Training together every day is key

The best international teams have always tended to draw from just a handful of teams.

I look at our squad and think there's a bunch of decent players, but I don't think they've gelled into a unit.

This is very apparent each time we come up against a decent side. We're then almost entirely reliant on a bit of individual genius.

Our 3 know each others runs /movement and it unlocks defences.
Even then, having onel or Plachetta is still important for varying it up.

Not sure how best the England guys can be moulded into a team, but I don't think that foden/grealish/mount mesh very well together or with Kane. They're all talented no doubt, but a bit samey.

And a bit showboaty.

We kind of need a Stiepy or a Sheringham to knit it together and bring people in.

Posted By: Cardiff Canary on May 5th 2021 at 12:19:28

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If I had my tenure as England manager, I'd go with something like this (Other Football) - jamesward, May 5, 09:36:39
- Foden/mount/Grealish (Other Football) - Cardiff Canary, May 5, 11:29:57
  - Very similar to Cantwell/Dowell/Buendia (Other Football) - jamesward, May 5, 11:41:50
    - Training together every day is key (Other Football) - Cardiff Canary, May 5, 12:19:28
      - Don't think Mount is showboaty. Quite the opposite (n/m) (Other Football) - jamesward, May 5, 12:30:16
        
        Ahhh okay (Other Football) - Cardiff Canary, May 5, 13:26:12
        
        Foden isn't effective enough for you? (Other Football) - Tricky Hawes, May 5, 15:23:08
        
        I don't really care about the England side (Other Football) - Cardiff Canary, May 5, 19:51:40
        
        Both could start in the Champions League final (Other Football) - jamesward, May 5, 13:42:37
        
        They're good enough in their regular teams (Other Football) - Cardiff Canary, May 5, 15:22:32
        
        I'd say Foden should be the one nailed on starter for any England team (Other Football) - Tricky Hawes, May 5, 15:25:22
        
        Agree, those two have been outstanding this season for top top teams (n/m) (Other Football) - jamesward, May 5, 15:49:02
- I think Walker and Shaw are likely to be the full backs (Other Football) - norwaay, May 5, 11:29:53
  - I'd totally forgotten Shaw (Other Football) - jamesward, May 5, 11:35:48
    - Yes but Italy and Portugal do and have both reached a number of major finals (Other Football) - norwaay, May 5, 11:46:17
      - And Greece, haha (Other Football) - jamesward, May 5, 12:06:08
- That back 4 is a bit meh isn’t it? (Other Football) - Old Git, May 5, 09:44:01
  - Right back is up for debate, yeah (Other Football) - jamesward, May 5, 09:47:29
- I see we are favourites for the Euros (Other Football) - SCC 28, May 5, 09:42:12
  - France are surely the best side in the world (Other Football) - norwaay, May 5, 11:53:19
  - Mbappe top goal scorer at 10/1 looks nice (n/m) (Other Football) - Duck, May 5, 10:39:47
    - Pukki 100/1 (Other Football) - jamesward, May 5, 10:43:28
  - Probably because of home advantage (Other Football) - jamesward, May 5, 09:43:10
    - Definitely (Other Football) - SCC 28, May 5, 09:46:36

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