FFS it's Malta and North Macedonia and you've already qualified. Why not use it as an opportunity to try out something new/different - yes I'm annoyed JWP isn't on the roster, also if Southgate blieballs Tomori by making him travel all the way for training and not even play him he's a bellend
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Cole Palmer would genuinely be a more effective LW than current Rashford, which is funny considering he's primarily a RW or CAM.
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Wouldn’t be surprised if we lose to NM, prompting a national debate which unsettled the team with our best chance in decades. Panicked last minute changes to the team, to placate the vocal minority, lead to being dumped out at the first knockings, and The Sun and certain sections of social media blames the player with the darkest skin. It’s at tale as old as time.
It's Malta and North Macedonia. You could call up 23 fellas from Vannarama conference and thrash them tbh.
Goalkeepers: Sam Johnstone (Crystal Palace), Jordan Pickford (Everton), Aaron Ramsdale (Arsenal)
Defenders: Levi Colwill (Chelsea), Lewis Dunk (Brighton & Hove Albion), Marc Guehi (Crystal Palace), Harry Maguire (Manchester United), Fikayo Tomori (AC Milan), Kieran Trippier (Newcastle United), Kyle Walker (Manchester City)
Midfielders: Trent Alexander-Arnold (Liverpool), Jude Bellingham (Real Madrid), Conor Gallagher (Chelsea), Jordan Henderson (Al-Ettifaq), Kalvin Phillips (Manchester City), Declan Rice (Arsenal)
Forwards: Jarrod Bowen (West Ham United) Phil Foden (Manchester City), Jack Grealish (Manchester City), Harry Kane (Bayern Munich), James Maddison (Tottenham Hotspur), Marcus Rashford (Manchester United), Bukayo Saka (Arsenal), Ollie Watkins (Aston Villa), Callum Wilson (Newcastle United)
Midfielders representing: Liverpool, Real Madrid, Chelsea, Arsenal, Manchester City & Al-Ettifaq
I'm sorry but that is absolutely hilarious
2 world class midfielders and then nothing 😂
Pleased for Johnstone but lack of Pope is baffling when Ramsdale isn’t playing regularly.
Southgate, for better or worse, has never picked players on how frequently they are playing
No Reece James god bless
Maguire Phillips and Henderson 😴😴
I'd like to see a Bellingham-Rice-Trent midfield
Sounds like Dele, Dier, Rooney from 2016
There's a good chance of that in easier games for sure
Philips and Henderson ffs man hahah
Apart from JWP, there aren't really many other options. In my opinion, Gallagher isn't up to it either.
In reality, in the Euros we will play with Rice, Bellingham and one other so won't be too bad.
Gallagher's been very good this season
I think Jones could do a bit of a Hendo role - seems more solid defensively and is pretty press resistant
Feel like Southgate keeps including Henderson just to spite everyone who talks shit about him and says we need a new manager, because he’s definitely not doing it for footballing reasons.
No Palmer, but you know what? I am not gonna complain about it.
Is he better than Saka or Foden? Why would he be called up?
Is Palmer really playing that well? All the online hype around his recent stats is completely ignoring all his Chelsea goals have come from penalties.
Would have preferred some variety with no internationals for four months after this. Maybe the inclusion of Gordon and Palmer ahead of next summer. Still think Henderson's repeated selection is a disgrace.
If you’re gonna play some who usually don’t get a chance can you at least mix it up with some of the usual starters.
Throwing 11 players in who’ve never played together isn’t really a fair representation of what they potentially could offer
Jude has a dislocates shoulder leave him alone waistcoat man, you already qualified
Curtis, Gomes,Gordon and Gibbs-white were all so good in the u21s euros and now they are not eligible for the youth teams. Isn't it sensible to give any of them a callup atleast against malta or north macedonia rather than calling up players with no gametime? Also Gordon is performing way better than rashford.
No mention of Palmer?
Don't think there'll be a penalty shoot out. And he isn't better at penalties than Kane so no reason to include him.
What must Konsa do? He really should just declare for Portugal
Wonder if we'll get another pre-match interview with Henderson about how he's actually the greatest guy ever, you just don't understand him.
Start Tomori he has been flawless for the past 2 months including CL group of death. What more does he need to do
Grealish over Sterling is a madness
Grealish has been injured for most of the season- And even then, since returning, he's been one of our best players.
Next euro should be the last tournament for some English players like Wilson, Watkin, Maguire, Trippier and Walker, their experience starts to matter very little to the overall squad
I don’t even want Raheem Sitting in the squad because I think we have better alternatives in his position with the likes of Saka, Foden, Rashford & Grealish but I feel so bad for him. Kalvin Phillips & Harry Maguire still get picked for England even though their club form has been terrible or non existent for the last 2 years and the angle Southgate fans are using and I assume is Southgate’s thinking aswell is that they are his loyal soldiers, who’s done very well for him in the past and since the Euros is likely to be his last tournament, he wants to one last dance with his crew. The problem is that Sterling has been England’s best player for his entire tenure aside from Harry Kane and we all know how he powered England through the group stage at Euro 2020. How does he not get credit in the bank and get viewed by Southgate as one of his loyal soldiers when Kalvin Phillips and Harry Maguire get selected even though they barely play and are deemed surplus to requirements at club level ????
It just seems wrong doesn't it.
There's an article on Sky Sports about it which says he hasn't played for England since the France QF at the World Cup. They suggest the relationship broke after Sterling left camp to go back home after the robbery.
Its a shame if that is the case.
Maguire has probably been our best player in the last month or so. Him having bad form is simply not true
Pleased for Johnstone but lack of Pope is baffling when Ramsdale isn’t playing regularly.
Southgate is so unimaginative omydaysssss