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Vardy saw even less ball than Kane, but was right place right time for a poorly struck goal. Agree that he would fare as badly or worse than Kane in that role.Hodgson simply doesn't have a clue what system to play, and it shows in that two players who have been excellent all season (Alli and Kane) looked out of sorts today.
Having said that, whilst Alli was genuinely a bit crap for the whole game, Kane simply didn't get the ball. We're using him as a target man which is not how he plays for Spurs, and as others have said if you play Vardy in that role we'll have the same problem.
For me the issue all stems from having Rooney in midfield. He plays these quarterback passes and the crowd and commentators coo and say 'wow' but they actually don't help at all. We need a midfielder who can get it into a striker's feet rather than simply at chest or head height.
For the next game I'd drop Alli for Wilshere or Henderson, push Rooney forwards and then drop Sterling for Vardy or Sturridge.
Lallana did okay in the first half, and I'm not sure if it would work playing Kane, Vardy and Sturridge, so I'd go:
We won't do that though. Roy will pander to the papers, drop Kane, and we'll watch either Vardy or Sturridge trying to play upfront on their own to little effect.
Hart
Walker Cahill Smalling Rose
Dier Wilshere
Lallana Rooney Sturridge
Kane
As for our football, I don't think the surface helped TBH, seemed sticky and slow, where as we're used to pinging around our lush wet surface, a lot of players seemed to be leaving the ball behind especially when taking it under pressure on the turn.
Would happily have that team (above) start for the rest of the tourney.