4-2-3-1 seems so obvious for England. Rice and Bellingham can play 6 & 8 comfortably against most teams. England are blessed to have two such complete midfielders. Eze is the best no.10 on form at present, although Foden is a useful back up. Rashford and Saka are great options at present in the wide areas. Gordon is an alternative on the left. England have so many permutations but 4-2-3-1 seems the obvious formation to play them in. The only concern is that however England line up, come the latter stages of tournaments, our opponents always seem more adapt at keeping hold of the ball
https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/football/articles/c8r0mpvyzp6o Very interesting and somewhat scathing article about Brennan Johnson and the fact that he's been dropped to the bench by both club and country, the latter being for a player who himself can't hold down a spot for Fulham. Can't say I disagree with any of it. He hasn't developed one iota since he joined.
