Wayne Rooney did a great piece on this in the Times last Saturday saying "drop Grealish"

He may be an idiot but he knows a lot about footy

In summary: Rooney loves Grealish but wants him on the bench; Germany play a possession game (62% v France, 58% v Portugal; 75% v Hungary) with 3 at the back; they press high up the pitch and their CBS come almost to the half way line; that means their defence is good at coping with players who want it to feet like Grealish; much better to have fast players each side of Kane to run in behind their wing backs/each side of their CBs (especially Hummels who is quite slow); therefore to do this job pick Rashford for sure and then one of Sterling, Saka or Sancho (doesn't mind which, all good); we need three in midfield (not 2 plus a 10 like Grealish); start Henderson ONLY if he's 100%, if nto Bellingham alongside Rice and Phillips; you have to be cautious v Germany; use Foden or Grealish off the bench; it's going to be hard because he think Germany have played two of the best games he's seen this tournament (v Portugal and France).

Makes a lot of sense to me ...

Posted By: Old Git, Jun 29, 11:10:53