The England supervisor just isn’t precisely the grasp of thoughts video games, extra usually displaying candid honesty than making an attempt to idiot his detractors. So think about our shock at first of the Switzerland recreation.
England had been introduced as enjoying with the rumoured again three that we have seen all week, transferring the much-maligned Kieran Trippier to a proper wing-back berth, with Bukayo Saka switching to the alternative flank. Phil Foden confirmed forward of kick-off that this was to ‘match up’ with the Swiss form.
Kieran Trippier: nonetheless at left-back (Picture credit score: Getty Photographs)
But simply 5 minutes in, it seems that was a rouse. Saka on the suitable. Trippier on the left. All of the coaching with 5 mannequins appears prefer it was a decoy.
