Saka & Trippier to start as wing-backs in RADICAL formation change against Switzerland! 😲 

MADNESS…. TAA on the bench yet again…. THIS SETUP IS PERFECT FOR TAA to show all his skills….. BUT England has an idiot as a manager….

"a radical pragmatic change" 😂 is that an oxymoron?

One thing that worries me more than Southgate not changing the formation is Southgate changing the formation. A shrewd manager does this and it is called tactics; with Southgate doing it it is called an experiment.

trent not starting is silly he offers way too much going foreward

Trent has to start on the right flank.

I’m not being biased but everyone should agree here. Not starting one of the best if not the best attacking rb in football TAA and choosing a washed trippier is absolutely fucked.

Playing a 33 year old trippier as a rwb when you have trent in your squad is cowardice and im a united fan😂

If you play wing back, Trent has to play. Five across midfield and he is not wide right? Shows what muddled thinking playing him in midfield was.

TRIPPER??!! Not Trent? 😂😂😂 wtf

Trippier over Trent sums up Southgate. Defensive first, no pace, no creativity.

Just think that when Southgate finally leaves his position, Trippier won't get to play anymore LOL

Saka & Trippier to start ? and then reporter says expected because they don't know click bait header !

I'm fine with Saka going to left wing back but Trippier over Trent is just dumb and cowardly. Typical Southgate.

Don’t worry everyone… TAA will come on in the last 30 seconds of the game

Start palmer

Trippier instead of Trent on the right would be a sin. Why isn't he going to exploit Trent's passing abililty! Why is Southgate obsessed with Trippier when at best he's an average PL right back!

Are the only national side in the world so negative we’d start Trippier at rwb over Trent. Its unthinkable to anyone else.

"Radical" they call it ...Swiss are "shaking" from fear 😂😂😂

Slothgate’s last game today, Switzerland send us home 😢

Since when was it best practice to announce your team selection and tactics to the press before an important game? Nice job Gareth. It’s just a bit unfair that the other teams don’t do this.

So change the only part of the team that doesn't need changing and doesn't change the part of the team that does!!

With that system you have to play, Shaw LWB. Trent RWB. Well lets just hope we put in a great performance and win the game.

Saka and Trent... That's attacking. Trippier and Saka, that's being more defensive for a team that has struggled to create chances. With 3 at the back, and a defensive midfielder, we don't need more defensive... We need to be attacking, because that's where we have struggled I can't wait for him to leave, the amount of times he just picks his favourites, overly cautious... Overly pragmatic... It's painful to watch

I'm glad Switzerland will get a surprise. They'll never see this coming, unless of course they have RU-vid...

These lot just telegraphing our lineup for the opps to prepare for. Genius.

Trent bro

WE ALREADY HAVE ONE OF THE BEST WINGBACKS IN THE WORLD, PLAY HIM FFS

Trent should be starting as right wing back here. He will have so many attacking options to pick out and create chances. He is probably the best attacking RB in football right now Southgate clearly has no clue.

Switzerland are going to with this comfortable!!!!

The only thing that helps England out today is that Switzerland will come out and have a go at us. I don't fancy our chances this evening but I hope we play well

They’re really selling 3atb as something new to most of this England squad and it being outrageous

Trippier has not overlapped once we are getting beat today

So shaw is fit to start but not starting

They've played back three in the last two games, just not from the start

It's not a back 3 tho is it lol It's a back 5 😂

Wow, a radical change for England! 🏴 Excited to see Saka and Trippier in action!

COME ON ENGLAND 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿

But that is not news. You reported it could be a possibility yesterday. Also,then Saka and Trippier are not fullbacks are they.

No Gordon again 🤦‍♂️

so let me get this straight....the whole issue with england right now is players are not comfortable in roles they havent played at club level, and instead of trying this out before the euros or in the group game he tests it out on a team that is one of the best in the tournament right now? this is a stupid gamble worse than before because the players are not used to it....he hasnt got a bloody clue.

I hope no player will be blamed for not doing well in their new roles at this stage of the tournament. Personally, I think players play better when they can easily anticipate what their playmates will do when in possession of the ball.

Playing wing backs, and starting trippier over Taa is ridiculous, 😅

Safegate has flat lined me. Last game 90 minutes 1-0 down and coming home. And I didn’t actually care, I wouldn’t have even been disappointed.

To NOT PLAY TAA as RWB is diabolical.

Southgate is thinking Trippier is a better defender than Trent 😂

Graham Taylor deja vu.

After 8 years in the job and he still doesn't know what a tactic is 😂

Sky trying to make a big deal or controversy about something they did in the knockouts (against Germany) in the previous euros.

Basically Saka and Trippier switching sides… SEISMIC

Why would you play trippier ahead of Trent at right wing back ?

Trippier a wing back ffs, now that’s going to really improve our game🤬

There's nothing radical about Southgate, he'll play the same bunch in a different formation nothing more, the fact Trippier will start ahead of Arnold at RWB is scandalous and shows clearly how scared he is.

You're aware that Southgate literally said Shaw is available for selection?

Wtf has Trippier got on Gareth ffs must have his hard drive

He like trips because he talks alot . Not the best left back but best talker. Imagine saying yeah im the best talker on the pitch he spoke on every blade of grass

If you start drinking now, you'll be blacked out by kick off

It makes sunak look strategically competent

3-4-3 and Tripper gets the nod over Trent 😂 Southgate out please.

Again no mention of Wharton's omission. 2 number 10's....that's worked EVERY time for every team, hasn't it? At least a back 3 is a practical response and gives us a chance to get up the pitch, but Trippier is not a creator, is he?

They’re keeping the exact same starting 11 with the exception of guehi who’s injured though

You've literally have the best attacking right back in Europe, you don't play him at wing back!?

I heard that it was a 4 4 2 formation. 4 in goal, 4 stuck in the penalty box. The other 2 are wingers who aren’t allowed to go past the halfway line. The personal change is that the last team has been replaced with another team known as the Clangers. Soup Dragon is to replace Southgate as manager

3 at the back with the 2 wing backs… Fair Enough… But why do we have to then have 2 defensive midfielders 🙄 This is exactly what we were saying 3 years ago when we played this formation… we’ll be defensive again today, maybe more so than we have been in this tournament already if he does go with this particular formation 🤦🏻‍♂️

If shaw is fit he should start . Why bring him

Happy with the shape in this team now. Trips was born for the right wing back position

Imagine being an England player and you have to sit through Gareth's reign, knowing you should be playing. Gutting

Cant be playing Kane as striker when Bellingham and Foden are the twin 10s. Need someone who will make runs in behind - with kane he wants to drop into the same space as foden and bellingham

You have one of the best passers in world football in your squad and you pick Trippier instead lol.

I expect a lackluster performance, complete absence of in-game managerial adjustments and elimination - that’s Southgate’s routine in tournaments.

Yes we are still in the tournament but don't ask how. How can a coach still be searching how he want's to play his team? The luck wil run out at one point.

With Kane there is no hope. These formations are either 3 4 3 1 or 5 4 3 1 then there either camped defensively or attacking properly but I fear Kane will nullify it and won't be taken off to make it work. Tony or Watkins would suit it better. Will the necessity to squeeze Foden in this team despite him never fitting in win us the tournament or make us fail like he did on all his previous outings with England. Hopefully we make it to the next stage. Hopefully we win it. But we must use our subs

Why did he take people that are not fit ? Plus take wingers and dont play them, i dont think he knows whats his best team is either, put on watkins as he has pace up front,. Same old story im afraid

So, play 2 players out of position for the first time in a quarter final. But likely only 1 actual change in personnel.

Saka can play at left wing back but not at left wing in the past 4 games. Interesting

Man for man

But IRL Saka is on the left and tripper is behind him...soo I guess you got it wrong 😅🤦‍♂️

I think it now all comes down to commitment. If the players feel unsure of the formation or where and what they should be doing, they may not give it their all. They have to accept and commit to it all or face going home tonight. Two no.10s may cause chaos, but chaos in the final third is a good thing, so long as there are teammates in and around the box and balls get there. One ball after another into the box, time and again. No more endless passing sideways or back and back again.

Switzerland play with 2 high wide Wingers. Who is marking them? - the Wing Backs playing too deep or the Centre Backs playing too wide? 4-2-3-1 was fine to match up to Swiss.

Southgate at the wheel. Trippier over trent is just brainless

Damn he loves Tripps

Hopefully aswell as a formation change there will be a change in tempo and the pointless backwards and sideways passing even when there is space to run in to

Luke Shaws summer…free 5 star hotel, kick about with ur mates in the morning, long afternoon massages & pina colada’s in the evening. Nice work if u can get it.

Saka played left back for 20 minutes in the last game

joke that trent isnt playing wingback over trip! ffs gareth

Unless you change some of the players too alongwith the formation, its nothing. Its basically the same thing. In paper it's 3-4-3 or whatever, but during the game it can be anything from 3-5-2, to 3-6-1 to 4-5-1 and back to 5-4-1. This is the last game Southgate will get to be more fearless and experiment. Show some spine.

Trent fuming 😂

I would have started with Eze and Palmer.

It’s because Switzerland are playing 3 at back.. He’s just going to match them up, like he did when we last beat Germany

If he's playing 5 at the back, he should play 2 up front, Kane and Watkins. Stones can step into midfield alongside Rice. Leave Mainoo on the bench.

Don't like experiments but at least he can switch it back when they go 2-0 behind

change of formation is not needed. change of personnel is required.

Southgate would leave the bag in his tea while pouring his milk in and call it radical

Saka ain't playing left back, he'll be a wing-back....Saka is left footed....I don't see why it would be a problem for him. We need him to stay high.

Trent looked terrible at RWB last time he played there

Quarter finals: Exactly the time to start tinkering 🐴

For the group of players he picked for England they don't make sense for his formation especially at a major tournament round , instead of using Trent at wing back a player who can hit pin point crosses , he picks someone else a player who hasn't played much football and who has not had the best of games , then he puts a winger at left wing back, does he want to win these games , square pegs in round holes , but the worst thing is he is so defensive, he's going to play counter attacking football, he will still play 2 defensive midfielders, which takes away from our attack , our players are going to be so tired towards the end , I predict a England loss , because of his defensive tactics if we go a goal down he wont know how to turn it into an attacking formation and tactics he will hope we are lucky again

Tired: Chelsea making Pulisic play wingback on his non-preferred side of the field. Wired: England making Saka play wingback on his non-preferred side of the field.

Could be good but Southgate will probably play his unique 7-3 formation 😅

Isn’t that what you call England 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 shooting itself in the foot?. All this publicity about team positions is surely going to be counterproductive. Concentrate on getting a better team performance it’s last chance to move forward which you have not been able to manage so far.

of course he starts Trippier over TAA lol