Euro 2020

[sycophantia]

Surely if we play 3 at the back, it has to be Coady, he's the only player in the squad that regularly plays sweeper......or is that just my Wolves bias?

 

[Tredman]

Surely if we play 3 at the back, it has to be Coady, he's the only player in the squad that regularly plays sweeper......or is that just my Wolves bias?

Sadly I think he'll play Maguire - Stones - Mings. Stone - Coady - Maguire would be much better.

 

[YoungWolf]

It will be Maguire-Stones-Walker I think

 

[Throbber3]

Sadly I think he'll play Maguire - Stones - Mings. Stone - Coady - Maguire would be much better.

Surely he selected Coady for a 5? But it is GS after all. I think you are probably going to see Maguire, Stones Mings. That does not make it right. Saka is key though if we are playing a 5.

 

[Throbber3]

It will be Maguire-Stones-Walker I think

other way round surely? Walker Stones Maguire?

 

[Throbber3]

Pickford
Stones- Coady Maguire
Trippier Philips Henderson Shaw
Sterling Kane Sako

More of a 5-2-3 though. If we are playing a five that seems to work. No-one can have a bad game tonight or we are out.

 

[Tredman]

Surely he selected Coady for a 5? But it is GS after all. I think you are probably going to see Maguire, Stones Mings. That does not make it right. Saka is key though if we are playing a 5.

Seems to have selected Coady to be a cheerleader.

 

[Tredman]

Pickford
Stones - Coady - Maguire
James - Bellingham - Rice - Shaw
Saka - Kane - Sterling​

for me

 

[Throbber3]

Pickford
Stones - Coady - Maguire
James - Bellingham - Rice - Shaw
Saka - Kane - Sterling​

for me

There is zero chance of that I fear. Its a shame .

 

[Tony Towner]

Seems to have selected Coady to be a cheerleader.

That's exactly what he is. As soon as the squad went to 26 he could afford to take him just for his character. A Stones injury is his only chance of getting a game

 

[Tyrannosaurus Dan]

Just 11 hours until the root and branch posts as to why it all went wrong.

If we lose, I’m not sure we’ll need to look much further than the manager to work out why.

I’m actually feeling quite confident (or I was until I saw how defensive we are likely to be!)

 

[Tony Towner]

Surely if we play 3 at the back, it has to be Coady, he's the only player in the squad that regularly plays sweeper......or is that just my Wolves bias?

It's the same 3 as we had at the World Cup. Tbf Stones' distribution is decent

 

[Jinky]

Based on Collymore's comments that we've gone "conservative and with experience" and The Athletic reporting we've switched to 5 at the back (along with Saka starting), it will be -

Pickford
Trippier Walker Stones Maguire Shaw
Rice Henderson
Saka Kane Sterling
​

I don't think any of us would have picked that starting 11 before the tournament kicked off.

​

 

[PuntsWolf]

Anyone picking Coady over Stones or Walker is stupid/biased. The two have won the league at a canter, got to a CL final and played plenty of times for england. The other is a player who needs to be upgraded in a bottom half team with a leaky defence.

 

[Tony Towner]

Compare that to:

--------------------Pickford------------
Walker----Stones----Maguire---Shaw
-----------------Rice-------Mount-------
---------------------Grealish----------
Foden-------------Kane---------- Saka

One team would be out to win the game, the other not to lose

 

[pr0sl0]

Coady's only getting game time if England are sitting back defending a lead in the final minutes of a match, already with a back three, and Stones gets injured. And even then there's just as much chance Southgate just moves one of the other CBs into the middle and brings on another FB to play as a wide CB.

 

[Derby Wolf]

‘If you think last night was exciting, I’m only starting 8 defensive players today’ confirms swashbuckling Southgate

England manager Gareth Southgate has revealed today that the excitement is set to continue in the European Championships and that we have seen nothing yet as he plans to start with only EIGHT defen…

newsthump.com

 

[Tyrannosaurus Dan]

I need to make my prediction for what time my Dad will text me a German Kuntz joke.

 

[Tony Towner]

Team as suggested with Phillips instead of Henderson. White, Chillwell and DCL the 3 to miss out

 

[Paul]

I need to make my prediction for what time my Dad will text me a German Kuntz joke.

The man was a legend, Stefan I meant (although your Dad may be, I dont know him )