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Or maybe pick a young Bellingham and not play him, put injured Maguire and Henderson into the squad or finally bring on Grealish but take off Foden when Phillips is having a mare. That sort of thing?

Interesting stuff :thumbsup: They're not saying much different to folk on here. I watched with a Spurs fan and a Villa fan last night who also said similar (and the Villa fan said Konsa is FAR better than Mings, confirming for me he's only selected because of his left foot)

Expect our own version of the Disgrace of Gijon. 0-0 gets us and the Czechs through and us with the second place that sees an easier draw. We will park an even bigger bus on Tuesday.

We have great players who should be playing fearlessly. But, as I've said many times, they are mostly constrained into two areas; right back and "attacking midfielder". The only good reason for playing a 4-2-3-1 is to protect the centre backs while the attacking players and full backs get after...

I've related this back to us before and I still can't work it out. On the one hand Ashworth was partly responsible for hiring Southgate, on the other the only time we looked innovative and played with freedom was while DA was still there. I'm probably conflating correlation and causation there...

3/10 See me.

A really poor pastiche of a mid table Premier League game. Ersatz British football. Safety first Southgate showed his true colours when he took off Foden. Yes, results trump performance, particularly in tournament football (ask Greece) but the only acceptable result against the Sweaties is a...