Southgate MUST Pick Foden or Bellingham! 

drop bellingham down to play with rice and put foden 10, gordon on the left easiest way

Ffs just play Jude in his actual position as an 8, and put Foden in the 10 it's not that complicated...

Drop Foden he’s had all the ball and done fuck all. He’s had multiple players play out of position just to accommodate him - he’s been absolutely shit, can’t create can’t build up (NOT A MIDFIELDER) Jude can at least competently do the other two. Saka is also way better than Palmer in the wing because he can at least face his man and take him on and doesn’t need a constant overlap to be effective.

If the Austrian Painter had Bellingham's PR, we'd all be speaking German today

Jude who’s played majority of his career as an 8 all of a sudden can’t play there anymore he’s had one good season playing as a 10. Like it does stop Greizmann from playing CAM for France even though he’s played ST all season. Like world class players don’t make the system change for them they change for the system. Like Brazil are playing Vinicius Jr at LW even though he’s been playing ST all season.

jude had a great would cup as an 8. made his name as an 8. why is southgate and so many england fans ok with so many games of foden at lw, but against making jude play a position we know he’s elite at? gordon foden saka with rice and jude behind them. move walker to lb since southgate just HAS to play him, let trent feed the attack from rb. having walker and a right footer in left back is taking away a lot of options during buildup. but tbh, i dont trust southgate to create goals no matter what the team sheet looks like. a good manager would be getting results with this talent, even with foden on the left or trent in midfield

Rory: "Football moves fast". Apparently so fast that you went from giving Jude a 10 out of 10 after the first game and praising him like you never had praised anyone before, to saying that he should be off the team a week later. Get real man! we all can have a bad day!

Chelsea have agreed a £30m deal with Leicester for Kiernan Dewsbury-Hall and the player has been given permission to undergo a medical

How many times do those of us who actually watched La Liga last season have to tell you? Jude has been mediocre since the winter break. Foden has been the superior player for literally months.

Wirtz and musiala play as wingers for germany why cant foden. Plus foden actually played on the wing all season.

Anyone saying Modric was overrated has zero clue what they’re talking about. Better than any midfielder we’ve had

Jude at CM..foden 10.. gordon left saka right... please....

Rory is making a spectacular arguement there with dropping fraud Bellingham

The irony is that neither of them look good as a number 10. Bellingham is a box-to-box midfielder with a world-class ego, and Foden is a gimp who seems to lack awareness and vision to play there. Maddison or Grealish would be better

5:15 Cole Palmer was "dazzling" lol , I mean he wasnt bad but dazzling is a bit much...

a chelsea fan who claims palmer is the best in the world has said jude is overrated

Southgate doesn’t have pick any of them. If Foden & Bellingham can’t work together drop them both. Play Palmer in the 10, Gordon LW and Mainoo/Wharton to connect defense with attack. Then use the 5 subs when needed to win the game.

The reason not to have Gordon on the left, is that you'd have to think about who you'd leave out? What frail line of reasoning is that you shouldn't play the only relevant player for that troublesome left side? Move Foden inside, sub Bellingham, Saka, Kane and Trippier. Play Gomez, Mainoo, Gordon, Watkins and Palmer. This is Slovakia we're playing, he should have tried out Englands emerging talent against Slovenia but Slovakia aren't World beaters, so let's find out what other combinations give Southgate pause for thought. This happens all the time in tournaments, players form and fitness, fluctuate and not everybody's menses are synchronised. :) If Bellingham, Foden and Kane are getting in each others way, then split them up! You can't really press from the front with Kane and I believe his inclusion into the first team might not be the default selection, that we all thought it used to be. Southgate just needs to follow a rather slavish approach to the formation and allocation of roles. Stop trying to keep everyone happy, know that possession is key to winning, pick suitable players to the required roles and if you feel yourself slipping into the auto pilot of creative, formational accountancy? Then give the top of your hand a good, sharp slap and remember a team is a sum of it's own parts.

Play play 4-3-3 but like in 4-1-2-3. Let foden and Jude play on either side with rice dropping deep

If Southgate is giving Kane freedom to drop so deep then theres a case for putting Bellingham as a false 9 and dropping Kane altogether. Have Foden playing in his preferred 10 and have Gordon on the left. Gareth can still play with his 2 defensive or holding mids.

The is actually hilarious, leave Bellingham out 😂 You drop Bellingham back to midfield. It's easy being a pundit, your ideas are NEVER tested.

The "cowardly" move is to play Mainoo, not Foden. Bellingham and Rice should run the midfield and have Gordon, Foden and Saka/Palmer in front. I’d have Saka AND Palmer instead of dropping Foden or Bellingham.

If you have guts then leave rice put Bellingham as 6 kobee as 8 and foden as 10 , Gordon left wing, palmer right-wing and toney as striker

All you clowns that said Bellingham should be dropped are eating crow now, Drop Foden he’s been absolutely garbage from start to finish.

When has luca modric ever been overrated? One of the greatest midfielder to ever exist... help push Croatia deep into the world cup. Roy will manipulate the truth to make a point

I hate how the media is making out Foden to be a shit player when his been the best player in the prem. Remember he was filling in for KDB at the number 10 position. He can play wing and number 10. Southgate has no tactics and is a wanna be a defensive masterclass

Did Rory just say Luka Modric was overrated? Ya I'm unsubscribing

I think Bellingham is a better 8 than a playmaking no 10. He was an 8 before this season and by all accounts, going to play more of a role like that with Mbappe in the side next season.

You're clueless, the midfield 3 should be Bellingham Rice Foden it's not rocket science

why can't Southgate try foden in the middle and pull jude back deeper and bring an actual Lw i swear its not that difficult 😂

If ur too tired to play after flying from England to Germany then u have no business being a pro athlete

Please someone explain to me this Bellingham plays a 10 for real madrid myth

Guehi,Stones,Quansah Foden,Mainoo,Bellingham,saka Palmer,Kane/watkins if he don’t score, Gordon 343 simple

Drop Kane the guy has been shit. I wanna see Watkins or Toney

Gk pickford LB SAKA CB STONES CB GUEHI RB WALKER 6 RICE 8 BELLINGHAM 10 FODEN LW GORDON RW PALMER ST WATKINS YA WELCOME

yeah, drop bellingham, brilliant idea

Most functional England lineup IMHO: Gordon Watkins Foden Bellingham Wharton Rice Guehi(Gomez?) Stones Walker TAA Pickford

This guy is taking the piss, is he saying that Phil Foden is better then Bellingham? 🤣🤣 Phil Foden has scored 4 goals for England in 37 matches, and he’s not even scored in this tournament and Jude Bellingham has, he said Phil Foden getting better in this tournament, so why is every English football fan saying it’s painful to watch England and it’s absolutely rubbish, but when Palmer and Gordon came on for the last few minutes everyone’s raving about them, and Foden had three games to show us something and apart hitting the post has done nothing #sad gets some decent people that know about football on talkSPORT please 🙏🏽

Bellingham is massive overrated

Rory has never been this correct in his life. Southgate simply needs to make brave/bold decisions. You can't stuff 2 or 3 players that naturally play the same position in a team, and hope it works. They guy has two world class number 10s. That means one plays, one is on the bench. Not use one left wing. He's got three great right backs... the clown tries to play all three... is he an idiot or something? Players playing in their natural position are basically always better than a better player that's playing out of position. Look at Germany for example. They could have easily put Gundogan as an 8 and squeeze in Sané AND Wirtz. However they have a world class coach, who understands balance and players best positions. So he made a tough decision and dropped a star. In the groupstage that was Sané, tonight it's Wirtz. So...... * Only one of Walker, Trent or Trippier can play (AT RIGHT BACK!) * Only two of Saka, Foden, Bellingham can play (AT right wing/attacking mid) Since I would say Foden's best/natural positions are both centrally and on the right. * That means Wharton/Mainoo alongside Rice and Anthony Gordon/Eze on the left. * Shaw left back. If he's injured, put Joe Gomez (played there this season for Liverpool). PS: Because of Shaw's injury, I would have actually put Tyrick Mitchell (natural left back), but Southgate didn't take him.

Agree can only play either Bellingham or Foden. Choice on which one to play depends if England is having more or less of ball possession. With possession when opponents are defensive minded, it has to be Foden. Bellingham is a ball winner and will come good when England needs to breakout from defense, opportunity will come with his late charge into the box as well. For Slovakia, Foden is the better choice.

Yes agree, Foden or Bellingham. But who do you put in on the Left if you have Palmer and Foden?

Why r you not talking about Saka

Rory waffles more than a waffle maker

Southgate should play 3-5-2 Walker RCB Stones CB Guehi LCB Saka RW Mainoo CM Palmer AM Rice CM Gordon LW Kane RS Watkins LS..tired of the Bellingham hype man been ghost the whole tournament.

The problem more is how the midfielders can pass to the forwards because the midfield is not working at all, play Rice with Stones, play 3 back, off the ball Stones will come back makes it a 4 back is like playing 433 and 3241 at the same time. Stones is good on build up and passing, now Arsenal fans can stop that stupid comparison of Rice and Rodri, Look how many young players that's in Spain team and Rodri is single handed Spain midfield, but Rice can't even help in build up I think he is the most flop in the England team but people don't talk about him. Southgate said they are missing Phillips and people find it a problem although I don't like him but he has a point, Rice is not a typical 6 to even know how to control the game but if Phillips is there playing 6 it could've helped,Rice is good at box to box play and there's no natural 6 so he has to play that position but he is struggling that's why you have to play Stones with Rice so on the ball it can allow Rice to do what he is good at.

Someone needs to say, Foden has got better but hasn't been great. There is an argument to drop both Bellingham & Foden. But we all kno Southgate will make one change, Mainoo and bring on the subs at the 86th min.

3-4-2-1 Pickford, Ghei, Stones, and Walker on defense. Rice/mainoo pivot. Saka/Trippier wingbacks to keep the width. Foden/Palmer “wide forwards” that can drift centrally to be creative playmakers and Kane acting as an outlet number 9 to be feed balls by the two 10s and wingback (not dropping deep). I love Saka and I think he’s the most consistent winger they have, BUT he has the defensive attributes, experience in that position and discipline to play wingback. Using trippier instead of Trent because Trent has too many holes in his game (defensively, decision making, and work ethic required for this to work). Good formation for a team that likes to have possession and create lots of chances. Learn from past English teams and NOT START ALL THE BIG NAME PLAYERS AT ONCE, controversial but I say bench Bellingham for Mainoo because Mainoo is more technical and better at dictating tempo. Plus rice, who’s the only 6 and this, has to be a starter, plays way more comfortably next to a technically sound player who can receive the ball under pressure.

Love ur honesty. As a city fan, i would rather foden a 50/50 chance of playing rather than playing him, not at his best position! I would love to Bellingham to deliver and bench foden but he's not doing good, for the sake of england

England should play 352/3241, and also, stop displaying that they are pressured

Just put Kane up front, Wingers as Gordon & Foden then your midfield is Eze, Rice & Bellingham. If we're going to drop one of the midfielders then look at Wharton to bring on.

I would drop kane and have bellingham as number 9 like he does for madrid. I would play foden behind him

Pretty obvious that Bellingham needs to be dropped

Me and the Mrs are rewatching Dr Who at the moment mate, suprised to see you in season 2 haha

for me its Bellingham and Foden and get rid of the fraud that is Harry Kane

Whole teams not at it none of all this crap everyone’s discussing is gonna change a thing, its not a one man swap job

Drop Kane and play false 9 with Foden and Jude

i wil play stones and rice and foden

drop foden put gordon in palmer on the other side

Jude isn’t a kO stage player

Rory you’re videos are great :)

Funnily enough as much as Rory can be wrong his comment about riding a bike being much more dangerous than flying in a plane is statistically true. Planes are remarkably safe for being giant heavy metal contraptions that float in the air

Start Gordon Kane and Saka up top

Everyone is an expert now.

Never agreed more

Bots everywhere

Because of the way Kane plays no one needs to play number 10 3 central mids with two wingers either side of Kane. So Kane can drop in to 10 and play the winger forward and deep mids can run beyond him.

No

0:12 he was so rught until he used modric as an example. Modric is top 3 CMs of all time. What a fool

Mainoo and rice is the best midfielders for england, i think, both of them will start against slovakia.

easy drop foden - put in gordan.... bellingham stays in 10, bring in Maino CM

Rorys fav line : To his bf after everytime getting stuffed- you are over-rated, you need to be sacked😂😂

No, No it doesn't. But keep flowing this nonsensical narrative to divert from the real issue. The Manager..and his shoddy tactics and system.

Spain play these players TOGETHER. Iniesta Fabregas Silva Alonso Busquets Xavi Just appoint a Spanish manager and play like this Maddison Palmer(False9) Eze Bellingham Wharton/Mainoo/Doyle Foden RicoLewis(Invert) Stones White Trent(Invert) Ramsdale