The whole "he doesn't play there for his club" thing is hilarious because didn't Southgate play Trent as a #10 just a few weeks ago?? 😭

aren’t we forgetting the fact that foden has played in midfield in the champions league final and virtually every game he’s played this season?

Foden has not only been our most creative player this season, but against Inter and especially Newcastle he played centrally and was one of the best players on the pitch. Foden should be the first name on the team sheet at number 10.

Foden’s Man City teammates (Rodri, Haaland, Walker, etc.) have all said his best position is high up centrally. He’s the most creative player currently for the best team in the world ffs. Having a midfield of Bellingham, Foden, Rice with an age range of 20-24, sets you up for the next 6-8 years if they played together consistently and Southgate committed to it.

James Maddison on the left was crazy. The way Jude plays, Foden would have no issue playing central. It's either Maddison or Foden in the 10. Left is obviously Grealish, Sterling or Rashford. If Southgate is hiding behind club managers, why then does Maguire even get called up? That manager doesn't think he deserves to play.

Foden has never been given a run in England...even in the world cup he only got in because of the outcry from fans

i was thinking the same thing! it shows a level of cowardice by Southgate. especially in a match of no consequence, so i am to believe that he values Pep's genius to play foden on the wing, but not hit genius to NOT play Phillips ?? lol southgate is out his depth here

I genuinely think foden is one of the players that are just so versatile, he can play all roles very well

When KDB went down and Foden came in and played centrally he was incredible. He looked better than KDB towards the end of last season. How could he miss that?

Perhaps Foden's best position is whatever position he plays at the moment. He should always be starting on the England team

I'm a newcastle fan and we played city 2nd game of season and Foden was quality. He played Halland in twice from a central position. Great weight of pass and Foden arguably our most technical gifted players... of course he can play centrally!!!

This is Gerrard, Lampard and Scholes all over again. I thought we'd all learned from the past. Find a system to accommodate them all. You know someone is missing out because Southgate will play Phillips, Henderson or both! What an absolute waste of another golden generation!

I think Ade needs to realise that Foden has litterally been so unlucky because he had been injured in that euros and actually played pretty well . Southgate is just a fraud because he can't realise the talent of Foden. I think England has to play with two advanced 8s with bellingham and foden with rice sitting in front of the defender

Rodri literally said Foden is the best at breaking lines after KDB at city while turning play......he is only 23 and is maturing, give him sometime everyone

Ade has such an odd anti foden stance. Absolutely unbelievable player.

Bro not being biased if we had a good manager we would be invincible I actually believe

He also picks Maguire and Phillips who dont play for their clubs.. Look the guy at the start helped fix the dressing room and brought a feel good factor to England. But so did Ole for united at the start. But both have or had favourites and both are crap managers and will not have a top level job as a manager again. Period. That's why Ole hung on as much as he could, and why Gareth is. We will waste this generation on a fool like we did with Rooney, Scholes, Gerrard, Beckham and etc generation on fools. This generation should have dominated the last 4 years and few years to come. Only France should had a say in that. But when this generation goes, it will be someone else's turn, and they wont waste it on a spineless, idiotic, political yes man who will never drop his favourites. Maguire is vice captain BTW, vice captain. He doesn't play for united and is 5th choice at best. Behind a LB for CB. Because if you notice he got armband after Kane went off. There in lies the lesson why Gareth needs to go. This isn't said with hate, it's not abuse. Just because its a negative view on Gareth and England, doesnt mean its that or im a hater or etc. I WANT them to succeed at England and United, respectively. But id be deluded to not seen they arent good enough. I really don't want us to look back and yet again, think we wasted another generation. Fool me once, shame on you. Fool me twice, shame on me.

He plays maguire at cb , when he plays on the bench for United

Honestly, Foden's a winger that drifts in and create. He's someone like Messi that doesn't have a specific role but can find space and exploit the opposition. But Southgate isn't good enough to see his ability or have the tactics to back it up (he should be sacked tbh). Bellingham is a deeplying playmaker/box-to-box, very similar to Modric when he plays in croatia. England should play a single pivot with Rice. Kane should be instructed to not drop-deep (he's not used to the striker role anymore, and it affects his teammates). My starting 11 for England: Ramsdale - GK RB - Trent (inverted) / Walker / Trippier RCB - Tomori / Dunk LCB - Stones/ Colwill LB - Shaw / Chilwell (inverted) CM/DM - Rice / Philips (pivot) CM - Bellingham / Mount / JWP CM - Maddison / Mount / JWP LW - Foden / Grealish / Sterling / Rashford RW - Saka / Sterling ST - Kane

Akanji Stones Dias and Ake shift to a back three often, and Stones has a lot of experience playing next to Rodri now so it may not be a bad idea to just use Pep's formation. Have the back four shift back and forth to a back three where Stones is allowed to move up next to Rice and in doing so you can keep Foden and Bellingham pushed up centrally.

The difference is with foden he gets moved around because he is capable of filling these roles compared to someone like havertz who gets moved because he doesn’t perform in different positions

I watch every City game, and Foden is my favourite player since he's a Stockport lad, his best game for City was in midfield against Newcastle, even above his hat trick against United

If I was the England manager, my team would've been extremely simple to make: Ramsdale, Walker, Stones, Tomori, Shaw, Rice, Bellingham, Foden, Rashford, Kane, Saka. 4-3-3 formation but with the City twist of being 3 atb in possession with Stones stepping into midfield with Rice, Jude and Foden as 8's with the option of Maddison, Trent and JWP as the backup options. The forward line are basically inside forwards with Kane dropping deep to accommodate the 8's going forward with a lot of interchange. The fullbacks will be sitting in to help with the defense and occasionally push forward against defensive teams. This team can work without the ball and with it without having to drop in quality in any aspect of the game.

That’s what the England fans not getting, This squad is superb. England is not a average team any more, If they don’t win international trophies it’s consider a failure, YES semi or final doesn’t count.

Gareth Southgate encompasses everything about why England have never won anything in so long. He has zero confidence and swagger. I am loving Bellingham's arrogance and swagger too. Kane Rashford Saka Bellingham Rice and Foden need to all start.

Ade listed off that Foden has played at false 9, left wing, right wing, 10, center midfield and neglected to add that he's been world class at every one of those positions. He made it sound like a negative thing. Who else is world class in 5 positions? He's the most versatile footballer on the planet. City literally scored more goals in the premier league when Foden was their main striker, than they did with Haaland breaking the goals record. Foden gets more goal contributions per 90 on the wing than Saka or Rashford. Even last season when he was having a down year due to injuries, he was still well ahead of those two statistically.

Not to mention that southgate plays maguire, who doesn’t even play at all!

Foden can play in the midfield, Gareth just prefers midfielders that have a defensive side to them, because he is a defensive manager.... The problem being most of England's best players are attacking talents.

He just has his favorites it’s that simple. If you keep doing what you have always done you will keep getting the same results so looking forward to another nearly at any tournament Southgate is still in charge

Another great discussion. Love your uploads.

10:13 I’m glad adi said Kanes a problem because the way he drops back to set up play is brilliant but he rarely gets forward quick enough to keep up with the attack, I’d love to see Southgate play him just once in attacking mid with rashford or Wilson in-front of him

He did Maddison dirty

So if we are asking club managers what is the best position for their players then why does southgate not ask ten hag about maguire

As a Liverpool fan; it’s bare minimum a war crime, to bench Foden yet play Henderson. Absolutely nuts.

That klopp picture behind rory made me think hes slowly transitioning clubs.. good choice lad

There are very few teams in the world that Englands needs to play two CDMs, So I'm with Rory, Rice sitting, and Foden and Jude more advanced. Rashford on the right Saka on the left Kane up top.

Rory “I’m so upset” Comedy at its best

If he doesn't pick foden at CAM because he doesn't pay there for city, how come he picks Trippier at LB even though he doesn't pay there for Newcastle. Also, if he doesn't pick foden at CAM because Pep doesn't, why does he pick Kalvin Phillips to start even though Pep is completely against that? Complete contradiction in everything he says. I don't like the guy. Also, the reason Maguire does well for England is because nobody else gets a chance. Guehi and Dunk both did better than him last night so hope they are picked ahead of him. Gareth also complained about the barrage of criticism to Maguire, but Maguire could have saved his career if he decided to take the West Ham offer. He would've played in a system that suits him more and possibly saved his career, but instead chose to sit on his massive wages. The truth is he cares more about money than his own career. I hope both of them never feature again for England, and that Cooper or Potter become the manager.

Awesome! Loving this channel...

England should be putting 5 past a team like Ukraine. No other national team would leave Foden out of the midfield. Southgate is tactically inept and a coward.

it's 'speak to Pep' for not playing him, but who we speak to for Maguire playing? obviously this guy is out of his depth

Rory, "the goalie" has kept Everton up 2 seasons in a row and nearly won Emgland that shootout against Italy before Saka, Sancho and Rashford threw it all away.

I remember when he got Middlesbrough relegated and how he could never get promotion at championship level he came close to it but couldn't do it same like England at the euros close but not there, what made the f.a think he was the right man for the job ?

" it's very rare that I start a video like this " Lol rory is just funny

Foden "not taking his chance" is a bit of a myth really. He started the Euros half injured, looking tenacious and active despite his ankle injury. Past the group stages he just doesn't get played. He barely gets a kick at the World Cup and all of the friendly matches/ Nations league matches he isn't played in due to (as per usual) awful managerial decisions. How is Foden to blame exactly? Essentially like asking why Ben Chilwell hasn't taken his chance for England when trippier gets put ahead of him or Shaw

Ade “He’s not world level” Oladipo 😂

The bigger hypocrisy is Harry Maguire playing Centre back when for his club his position is on the bench

KVE BEEN AN LFC FAN FOR OVA 40 YEARS NOW. . When I was in infant school the only footy games shown on TV were cup finals. It just so happened that LFC were the team I'd seen most round that time as they always seemed to be in finals, hence they became the team I supported. At four/five years of age I had no concept of "glory hunters" they were just THE team I saw whenever footy was on TV. THE ONE GAME I REMEMBER VIVIDLY, WAS THE 84 EUROPEAN CUP FINAL WHERE GROBBELAR DID THE OLD BENDY LEGS N ARMS THING TO PUT THE PEN TAKERS OFF. HE WAS A HERO AND THATS STAYED WITH ME SINCE. NOWADAYS, AFTER NOT WINNING THE LEAGUE FOR THIRTY YEARS WE'RE BACK TO WINNING THINGS MORE REGULARLY AGAIN. KLOPP WAS GENIUS WHEN HE FIRST CAME IN AND GOT HIS NEW PLAYERS TO RELEASE THE PRESSURE ON THEMSELVES BY TELLING THEM TO FORGET OUR HISTORY AND INSTEAD, MAKE THEIR OWN. SOUNDS EASY BUT IF IT WAS WEDVE WON A HELLMOF A LOT MORE. NOW WE HAVE THE BEST MANAGER IN THE WORLD AND THE FANS ARE BACK IN LOVE WITH LFC

Upload even more Rory I love it

Absolutely

They could maybe even put grealish in the middle and put Foden on the left. Also why not try Tomori next to stones or maybe even Gomez if he has a decent run and finds some form for Liverpool. They’re both quick at least which means you can push the defensive line up a bit further rather than dropping so deep to accommodate Maguire.

Calvin Philips and Declan Rise are the 2 anchor defensive midfielders who do (the dirty work) in the middle of the park and in front of them, Bellingham, Foden and Saka who can then do the attacking work with Eze up front. This 6 man attack is ruthless

@Rory Jennings I have your midfield three for you. Stones as a 6, rice as an 8, Bellingham as a 10. Thank me next year

Rashy/Kane/Saka front 3 with a Jude/Rice/Foden or Maddison is the perfect front 6 for England lol. Let Maguire and Pickford warm the bench, play Colwill or Tomori and Ramsdale with Shaw, Stones and Walker and you have a team that can at least on paper beat literally any team in the world.

Wait... i always thought Foden plays well behind a target man? 🤔. Maybe I'm tripping and my eyes have been deceiving me. Edit: Im a foxes fan and Maddison rarely played out wide, only when injuries hit us hard.

The 'puzzle' over England's best 11 and formation has only become one because for years now we've had an appallingly bad, tactically inept, safe, dull dullard in charge of the team. A competent coach in their 7th year in the job would have sorted these issues a long time ago. England's decent results have been in spite of Southgate, not because of him. Time and time again the individual brilliance he has at his disposal has bailed him out and papered over the gaping chasms in his coaching skills. If you support a team in the PL or Championship, ask yourself this - would you like to see him take charge of your club when he finally gets off the FA gravy train? I don't even believe league 1 and 2 clubs will be chasing his signature. He's on par with Phil Neville, and that's being kind.

Fully agree with ‘reeks of cowardice’ feel like people are suffering with Stockholm Syndrome at the hands of Gareth Southgate and the stuffy bureaucracy that is the F.A.

Rory your Youtubing is on the same level as Gareth Southgate coaching. What do we do about it?

Best England 11 (If Southgate wasn't such a wasteman pussyclart) Formation: 4-3-3 (1 DM and 2 Advanced 8's in midfield) GK: Ramsdale/Pope (I'm a fan of both) RB: Walker CB: White CB: Stones LB: Trippier CDM: Rice R8: Bellingham L8: Foden RW: Saka LW: Grealish ST: Rashford (because I don't like Kane, but I accept he probably belongs there)

We mustn’t forget that it’s been raining

3:32 you're missing a point about seniority and respect for upperclassmen, a construct that is keeping egos in check at SGP (well, almost, if Foden is any indication as Ade points out).

Surely the squad is ramsdale, stones, Tomori, walker/trent playing that inverted role, tripper or shaw playing the back three type role, rice, Bellingham, Maddison, Saka, rashford, Kane ( if kane drops deep you have a runner in rashford who can also rotate into that 9 position)

Honestly I think the Trent should be in with a shout for that 3rd midfield position after Rice and Bellingham

reality is Jude isnt gonna play defensive role doesnt matter where he plays, he is the poster boy of this English team

As an American, I would love for England to sack their best coach in a generation over minor personnel quibbles. 😂

England will never progress with Southgate he limits the players and doesn't unleash their potential. If I were him I would play Declan as DM, play Jude as box to box and play Foden behind Kane then Saka and Rashford on wings..

Wanna talk about southgate not making sense … won’t play foden in midfield because pep doesn’t play him in midfield But southgate called up kalvin phillips who pep doesn’t play at all

Foden on the left, maddison in the middle, henderson on the bench

I hope pep dunks on southgate. This isnt Carlo ancelotti telling the press to ask pep it’s Garett Southgate. Pep should not have to entertain questions from someone as tactically inept as him

Rory literally said the other day that players HAVE to play in the same position they do for their club. Now he's saying Bellingham should be further back and Foden should be in the 10. Classic.

Last 2 vids sound suspiciously like what Goldbridge said before him 🤔

Paul gascoigne played as an attacking midfielder back in his hey day⚫⚪

Should get Ade on every video, makes Rory seem like the greatest mind in football

I swear this is like the 7th video with this title I've seen this week with Rory in it.

Henderson hides up in spaces which the opposition allows knowing he will play the ball backwards.

Ade had a nightmare here. Rory - Bellingham is better defensively than Foden. Ade - is he? Lol.....😅

I’m surprised many don’t talk about Trent playing in the midfield alongside Bellingham and Rice. Gareth clearly wanted to give it a go after doing it in the last international break but Trent pulled out of the squad this time.

This is simple. It is not uncommon for no10s to start out wide and play centrally later on. Sometimes, it depends on the system. For example, Silva played a huge part of his career out wide

Personally, I think when he got sent home from Euro 2020 for sneaking the girls in the hotel, he was permanently put on a “B” level by Southgate who does not trust him to be a permanent starter for the team. Good enough to be a sub, but nothing else.

maddison and bellingham both play 10, so now you want foden there as well. how will that work?

Foden hit the post against Croatia at the Euro's and was our best attacker against Scotland. Had that goal against Croatia gone in, you wouldn't have said he never took his chance. Kalvin Phillips was great against Scotland. Rice needs him otherwise teams will swarm him and expose us. Not sure why that needs to be explained. Henderson was key to letting Bellingham play freely at the world cup. Foden cant defend. Admittedly Bellingham is better at defending than Foden, but Jude is proving he is a real world beater for club and country. Foden had a great game in the UCL final, but was not clutch. That is the important matter. Say we go 2 down to a team and have a half left, maybe then throw Foden and Bellingham on together behind Kane predominantly to create for Kane and the 2 wing forwards. Maddison has not had a good game for England. Maybe give him a few more chances in the nation league but ultimately he is 3rd choice for that area, at best.

I believe that a manager's personality is reflected by their team. Southgate's personality is as dull as ditch water. Roberto De Zerbi is a fireball of emotion and Brighton are a hugely exciting team to watch. Make De Zerbi England manager and he'll set the world on fire.

If you play rice in the 6 and bellingham and foden either side is very attacking and couldn’t be used in all games but with that level of technical quality you can dominate the ball. You can also get stones to step into the midfield like with city in possession. Wouldn’t work in all games but given that england are better than most sides they can afford to have this level of attacking intent. Grealish and saka on the wings can come inside as well to help control… its easy to say too attacking but if you technical players who can beat a man, good touch and passing they can retain possession which ultimately gives you more control and solidity

You reap what you sow, we tried telling you for years but you wouldnt listen

Simple way to end the debate. Just play Eze. He's better and plays cm

You can’t play Foden out of position, but you can play Madison out of position. No contradictions there.

Maguire doesn't play for his club, period

Nailed it. Southgate is a coward.

Totally agree, gonna win nothing under that prick, and we have the best squad in the world.

Pickford Walker, tomori,stones,chilwell Trent, rice Bellingham (cam) Saka, grealish Kane

smartest thing rory has said in years!

Del Bosque at Barcelona? You what?

It’s simple really, like the England manager. Foden is an attack minded player with flair and skill and the manager isn’t. Shite safe boring football isn’t how you get the best out of Foden. Get rid of the clown now!

Why does anybody care what he thinks?

Crazy. What a wealth of talent there to be used and nobody to make use of it. England could be the most exciting international team on the planet with the young players they have.......if only......

Why is it so hard for Southgate to play Bellingham, rice and foden as a 10. Then with kane up front, saka and grealish/sterling/rashford that's an insane attack

Stones has been playing very well for Manchester City in defensive midfield

I can’t cope with Southgate at this point. I can’t comprehend how there are still simpletons who back him

You can't play a midfield of Rice, Jude, and Maddison or Foden. Rice struggles when DM on his own and plus we'd get ruined on counters a lot.

But bellingham would not replace anyone at city and would play similar minutes to foden, they would both be rotational. Last season foden didn’t play much. The season before that he played much more and was incredible. They’re on the same level of talent but bellingham is more inform right now despite foden starting the season very well too.