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Our Internationals 2020/21

By davieG, in Leicester City Forum

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Ric Flair

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Southgate has bizarrely gone from playing 3-4-1-2 in the World Cup where his midfield was actually quite attacking, to then moving to 4-3-3 where we played some class football and Sterling and Rashford were excellent for several games to going back to 3 at the back but now essentially playing a back 7 with 2 defensive midfielders and Mason Mount as the sole attacking midfielder, mystifying.

1972 Fox

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2 hours ago, Ric Flair said:

Southgate has bizarrely gone from playing 3-4-1-2 in the World Cup where his midfield was actually quite attacking, to then moving to 4-3-3 where we played some class football and Sterling and Rashford were excellent for several games to going back to 3 at the back but now essentially playing a back 7 with 2 defensive midfielders and Mason Mount as the sole attacking midfielder, mystifying.

I honestly believe he adjusts his formation to suit his agenda of selecting as many players as he can from the 'big 6' along with being as cautious as possible. But Grealish is now making it very difficult for Southgate not to pick him. Rashford being injured makes it easier for Southgate to select Grealish but I expect him to revert to type as soon as he can.

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st albans fox

st albans fox

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2 minutes ago, Lesta2014 said:

Has fofana played for France u21 today? 

He withdrew from the squad. - Tanner said he came back for a scan .....
 

and they don’t play till Monday ??

 

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Lesta2014

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21 minutes ago, st albans fox said:

He withdrew from the squad. - Tanner said he came back for a scan .....
 

and they don’t play till Monday ??

 

He uploaded a pic on Instagram of u21 and my French rubbish but looked like they qualified for u21 euros? 

brucey

brucey

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1 hour ago, Lesta2014 said:

Has fofana played for France u21 today? 

He's back in Leicester, he put up an instagram vid of him at the ezcutts barbers in the city

Westlife

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10 hours ago, Domsdad said:

You can add Le Tissier to that list as well

I think Le Tissier would see so much more international football now than back then. Lazy, maybe, but even watching back now, he was magic with the ball at his feet. 

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peach0000

peach0000

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I would love the FA just to chuck loads of money at a genuine world class international manager like Lippi or Del Bosque and see what they can do with the team. I genuinely think this England squad is capable of winning a tournament just not with a manager who has about as much skill as Ian Holloway. 

The whole world smiles

The whole world smiles

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Just now, peach0000 said:

I would love the FA just to chuck loads of money at a genuine world class international manager like Lippi or Del Bosque and see what they can do with the team. I genuinely think this England squad is capable of winning a tournament just not with a manager who has about as much skill as Ian Holloway. 

I know you meant it tounge in cheek but Holloways 3 promotions (2 out of the championship) far exceeds anything Southgate has achieved so far. 

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peach0000

peach0000

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1 minute ago, The whole world smiles said:

I know you meant it tounge in cheek but Holloways 3 promotions (2 out of the championship) far exceeds anything Southgate has achieved so far. 

Makes my point even stronger. Would you want Holloway as the England manager?

Stadt

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We have excellent strikers, are well stocked with wingers and have an excellent cohort of attacking midfielders. Southgate’s solution is playing 523. So natural fit for the attacking midfielders, places more responsibility on our insipid deeper midfielders and crams another mediocre centre half (or right back) into the team. 
 

I understand playing with 3 at the back, especially against better teams, at tournaments but blindly sticking with it for familiarities sake is silly. When we played 433 post 2018 we looked quite exiting like when we beat Spain. Southgate is an uninspiring man, manager and coach of uninspiring football yet he won’t be sacked until we obviously underachieve. We’re wasting a talented team whilst he’s in charge 

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brucey

brucey

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5 minutes ago, peach0000 said:

Anyone able to post the article?

The article is a load of waffle which doesn't really say anything beyond what's in the headline.

He supposedly had covid at some point previously, but had already tested negative prior to the internationals. No idea how that would be relevant now. 

 

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peach0000

peach0000

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1 minute ago, brucey said:

The article is a load of waffle which doesn't really say anything beyond what's in the headline.

Yeah I read it on another website. The headline makes it sound way more exciting than it is. Thought Southgate might be getting sacked for a minute and got my hopes up lol

Nalis

Nalis

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7 hours ago, brucey said:

The article is a load of waffle which doesn't really say anything beyond what's in the headline.

He supposedly had covid at some point previously, but had already tested negative prior to the internationals. No idea how that would be relevant now. 

 

Its ridiculous isnt it? Pure clickbait and who exactly who give him scrutiny in that scenario?

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