I assume they're still trying to sell Brereton.

Strange team, that.

If we beat France we can win the whole thing. Argentina aren't very good.

Another team that went a goal up then tried to shut up shop. Just carry on playing your natural game - you just invite pressure otherwise.

It's just a good team - it's a far cry from the teams of superstars they've had in the past.

Bellingham wants to play as a #10 and that's where he's done all of his damage. He's barely played as a CM this tournament.

Just stating a fact. Foden is our best player and should be the first name on the teamsheet.

I'd add Dack to that list if he's not going to play him. Also, curiously, JRC played in midfield in Marbella - I think he can do a job there if allowed. He's never a FB in a million years.

I think Plan B would require players capable of holding the ball up, or winning headers. We often switch formations / tempo when trying to change a game, but you can't go direct with Brereton / Gallagher et al upfront.

I don't know about at the Academy level, but for the first team they seem to really favour throwing the ball to someone like Brereton who then volleys the ball across the width of the field. For years under Mowbray a throw-in was ALWAYS a positive play for the opposition - we always let them throw it to whoever they wanted because our marking was awful and they always put us under tremendous pressure when we were taking (often leading to aimless throws down the line to Gallagher and a loss of possession).

Nah, he's the captain for Stuttgart. Wataru Endo.

#6 for Japan is quality.

To be fair our current #9 fancies himself as a CM, so why not?

This is awful. Southgate has his tactics and team selection all wrong. Again.

Who are the moderators on here - I'd like to DM them about posts being hidden.

Rashford missed a gilt edged opportunity, that would have changed the game. At the moment Wales are happy to sit in a 4-5-1 and currently we don't quite have the fluidity to break them down. We don't look like we've played together much.

Shaw has been the best England player at this World Cup by an absolute country mile.

But I was told they're on a jolly to Marbella?

Why is Kane undroppable? He's terrible for England.

For anyone reading this thread wondering who we got - it's Norwich away.

Nobody has run in behind him yet. The better teams will.

I thought Shaw was by far our best player. He put in two delicious set pieces - Kane missed an absolute sitter.

I hate to say it, but Bale and Ramsey looked old.

Imagine not taking Ryan Hedges. Wales are a poor, poor side.

Beale is off to Rangers, apparently. Loyalty.