Lee Carsley to abandon England experiment against Finland after Greece disaster

Lee Carsley plans to alteration England’s enactment for Sunday’s travel to Finland but insists the decision by Greece “won’t stop” him from experimenting.

The Three Lions’ interim manager named an antithetic lineup connected Thursday nighttime astatine Wembley, selecting a highly-attacking beforehand six but nary out-and-out centre-forward.

“We had a disappointing night, but I decidedly don't get excessively precocious oregon excessively low,” helium said. “I’ve had capable setbacks successful football. I’ve got to pb by example.

“We request to beryllium better, and I see myself successful that. We tried something, it didn’t travel off. It could person gone the different mode and been truly good, and past we’re talking astir ‘we’ve recovered different mode of playing’.

“If immoderate things person got to get pointed, they are astatine me. It was my idea. I thought I picked the champion team. That was the plan; that is ever the plan. I was assured going into the game. I’m disappointed and frustrated that it’s not worked.”

The 50-year-old erstwhile Republic of Ireland planetary added: “Sometimes we didn't marque large decisions — we gave the shot distant successful truly casual areas that near america unfastened for a counter-attack, truthful we request to beryllium better.

“The mode that I privation my teams to play, I privation america to attack. When you've got the players that we person disposable for a alteration of system, I wanted to effort thing different.

“It won't halt maine trying thing antithetic successful the future, due to the fact that I’ve done good being similar this. I had 17, 18 oregon 19 years arsenic a subordinate being antiaircraft and conscionable sitting successful determination and playing connected a counter-attack — that was decidedly not however I wanted to coach. What we've seen successful glimpses of training, there's decidedly imaginable there.”

England question to Helsinki connected Saturday up of Sunday’s lucifer against Finland, who they bushed 2-0 astatine Wembley past month acknowledgment to a brace from Harry Kane connected the juncture of his 100th cap. Kane missed the Greece nonaccomplishment with a insignificant wounded contented but could instrumentality against the Finns.

Asked whether helium volition again prime a enactment without a accepted striker this weekend, Carsley conceded: “I astir apt won't, no. I astir apt won't effort that again connected Sunday.

“I deliberation I've been coaching [long] capable to cognize that we request to bash thing different. Had Harry been fit, I mightiness person gone down different route. We’re going to measure him [on Friday]. He’s grooming with america tomorrow. He’s a monolithic portion of what we do.”