Roland17:
Foden has been anonymous..

No
He's been working with Bellingham to keep dembele anonymous
Shaw is suppose to be spamming crosses but kane sef is in midfield
Saka is really trying because Henderson is making his job hard, Henderson is suppose to drop to the wing when walker and saka mark mbappe but out of nowhere Henderson will join the party

Roland17:
It would still leave us short on the press from the top. I am thinking Giroud for one of Coman/ Thuram and move Mbappe central.

Griezz on yellow solves it. Take him out

afrodoc2:


Quite poor. Griezman has to drop into midfield more to help the 2 midfielders.

Also they need to increase pace of transition and not be so left side centric. Looking for Dembele as much as we look for Mbappe will improve our attack. In this match the advantage is on Dembele’s side not Mbappe.

We will catch Walker napping only if we utilise Dembele enough.

This is what I’m saying. Griezmann playing in that free role is a disadvantage cause England are overloading the midfield. Push Griezmann as LCM, play Rabiot as LW, drop Giroud as a 10 and give Mbappe that free role. That’s the tweak this game needs

StarchAndBanga:


So if for example Turkey wins the World Cup, and Europeans are saying they won it for Europe you'll come out to caution dem that Turkey is an Arab nation not a European country ba?

Hope u can see how silly Ur take is.. Dem being Arab doesn't make dem not part of the continent that is Africa.. There are Arabs spread all over the world, some in Europe, some in Asia, some in Africa...

Turks are not Arab in any way at all sef. They don’t consider themselves as Arabs and Arabs don’t consider them Arabs.

The Turkish ethnic/cultural identity is very distinct from the Arab identity. The same way Iranians are not Arabs.

iamoyindamola:

No
He's been working with Bellingham to keep dembele anonymous
Shaw is suppose to be spamming crosses but kane sef is in midfield
Saka is really trying because Henderson is making his job hard, Henderson is suppose to drop to the wing when walker and saka mark mbappe but out of nowhere Henderson will join the party

I agree with everything you are saying but Saka is holding onto the ball too long. He can switch play quickly. He just wants to set up to lace the ball.

Roland17:
Deschamps I take God beg you, remove Giroud for one of Coman/ Thuram and move Mbappe to CF if we are keeping this formation.

Otherwise switch to a flat 4-4-2 with Griz/ Mbappe up top. Rabiot has been underwhelming and looks out of sorts @Afro.doc..

You should have known giroud is the least person to shine in this kind of high intense game
Stones and Maguire will have a free day

Adiwana:


Midfield is not necessarily their strength but the issue is that they can overload that midfield with both Griezmann and Giroud and then hit you with both Dembele and Mbappe. Croatia will find it difficult because it’s on the flanks that France are very good at

Giroud is slow so peradventure of a cross if mbappe/dembele can't get their needed space, he might not reach most of the balls when he arrives late from deep, I think they should switch to 3-5-2 or something to choke the spaces around their own final third because griezmann is instinctively going to join his fellow forwards since he's not a natural midfielder of course

Pep needs to be stopped.

Man’s just making eediots look good.


Foden is a big fraud!!

Ballzproblem2:
England try sef,at Least I was expecting 3-0 first half

You dey watch game at all? France wey dey play counterattack like say them be tier 3 football team. Na this mumu referee wey no gree caution that oponu Upa wey dey throw leg anyhow.

Adiwana:


This is what I’m saying. Griezmann playing in that free role is a disadvantage cause England are overloading the midfield. Push Griezmann as LCM, play Rabiot as LW, drop Giroud as a 10 and give Mbappe that free role. That’s the tweak this game needs

Rabiot as LW and Griezman at LCM?

That is suicide. You are weakening the attack and weakening the midfield at the same time.

afrodoc2:


Quite poor. Griezman has to drop into midfield more to help the 2 midfielders.

Also they need to increase pace of transition and not be so left side centric. Looking for Dembele as much as we look for Mbappe will improve our attack. In this match the advantage is on Dembele’s side not Mbappe.

We will catch Walker napping only if we utilise Dembele enough.

The pace of transition looks slow because Mbappe is dropping very deep to get the ball and by the time he crosses the center circle England have already recovered.
Southgate has done a good job predicting Deschamps tactics. We need Deschamps to become flexible for once in his coaching lifetime and switch things up

Android17:
I agree with everything you are saying but Saka is holding onto the ball too long. He can switch play quickly. He just wants to set up to lace the ball.

That's why I want Henderson out and foden take the midfield role
Then rashford go the the wing
Henderson and saka are suppose to be playing together if he's not available saka tend to hold the ball

A001:
To those two nonentities that mentioned me up there: I didn't bother to read the nonsense you called a post. So don't waste your time mentioning me; I won't read your post.

Go better school. Mba!!. You see how u dey disgrace yourself here. That school wey you attend your secondary and primary really do you strong thingoo. For you to be so daft like this.

iamoyindamola:

That's why I want Henderson out and foden take the midfield role
Then rashford go the the wing
Henderson and saka are suppose to be playing together if he's not available saka tend to hold the ball

You are right. I just don't think Rashford can track back which is why I want TAA for Henderson and then Foden in midfield. He is not seeing the ball at all.

olabode89:


You dey watch game at all? France wey dey play counterattack like say them be tier 3 football team. Na this mumu referee wey no gree caution that oponu Upa wey dey throw leg anyhow.

I was talking about my expectations before the game started

iamoyindamola:

You should have known giroud is the least person to shine in this kind of high intense game
Stones and Maguire will have a free day

This is why I want Giroud out because Stones and Maguire have enough time to push high.

Roland17:


The pace of transition looks slow because Mbappe is dropping very deep to get the ball and by the time he crosses the center circle England have already recovered.
Southgate has done a good job predicting Deschamps tactics. We need Deschamps to become flexible for once in his coaching lifetime and switch things up

You are right about Mbappe. I noticed that as well. He should stop doing that. Griezman is the one to drop deep and help the midfield while Mbappe stays high to be a threat.

This match might not be the right one for Giroud.

Bellingham is that guy.

Kurubete to the rescue again

airmark:


There's no continent known as Arab league or whatever. They are African representative, so rest.

Tell me where I told you there's a continent called Arab League.

Kilishihunter:

Giroud is slow so peradventure of a cross if mbappe/dembele can't get their needed space, he might not reach most of the balls when he arrives late from deep, I think they should switch to 3-5-2 or something to choke the spaces around their own final third because griezmann is instinctively going to join his fellow forwards since he's not a natural midfielder of course

Or they could remove Griezmann and bring in an extra midfielder into the game and just play off Giroud as false 9

Android17:
You are right. I just don't think Rashford can track back which is why I want TAA for Henderson and then Foden in midfield. He is not seeing the ball at all.

It's been a long time TAA has played in midfield plus he can't provide the kind of work rate hendo gives, Foden also

Upmecano is very shaky. England should be targeting him

afrodoc2:


You are right about Mbappe. I noticed that as well. He should stop doing that. Griezman is the one to drop deep and help the midfield while Mbappe stays high to be a threat.

This match might not be the right one for Giroud.

It is not. Look at how high Stones and Maguire are pushing.

That fool keep wasting its time by mentioning me. I don't even bother to read his post. He would be ignored to the extent that he will doubt his existence.

Mbappe has 3 players on him!

This Lloris go kill us.

donstan18:
Bellingham is that guy.

If that guy joins pep or any high IQ manager and learns midfield control, He will be a terror

Kilishihunter:

It's been a long time TAA has played in midfield plus he can't provide the kind of work rate hendo gives, Foden also

I know Henderson is there for his work rate but the stage looks big for him. He is too ponderous in his decision making.

Penalty!

Saka. Effective!

PLZ GET GIROUD OUT OF THIS GAME