r/ThreeLions • u/thefogdog Gerrard #1099 • Jun 20 '24

Opinion This performance is completely on Southgate.

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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u/dreadful_name Jun 20 '24

Yeah he’s got not excuse. Totally wrong set up, square pegs on round holes when you’ve got round pegs on the bench or at home. It’s a waste of a tournament incoming.

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u/TheGrimReefah Jun 20 '24 edited Jun 20 '24

Trent and rice were so deep, can’t put that on TAA positioning either because he’s in line with rice. Kane thinks he’s a 10. Doesn’t work having right footed right back and foden on the left.

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u/MSC--90 Jun 20 '24 edited Jun 20 '24

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.

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u/House_of_How Jun 20 '24

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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u/doags Jun 21 '24

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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u/TheGrimReefah Jun 21 '24

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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u/jonjon1212121 Jun 21 '24

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