on Walkers 'speed' we've got no chance. I think we need to double up, drop Hendo alongside Rice and have one of them cover that side which will create gaps for Dembele and Griezmann, but you have to hope the other DM and Shaw can cope with that.
We've got attackers that will hurt them. I really do think if we're to have any chance it will come from us being on the front foot and hurting them, they know the ability of Foden, Bellingham, Saka, Rashford, Kane, Sterling if he's back, so i can see Southgate playing 4231 with Rice and Henderson sitting deep creating that box of 4 with Maguire and Stones, but that will leave quite a big gap between them and the attackers.
It'll be a hard, hard game
Walker tried a few times to get by the Senegalese lad last night, commentators kept saying Walker fancies himself in a foot race against him and he didn't beat him once. Mbappe will fly past him, theres no doubt whatsoever about that. I think we'll see it early on too long diagonal ball or Griezmann through ball and Mbappe will set the tone early to get in Walkers head.
If we're pinning all our hopes on Walkers 'speed' we've got no chance. I think we need to double up, drop Hendo alongside Rice and have one of them cover that side which will create gaps for Dembele and Griezmann, but you have to hope the other DM and Shaw can cope with that.
The thing about Walker's speed for me, is it highlights his main weakness.Walker tried a few times to get by the Senegalese lad last night, commentators kept saying Walker fancies himself in a foot race against him and he didn't beat him once. Mbappe will fly past him, theres no doubt whatsoever about that. I think we'll see it early on too long diagonal ball or Griezmann through ball and Mbappe will set the tone early to get in Walkers head.
If we're pinning all our hopes on Walkers 'speed' we've got no chance. I think we need to double up, drop Hendo alongside Rice and have one of them cover that side which will create gaps for Dembele and Griezmann, but you have to hope the other DM and Shaw can cope with that.
We've got attackers that will hurt them. I really do think if we're to have any chance it will come from us being on the front foot and hurting them, they know the ability of Foden, Bellingham, Saka, Rashford, Kane, Sterling if he's back, so i can see Southgate playing 4231 with Rice and Henderson sitting deep creating that box of 4 with Maguire and Stones, but that will leave quite a big gap between them and the attackers.
It'll be a hard, hard game
It wasn't Sarr i was on about, forget the lads name but for this lad who is all pace, he couldnt get by some lad i've never heard of yet the commentators were going on and on about it. If it was that big a deal and Southgate saw Walker as the key, wouldn't he have been 1 of the 5 players taken off last night? We can swap 50% of our outfield and Southgate didnt feel the need to take care of Walker so not sure what to think of that.I agree, but Ismaila Sarr is a very fast player, it's not like Walker was being done for pace by a no mark.
He's reached top speeds above Mbappe in this tournament.
Obviously Mbappe is 3x the player though.
100% i agree here, his pace gets him in the fight v wingers and then he just seems to barge his way into challenges, which is fine if he's winning the ball and stopping attacks but if he does that in the box too often its dangerousThe thing about Walker's speed for me, is it highlights his main weakness.
He's just not that good defensively. He NEEDs his speed in order to make up for this.
I like the idea of 442, Rice and Hendo midfield, Rashford and Kane upfront cos Kane is struggling on his own, 1 goal and spends most the time on his backside i think he needs help up there. 2 wingers from Saka, Sterling, Grealish but thats leaving out Foden and Bellingham who are probably our 2 best players? Its a hard one to callWill be very interesting to see what he goes with. He could switch to wing-backs but that will potentially mean breaking up our midfield trio, which is working really well for us.
Another option could be to stick with the midfield three and have Rashford up top alongside Kane, aiming to catch them on the break. Would be a shame for both Saka and Foden to miss out though.
It wasn't Sarr i was on about, forget the lads name but for this lad who is all pace, he couldnt get by some lad i've never heard of yet the commentators were going on and on about it. If it was that big a deal and Southgate saw Walker as the key, wouldn't he have been 1 of the 5 players taken off last night? We can swap 50% of our outfield and Southgate didnt feel the need to take care of Walker so not sure what to think of that.
Giroud over Kane, wow.Pickford > Lloris
Walker > Kounde
Varane > Maguire
Upamecano > Stones
Shaw > Hernandez
Rice > Rabiot
Henderson > Tchouameni
Bellingham > Griezmann
Dembele > Saka
Mbappe > Foden
Giroud > Kane
You mean world cup and multiple champions league winning bottler Varane?Are you for real, Stones is better than them all, Varane is a bottler umamecano is a pound shop Maguire the others don’t start and their full backs are poor we will destroy France bookmark this
I think they are vulnerable at the back Poland should have scored at least one.i think we have a reasonable chance but I would still put them as favourites. I don't rate either of the French full backs, they are no Lizarazu and Thurman. For me thats their weakest link and i expect foden and saka could make hay against them.