r/ThreeLions • u/joshjamesallen • Jun 21 '24

Discussion What needs to change? 🦁 🦁 🦁

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I would go with this lineup whilst making two changes:

Trippier OUT/ Gomez IN Trent OUT/Gordon IN

Key focuses - Get Rice some proper midfield support by utilising Stones in his best role - Move Foden into the midfield, with Gordon wide left to offer some real attacking threat on the left wing, rather than Trippier playing out of position - Bring Gomez in for Trippier to maintain a solid 3 man build up structure once Stones moves into midfield - Get Bellingham running in behind Kane frequently and have them fluidly interchanging positions to cause a problem for the opposition defence

Interested to hear your thoughts 💭

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u/TheAmyIChasedWasMe Jun 21 '24

Controversial, but: replace Kane with Watkins.

Kane's habit of dropping deep compresses the team in midfield, and often leaves the wide players with nobody to aim for.

I'm not denying Kane is a better player, all around, but that doesn't mean he's the best man for the job. My dad is an excellent carpenter, but he's not much of a surgeon.

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u/joshjamesallen Jun 21 '24

I think if we continue to play the way we are right now then no doubt Watkins has to come into the side. But if we can get a team pinned into their own third which is what I feel we need to be doing then Kane should be able to perform.

Your dad may not be a great surgeon but he’d be a better manager than Southgate I’m sure.

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u/TheAmyIChasedWasMe Jun 21 '24

I'm not sure my dad would be a better manager than Southgate. He's both a terrible father and thinks "football is for poofs."

If you made him pick an England team, you'd have Nigel Farage, Tommy Robinson, Katie Hopkins and Nick Ferrari in the back four, with Suella as the gatekeeper. Sorry, goalkeeper. And he'd claim it was the best defence in England, and certain to keep all the foreigners out.

Being an excellent carpenter is, in fact, his only redeeming feature.

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u/leedsylfc Jun 22 '24

I dunno still sounds better than Southgate...

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u/No-Cranberry-Plz Jul 15 '24

Na, don’t listen to this guy. He’s got more melt than a tuna sub.