Sulosky
Active Member
Country: Finland
Careful bro. The Foden bootlickers won't like this one bit. They will find a way to blame Southgate or Pep for his poor outings for England.It's crazy because I really think foden is a good player but I would have three players over him in the right-wing spot and like three over him in midfield. And I'm not sure he would start left wing either.
Google Hey Jude bud. Then it will all make sense.
Watching Kobbie confirms to me we have to fast track skelly
Guys like Saka, Kane, Walker, Rice, etc and even guys like Rashford and Sterling have all had period where they put in top performances for England. I can't even fund one from Foden. The people saying he's a system player do have a point.
He always hides in big games in big tournaments. Southgate is dumb as a rock. But he knows foden's strength and weakness. There's a reason he was not starting Sancho even when everyone was crying that he was better than Saka.
Foden as a RWF for England doesn't work, if Southgate wasn't an idiot he has to be considering dual 8s Foden/Bellingham and Rice behind with Foden taking up a similar role to Ødegaard. Saka has been far better at RWF + with loads of top performances for England in that position already.
England so **** they made Lukaku look like Bergkamp not once but twice
Also ngl watching Southgate celebrate every goal in friendlies like it's a WC KO match makes me cringe. Always with them goofy donkey teeth on full display too
You are right and international managers have such little time to work on systems, I believe you need an unbelievable motivator almost as much as a tactician. Sadly, dopey Gareth doesn't appear to be either of those things.While I know International managers don't have the time to implement complex systems, Southgate has very much got into the territory of trying to play exactly the same way regardless of who is on the pitch or the who is available for selection. You can do that if you are Pep and can buy whoever you want and have a system that is proven to be incredibly successful, but not if you have a national pool and are getting diminishing results.