Ted Lasso wrote:If he doesn't want to start Alli, there's no need to waste time with a third midfielder. He should just go Welbeck & Kane. That's the kind of forward combo that keeps you in games. Together they do so many of the little things well.
Milner, Henderson, Dier, Sterling
Welbeck, Kane
I dunno if I'm blanking on anyone more deserving at the moment, but that's such a versatile combination of players that you can react to anything within the game without a change. No way around a pretty poor defensive unit though.
Barkley will definitely play through the middle, imo, Roy loves him. I'd love to see it, but I can't see Dier starting. Didn't he play Welbeck as a winger in the World Cup alongside Sturridge up top, Sterling in the middle and Rooney on the other flank? Obviously things will look different in these upcoming friendlies without Rooney, so I'm curious to see if he'll trot something out similar to your idea there.
I remember Rooney failing to help his full-back, and Baines got demolished by Darmian against Italy.





















