Why England’s Main Man Crisis Might Be Their Undoing

Why England’s Main Man Crisis Might Be Their Undoing

Cole Palmer recently got named England Men’s Player of the Year and that has led to mixed reactions from fans. Some are happy that he won it, some have said Jude Bellingham deserved it more, while others have said it should have gone to Phil Foden or Bukayo Saka.

The truth is that you can make an argument for each of these players, but that’s not even our focus today. This debate reveals a much bigger problem in the England national team, and it is the big picture we are interested in in this video.

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[Lesedimachimana]

Palmer for me he proved himself in the UEFA EUROS off the bench.

[oregano]

Can we just stop pretending like foden is competing with the other 3 when it comes to internationals? This man is 0015.

[phammsta]

I want to know who tf said Phil Foden should receive the England player of the year award please

[princethawani]

England dont understand the difference between form and being a good player

[nakiyame]

saka is a consistent right winger, jude plays best as a roaming 8. the only "dilemmatic" position is the 10, and palmer is clearly winning here. sorry city fans, but foden haven't yet proven that he can replicate his club form. on the left wing it depends how carsley wants to use his fullback, grealish or sancho would complement an overlapping style fullback while gordon will fits well with an inverting fullback.

[georgeboulton]

Palmer was on the bench in the euros AND STILL proved himself. He’s going to be a great player and dare I say one of the best in the near future

[omarfaruquexy]

Foden is literally on FRAUD watch for England. He literally looks lost without having Pep, KDB, Rodri, and Haaland in front of him. Heck, even I would play good with that around me.

[AymanYusuf-cy]

Saka should, as he's been a mainstay in the team for almost 4 years. He's basically been part of the spine.

[fardin-zm]

0:51 I'd argue that Foden cannot become a playmaker from the wing or centrally. Foden is usually utilized as a goal scoring threat which you can see in Manchester City's 23/24 campaign. He does offer some fluidity to the attack when he's not banging one top corner from 25 yards out but his playmaking is not world class such as Saka's, Bellingham's or Palmer's. Foden usually requires a player that can break lines to find him in those pockets of space where he can turn and take his shot off. The player who did this for Foden was Rodri. In England's system, (especially during the EUROs) Foden was extremely lacklustre due to having a much more defensive and safe minded DM behind him being Rice but the team as a whole was struggling to create chances due to how Southgate tacitcally set it up. But, in this new season Foden has been struggling aswell even in an attacking side such as Manchester City. Why? Because Rodri isn't available and he's the player who can feed Foden and let him do his magic.

[bladeninja]

Bellingham and Foden up top with Palmer in Central mid is comedy. Really seem like they don't want to offend anyone

[AK-kzpe]

I would play Foden, Palmer and Bellingham. And also would drop Rice.

But I don't give a shit about England anyway, I just don't want Saka and Rice injured.

[debanjanghosal]

England should build the team around Palmer and Saka

[presidentsk]

I saw a tweet that said Foden is an industry plant

[AhmedWaleid-xn]

Hello, love the vids, keep up the great work❤❤

[omarjaved]

Bellingham going in Mid field along with Rice solve many issue but fuck anceloti who made him false 9

[James---]

The strange thing is that playing eleven world class players worked for the 98/00 winning French team and the 02 winning Brazilian team. They managed to work it out. I can see why Eriksen and Capello thought they could do the same. Why can’t England get the job done?

[lalomakalo]

I'm not the England manager but if I'm to line up that Midfield I will put Rice at 6, Bellingham at 8(I feel that his best position in the squad) and Palmer or Foden at 10

[miquelraurich]

geniunley need to stop playing foden. he just doesnt deliver for england and thats fine

[JOHNOGBONNAIYE]

I think this is the same situation as Real Madrid but the can't sell or buy.

[BorisChoi-jn]

i would put palmer at cam and foden at lw so rice can have his defensive midfield part and bellingham control midfield