So sweet for Boovey to defend his twin brother Maguire 😂

Pep not playing Philips at all in the 3 games Rodri was out ultimatly tells you all you need to know about him at this point

Play Rice and TAA as the double pivot...

As they don’t even mention Trippier I’d expect them to all have Walker on their fantasy teams or they are full of it.

How is anyone supposed to get experience if you never play them because they have no experience 😂

My XI if everyone is fit Gk Pickford - He's generally been very good for England and the other options aren't exactly world class DL Shaw - One of the best LBs in the world on his day. Chilwell is good but nowhere near Shaw DR Walker - No explantion needed. Greatest RB in PL history and still at his peak DC Stones - Best England CB by a mile DC Maguire - I just don't think there's any other CB who is good enough. Maguire has been very good for England and has a good understanding with Stones DM Rice - Quality player and no real competition for this role LCM Bellingham - Automatic choice, sensational player RCM Trent - He plays a lot of football in midfield for Liverpool now and his defensive play is much better in the middle than on the right. Would be a more solid option defensively than Maddison plus he has a lot of quality in opening up opposition defences RW Saka - Amazing player who's getting better all the time. Love him❤ LW Foden - Most talented player in the squad. He's so good. ST Kane - No competition at all, he's so far ahead of every other England striker

4-2-3-1 Pickford, Walker, White, Stones, Shaw, Rice, TAA (off the ball sits in a double pivot with Rice, but off the ball can either be central spraying passes or drifting wide when Saka or Foden cut inside), Bellingham, Saka, Grealish, Kane. The only thing is that you miss out on Maddison who is doing well, then Bowen is doing well; the morale of the story is that we have high quality attacking players so it is essential not to put in an extra defender like Southgate usually does.

Ben white should be playing with stones

How is Ezri Konsa not being talked about over Maguire and the others you mentioned? Its beyond belief.

One dm is all a decent side needs. Rice is perfect. Jude and maddison as the the no 8's. Of course Southgate will play Hendo or Kalvin instead of Maddison though

Honestly international football should be based on how consistent they are at club level Philips and Maguire shouldn’t be anywhere near the starting 11 and when it comes to experience I’d rather give time to others who are consistently playing for club so they can gain experience over experience that just doesn’t play

I think most of the team picks itself tbh. Pickford (For now), Walker, Stones, Shaw, Rice, Bellingham, Saka and Kane are automatic choices. That's 8/11 already. I'd personally have Trent in the midfield 3 as a deeper-lying 8 dictating play, and LW would be whoever's most in form between Grealish, Rashford and Foden. The only tricky one is choosing Stones' CB partner

Get these lot as far away from the england setup as possible. Disregarding Benjamin White for Maguire is insane. And the midfield of Rice-TAA with Jude in front is the only way I see England winning games vs the big boys

Tomori has semi final Champions League experience and Serie A Title winning experience!

How Ben White is disregarded here is mental been one of the most consistent Arsenal players since he’s joined so underrated

Pickford; Walker, Tomori, Stones, Shaw; Rice, Foden, Bellingham; Saka, Kane, Rashford. I think this is the most talented team, of players who have had seasons of the highest level. If Rashford's poor form continues, then Grealish - though I fully expect him to regain his standard - 40 goal contributions last year, 30+ in 3 of the last 4. Outside of Kane he contributes the most most often. Colwil for Tomori if he achieves his potential. Grealish, Maddison, Sterling, JWP, Bowen, Watkins, Trippier, Colwil first players to come in if injury/form. Aside from France, and maybe Portugal.. that's the strongest team in the competition, and anything less than a final (unless eliminated by F or P beforehand) is a failure. Argument England are the favourites.

Trent is one of 3-4 world class players for England

Rice Bellingham Maddison could work I think, we’ve seen that Jude can do a job defensively and madders can also help out if needed

Pickford - Walker White Stones Shaw - Rice TAA Bellingham - Foden Kane Saka. Personally think wingers are very interchangeable depending on opposition and tactics. LB will realistically be a matter of whoever's actually fit and White is extremely underrated as a BPD. Jude is England's best 10 and he is proving it at Real, although not the purest like Maddy. TAA is class enough to play CM for England, although WP is also wildly underappreciated because he stayed with Southampton for so long. In any case, England shouldn't need two sixes but an 8 with a pinner or just the legs and in general should be adopting more of a defending on the ball approach. Best league in the world and all that. KP should only be a defensive sub, he'll pull a hamstring in the first sprint with how little he's played.

Rico lewis at LB I know he's 18 but he's played in every big competition there is in club football. For me it's pickford walker stones tomori lewis rice Bellingham maddison saka kane foden

Southgate made it a point to explain why Rashford & Sancho got omitted from his squads: “don’t play enough games” and “not in-form”. The same Southgate that selects and plays Maguire, Kalvin Phillips. The same Southgate that ignores Tomori-the guy that won Serie A and took Milan to SFs of CL.

I thought this would be greatest XI of all time - do that next!

When Spain won, they implemented the Guardiola style. England need too do the same They need to play a 3- 2 -2- 3 with the ball and a 4-3-3 without GK: Pickford CB/LB: White CB: Guehi CB/CDM: Stones CB/RB: Walker CDM: Rice CAM/CM: Foden CAM/CM: Bellingham LW: Grealish ST: Kane RW: Saka Pope, Ramsdale, Maddison, Rashford, Toney, TAA, James, Shaw, Olise, Eze, Dunk, Burns, Trippier, Bowen , Henderson complete the 26 man squad None of this play a different way based on the team. Force the opponent to play your way of Football.

Dunk gets so overlooked been quality for a while now

*You HAVE to put Exri Konsa before Guehi or anyone else other than potentially Stones or Tomori* it's absolutely outrageous that he hasn't picked up any caps in the last 4 seasons!

The linking up tighter midfielder that your missing out that works better to make it more solid is Curtis Jones. Chases, harries, uses the ball and spaces well. Your starting midfield on a good day could be: Maddison Rice Bellingham But the other option could be: Bellingham Rice Jones

I agree with rory, attack is the strength that’s what will win a tournament, don’t damage your assets by not giving them a chance to win the game.

The disrespect to Tomori is insane, how on earth that man is not already a solidified CB partnership with stones in the big matches is absolutely crazy to me. He should be starting in the next international cup for England lots of experience or not, i think an inexperienced Tomori does a better job than an experienced but bad Maguire

Has to be 2 GK: pickford, ramesdale, johnstone 5 CB: Stones, Walker, dunk, maguire, 2 RB: trippier, white 2 LB: shaw, Chillwell (coliwel if chilwell injured) 2 cdm: rice, philips 5 cm/cam: trent, bellingham, maddison, henderson, mount, 5 Wingers: saka, rashford, grealish, bowen, foden 3 st: kane, wilson, watkins 26

If only Craig Dawson could get his tik tok popping , and get a new stylist he would be starting for England 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿

325 in possession. 442 out of possession. Stones Maguire Colwill Trent Rice Saka Maddison/Mount Bellingham Foden Kane In defense Trent goes to RB and Bellingham and rice defend in the pivot. Press will be led by Maddison/mount and Kane

“The tournament experience” how are people meant to get that if they’re not playing

Adam always has something to say about Saka, does my head in

I would honestly play Luke Shaw Maguire Stomes and walker and put stones higher into the midfield in build up like Pep. alfonside Rice, which helps in adding Jude and Maddison

Trent, Henderson, Ward Prowse all should start over Phillips in midfield. The perfect balance in a midfield would have Jude and Trent alongside Rice

Bringing in Trent for Maddison i think would be the perfect change for playing the big teams as it would allow us to adopt a 5-2-3 defensive shape in periods when we need to manage the game. No need for Phillips!

Ward Prowse should be there instead of Kalvin Phillips 100%. Amazing from corners and free-kicks plus can do all as a midfielder.

The problem England has is Gareth Southgate plays his favourites too much, which leaves too many good players without international tournament experience. Charlie Cresswell who plays for England's U21s looks like a great future prospect for a CB, but he and players like him won't start for England due to a lack of big game experience. For me, he needs to start playing future prospects now alongside his experienced players

Maguire gets in on experience 😂😂Buvey needs a day off😂😂

I don’t think the second option alongside Rice is very good in Phillips or Henderson tbh. So I honestly wouldn’t mind seeing it trialed with Rice and Trent AA as a pivot behind Bellingham if we’re going to be more defensive. This season he’s played there inverted when Liverpool have the ball and he can create a lot from deep. He also wouldn’t have to cover RB for England if he played there like he does inverting from RB for Liverpool which I think would only help him. Think it’s one to at least test out 🤷‍♂️.

Adam giving mount a shout 😂😂😂 wonder why that is now all of a sudden.. when he was at Chelsea I didn’t hear any ratings 😂

I love Foden but it does sort of make sense him being on the bench seeing that he could come on in a number of positions and change the game

Buvey talking sheight about space in behind Ward-prowse. Did he watch England 0 - 4 Hungary with Phillips in the middle

The Konsa disrespect is crazy

Buvey’s trolling has reached a whole new level, Maguire must be sponsoring him

For LB I think it is Shaw, Trippier even though he's RB and chilwell.... Then we have Konsa who has to be trialed along Stones

Adam: "Luke Shaw will be back from injury and have played 30 odd games for United by summer so he goes at left back" Adam: "Who says Saka will be fit by the summer, we can think about other players for right wing" lmfao

Pickford Walker Stones Colwill Chilwell Trent Rice Jude Saka Kane Maddison

Pickford, walker, stones, dunk, shaw, rice, bellingham, maddison, saka, kane, grealish

Manchester United are keeping tabs on Crystal Palace and England defender Marc Guehi, 23, ahead of a potential move next summer

3-2-2-3Arsenal System with invertedLB GK: Ramsdale #1 RCB: Walker #2 CB: White #5 LCB: Stones #6 DM: Rice #4 LMB: Alexander-Arnold #3 RCM: Bellingham #8 LCM: Foden #10 RW: Saka #7 ST: Kane #9 LW: Grealish #11 Bench 9/9 GK: Pope #12 RB: Trippier #22 RCB: Dunk #15 LB: Burn #23 RCM: Ward-Prowse #18 LCM: Maddison #20 RW: Bowen #17 ST: Watkins #19 LW: Rashford #21 Reserves LCB: Colwill #16 DM: Phillips #14 LCM Gibbs-white #30 RW March #27 GK Trafford #33 25/25

GK - Pickford RCB - Walker CB - Stones LCB - Guehi RWB - Trent LWB - Shaw DM - Rice CM - Ward-prowse AM - Bellingham AM - Foden ST - Kane 3 at the back means you don't need to play two shielding midfielders so no Phillips or Henderson. Walker can cover Trent's defensive fragility and gives Trent ultimate freedom to do what he does best. The front 3 can literally be anybody from Saka, Rashford, Watkins, Kane, Wilson, Grealish, Maddison, Foden, Bowen just aslong as Bellingham is one of them

I really dont get this “tournament experience” nonsense. Only Messi, Di Maria, Paredes, and Tagliafico were the world cup champions that were present in the 2018 wc. Others came around for the 2021 copa america but still. If anything it shows that this should be the tournament to give players like Tomori and Guehi playing time in major tournaments to plant the seeds for a potential triumph in 2026…

The back line is Pickford, walker, stones, shaw (maybe trippier) the other cb next to stones is one of tomori, Guehi, konsa or dunk. It isn’t maguire and that’s not up for debate. Midfield is rice Bellingham and Maddison no matter who you play. Front line is saka and Kane guaranteed and then I’d go grealish (rashford is a purple patch player, sterling is too greedy imo and Foden doesn’t perform for England)

Rashford grealish great bench options same with jwp with grealish winning frre kicks later on in games

I'm convinced Buvey keeps defending Maguire for England cos if all else fails he can get a job as a lookalike

that ad read timing tho

England have to be very careful and not believe their own hype, especially against the sleeper teams. Put them away early, ruthlessly and get your key players bubble wrapped for the next big fixtures.

This is the best team imo. 3223 in possession with Dunk playing as the central CB. Trent Rice double pivot. Ramsdale Walker Stones Dunk Colwill Rice Trent Bellingham Saka Kane Grealish

Marc Guehi is so far clear of any other English CB except Stones, but people will only admit it when he goes to a bigger team

Got to be Rice, Bellingham & TRENT.

Southgate ignoring Ben white is the biggest mistake he is making.. Let's not forget he can play RB CB and even DM. Also when playing a single pivot it's always Rice but if you want more security it doesn't matter Ward Prowse isn't a DM all he has to do as a second pivot alongside rice is be more defensive than Maddison and he is at least that. I'd like to see Phillips move on from city and play regularly because people have forgotten how good he is but he isn't near England's best starting 11 atm.

I would play 4-1-2-3 with Ramsdale Shaw Stones Tomori Walker Rice Bellingham Maddison Saka Kane Foden

the only problem for maddison is that jude’s been so good going forward, we won’t play with jude and rice behind maddison cus it limits jude. I honestly think we should start with rice jude and trent in midfield then if it doesn’t work try maddison in an 8 position but when jude does go forward and it’s maddison and rice left it’ll be dodgy

1:50 Rory saying that England's job could not be any easier. I bet people in 2006 were saying the same lol

14:49 Antony Gorden? Wide Left for sure if still in this form, none are close right now and he won England Tournament and Player of the Tournament last summer so has the experience no other can claim to have…? 14:49

For a 6 game tournament, Ideally 4-3-3 Pickford Walker - Stones - Lewis Dunk (Easily) - Shaw Bellingham - Rice - Foden Saka - Kane - Rashford & 4-2-3-1 Pickford Walker - Stones - Dunk - Shaw Bellingham/Phillips - Rice Maddison Saka - Kane - Rashford Of course there are caveats. Rashford if in form easily gets in but in a world were he isn't then it should be Sterling since Sterling has been a proven Goalscorer for England just behind Kane. Now for Lewis Dunk I look at him in this form, with his experience, it's just a no brainer for a 6 game tournament with his Set-Piece threat and his ball playing ability with his stature he'd easily match the heading ability & robustness that Maguire provides in both boxes which is mostly why Southgate starts Maguire, Lewis Dunk would compliment Stones so well. Now the 3 in midfield depending on the match with Bellingham's found new goal scoring threat he could be the CAM instead of Maddison depending on the kind of game you expect. At this point in time I'd expect and have to accept that Foden won't get in at midfield so yes Rice, Bellingham and Maddison at this point in time are the favourite 3 in midfield. Maddison definitely feels like a player who could light up a tournament for 6 games but again I don't trust Southgate he's probably rather play Phillips and Rice with Bellingham as the CAM.

Form does matter, but into that equation England form is a factor, rather than just club form. That said, I do think it's time for Maguire to be replaced, he's made a couple of mistakes for England recently, lack of game time does catch up with you eventually.

If all players are fit = Pickford - reece james rb , Stones cb, Colwill cb, Walker lb - Rice cm, Bellingham cm Foden cam- Sterling lw, Kane st, Saka rw

gk: pickford def: walker, stones, dunk, burn mids:rice jude maddison forwards: foden saka kane

when the guy said mount had looked like one of the best for man u last 4-5 games I had a stroke

GK- Pickford LB- Shaw/Chilwell if Shaw injured CB- Ben Freaking White CB- Stones RB- Walker CM- Rice CM- Jude CM- Maddison LW- Graelish ST- Kane RW- Saka Manager- Pep

Buvey is absolutely spot on about Philips. The Pep Guardiola standards should not change the fact that he is the only top quality DEFENSIVE midfielder other than Rice.

shouldve also discussed who would be the 3-5 first off the bench in the 60th minute every game

lmaoooo Buvey tryna take shots at America when we completely humbled their entire nation and dominated their “world class” midfield😭😭

In my head my team for the Euros next summer would be this: GK- Pickford RB- James CB- Colwill CB- Stones LB- Shaw CM- Bellingham DM- Rice CM- Trent (This will raise many eyebrows but you can slot him next to rice and have Bellingham as the more advanced 8) RW- Saka ST- Kane LW- Sterling I'm not English but Southgate is desperately holding this team back. He will probably have Maguire and Phillips in the team sadly.

How do you not even mention Tripps

So we can only pick english players if they play for City, Arsenal, Man U or Chelsea?

the biggest advantage england have is their attacking depth. southgate wont do this but he should be playing a very high intesity system and rotating the players upfront everygame and just out run teams. having sterling, grealish, rashford on the bench with saka, maddison, foden and bellingham starting everygame or rotating together is crazy. not to mention rice can sit in deep and players like connor galagher, mason mount, ward prows can also come in as 8s and run around more. the abundance of midfeilders and attacking midfielders behind harry kane should be exploited but it wont be and england will lose in the semis again. for the backline tomori stone, maguire, and one more cb adn the rest should all be fullbacks because again england have an abundance there

Maguire situation is same as griezman when griezman was out of form in club football when he puts on a france jersey he is on different level same as griezy maguire in england shirt is good

Why is Adam trying to perpetuate this idea of Saka being injured by summer? Like he’s got a knock sure but when you talk about Shaw… just god. And no Foden wouldn’t ever take Saka’s position, he’s been nailed on and rightly so

Ramsdale Walker Stones Dunk Chillwell/ Henry Rice Bellingham Maddison Saka Kane Foden

My ideal XI: Ramsdale TAA White Stones Burn Rice Bellingham Maddison Saka Kane Foden

Buvey just loves maguire cause they look alike🤣🤣

I would go crazy attacking…. 3-4-3… Gk - Pickford Rcb - Walker | Cb - Stones | Lcb - Shaw Rm - Trent | Dcm - Rice | Cm - Bellingham | Lm - Madison Rw - Saka | St - Kane | Lw - Foden This is why I shouldn’t be let pick a team even in Football Manager 😂

how they getting so heated over a hypothetical squad lmao

This was a hard watch.

The talent england have is wasted on southgate

Konsa makes the squad imo

Damn as a City fan I always back Buvey winding people up and stuff, but damn he had a fookin stinker 💀 he’s the one that said the Arsenal system of rice at the dm and 2 10s in front, then is adamant on needing Phillips because he’s the only natural flat midfielder.

Bellingham, Rice, Trent midfield every time

trent in cam spot

It’s important to have balance in the team with maddison bellingham saka in the team..grealish on the left brings more balance with his work rate than rashford

For me 4-3-3: Ramsdale Shaw Stones White Trippier Rice Bellingham Maddison Foden Kane Saka 5-2-3: Ramsdale Chilwell Tomori Stones White James Rice Bellingham Foden Kane Saka

Wait Tomori gets dismissed by Rory just cause he had one and game against Chelsea? 😂 he’s playing so well this szn it’s like his 2020-2021 form

If we had better CBs then there’s an argument for stones to play DM but sadly that’s not the case

I would play Rice and Trent in a double pivot! Trent is the best creative player in the league and stats show

Rory is having a hard time understanding what Buvey is saying about the Calvin Phillips starting some games. Rory should just watch the last Arsenal vs Man City game, where Jorginho was a pure defensive mid which gave Rice enough freedom to help on both defensive and attacking sides. Buvey is saying that against powerhouse teams like France etc, Southgate should set up the team where the defense should have enough cover and sadly the only player with the right profile are either Phillips or Henderson. And it's safe to say Hendo's legs have expired

One of White or Konsa should be partnering John Stones as first choice CB in a 4-4-2.

4-3-3: Pope, Walker, White, Stones, Chilwell, Rice, Bellingham, Maddison, Saka, Kane, Foden