Ugh. I think (if true) it will be absolute peak Southgate

and *if* we lose, he will get a lot of criticism for it.

So he's going to play 5 defenders, 2 defensive midfielders, *and* the most defensive of his options ahead of all that in Saka.

Finally we have some creative midfielders - who can actually do more than simple passes and running fast - in Foden, Grealish and Maddison. But when it comes to the crunch he doesn't play *any* of them (I'm not counting Mount in all this because obviously he would pick him if he could.)

Obviously this is all based on gossip. Hopefully - please - it won't be true. But if it is, and we lose, he will deserve much of the criticism he'll get.

Posted By: Tricky Hawes, Jun 29, 10:42:14