YOUR team to beat Italy

and you can’t say Barca 2008 or anything wise ass.

For me

Pickford

Walker
Stones
Maguire
Shaw

Rice
Philips
Hendo

Sterling
Kane
Saka

Subs? Metal tube shaped boats that go underwater but that’s not important right now.

Oh substitutions?

I’d like to see Bellingham come on at 60 for an exhausted Phillips (order him to run like mad), Grealish or Sancho for Saka.

We need to stiffen the midfield (oooo-errr matron) and we need to run the ancient Italians ragged.

Thoughts?

Pickford

Walker-Stones-Maguire-Shaw

Rice-Philips

Sancho-Grealish-Sterling

Kane

Originally Posted by BarryX

Pickford

Walker-Stones-Maguire-Shaw

Rice-Philips

Sancho-Grealish-Sterling

Kane

It picks itself. Before the tournament you'd have argued for Rashford over Sterling but it's too late to change that.

No idea what Mount does to keep getting games.

Will be an unchanged team imo

Originally Posted by Lok

It picks itself. Before the tournament you'd have argued for Rashford over Sterling but it's too late to change that.

No idea what Mount does to keep getting games.

I did have Rashers on instead of Sterling wearing my red-tinted glasses, but there's no way Raheem deserves to be or is going to be dropped for the final. Unless, of course, Jem'll fixed it.

Barca 2009

Originally Posted by Pop

Barca 2009

Or Spain 2021 with a player who knows where the net is!

12 Henderson’s

Originally Posted by believe

12 Henderson’s

they will all be there.

southgate will pick the same team, probs, but £#%&! him.

pickford

walker - stones - maguire - shaw

phillips - rice

bellingham

sancho - kane - rashford

walker is a liability and would prefer james or trippier going forward, but his pace might be useful against the italian attack.

Originally Posted by Sapien

Will be an unchanged team imo

Ah but what would YOUR team be?

Originally Posted by believe

12 Henderson’s

Into The Hendoverse

Have to wonder if Pickford is really the best that can be done in the goalie department, Italy have a definite edge there.

He’s not all of a sudden going to start Grealish. Think he’ll play exactly the same team barring possibly Saka out for Sancho.

Can’t see Foden starting either.
Bellingham I doubt plays any part unless it goes to ET and Southgate starts popping subs like Pringle’s.

He will go with a back 5.

Originally Posted by MUFC One Love

He will go with a back 5.

This would be sub-optimal but I think you may be right.

Back 5 and 2 or 3 in midfield?

Could play just Stirling and Kane upfront.

Originally Posted by My Name is Heath

This would be sub-optimal but I think you may be right.

Back 5 and 2 or 3 in midfield?

Could play just Stirling and Kane upfront.

He will be scared of Emerson getting forward.

Trippier to right wing back.

If Trippier is in Mount is out surely. Can’t see him breaking up Phillips and Rice now but you never know.

Think he'll make one change from the Denmark game - Foden in for Saka.