How England's New System (Somehow) Beat Switzerland
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Published 2024-07-07
While England did look a lot more comfortable on the ball, and a way seems to have emerged to get Bellingham and Foden in the same side, a whole host of new problems reared their head. Adam Clery explains what was good, what was bad, and what was... just England.
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All Comments (21)
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Everytime Saka went on the outside of his marker and did a cutback, I screamed at Kane not being in a more central position holding up the CB. This guy has a big frame and a strong body, but he kept hanging around the diagonal front of the CB, making the cutback harder. For the love of god, block the CB, scruff it up a little.
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I think I've worked out Southgate's tactics. It is called Repetition Compulsion. Where people unconsciously get themselves into contexts that re-enact their traumatic past. He is tactically setting England up to make it as likely as possibly that we will draw games and end up in shoot outs, thereby, giving him the opportunity to work through his Euro '96 penalty trauma.
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Mark Goldbridge was right - every time England conceded a goal, it triggers the highly skilled/elite English players to dump the tactics that Southgate instructed them to do and tried to win the game by relying on their individual skills, experience and intuition. In other words for the most part, Southgate's tactics have very little to do on why they're still in the tournament.
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Kane and Trippier are the remaining issues in terms of selection. Kane was utterly useless against Switzerland. He walks around like a lost panda.
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You've been the Spain of punditry throughout the tournament โค
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That average position map was shocking - Toney and Watkins must be so frustrated
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I'll probably get some stick for this, but you have to give the management props for the pens. I've never been more comfortable watching england take pens, and I know there were great penalty takers in there but it was clear they were all using a process , slowing it down and executing - they looked very prepared. For someone who grew up on England losing by pens since 1990, it was wonderful to see and Management should get some credit for it.
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Saka really is a fabulous footballer. Big set of bollocks to step up and bury that penalty too. Fair play to the lad.
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Special mention to Konsa, thought he was excellent! On the other hand, Kane was very poor throughout, offering nothing in attack and generally looking laboured.
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"Fake right, dive left". Pickford - fakes left, dives right. Definitely got his lefts and rights mixed up
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Whenever England have abandoned Southgateball and embraced chaos, they've scored almost immediately
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Saka was awesome on the right as he always is. Maybe Luke Shaw will come in on the left for the Semi Final.
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Foden and Bellingham had no-one to pass to, because Kane was so utterly dreadful. Like a shuffling zombie.
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To me it looks like Kane's continual dropping back is also partly to blame for Foden and Bellingham iffy performances. They don't have the threat of a forward pass to keep the central defenders away to allow space to threaten a dribble.
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Harry is becoming our Ronaldo this tournament, holding us back
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That extra time average position is just the 5 of them deciding to play rondo while the other 5 are not allowed to join. Two pairs of them started chatting out of boredom while Stones is obviously the unpopular kid. Can I have your job now?๐๐๐
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Glad to get this honest take. The BBC analysis was infuriating - deliberate gaslighting - pretending that we were watching a totally different game where England were playing great. Seriously what was going on with that? An editorial decision to blow smoke up them so they couldn't be accused of being negative?
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Iโm pleased for Saka, heโs tried all tournament and deserved his goal. Kane should be paid in buttons for that performance. His lack of movement was absolutely disgusting at times.
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I also get annoyed when people say penalties are a lottery. Germany havenโt lost a penalty shootout since 1976. Lottery odds are not in effect there
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Toney at 9 and Shaw at LWB will improve the team in 3-4-2-1. Maybe enough to nick it - and that's all we need.
