UEFA Nations League & Euro 2020 Qualification

[YoungWolf]

I rate him highly but another like Johnny said where he doesn't suit the deeper role I would say.

 

[Deutsch Wolf]

Dier and/or Rice would be doing that here though?

It's not necessarily a long term solution but those two and Hughes behind Sterling, Kane and Rashford in a 4-3-3. He never played in the front three for Derby and they were totally wedded to that system for years and years.

 

[YoungWolf]

I forgot about Rice. We've got to hope he is the good enough option there.

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Alli------------------Foden

Is not bad actually. A lot on Rice as a single holding player.

 

[Deutsch Wolf]

Foden has to start getting some proper football from next season and I don't see it happening at City. So many of his appearances are token 5 minutes or less crap when the game is already won.

 

[YoungWolf]

I think it is a little overblown. He's 18, getting probably training under the best manager and with the best players in the world. He's played more this season and will play more next season. I can understand why people want to see more of him though, especially when we have seen how Sancho has thrived.

 

[Johnny75]

I forgot about Rice. We've got to hope he is the good enough option there.

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Alli------------------Foden

Is not bad actually. A lot on Rice as a single holding player.

I don't get the Rice love-in. Longstaff is a better player than Rice in just about every dept.

We do lack a quality pair to play in those deeper positions.

 

[YoungWolf]

I think he is quite similar to Dier was a couple of years ago. Rice's passing isn't very imaginative either but he does a good job for a team I suppose.

I haven't seen enough of Longstaff to comment really.

 

[Deutsch Wolf]

Shaw out (presumably still crying after Diogo ruined him on Saturday) and as we don't need a billion left backs he hasn't been directly replaced. Hudson-Odoi in.

 

[Kenny]

I thought Shaw was trying the old i'm injured routine on Jota's goal. Maybe his hamstring was tied up in knots by our man

 

[Tredman]

He looked incredibly unfit too. He was sweating buckets in the second half.

 

[Tony Towner]

Shaw out (presumably still crying after Diogo ruined him on Saturday) and as we don't need a billion left backs he hasn't been directly replaced. Hudson-Odoi in.

Who's started as many PL games as I have.

 

[YoungWolf]

According to Nash's article on his website Southgate has basically said he hasn't called him up because of the formation we play (which we all knew anyway really).

https://www.wolvesbite.com/2019/03/southgate-why-i-snubbed-conor-coady-for-england/ - the website takes ages to load for me by the way

 

[lemonjelly]

“Maybe it might be easier to fit him into the way we’ve played in the last few months as a sitting midfield player, but again he’s not playing there every week,” explained Southgate.

“So you’d be asking him to come into a heightened environment and intensity in a role that he’s not playing every week.

Unlike some other players in the squad, who also aren't in every week.

 

[Tony Towner]

It's fair enough really, particularly if as he says he doesn't have any intention of going back to a back 5. 4 at the back allows him to get his best attacking players on the pitch in close to their best positions.

 

[The Bear]

Strange how he's abandoned that shape now, given how successful it was in the qualifiers and World Cup.

 

[Kenny]

New shape was pretty succesful in the Nations League though.

 

[Deutsch Wolf]

We didn't play three at the back in the qualifiers either. World Cup only.

It was ok but clearly had an impact on our attacking play, we created very little. Stupid proportion of goals from set pieces.

 

[The Bear]

Did we play two up front though? I can't remember.

Surely Kane/Rashford as a pair would work well. Give Sterling a free role behind maybe.

 

[YoungWolf]

We played 4-2-3-1 in the qualifiers. It was very rigid. Livermore played didn't he?

 

[Kenny]

Rashford out of both games.