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    Why Cody Gakpo Is A HUGE Problem For England
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    Why Cody Gakpo Is A HUGE Problem For England



    England have conceded 3 goals all tournament… Pretty good right? Well, yes, but they’re yet to really face a side with any star quality players – something the Netherlands have in abundance – and one man in particular has been wreaking havoc for them this tournament.

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    4. @karabomasibi2331 on

      That Grealish slander was unnecessarily necessary. People like to act like Pep coaches skill out of players but that's just not true, look at Jeremy Doku, Pep gives him freedom to take on his man. Maybe the reason Grealish doesn't is because without space to run into he doesn't have the skill to beat his man especially against a low block.

    8. @vietnamesefisheatbananas8607 on

      RE that last point, we played against Mitrovic, Hojlund and Sesko in the group stages, so we're more than familiar with the striker being the opposition's main man. As for left wingers, last world cup we silenced Sarr and Mbappe. Also against Switzerland the defence was very disciplined and organised. We'll be fine.

    9. @Dingo-Blurps on

      cody was underwhelming for the first two thirds of the season, but after a chat with Klopp he started using his physicality much more and was our best attacker for the final third of the season. He's clearly taken that into the tournament.

    12. @tuffmbassador522 on

      As someone who grew up across both countries The NL is shit till someone scores against them then they play, its gonna be like the france game ….. boring

    13. @rastkoDev on

      LFC fan and I don't think Walker will have many problems defending 1v1. Key to beating ENG full backs is playing one-twos. So, if Simons and/or Depay come close to play this way, then there is a chance. And yes, Trent should be playing as a right back and spray passes to marauding Rashford, Kane, Saka or Gordon, but…

    15. @gtramsay on

      I don't worr worry quite so much about Gakpo, because he is the only attacking player the Dutch have who seems to be really in form – so, he rarely actually looks all that dangerous (until Weghorst comes on) becauase he's got no-one to link up with in the final third. And also because…. Kyle Walker. There might be a case for him playing more through the middle against us, just because he won't get much mileage surging to the byline to try to get in a cross or a cutback. If they do attack in the same way again, I suspect the major effect might be to channel our build-up into different areas of the pitch. Against the Swiss, Saka was the only one making any impact for us, so we fell to giving him the ball every time we got it; and, good as he is, he does occasionally tryi to run through a defender and get dispossessed. If the Dtuch double-team him, and make that work better than the Swiss did, I can see a lot of quick counter-attacks down the left flank starting from Saka having his pokcet picked…. and that may lead to us actually trying to move the ball forward through the middle of the park, or down the left – which wouldn't be at all a bad thing. (If only we had Shaw and Gordon starting….)

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