Essential The Official Football (Soccer) Thread - We are SO back, the Premier League returns!

[phillycavsfan]

It's better than shoehorning Gooney into midfield.

I don't know who else you would want. Livermore?

Wheelchair and Lallana bodies cannot be trusted. Lallana is unlucky, he got injured early into the season, rushed back too early and did himself another mischief, which set him back and he hasn't been the same since.

Chalobah and Winks been injured.
Cook isn't a defensive midfielder.
Shelvey is probably unlucky, but he has temperament issues and when you already have Alli, you can really only have one.

Hopefully Bossgate plays a 3 man midfield. Dier and Henderson playing in a 2 vs Panama and Tunisia is .

How many of those midfielders can keep possession under pressure though?

 

[Kunty McPhuck]

England gonna underwhelm as usual.

But Harry Kane will nick a few goals so people won't point the finger at him. Dude is a serial loser.

All I want from Southgate is the team to be adventurous and play with a midfield 3 vs Tunisia and Panama, as there really is no need to be playing with his usual 2 DM's. When you already have 3 CB's, 2 WB's and 1 DM in the side, that is enough defenders to be able to stop them from scoring. A 2nd DM is just overkill and stagnates the play against the teams parking the double decker.

 

[BlackBall]

England will resort to long ball

 

[BigMan]

yall should not sleep on the North African teams

 

[Bboystyle]

yall should not sleep on the North African teams

Yea we should. Those nations always flop in the WC. They show promise before hand then disappoint.

 

[Kunty McPhuck]

How many of those midfielders can keep possession under pressure though?

What in the squad or from the list of names.



Squad

RLC
Alli when he isn't trying to meg people.
Lingard but he is 50/50. But he has a worldie in his locker, so you can over look that.

From the list of names.

Lallana
Wheelchair
Winks




That's why I wanted ideally both, Wheelchair and Lallana in the squad as the link players to go along with Alli and Lingards off the ball movement.

Hopefully the Pep stimulus packages works outside of England for Delph

If all else fails, we have Alli, Vardy and Young to turn it into a Olympic Diving competition.

 

[BigMan]

Yea we should. Those nations always flop in the WC. They show promise before hand then disappoint.

so countries should sleep on England, Belgium, and France too right
Egypt will defintely get out of their group and i easily can see Morrocco and Tunisia causing issues against England, Belgium, and Portugal

 

[Kunty McPhuck]

yall should not sleep on the North African teams

North African teams are always good technically, but theyre usually over reliant one or two players to perform. There are exceptions like Algeria in Brasil, but that was the best generation since the 80's and they finished bottom of their qualifying group this time around.

Tunisia don't have firepower like that nor do they have a killer like Salah or Mahrez. Their best player should be Khazri, tidy player and good at set pieces, but he his career to date is mid table or below clubs.

Tunisia also have a smaller talent pool to work with compared to the other North African nations.

 

[Ukbrotha]

Phil fukking Jones

He’s better than Smalling. And about the same as the other CBs in the England squad.

 

[Yayo Toure]

Is Lallana hurt? He's a bytch but he's Englands best hope as far as play making. Crazy how the english domestic league has so many creative players KDB, Ozil, Silva, Eriksen, Mahrez and their world cup team has no one that can create like them.

 

[Kunty McPhuck]

Is Lallana hurt? He's a bytch but he's Englands best hope as far as play making. Crazy how the english domestic league has so many creative players KDB, Ozil, Silva, Eriksen, Mahrez and their world cup team has no one that can create like them.

He's been plagued with hamstring injuries all season. He missed like the first 4 months of the season, came back, struggled to find form, got injured again for pretty much the last 2 months of the season.

Creativity isn't going to be an issue from 2022 and beyond

 

[Lakerman0834]

bum

 

[phcitywarrior]

Payet is making a serious case for his inclusion in France's 23 man squad for the World Cup.

Germain though....

 

[Lakerman0834]

wtf was that

 

[Kunty McPhuck]

Payet is making a serious case for his inclusion in France's 23 man squad for the World Cup.

Germain though....

The Coli jinx