England entering a tournament with high hopes and having them hilariously dashed is a punchline at this point. But I think they really do have a legitimate shot to win, with a group of younger players in form and, perhaps more importantly, no world beaters among the competition. Unfortunately, the tournament starts in a few days and nobody, including Roy Hodgson, seems to have any clue as to who will play or what formation will be utilized.
Harry Kane will start at CF, Dier will play as a holding MF, and the back line will be Rose--Cahill---Smalling---Clyne or very similar. It all gets fuzzy after that. For better or (likely) worse, Wayne Rooney will play somewhere, because he has to play somewhere. Dele Alli has had too good of a season not to play somewhere. If he is fit enough, I think Wilshere will be in the mix given how good he was during the qualification period and England's total lack of passing ability and technical quality in midfield otherwise. Sterling seems likely to start because he is basically the only real winger on the team. So my guess is the following:
Sterling------Kane-----------Rooney
-----------Alli------Wilshere----------
---------------Dier--------------------
--Rose--Cahill-Smalling----Clyne
--------------Hart---------------------
Or the same formation but with Rooney playing in Wilshere's position and Vardy on the wing.
Harry Kane will start at CF, Dier will play as a holding MF, and the back line will be Rose--Cahill---Smalling---Clyne or very similar. It all gets fuzzy after that. For better or (likely) worse, Wayne Rooney will play somewhere, because he has to play somewhere. Dele Alli has had too good of a season not to play somewhere. If he is fit enough, I think Wilshere will be in the mix given how good he was during the qualification period and England's total lack of passing ability and technical quality in midfield otherwise. Sterling seems likely to start because he is basically the only real winger on the team. So my guess is the following:
Sterling------Kane-----------Rooney
-----------Alli------Wilshere----------
---------------Dier--------------------
--Rose--Cahill-Smalling----Clyne
--------------Hart---------------------
Or the same formation but with Rooney playing in Wilshere's position and Vardy on the wing.