Are You An England Manager?

[tadao]

Lately, there has been a lot of 'discussion' over the way an 'England Manager' is perceived.
Players are chosen to fit a certain style but, not containing 'game changers'.
Barkley not played because the manager wants to spread the play against a defensive team.

Would you go for tried and trusted (not winning formulas), or opt for exciting players?




Edit: Hope that clarified matters for some.

 

[buskwhi2]

I'm confused

 

[DanEFC92]

No, thanks for asking.

 

[ilikecheese]

No, but I am a Manager. Not a football one...unless I'm playing Football Manager.

 

[Eggsyblueskin]

Ingerlund = Couldn't care less.

 

[whiteshadow]

This might be unpopular but I think Alli is a better player than him currently.

If he wants to get in the England team regularly he needs to play better than him or at least as good. Until he does that he doesn't deserve to be a regular in the England team.

A lot of people seem to think there's some massive bias against us, there's not imo. Barkely is good but Alli imposes his influence on matches more than Ross atm.

 

[Chunky Frankfurter]

England seems to regularly have a probablem of too many good players in one position, or the best player doesn't fit into the best formations.

I think England's best 11, when fit is -

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Strong weaknesses seem to be centre of defence and left wing.

I think England have excellent full backs, attacking and defensive. I think a midfield of Henderson, Lallana and Alli is very good, I think Alli and Lallana play very well in previous couple of games, and two defensive or sitting midfielders is not good for England, much too negative.

Walcott does not assist much but in a good attacking team he can get goals.

 

[tadao]

This might be unpopular but I think Alli is a better player than him currently.

If he wants to get in the England team regularly he needs to play better than him or at least as good. Until he does that he doesn't deserve to be a regular in the England team.

A lot of people seem to think there's some massive bias against us, there's not imo. Barkely is good but Alli imposes his influence on matches more than Ross atm.

I only mentioned Ross because he's one of the latest line of players, seemingly out of favour at the national level.
It could be any number previously, there's are lots of players who could/should have played but, didn't because 'we play this way'.
The 'we play this way' strategy has won nothing, so why don't the FA change?

By the way, I disagree with Alli and Ross, because they play different roles for their teams, although when it comes to England it translates to 'an attacking player behind the striker'.

 

[DanEFC92]

This might be unpopular but I think Alli is a better player than him currently.

If he wants to get in the England team regularly he needs to play better than him or at least as good. Until he does that he doesn't deserve to be a regular in the England team.

A lot of people seem to think there's some massive bias against us, there's not imo. Barkely is good but Alli imposes his influence on matches more than Ross atm.

It's not even about being a regular, just seeing more than 0 minutes would be a start. Alli hasn't even been that good for England, from what I've seen.

 

[Azzurri]

England manager is my dream job.

I'd pick a 1-11 of random fellas called Mohammed just to annoy Tommy Robinson.

 

[whiteshadow]

I only mentioned Ross because he's one of the latest line of players, seemingly out of favour at the national level.
It could be any number previously, there's are lots of players who could/should have played but, didn't because 'we play this way'.
The 'we play this way' strategy has won nothing, so why don't the FA change?

By the way, I disagree with Alli and Ross, because they play different roles for their teams, although when it comes to England it translates to 'an attacking player behind the striker'.

I think the biggest problem with England is that the players don't believe in themselves enough. Most of our players play second fiddle to the 'star' players in their club teams. Not all, and some are key players for their teams but a lot are supporting players for the foreign superstars.

90% of the time when we play 'big' teams we crumble because we don't have the self belief they have. Germany are a prime example, they nearly always believe in themselves. Most of our players only seem to play with confidence when they play smaller nations.

I don't think we're the best team in the world but we're better than we do at big tournaments but we need to start playing game changers and trying to win matches when we meet the big teams.

The England team are very similiar to when Moyes managed us. None of our managers have the confidence to tell the team to go out and attack the opposition as soon as we meet a good team. The last time we did was Euro 96 and we did well then and were unlucky not to go further.

Most England managers have been bottlers though.

 

[Furey1878]

England seems to regularly have a probablem of too many good players in one position, or the best player doesn't fit into the best formations.

I think England's best 11, when fit is -

​

Strong weaknesses seem to be centre of defence and left wing.

I think England have excellent full backs, attacking and defensive. I think a midfield of Henderson, Lallana and Alli is very good, I think Alli and Lallana play very well in previous couple of games, and two defensive or sitting midfielders is not good for England, much too negative.

Walcott does not assist much but in a good attacking team he can get goals.

That midfield would get bummed harder than your average patron at The Lisbon.

 

[Chunky Frankfurter]

That midfield would get bummed harder than your average patron at The Lisbon.

It's of course not perfect, but is there better options?

What would you do with midfield? Would you play 1-2 or 2-1 or totally different?

I think this midfield would be far stronger than most teams England come against. I think with time, it could become very strong. I think Liverpool have the strongest pressing midfield in England and Lallana and Henderson are part of this. Alli is much better than Wijnaldum.

 

[Furey1878]

It's of course not perfect, but is there better options?

What would you do with midfield? Would you play 1-2 or 2-1 or totally different?

I think this midfield would be far stronger than most teams England come against. I think with time, it could become very strong. I think Liverpool have the strongest pressing midfield in England and Lallana and Henderson are part of this. Alli is much better than Wijnaldum.

Alli isn't a CM, he plays as a 10 ahead of two DMs or as an inside forward.

I'd put him on the left and have Barkley at CM with that pair of kopites, that would be a good mix of legs and creativity then.

 

[Chunky Frankfurter]

Alli isn't a CM, he plays as a 10 ahead of two DMs or as an inside forward.

I'd put him on the left and have Barkley at CM with that pair of kopites, that would be a good mix of legs and creativity then.

Could work. Especially with a good attacking left back like Rose.