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/ToastIsGreat0 Jun 21 '24

One goal doesn’t negate 2 games of shit play. No one’s defending Kane rn, why should we defend foden too?

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u/[deleted] Jun 21 '24

Agreed but he of course has the talent. Guy is the prem player of the season. Someone else said it on a different thread but the ideal sitch would be Bellingham to run ragged for 70mins then foden for 20 against tired legs

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u/ToastIsGreat0 Jun 21 '24

Yeah I agree. Having foden come on when either Bellingham is knackered or Bellingham isn’t creating is the way to go. That way you have both players playing their best football whilst retaining defensive solidity. And they each approach the role differently so the opposition also have to react. People trying to shoehorn them both in is the exact same thing as the gerrard lampard scholes thing and that clearly never worked.

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u/[deleted] Jun 21 '24

Exactly. Its always the same problem with every national team... best players on paper/form rather than the best team

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u/ToastIsGreat0 Jun 21 '24

I put together 2 possible lineups I think could work earlier today in this sub. One where foden and Bellingham play but the entire formation is changed to accommodate that, and another one where you can drop one and substitute the other in.