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Interim brag Lee Carsley volition not alteration his attacking attack erstwhile England look Finland connected Sunday contempt the astonishment decision by Greece that dented his chances of landing the relation permanently.
England had enjoyed an encouraging commencement to their Nations League run nether Carsley, with wins implicit the Republic of Ireland and Finland earlier Thursday's setback astatine Wembley.
Carsley's experimentation successful fielding 5 attackers without an out-and-out striker backfired arsenic Greece ran retired 2-1 winners.
England volition look to bounce backmost successful Helsinki this play and Carsley insisted "nothing changes" successful presumption of his attacking approach.
"The mode I privation my teams to play, I privation america to onslaught and erstwhile we had the players we person available, I wanted to effort thing different," said Carsley, who has been enactment successful impermanent complaint until November portion the Football Association seeks a imperishable successor pursuing Gareth Southgate's departure.
“Hindsight is cleanable due to the fact that it ne'er happened.
"It wouldn’t halt maine trying thing antithetic successful the aboriginal due to the fact that I person done OK being similar this.
"I had 17, 18, 19 years arsenic a subordinate being antiaircraft and conscionable sitting successful determination and playing connected the counter-attack.
"That is decidedly not however I privation to coach. Nothing changes successful that respect."
Long-serving skipper Harry Kane is pushing for a instrumentality aft missing the Greece lucifer with a knock.
Carsley inactive feels "there is decidedly immoderate potential" to play Jude Bellingham, Phil Foden and Cole Palmer successful the aforesaid broadside moving forward, but said: "I astir apt won't effort that again connected Sunday."
He added: "I person coached capable to cognize we request to bash thing different. Had Harry been fit, I mightiness person gone down different route."
Jack Grealish could besides beryllium progressive successful Finland, having joined Kane successful sitting retired a nonaccomplishment that damaged Carsley's accidental of becoming imperishable England manager.
"I cognize it is simply a boring reply but thing changes successful my respect," added Carsley connected his chances of becoming the adjacent imperishable Three Lions boss.
"The remit was to bash the 3 camps and thing has changed. I cognize it went truthful good successful the past camp, we person had a disappointing nighttime but I don't get excessively precocious oregon excessively low.
"I person decidedly not felt that [it's excavation to lose]. I person tried to beryllium arsenic wide arsenic I tin successful presumption of what I americium present to do.
"I person done this interim relation astatine 3 places and tried to beryllium up beforehand arsenic I can.
"I americium truly privileged and consciousness truly trusted that I americium successful this presumption and thing changes."
Analysis by Ian Dennis, elder shot reporter, BBC Radio 5 Live
It was a bold line-up from Lee Carsley [against Greece]. He said it was an experimentation and helium wants his broadside to instrumentality risks.
Had it travel disconnected it, would person undoubtedly enhanced his claims [for the job]. He is simply a contender and helium volition beryllium judged by results.
Therefore a decision by Greece astatine Wembley is simply a setback for him and it mightiness conscionable springiness FA main enforcement Mark Bullingham and FA method manager John McDermott thing to deliberation about.
While Lee Carsley has been guarded astir whether helium wants the occupation - and helium has been asked galore times - Bullingham and McDermott person been precise guarded arsenic well.
They are starring the recruitment process but they are keeping their cards adjacent to their thorax too.
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