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Agree def not the best venue for a number of reasons. I think we will cope weather wise and I really hope Gareth goes a little more attacking. I think Rice can anchor on his own and with the likes of foden,grealish, mount and Bellingham all able to play in midfield with Rice. Not sure how you pick from those choices and it’s the same for the forwards. Grealish would terrify even the best defenders he’s so skillful and creative.
Agree def not the best venue for a number of reasons. I think we will cope weather wise and I really hope Gareth goes a little more attacking. I think Rice can anchor on his own and with the likes of foden,grealish, mount and Bellingham all able to play in midfield with Rice. Not sure how you pick from those choices and it’s the same for the forwards. Grealish would terrify even the best defenders he’s so skillful and creative.
And these players can give more movement and give us more angles /options , which we lack , it becomes more obvious against teams like Italy .
Watching Italy , they would pass it around at the back but not once did they look to pass back to the keeper - they would always be looking forward , players would drop into pockets of space or run off their marker to receive the ball …
Quick pass or two then on the front foot …
We struggle to do this , we pass it around at the back but because of the lack of that fluidity ahead of the defenders they often slow to a stop before playing it back along the line or to Pickford … lose any chance of quick transition…
Counter attacking were pretty good with our pace , we just need to have more about us …
As you say , we have those players to do it if we can be confident to do so …