Drink every time you hear me say ‘ya boy’ throughout this video 😂🍻

Well we're never gonna to do this cuz we got Gareth ain't we?

I love how positive Jim is about England/Southgate. You can tell he genuinely enjoys international football unlike most creators/people. Love it

Feel that second option could be fun with Foden on the left, and Bellingham in for Watkins, but more of a 4-4-1-1 with fluency between the movement of Bellingham and Kane - e.g. Kane drops deep, Bellingham runs behind

I love Mainoo, but there's no chance anyone is dropping Foden just to get him in the team. The 3-2-4-1 system (where Trent comes into that midfield 2 when we're in posession) makes the most sense if we want to be brave and make full use of our attacking talent, without trying anything silly. Otherwise, it's a 4-3-3 if we want to be cautious.

As a Liverpool I love seeing Jones in one of your teams. Ofc he will never play this euros, but I love how you gave him his flowers because he was phenomenal for us before his injury

American here, You've made me love the English national team through your passion and I've been rooting for them since Euro 2020, especially with my Arsenal boys on that team. Love it Jim

Cramming Colwill into each formation when he has been painfully mid all season is like👀👀

You just CAN’T leave Foden out of the starting 11

There is no way you can leave foden out of any of these squads, he's a MUST START. period.

I am so freaking excited for this euros. Such a packed team its fantastic.

In the first formation, I'd be worried about that left hand side defensively. Colwill having to cover a lot of space in transition and Rashford isn't going to track back. The good thing with having Rice central or left 8 is he can cover when Zinchenko comes infield like that

Surely Rashford shouldn't be picked unless his form picks up? Watkins can play LW and deserves the starting place more than him.

Just seeing the players we have just makes me smile, it’s mad that we can put a decent team together that work as well!

I think the first one is the best personally but with branthwaite instead of colewill

Hey, loved the video! What site do you use for the board? Because I would actually like to have that!❤ thanks if you answer! Loved the video , keep it up❤

Thanks for getting the Gareth thing out the way. It's so boring seeing people saying awful stuff about Southgate for absolutely no reason. It's like England fans think that we should be walking through every team we play with like 7 attackers. He's done great things for England and has build a fantastic foundation for the future, regardless of trophies.

I’m surprised at how few of these had Grealish in. Appreciate he’s injured at the moment but when fit he’s definitely our best option on the left

Love this type of video! 👍🏻

I’d like us to play a 3-2-5 like Pep/City GK. Pickford RCB. Walker CB. Stones LCB. Shaw/Colwill RDM. Trent LDM. Rice RAM. Bellingham LAM. Maddison RW. Saka LW. Foden ST. Kane

As a Villa fan, my concern with “Emery team” is I’m not sure I’d trust Maguire in our high line. And no, I’m not gonna suggest Konsa. As good as he is, he’d be playing either Stones or Walker‘s position and he isn’t better than either. I’d suggest Lewis Dunk as the LCB in that system

Great video! Very interesting setups.

Hi! very interesting ideas and good video, congratulations. I would like to know what program you use for the tactical board and the graphics above the images etc., Thank you!

Would make a few changes here: Foden Kane Saka Gallagher/ Bellingham Palmer Rice Chilwell/ Colwill Stones Walker Trent Pope(if fit)/ Pickford Palmer/ Gallagher and Bellingham as the high interiors. Gallagher as a box to box to give Bellingham a bit more freedom in attack or Palmer instead making Bellingham play as more of a box to box role. Colwill at LB to form a back 3 in build up while overlapping occasionally to give Foden license to join the interiors and Chilwell for more of an offensive option supporting Foden with overlaps or underlaps. And of course Trent inverting to join Rice in deeper midfield areas and rotating with the likes of Palmer and Saka (positional play) as they’re all comfortable in each others roles. Edit: Forgot to mention Madison in that Palmer/ Gallagher position. Similar case to Palmer tactically.

You still refuse to believe Gomez is a member even in the bench

Joe Gomez not being in any of your systems is strange. He’s shown he can play LB/RB and even invert.

Never clicked quicker

My starting XI and tactics: 4231 GK - Jordan Pickford RB - Kyle Walker CB - John Stones CB - Levi Colwill LB - Luke Shaw CM - Declan Rice CM - Trent Alexander-Arnold RW - Bukayo Saka CAM - Jude Bellingham LW - Phil Foden ST - Harry Kane Its defensively sound enough out of possession with Rice sitting as an anchor, then create a back 5 where Trent can drop in at RB and Walker can tuck in as a 3rd CB and use that pace to mitigate attacking threat and 3 hard working attacking players who can support and press. When we win possession back Rice and the 2 wing backs can be the distributors, knowing you've got two wide players and Bellingham/Kane in front of them. Going forwards Trent sits in midfield as an IWB/Deep lying playmaker almost and then you still have that City style back 3 shape with Walker and the 2 CBs, that allows the LB to push up to a LW position giving Foden licence to drop into the 10 and Bellingham to get forward as a 2nd striker. Saka stays wide right and Rice can be a box to box getting forward and supporting. Means we have enough defensively to not have our weak CBs exploited but also have enough attackers on the pitch to create overloads and do what we do best in attack. Its almost a 523 defensively and a 3241 offensively.

Love this video. Possible adjustment to system 4: you could get the benefit of both Stones and Alexander-Arnold stepping into midfield without having to rely on Luke Shaw by having Alexander-Arnold invert from LB like you said on system 1 and having Stones play right back and pinch in.

Set up Jim 👌🔥

This is great James but where will Henderson play?

finally someone’s talking about jones, it’s a shame he’s injured cus i think we would’ve started him in these couple games to see how he does. The best compliment is that he doesn’t look out of place in this liverpool team, isn’t the best player but u can’t have a team of stars

In this hypothetical world where Southgate isn't a frigid basic coach. I love Trent, maybe a bit too much😊. Trent on the left with Rashford in front who cant track back for toffee is not the one. Has to be right back or just start him midfield next to Rice, that allows Rice to get forward more. What Jorginho does for him at Arsenal. Do feel for Jones too, he would've had to have been in this sqaud for these friendlies, was our best midfielder for about a year before the injury.

4-4-2 GK: Pickford #1 RB: Walker #2 RCB: White #5 LCB: Stones #6 LB: Shaw #3 RM: Alexander-Arnold #7 RCM: Rice #4 LCM: Bellingham #8 LM: Saka #11 SS: Kane #10 C ST: Watkins #9

The first tactic won't work because Rashford isn't known for getting back and defending, with Trent going midfield, it leaves a massive gap on the right hand side to be exploited.

Continue with these type of vids

I would go for a 4-1-2-1-2 • Kane can drop deep • Bellingham can move up front like an old Dele or move wide left • Saka can move wide right • Maddison & Foden can move wide as well • Rice will be that Busquets type player • The defence is very defensive but allows the creativity to happen without worrying about dropping much Kane Saka Bellingham Maddison Rice Foden Colwill Branthwaite Stones Walker Pickford

For the Bellingham at LMsystem, I feel like starting positions and familiarity matters for players. Not saying Jude can’t do a job at LM but the fact Vini Jr is a threat on that left flank makes the other team overload their players there OOP so he is able to drag players out and play that ball. It’s the same with Odegaard and Saka at Arsenal. Saka offers so much of a threat at RW that he pulls 2-3 players every game so Martin can help bait players onto that side and pick passes in behind towards the far post.

Great video

Option 1 could be lethal to the opposition especially because TAA is a counter pressing machine as well. With the 4-4-2 option I'd prefer a diamond in midfield including Maddison as a 10 and leaving Saka out instead. The midfield diamond could then look like this: - Rice as deep-lying midfielder - Bellingham and Foden in the wide midfield positions - Maddison as a 10

I’ve been thinking about my England team and I think I’ve worked out what I’d do. Pickford Shaw Maguire Stones Walker Rice Bellingham Gordon (if fit) Foden Saka Kane 4-2-3-1 becomes 3-2-5 in possession with shaw pushing up and walker inverting. RW holds the width with the LW making those inverted runs in behind. Alternatively you play Trent in the pivot then Bellingham at 10. There’s bloody options!

It seems like Southgate just has to decide whether he wants Bellingham or Foden as the focal point of the team. If it's Bellingham, there's no room for Foden. If it's Foden, you sacrifice what arguably the best player in the world right now is best at. I get a feeling he'll go with Bellingham... and I'd probably do the same

If everyone is healthy i'd like to see england play 3--4-3 Pickford Tomori-Stone-Maguire Walker-Bellingham-Rice-Chilwell Saka-Kane-Foden in possession it will basically be MW Walker-Tomori-Maguire Stones-Rice Saka-Foden-Chilwell Bellingham-Kane but i dunno if Southgate would play this offensively. Foden basically is allowed to go everywhere in this set-up. ala Madisson for tottenham. Rice would play his role in Arsenla (when Jorginho is playing beside him) where he is allowed to arrive late in the box. Jude would be asked to stick close to Kane ala Alvarez/Haaland at the start for the season for City. Stones will basically play the holding role. This formation however would be asking a lot from Chilwell and Rice to also help defending to cover Maguire specially against faster wingers. I honestly want Colwill over Maguire but I am not sure if he is ready.

Foden HAS to start for England. He is arguably the most in form English player, along with Bellingham and Kane.

With the second system play palmer he loves coming central and driving or a through ball or playing someone like walker to run onto the ball then jude goes central with foden in a false 9 role

Heres another system idea GK. Pickford RWB. Trent RCB. Walker CB. Stones LCB. Maguire LWB. Livermento RDM. Barkley LDM. Rice RAM. Foden LAM. Bellingham ST. Kane So the big loser here is Saka obvs, but with so many quality players and different ideas, something has to give. In this system tho, it puts a lot of players back into the picture. Barkley plays a very similar system at Luton so I feel he would have a very big shout for this squad. The advantage of this squad would be for like, a lot of swaps can happen seemlessly. You can get Madders, Kane (Yes Kane) to play AM roles, enabling the opportunity for Watkins (in particular) and Toney to get some time in. You can also fit in JWP, Mainoo, Hendo, Gallagher in those DM roles. So a lot of players can fit this system The system revolves around the DM's and Wing Backs being able to freely make progressive passes and crosses (which is why Trents back in) with the 2 AM's free to make runs and form a barca triangle right up at the pitch with ST without sacrificing the width of the pitch. A lot of emphasis on the fitness of the wingbacks so players like Doughty, Mitchell, Trippier or move Walker to wide and slot in Colwill would be necessary changes

The formation that Southgate will probably deploy: Pickford Shaw( if he is fit) Maguire Stones Walker Rice Foden Bellingham Rashford Kane Saka Or Trent comes in for Rashford as double pivot 6 with Rice, Bellingham as 10 and Foden in LW. This is not my preferred line up though.

Obviously not doable with Southgate but surely the pep system is the best way to go Gk: Pickford Defence: Walker Stones Colwill Midfield: Rice Alexander-Arnold Bellingham Idk about here maybe Maddison/Gallagher/Foden/Jones Forwards: Foden Saka Kane

Gotta be Foden-Kane-Saka up front. Shouldn't be a debate. Midfield is Jude-Rice-Someone. Can argue for a bunch for that third spot. Defense is Trent-Stones-Someone-Shaw. Pickford is shit but he's going to play so not worth discussing. Its that CB and the third midfielder that need the most attention IMO.

England’s tactics rooms always had the following on the wall: ‘442, what else can we do?’ Now it’s: ‘4231. It certainly won’t be any fun.’

Watched a video of yours on Chelsea and now this. I’ve subbed, rate the football iq mate

If I were England manager. I’m playing Starting Pickford goal keeper Gomez left back Maguire centre back Stones centre back Trent right back Rice defensive midfield Bellingham left centre midfield Palmer right centre midfield Saka right wing Kane centre forward Foden left wing In possession Trent comes inside and forms the box midfield/ double pivot next to rice, gomez shuffles across to form a 3 at the back and the 2 8s Bellingham and Cole palmer going into that 8.5 role that havertz, szobo etc play. Out of possession it’s as above Bench for this team is (you can name a 23 man squad for match day) Ramsdale Colwill Timouri Walker Madisson Bowen Barkley Gordon Jones Rashford Mainoo Watkins (You can take 26 man to the tournament) Shaw Dunk Toney

Foden - Bellingham - Saka is the best trio imo. Build up in a 3 with chilwell/shaw bombing up the left flank and foden allowed to tuck

Give this man the England job

Back 3 for me. Walker, Stones and Colwill with Trent and Shaw as full-backs. Trent would have all the freedom to maraud forward since he'll have ultimate cover from Walker on the right. Shaw can either play as a left-back or as the third centre-back in transition. Bellingham and Rice in midfield and Jude can head forwards too with Stones moving up to cover him. The front 2 attacking mids/fowards can be any of Foden, Saka, Maddison, Palmer, Grealish or even Watkins behind Kane It will basically transition into a 3-2-2-3 Walker, Colwill, Shaw, Rice, Stones, Trent, Bellingham, Foden, Saka, Kane

To get Foden and Bellingham as 10s working around Kane, which I want to see happen too When attacking Kane Bellingham Foden Saka TAA Rice Stones Shaw Maguire Walker Pickford ................................................ When defending Kane Saka Foden Bellingham Rice TAA Shaw Maguire Stones Walker Pickford Small sacrifice of Saka playing on the left instead of his favoured position, where he'll still do a great job at both ends of the pitch. Trent on the right of midfield putting in crosses for Kane. Also easy to change to something more familiar with these players if this isn't working. Just switch Saka to his favoured side, tuck Trent into a more central position and push Foden left.

I've got fm on the laptop and pen paper in hands ✍️

Finally someone else who sees the Trent at LB vision. Wasn’t expecting that 😂

I like the first system best, as it seems very solid, but would consider Palmer, instead of Rashford.

Defensively the first formation is a disaster with TAA and Rashford on the left. Interesting though from the attacking perspective.

The last would be my preferred option and the one I hope Southgate goes with.

trent rb with walker at rcb and colwill/shaw at lb would make more sense for trent inverting. pickford trent, walker, stones, shaw rices, mainoo saka bellingham foden kane

Here's my starting 11 433 pickford Walker Stones. Tomori chillwell Rice Mainoo Bellingham Saka Kane foden Missing out on Tomori is a big mistake IMO, being able to play aside stones as a fast, strong center half with great level at Milan. Mainoo is a starboy, he has the balls to share the midfield with rice, playing the ball long more than 94% of midfielders in Europe, great physically, giving balance to a very slow midfield when compared to France for example. Foden has been city's best player this season, he can play right wing, inverting positions with Bellingham and chillwell if needed.

Hi, can I ask what software you are using at @3:50 ? Thanks 🙏

Great content as always James but all this personnel stuff means nothing if a decent system isn’t put in place, just going to look like 11 players

Really like option 1, it is a good system that gets everyone we need playing into the XI

Also a big fan of the first system James, but leaving a 3 at the back of colwill, stones and walker with rashford the only wide left player is concerning as stones doesn’t play this role and rashford gives no defensive support so we’d be super vulnerable on the left in transition. For me, stick joe Gomez in for Trent and allow stones to step into midfield with rice with a remaining 3 back of Gomez, Maguire/Dunk, Walker. Overall looking like this in attack: . Kane Foden Bellingham Maddison Saka . Rice Stones . Gomez Maguire Walker . Pickford

Talking about Jude Bellingham Jimbo.......... you can tell how highly Ancellotti and the Madrid coaching staff think of him as Jude is pretty much allowed to roam around the pitch and make his own decisions.... almost a free rolebif you will. For a highly experienced World class manager like Ancellotti to allow a 20 year old to do this in a Real Madrid team packed with World class players is unprecedented in my opinion. I think Jude Bellingham definitely has the potential to be a World class player and a Ballon D'or winner, in fact I'd bet my house on it , I'm that confident. For him the sky really is the limit.........

What tactical pad are you using please?

which tactic board do you use throughout the video

England's best Formation/Squad Pickford (Ramsdale) (Johnstone) Walker Stones Gomez (Tomori)(Branthwaite)(Colwill) (Shaw) TAA Rice (Barkley) (Mainoo) Saka Grealish (Bowen) (Watkins) Foden Bellingham (Palmer) (Maddison) Kane (Toney)

Honestly I'd rather toney on the left than rashford. He has something to prove and I just hate how low energy rashford is in 90% of games. He's career recently has been surviving off of 2-3 worldies a season in games he usually loses anyway.

The main thing I took from this video is god we’re weak on that left defensive side. I think Joe Gomez has to play LB, but that LCB option is tricky. I know he’s never been bad for England but I just can’t be confident with Maguire there, Colwill still feels slightly too inexperienced to go straight into a major tournament. Maybe we move Stones over and play Dunk/Konsa/Tomori RCB, but that feels kinda weak aswell. Making me think maybe it should be Gomez and Stones CB and just see who’s the most fit and inform out of Chilwell or Shaw at the time of the tournament. I wish White would have joined the squad and I’d be more comfortable with White and Stones CB with Gomez LB

System 4 - REplace Shaw with Gomez - reminds me of a review of liverpool you (?) did a few weeks ago.

Joe Gomez was quite literally Liverpool’s best player in December and early January playing as an inverted left back. He is DEFINITELY NOT just filling a gap or playing a role, he’s excelling

What app is this for creating the team ? 🥰

I don’t see Curtis Jones getting one minute of game time with the team we have. But love the analysis of the different set ups and the optimism!

As somebody who is not english I think that Mainoo has worked his way into southgates side particularly over the past few weeks. Him on the ball is magnificent. Bellingham must play at the 10 because Kane will drop in and Bellingham will push further up. With Saka on the right I think Rashford offers more than any other lw in the England side. I would say go Pickford, Walker Stones Maguire Shaw, Rice at the 6, Mainoo 8, Bellingham 10, Saka Kane Rashford. Rashford even on poor form is more dangerous than any other lw England has and at the end of the day which right back do you trust against Rashford isolated out on the wing? Bellingham and Kane make it so the CBs cant go help out wide without worry, Mainoo has linked up brilliantly with him too (see what should have been a McTominay goal against Liverpool). I think that is the best side possible out of the England camp.

Aisa England manager I love him so much

id play foden on left and bellingham left centre mid and allow them more free roam to swap

4-4-2 diamond Pickford Taa. Stones colwell Gomez/tripper Rice Henderson/gallager. Jones/bellingham Foden/maddison Kane. Rashford/gordon

England has by far the best squad in this euros. I still don’t think they will win it just because they are England. Nothing personal or explainable, just a feeling. For this tactics it’s important to know that they have to be as easy as it gets, because there is not much time for practise. That’s where I have my issues: First system: Trent can’t copy his playstyle to a completely different team with 10 other teammates. The spaces and runs have to be timed up and this needs time, time national teams don’t have. Otherwise they would be very vulnerable in defense. Third system: There I think Bellingham can bring most of his qualities onto the pitch. The problem I see is that none of these players plays in a back 3 system regularly so it could be difficult for the team to learn such a system in a short period of time. Fourth system: Looks great offensively, but dangerous in the transition. Only four defensive minded players could easily be overwhelmed by the likes of Sane and Mbappe. Fifth system: Very similar to the last one but maybe a little bit more solid by limiting Bellingham offensively. I think Bellingham shouldn’t be limited this much because he is the most important player in the squad. Concluding: It’s definitely not easy to set up a national team and I think you did very good work here with these options, because it’s impossible to set this team up perfectly

What software does he use?

Takw it from me a liverpool fan, You don't want Trent anywhere in the left especially as LB.

Jim becomes Mike Bassett, never thought I'd see the day

Surely you have to have an option where Stones pushes into midfield. Especially if you’re a fan of Colwill at LB, you push Stones up with Rice - Colwill, Maguire, Walker the back 3 - then you allow Bellingham to push up with a front four of Kane, Saka, Foden, Grealish. Think 3 around Kane and Bellingham can be matchup dependent, but if I have Bellingham for the Gundogan role then Stones-Rice pivot is just too good to pass up. Really uncertain of Trent. Think the front line maybe doesnt suit him, and I think Walker is an easy fit for defense + occassional support runs for Saka/Foden. He’s great so im sure there’s a system for him, but his specific strengths and weaknesses make him a pretty tactically inflexible player in comparison to Walker who can do just about anything you need him to do tactically.

Anyone know what he uses for that tactics board?

There's another interesting formation: 4-1-4-1. Cole Palmer RW, Jude Bellingham RCM, James Maddison LCM and Phil Foden LW. Very offensive, but possible in some scenarios

All we need is Kane, Bellingham, Rice, Saka and then bench the other 7 positions and we’ve won

That first system is fcking juicy

I’m praying Southgate learns from 2 huge mistakes (Croatia/Italy) when you go 1-0 up it’s ok to keep attacking especially with this squad who is good enough to get another goal AND defend a lead. We should be going to the semi finals minimum. Take the hand break off and go for it (but a leopard never changes its spot)

I’d like to see Watkins start on the LW of a front 3. That position isn’t exactly nailed on so it could be an option. He has played on the wing in the past at Brentford, he definitely has the pace to run in behind and he is also very good at cutting inside and finishing in the far corner, similar to Henry used to do so. He is also in great form and it would be a good chance to experiment in the friendlies this month.

What is the name of the website you used?

For me, TAA has to either be in CM or on the bench. Nowhere else.

id rather have foden on left despite not his side or even move jude upfront and foden back with koby and rice would be best 11 form wise. Plus rice , koby, bellingham is just wonderful it will never happen with anager and thats shame but I hope he makes squad so he can play his way on like argentina youngsters did in wc and with youngsters you hae depth to bring in experience and quality in extra tie and pens. Its always been winning formula for tournaent football need players with legs tha was argentinas winning change mac, enzo, julien, ran themselves into ground. Depaul too although not youngster england need that edge ability to outwork and bully not just outplay that was argentinas key could matchup with anyone. They need madison, palmer, types to come in unlock a defense when goal needed too. Liked your picks just limited dynamically harry at CB so like this squad!!

Why on earth would you start colwill over branthwaite who’s been one of the best young defenders individually in the world this season?

What are your thoughts on playing ghallagher next to rice?

First formation with foden/grealish for rashford and maddison.

I agree completely except no way is rashford playing instead of grealish

Want that 4 4 2