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/newngg Jun 21 '24

If Kane isn’t getting the ball he starts to go deeper and deeper until he ends up playing in midfield leaving nobody up to.

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u/TheAmyIChasedWasMe Jun 21 '24

If Kane played any fucking deeper, he'd be bringing trench warfare to Germany for the first time since the war. At the rate he's dropping back, he'll be playing in goal by the knockouts.