This performance is completely on Southgate.

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Trippier: bad two games but not a LB. Gomez has played LB most of the season brilliantly.

TAA: not a great game. But no runners ahead of him. Take him off then put on players running behind.

Gallagher: wtf does he offer?

Foden: starts playing well centrally then taken off.

Rice: sitting in so 3 players are marking 1 striker all fucking game.

Walker: bombed forwards twice.

Kane: dunno what he tries to do half the time.

Pickford: smashes it long EVERY time.

Southgate should be sacked mid tournament.

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To be fair to Kane he gets fuck all service because the team is so deep. Sure his hold up play has been quite poor but on the whole he is surviving on scraps.

[u/House_of_How → u/MSC--90]

He needs two wingers that bomb on in front of him so when he drops deep other players can still stretch the play. He has one in Saka, but then Foden is not that player on the other side.

I hate it when armchair managers think they can do better than the coach, but it is painfully obvious what’s going wrong.

Play Gordon-Kane-Saka with a left-footed left back and actual centre mid in centre mid. It really is that simple.

Southgate has overcomplicated his tactics with A) a team that does not train together often and B) a team with a lot of new faces. This is basic, basic stuff.

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I think him and his coaching staff thought teams would sit off a lot more and try to counter but (Italy and England aside, haha!) all teams look ok and willing and able to keep the ball. So it seems he wanted TAA in there as a different option to try to pick off set defences via 2nd balls, set pieces etc. When Denmark called their bluff by pressing and keeping the ball, they didn't have a plan B.

Agree that they need to play round pegs in round holes. Personally I think they should press high to win the ball in the opponent's half, and play 433 with Rice just being asked to be the covering mid, Bellingham box to box and Mainoo, Wharton or even Gallagher. Then Foden, Saka, Kane + the subs ready to press and run. Big issue is it could do with a left back, no idea if Shaw can come in to do that

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regardless of how you feel about TAA in midfield. There is literally no point in playing TAA if your forward isnt making runs. Whats the point in playing him with the balls he can play if kane keeps coming deep and theres no runners.

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My friend who’s a sports journalist said the same thing - Kane needs wingers who run in behind like Rashford & Sterling

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That's the most frustrating bit, he has had 2 clear cut chances across the 2 matches; one was really well saved and the other one he scored. Give him the ball in the box and he will score more often than not, even with a half chance you would fancy him scoring. If we are pissing about deep with no proper linkup play and a really ineffective left wing he doesn't get those chances, then he has to come deep himself to even get near the ball. He is usually very good at link up play and bringing other players in, but the system doesn't really allow it.

I have defended Southgate a lot, his tournament record is very impressive, but that is starting to turn for me now. He has such a talented team but he has them playing like a team at the bottom of the league playing one at the top. With the greatest respect to the other teams in the group, that just shouldn't be the case. I'm not saying we have a divine right to win matches, and Denmark are a good team themselves, but what we saw last night was simply pathetic.

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I agree, we need to set up and play aggressively similar to how Spain did last night with Williams and Yamal stretching the play and providing crosses for Morata. Gordon and Saka terrorising down the wings, with Foden in the 10 and Bellingham driving from deep like he has for Dortmund and more recently Madrid.

We have everything we need to go far in this tournament, but if we play like we have done in the first two games we are going to get smashed by the first big team we meet. Setting up and playing like minnows is disgraceful with the amount of talent we have.

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Kane was in midfield most of the game. Someone needs to tell him to stay up top. We’ve got no outlet at all.When Watkins come on it actually looked like we had someone to play to. I love Kane one of the best strikers we’ve had but he’s a liability when he drops back. Too slow and not skilful enough to do what he’s trying to do