Saka and Rice can bring it home in this new formation

By 1970s Gooner 

Well it's very obvious that England and Southgate haven't got a cat in hell's chance to progress through the quarter finals let alone win the damn thing.

The players are knackered, they can't play through the mid or even a low block that is deployed against them, they can't press the opposition themselves and to cap it all haven't got any ideas how to progress forward with the ball!!

No wonder Pickford more often than not elects to go long looking for Kane's head! Reminds of the kind of football I grew up with in the 70s!

I can confidently predict that if Southgate picks the same team and more importantly the same formation England will get knocked out by Switzerland in the quarter finals. 

There is no way that England will be able to call again upon the extremely fortuitous chain of events that materialised 35 seconds in the 90 +5 minute of the game and again in the second minute of extra time!

The radical change that absolutely needs to happen is not necessarily a change of players but a change of formation. I would suggest to change to a 3 4 1 2 formation.

Pickford 

Walker Stones Konsa

TAD/Trippier Rice Mainou Saka

Bellingham 

Toney Kane

The message should be: pass the ball forward not side ways, take your player on and play with freedom.