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You’re correct of course about most teams using one. It’s one of Southgate’s over cautious traits that I’ve bemoaned on here before. That said, as a centre back you want to be defending your man / zone and the ball in. You don’t want to be dealing with an overload because your team mate(s)...

If any CDM over commits on a tackle or interception then both centre backs are automatically in trouble whoever they are. The whole tactical point of Rice and Phillips is to screen the back four.

These Palace players are better than we thought if they can play like that after a blunt.

A chasm drilled open by Bellingham’s run.

You have to say that goal is brilliant. If Brighton had scored that there’d be people from here wanking themselves into a coma.

Classy

Bellingham is wasted in this squad

Rice and Stones at fault for that. Rice has to win the ball he committed to - when he didn’t Stones lost his man.

It does, but they also signed him when they had Rodri. Too much money at that club,

Lots of blue and white specs on tonight I see. He’s made 11 changes so that we have totally fresh legs in the game that counts. That is absolutely spot on. The issue is that Dunk should probably have played tonight instead of slabhead, who should have played Australia. Or, more to the point...

He won't start, having played on Friday, and that's fine with me TBH. Needs a break from 2 games a week. I'd rather have him fit for a tough game against City and relatively fresh for Ajax. Sorry Dunky....

Every now and again players come along who are genius and partly because of their flawed mental states. Almost as if being outrageous is as addictive to them as the rest of the world. George Best for sure, Robin Friday by reputation and Gazza in football. Ronnie O'Sullivan is the same for me, as...

You can't have it that when England do well it's the players and when they do badly it's the coach. It's just inconsistent and shows bias. It's always a mixture of training, tactics and how the players react to and use them. We played well partly because it was a very British game, like a top...

Stones has an excellent range and is forward thinking. We missed Stones as much as Dunk in Poland. Objectively Stones is our best CB but we all know Lewis is the next off the rank. The two of them together would be perfect and he simply has to try it when both are fit. Maguire should be in the...

Worst post on the site this week. Beating the Scots in any way possible is what any England fan worthy of the name wants. Doing it away, by two goals, with total dominance, with Bellingham looking like a modern day George Best without the drinking is incredible. Dunk was fantastic. Billy was...

That’s the most hypothetical thing I’ve ever read on NSC, yet you’re probably right.

Fair enough, clarification happily accepted

Yeah, spot on.

Yep. And I know @hans kraay fan club said Pickford is great with his feet but I disagree. He’s got a good, accurate long ball but he can’t play like Bart or Jason or Alisson or Ederson. And Pope is the worst of the lot. Brighton fans are spoiled watching RDZ ball because we’re able to sign or...

They said on commentary Colwill hadn’t trained regularly and if Guehi picked up a knock then he had to be replaced. But why not Tomori? Part of me thinks Dunk has buried Slabhead’s international career tonight. But part of me worries Colwill or Tomori will be sacrificed to keep the bellend in...