Off Topic International Break Thread

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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 :(
 
PleaseNotPoll said:
Select fixtures:

England: H v Serbia WCQ 13/11/25 7.45pm (ITV1). A v Albania WCQ 16/11/25 5pm (ITV1).
Scotland: A v Greece WCQ 15/11/25 7.45pm (BBC2). A v Denmark WCQ 18/11/25 7.45pm (BBC2).
Wales: A v Liechtenstein WCQ 15/11/25 5pm (BBC2). H v North Macedonia WCQ 18/11/25 (BBC3).
Northern Ireland: A v Slovakia WCQ 14/11/25 7.45pm (BB3). H v Luxembourg WCQ 17/11/25 (BBC3).
Republic of Ireland: H v Portugal WCQ 13/11/25 7.45pm (Prime PPV). A v Hungary WCQ 16/11/25 (Prime PPV).

Jude Bellingham, Phil Foden and Harry Kane cannot start together in England's current system, says boss Thomas Tuchel:
https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/football/articles/c30v4p67y0do

Favouring a 4-3-3 when England have about a million players who want to play the 10 is stupid.
4-2-3-1 and dropping Jordan Henderson from the middle is the only sensible solution.
Also, pick some actual ****ing left-backs.
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Doesn't he play 4 1 4 1. He includes Rice in the 4, leaving 2 wingers and a 10.
 
SpursDisciple said:
Doesn't he play 4 1 4 1. He includes Rice in the 4, leaving 2 wingers and a 10.
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Not watching it, but it looks like a 4-2-3-1 tonight with a rather uncreative midfield two.
Not a ton of creativity throughout the whole side actually, as I look at it.
Plenty of firepower though, which should compensate for that, somewhat.

1-0, Saka. Set-piece and scramble. Typical Arsenal.

Tuchel's going to have a hard time on his hands motivating this side for these games.
He's picking strong teams for dead rubbers in a packed part of a packed season.
The squad is much, much stronger than their opposition, though.
 
Troy Parrott's headed home a tap-in to put Ireland ahead against Portugal.
Now, if he can just stay away from his dodgy mates...
 
Ronaldo sent off ...deservedly. 15 minutes for Ireland to hold on and take the chance of qualifying into the last game.
 
Lucas Bergvall returned from international duty early due to his concussion

The fact that Graham Potter (for he is the Sweden coach) thought he'd be okay for internationals just as long as he didn't head the ball in training is...yeah, there's a reason he can't seem to buy a club job now
 
Left on the Shelf said:
Ronaldo sent off ...deservedly. 15 minutes for Ireland to hold on and take the chance of qualifying into the last game.
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Great win - really disciplined performance which sets up a banger of a game in Sunday in Budapest. Parrott rightly gets the plaudits but Kelleher proved once again what a top keeper he is - and why I still think we should have bought him.
 
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