Bohinen1983

I'd be lying if I said I wasn't pissed. But ESP are a slightly better Netherlands. 3-1 England.

We desperately need a change of ownership.

I thought Foden was really poor, again. Him, along with Trippier & Kane (due to his positioning) are our weak links. Shaw in for Trippier Palmer in for Foden I'd like to see two upfront- Kane and Watkins ideally. I like Tony but he's not very mobile.

Against Slovakia we inserted some urgency, played with impetus and TWO up front and low-and-behold, bagged two goals. Southgate then hooked a striker and put everyone behind the ball inviting pressure for the rest of extra time. The guy kills me. Rovers do it, get a lead and then sit back until they concede. It's a dreadful, backward strategy, especially when in the ascendancy.

I said right at the start I thought this England team was massively over-rated. I stand by that. It's an unbalanced mess. Having several very good no 10's doesn't make a good team: Foden, Bellingham, Palmer, Kane, even Eze all like to occupy the 10 position. You've got the ineffective Foden on one wing and then the sluggish Saka on the other- who also likes to cut inside and you're looking like a disjointed, congested mess. Then you throw in a defence that and centre midfield that don't like to move the ball forward at any speed and you become very, very easy to defend against. I said I thought we'd struggle to get past the QF's still do. Switzerland are a better team than us. For me we need someone in front of the back four that can progress the ball forwards. Our man, Wharton turned the game in his last performance (albeit a friendly). He, along with pace out wide and a partner upfront for Kane is what we're missing. Go three at the back: GK: Pickford DC: Walker DC: Stones DC: Gomez LWB: Saka RWB: Trent or Gordon CDM: Wharton (Deep Lying Playmaker) CM: Rice CM: Bellingham ST: Kane ST: Watkins I'd have my wingbacks more as wingers. When defending the back three slides across to the side being attacked- So Walker becomes your right back, Stones and Gomez your centre halves, Saka fills in at left back- perhaps his height and poor ability in the air would be a problem, but I think we'd at least be posing problems going forwards.

How long does it usually take to find out the summer transfer budget?👀 You'd think that would be agreed way in advance of the summer to allow for scouting etc...

Last night was exactly how I imagined we'd play in this tournament.. Uninspiring, disjointed and lacking in creativity. Really hope we grow in to this tournament.. Think Wharton would have been tremendous in a game like yesterday- moving the ball forwards through the lines. I really think he could be the key in us going anywhere in this tournament. That and perhaps move to two upfront as someone else suggested, play Kane as a 10 and stick a striker up front as 9 otherwise we end up without any forward presence. 3-5-2 Walker- Stones - Guehi Saka- Bellingham - Rice - Wharton - Eze Kane Toney/Watkins I think having someone that can pass forward and maintain composure is vital- Wharton is surely a better option than Trent in CM- I don't dislike Mainoo but he doesn't offer as much as Wharton. Eze is a great player, skillful and fast- dropping Foden might be a bit harsh in some respects but now we have two players in their natural positons. Then next prob I think we have is a lack of presence up front. By playing two upfront we can allow Kane to drop into the hole without losing a presence upfront. The shift in formation to three at the back makes sense to me- we don't have a fit left back and Trippier is past his best. I still don't think we're very good. Stand by my QF's. Hopefully the boys go on to gain some confidence and prove me wrong!

Whilst I like Scotland I'm not a fan of that Porteous or whatever his name is.. Bit of a shit house- I could be wrong but wasn't he taunting the Rovers fans last season when we played Watford- he'd picked up a bit of a knock too? Anyway, my memory is shocking so could be wrong- glad to see him get an deserved red though for an absolutely disgusting tackle. Leg breaker every day that. Poor player. Glad we never signed him.

ahhaha, so it has! I still think they'd struggle to get past the QF's

I can't be the only one that thinks England are not that good.. Keepers: Dodgy Defence, fairly dodgy too.. Only one natural left back that's coming back from injury.. Rice is very good, Wharton and Gallagher are also good players, as is Mainoo.. We have an abundance of talent that all plays in the same position: Palmer, Bellingham, Foden all like to play as a 10.. Kane likes to drop into the 10 too.. Saka likes to cut inside too- very congested area. I really think we're massively over-rated, just like previous years. I'd like to see Eze and Saka out wide. Perhaps Wharton in CM too- passes forward. Can Foden play a bit deeper with Bellingham in the 10 role? I think that could work well working off Kane... So perhap: Pickford Walker Stones Trippier Gomez Rice Foden Saka Eze Bellingham Kane To me that's not a great side- France with Zidane, Brazil, Italy, Germany, Spain- they were world class sides.. This is another over-hyped false dawn.. Dodgy defence, negative manager and players that believe their own hype. I think we'll be lucky to get to the QF's let alone win it.

I'm talking about exceptional talent, ripping it one division below. Lots of the games we play are absolutely nailed on wins.. I think if there's U21 players that you have a feel for in the division below, why not give them a go in those games... Blooding in the next generation.... Succession planning and all that.. I'm not talking about picking an 11 of championship players, but I think there will be circumstances in which in may be worth rolling the dice, being brave and giving someone a go from that division.. Saying that, I'll buck the trend and say fair play to Southgate.. Made some really big calls going into this tournament, deserves some credit.

Exactly, hence them being selected. Wharton only just got into the U21 squad whilst he was with us despite outstanding statistics.. Goes to Palace and suddenly he's an England Player... Nah, he was capable of playing at that level when he was with us.. Why not get these lads in to have a look instead of waiting until they're PL

I think Southgate needs to start using friendlies to test a couple of lads from the Championship.. In these nothing friendlies if you've a player that's looking very promising in the championship, throw them in and have a look.. As seen with Wharton and Eze, there's some quality knocking about. Why not give them a look.. I certainly would.. I get the rationale behind waiting until they're playing at the very top, but sometimes I think you can be cutting your nose off to spite your face.. Selecting shite from top teams that never plays whilst over looking young lads playing out their skin a division below.. At least keep an open mind..

Rothwell's top class. When he's on top form he's a top end Premiership player, not many around with his ability. Like every player he doesn't play that well all the time. I'd argue a misfiring Rothwell still adds more to this team than any of the shite we have. Best central ball carrying midfielder in the Championship easily. I remember Mowbray rotating and dropping him, cameo here and there, every time he came on he was awesome. Finally gave him the run he deserved and then his contracts running down. He's walk into this side- we're absolute dog shite. No chance a player of that calibre joins an unambitious club like ours.

5m in todays market just isn't competitive. If we were holding on to our young talent and then supplementing it with 5m per season I've no doubt we'd be challenging. Raya Pickering Wharton Phillips Brittain Trondstadt Wharton Costello Hedges Dolan Szmodics That's a really decent side in my opinion. Phillips, Wharton and Raya were all sold way too cheap- Raya's one of the best keepers in the world and Phillips and Wharton have massive potential too.. Did we get 30m for all three of them? I think we need at least 10, if not 15m of investment- more chance of seeing pigs fly. GK, DC, AML, AMR, MC, MC, ST, ST A few freebies and some shit loans I'm saying

I'd get some quick/tricky wingers to cross the ball and stretch teams: Sorba Thomas Khadra Poveda Josh Butler I'd be trying for 3 of those as I think we're dreadful out wide. A goalkeeper is an absolute MUST as is a striker.. Happy to give Mcguire a go but again, I don't think it's wise to just sign one, if he gets injured we're back at square one.. Centre half is also a problem- Hyam's shit, legs have gone, I'd ship him out and bring two fresh, energetic centre halves in that are excited to play Championship football for an illustrious club like ourselves. Need an extra centre mid too- if not two.. I quite like the look of Ayari, seems a good ball carrier and quite tenacious- what about someone in the mould of Bradley Johnson? Bomb out: Mcfazdean, Gallagher, Buckley, Hyam, Pears, Szmodic is surely leaving us anyway and wipe the slate clean with some quality young, hungry and athletic lads that want to reach the Premiership. 3 wide players 2 strikers 1 centre mid 2 centre halves 1 goalkeeper 9 Players I think we're going to need- wow, that's some rebuild. I think we'll sign nothing, a couple of shit loans late in the window and 250k on a new left back. Club's a shambles.

Whilst I would be surprised if it happened, surely Adam deserves a couple of friendlies before the Euro's for England? The better the players around him, the better he is. Not surprising given the nature of his game. Imagine taking a midfield of Bellingham, Rice Cole Palmer, Mainoo, Wharton and Foden. Wharton offers something really different, but realistically I can't see him getting a game above those lads but you never know, if Henderson can... I wonder if we've inserted clauses for international caps etc?

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I see Macfazden getting good reviews in the Telegraph. Whilst I thought he defended well- he's a proper old school centre half, his distribution was appalling. There was quite a few who's passing was way off. I used to enjoy how, despite a chronic lack of pace throughout the squad we could punish teams on the counter with our rapid transition. Sure, we used to get caught out, but at times it was lovely to watch us work out from the back from one end to the other. I accept we don't really have the personnel to play this way but we seem to have gone completely the other way and now struggle finding feet and passing the bloody thing. Why can we not have a sensible middle ground. We don't have the pace at the back to play a high line, nor do we have the pace or hold uplay to hit it long. So surely the only real viable option is to invite teams on to us and have a viable system of counter-attacking football.. Our pressing is really poor too- whilst I accept sitting deeper is necessary you'll often see Sammy waving his arms looking back at his team mates as he leads a press alone. Come on man. We can push up a bit allowing our midfield- which is handicapped due to playing 3 at the back anyway, an opportunity to press.. Why not, if we're going to play three at the back- when we're on the transition, or dominating have defender move forwards into the defensive midfield slot creating an overload.. Lenihan would have been perfect- again, not sure we have the personnel.. Perhaps we could Play Trondstadt in such a position with JRC & Ayari ahead of him. So when we gain possession he has a licence to push forwards, on the back foot he's a body around our box. I think, with fast over-lapping full backs and a striker like Keiffer Moore that'd be brilliant. That's not us though. We have a state of the art coach to travel in and a decimated underinvested in squad. We've lost so many players and not replaced them with equal or better. We're shite. Just a really, really bad side. Wharton, JRC, Trondstadt, Szmodic, Dolan, Hedges Ayari The rest are average at best. You'd need to be a miracle worker to get a tune out of this lot. Which JDT did last season- albeit with Brereton, amazing what a difference one or two good quality players make to a team of average ones.

Albert?

I think he looks tidy. Holds the ball and links up play. Would be happy to give him a run of games through the middle. Let Gallagher run around pressing not scoring goals.. Because that's what all the best strikers do.. Press defenders and consequently are rarely in the right position..

Hahaha, I watched 30s of him on Youtube at my sons request. In fairness I thnk Tel looks useful whenever I have seen him play.

Kyle Hudlin, 6ft 9, from Burton. Whip some crosses in and let him cause some chaos. Low cost/risk gamble.. Hardly prolific but with such a stature...

If we go down I'd love to see Dacky back at the club.. Give the entire place a much needed lift. Sure it'd lift both the fans and players too!!

Christ!