I just think Southgate is, like some of his predecessors, guilty of trying to squeeze all the best players into the same team. I think in the first two games, Rice was the only recognised proper midfielder in the whole team! It’s just ridiculous. All the players to the side of him or in front of him were basically attacking/winger type players. And because of Kane, all these wingers/attackers had to sit a bit deeper so they struggle to stretch the play up top. Just play the most effective team! If that means dropping some big names, so be it! It’s as though the strategy from Soutgate is to be conservative, and then telling the attacking players to make something happen from where they are. And then we wonder why we aren’t very fluid.
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