Shogun wrote: ↑Sun Jul 14, 2024 7:42 pm
Think this is exactly how Southgate wanted it to go
If it’s 0-0 with 20 minutes to go then you’d back the England subs.
In a bizarre way, this what he’s been building towards.
This squad’s probably good enough to beat the competition playing in more ambitious fashion but that clearly isn’t the approach chosen.
Based on that 45 Kane needs to come off. I’d go with Watkins to stretch them and maybe Toney in the last 15 to beat them up. Either way something needs to change. Defensively sound but offering pretty much nothing going forward. Not that Spain are doing much better but they look to have marginally more threat.
Mouse wrote: ↑Sun Jul 14, 2024 7:58 pm
Based on that 45 Kane needs to come off. I’d go with Watkins to stretch them and maybe Toney in the last 15 to beat them up. Either way something needs to change. Defensively sound but offering pretty much nothing going forward. Not that Spain are doing much better but they look to have marginally more threat.
It’s almost become a tactic, whether intentional or not, for Kane to play the long shift and lull the opposition to sleep before someone with a pulse comes on to push the team over the line against a tired defense.