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*Official* English Football Season 2022/23
- Thread starter Magrat Garlick
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Socerer 01
International Captain
Lukaku
Socerer 01
International Captain
City’s lawyers are world class too
wpdavid
Hall of Fame Member
Oh yes. It will be interesting to compare pictures of Brumby in 2033 and 2038 and wonder why he's aged about 15 years in a third of that amount of time.
wpdavid
Hall of Fame Member
I think he might want to avoid social media for a while.Lukaku
wpdavid
Hall of Fame Member
I'm not sure what I make of Stones as a mid-fielder. My take was that there were times when he found himself in positions where a more creative player would have been advantageous. But it is possible that Pep knows rather more about this than I do. From an English pov, I'd rather see him regularly playing in the same position for his club as he does for his country. Also from an English pov, it was interesting to see Foden in a sort of inside left position alongside Grealish rather than instead of him. And playing quite well there. I wonder whether Southgate will be tempted to do the same in the forthcoming euros qualifiers, with Foden the third midfielder alongside Rice and Bellingham.
EDIT
otoh regarding Stones' new role, here is Jonathan Wilson's take on the matter.
Guardiola vindicated as Stones thrives in ‘Barnsley Beckenbauer’ role | Jonathan Wilson
Some tactical tweaks are not overthinking – they’re just thinking, and the Manchester City manager’s adjustments paid off
www.theguardian.com
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Socerer 01
International Captain
poor man he was the only reason Inter were looking dangerous in the end, should have started
Molehill
International Captain
I don't see Stones playing this role for England because we have Rice who is frankly better at it. It also requires having 2-3 dependable defenders who can all play centrally to cover the roving role. We only really have one and that is Stones himself.
As for Foden, I'd love to see Southgate experiment with him. We've all but qualified for the Euros already (after just 2 matches!!) and he can use all the remaining matches to try different systems. A front 4 of Kane, Foden, Grealish and one other would cause a lot of problems for opposition with Bellingham supporting too.
wpdavid
Hall of Fame Member
Oh absolutely. I was just preferring that Stones played in defence for his club side too.
Plus Saka of course. I think their form since the WC means that Kane, Saka and Grealish are shoe-ins for the front three. So it's about who plays alongside (or in front of) Rice and Bellingham in midfield and, at present, I'd rather see Foden there than Henderson.
GIMH
Norwood's on Fire
Bellingham is out injured for the next two qualifiers so someone will need to fill that box to box role, obviously that’s not Foden.
But Foden, while obviously a better and more exciting footballer than Henderson, is not the player to do the job Southgate generally has Henderson doing. My money would be on him staying on the bench.
But Foden, while obviously a better and more exciting footballer than Henderson, is not the player to do the job Southgate generally has Henderson doing. My money would be on him staying on the bench.
GIMH
Norwood's on Fire
Think there’s a difference between poor club form and a lack of game time though. That being said, it’s Malta and Macedonia so with all due respect I suppose the risk is lesser.
BoyBrumby
Englishman
True enough, but I wouldn't say Harry was exactly overburdened with minutes on the pitch for ManUre either though. Having just checked to confirm my suspicions he started all of 8 Prem games in 22/23.
Molehill
International Captain
I'm losing the plot, how did I forget Saka? Agreed about Foden, a full back 4 plus Rice is plenty of cover.
If we could just find a couple of decent defenders and a keeper, we'd probably be favourites for the next World Cup.