England squad (Games against Czech Republic and Montenegro) | Rashford and Shaw called up

[Sean_RedDevil]

International coaches shouldn't be allowed to call-up players if the players haven't played in their last club game.

Southgate: Stones & Trippier (Alli and Dier actually too)
Martinez: Lukaku

 

[jeff gurr]

I hoped for better from Southgate, but I'm worrying he's already falling into the habits of the past managers a bit. Quite a few players on current form should have made the squad, but they haven't. Don't care about Smalling as I'm not surprised, he seems to have chosen to be stubborn about that one. But Maddison not getting in when players like Barkley and Dier have is laughable.

Not sure why Barkley & Dier are automatic picks, I don't rate either one very highly

 

[Yagami]

.............the attack is very strong though.

Bar Kane it's not that strong. Sterling is doing great for City but never plays well for England. Rashford's still inconsistent, and Sancho's still quite unknown in terms of how he'll perform on the international stage. Will he take his club form to England like Kane or turn rubbish like Sterling?

 

[KingMinger22]

Rashford - Kane - Sterling

That attack is just

 

[Minimalist]

Only just remembered about the Smalling ignore again this time due to the BBC commentator mentioning it.

Is Southgate genuinely mentally ill or something? How in the name of christ is Smalling not one of the best defenders in the country?

Waistcoat wanker. Not that I care beyond Man Utd players getting their fair dues. England failing (as usual) does me fine.

 

[KingMinger22]

Only just remembered about the Smalling ignore again this time due to the BBC commentator mentioning it.

Is Southgate genuinely mentally ill or something? How in the name of christ is Smalling not one of the best defenders in the country?

Waistcoat wanker. Not that I care beyond Man Utd players getting their fair dues. England failing (as usual) does me fine.

Pathetic, bitter post.

England did fantastically at the last world cup.

They have a very good, young team to build upon.

With the most sought after young talent in Europe coming through.

The future looks extremely bright.

 

[Minimalist]

Pathetic, bitter post.

England did fantastically at the last world cup.

They have a very good, young team to build upon.

With the most sought after young talent in Europe coming through.

The future looks extremely bright.

Aside from my last line (and that's my right, as I'm not English..) there's nothing bitter in my post you idiot.

 

[BaseFishing]

Slowly but surely Southgate is repeating the mistakes of the past. I really hate to see it. Smalling not getting the call-up reminds me so much of when Carrick used to be ignored by England for years, even though he's exactly what the team was crying out for.

Same with players like Maddison, Ward-Prowse, Wan-Bissaka, Winks.

When will an England manager actually start rewarding players for playing well, regardless of age, club, playing style, as opposed to picking favourites and sticking with them blindly, to the detriment of the national team.

 

[duffer]

Ward-Prowse and Hudson-Odoi called up as replacements for those who have dropped out with "injuries".

 

[Vadim]

Shaw has dropped out. Surely not another fecking injury?

 

[Casanova85]

Fecking NT breaks.

 

[saivet]

Slowly but surely Southgate is repeating the mistakes of the past. I really hate to see it. Smalling not getting the call-up reminds me so much of when Carrick used to be ignored by England for years, even though he's exactly what the team was crying out for.

Same with players like Maddison, Ward-Prowse, Wan-Bissaka, Winks.

When will an England manager actually start rewarding players for playing well, regardless of age, club, playing style, as opposed to picking favourites and sticking with them blindly, to the detriment of the national team.

Maddison has been in the squad before, Ward-Prowse just got called up (due to injury), AWB deserves a call up but Walker and TAA are fine choices and Winks is injured and probably a starter for Southgate.

I personally think some of these guys should stay with the u21s for the Euros in the summer.

 

[BaseFishing]

Maddison has been in the squad before, Ward-Prowse just got called up (due to injury), AWB deserves a call up but Walker and TAA are fine choices and Winks is injured and probably a starter for Southgate.

I personally think some of these guys should stay with the u21s for the Euros in the summer.

Fair enough, admittedly I'm probably still just a bit bitter about Carrick from before, and a little bit about Smalling currently.

 

[United_We_Stand]

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[Scarecrow]

Good lad

 

[RedDevil@84]

Rashford should come back too

 

[Sean_RedDevil]

Ward-Prowse and Hudson-Odoi called up as replacements for those who have dropped out with "injuries".

So Hudson-Odoi is Shaw's replacement

A call-up for Hudson-Odoi to the Senior squad is so wrong in my opinion.

Slowly but surely Southgate is repeating the mistakes of the past. I really hate to see it. Smalling not getting the call-up reminds me so much of when Carrick used to be ignored by England for years, even though he's exactly what the team was crying out for.

Same with players like Maddison, Ward-Prowse, Wan-Bissaka, Winks.

When will an England manager actually start rewarding players for playing well, regardless of age, club, playing style, as opposed to picking favourites and sticking with them blindly, to the detriment of the national team.

@saivet has already mentioned that....finally the FA sees the U21 Euros as a very important tournament therefore it's the right decision that Maddison and Wan-Bissaka are in the U21 squad.
Winks is currently not 100% fit but in my opinion he should be anyway another contender for the U21 squad and not the Senior squad.

Loftus-Cheek ahead of Ward-Prowse was a joke because Ward-Prowse plays better and Loftus-Cheek would have needed anyway a break because of his back injury.

 

[steakpie]

There's a good youtube video, I can't embed but the code is oSrs1drEOVE

Although the number of handshakes seems excessive

 

[Sassy Colin]

So they put Odoi in the squad, who has barely kicked a ball for Chelsea?

Is there really no one else?

 

[RedDevil@84]

So they put Odoi in the squad, who has barely kicked a ball for Chelsea?

Is there really no one else?

Southgate is waiting for Daily Mail to name someone else

 

[duffer]

So they put Odoi in the squad, who has barely kicked a ball for Chelsea?

Is there really no one else?

Which other winger would you have picked in his place?

 

[duffer]

So Hudson-Odoi is Shaw's replacement

Well of course not. He's just another attacking option in the squad.

He'll probably play about 2 minutes (no change there!) but him being around the squad is not a bad thing.

 

[FootballHQ]

Bar Kane it's not that strong. Sterling is doing great for City but never plays well for England. Rashford's still inconsistent, and Sancho's still quite unknown in terms of how he'll perform on the international stage. Will he take his club form to England like Kane or turn rubbish like Sterling?

Thought Sterling and Rashford both did well in nations league so it could be clicking now e.g. add productivity to all the effort and running around.

 

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[VeevaVee]

As much as I like watching Rashford for England, it's best if he doesn't play. He desperately needs that rest.

 

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Lovely. Bring him back to the club.

 

[Yagami]

Thought Sterling and Rashford both did well in nations league so it could be clicking now e.g. add productivity to all the effort and running around.

I haven't watched too much of this Nations League so, yeah, I may be outdated with my opinion! I was basing it off the World Cup just gone mainly. Hopefully it clicks because - as good as he is - we can't expect Kane to carry our entire attack every game.

 

[deadrevelz]

Rashford, Shaw, Lukaku, Matic, Martial all injured.

Hopefully it's just precautions.

 

[SilentWitness]

Liverpool right-back Trent Alexander-Arnold has withdrawn from the England squad for the Euro 2020 qualifiers against the Czech Republic and Montenegro because of a back injury.

No player has been called up to replace the 20-year-old, leaving manager Gareth Southgate with a 22-man squad.

England said Alexander-Arnold arrived with a back injury and "despite progress" it was unlikely he would be able to play in either fixture.

Not like we don't have a few other young right backs that could easily replace him is it? It's bizarre to me that at high levels of football there are still bloody silly decisions (He should have just been left out in the first place).

 

[Sean_RedDevil]

Well of course not. He's just another attacking option in the squad.

He'll probably play about 2 minutes (no change there!) but him being around the squad is not a bad thing.

But no forward has withdrawn.

 

[duffer]

But no forward has withdrawn.

He's replacing RLC in my eyes. Southgate has played him pretty high up the pitch.

He won't start anyway and it's a great opportunity for Southgate to have a look at him.

 

[Judas]

Pickford starting is a bit troubling, makes me feel like Southgate has his favourites and even if they’re off form he'll stay loyal to them. That line of thinking didn't do previous England managers any good, and it won't help him either. It's beyond a joke that Pickford is our number one.

 

[saivet]

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Not sure why he even joined up in the first place.

Hope we get to see a front three of Sterling, Kane and Sancho.

 

[FootballHQ]

Pickford starting is a bit troubling, makes me feel like Southgate has his favourites and even on form he'll stay loyal to them. That line of thinking didn't do previous England managers any good, and it won't help him either. It's beyond a joke that Pickford is our number one.

I agree he's been dodgy last 3 months (two clean sheets v Liverpool and Chesea recently though). He has been solid for England though in the nations league so think that's part of Southgate's thinking e.g. his level might have dropped for Everton since WC but not me so he stays in until that happens.

 

[Sean_RedDevil]

My Starting XI for tonight
Pickford - Walker, Keane, Maguire, Chilwell - Ward-Prowse, Rice, Barkley - Sterling, Kane, Sancho

I would rest Alli for the Montenegro game.

 

[duffer]

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Cool stat.

 

[Dante]

Whatever happened to Thurston Rostrun?

 

[SadlerMUFC]

That front 3 of Sterling, Kane and Sancho is as good as any, if not the best front 3 in internationl football right now. Rashford should come off the bench. He's a striker, not a winger. Exciting times for England...

 

[VP89]

That front 3 of Sterling, Kane and Sancho is as good as any, if not the best front 3 in internationl football right now. Rashford should come off the bench. He's a striker, not a winger. Exciting times for England...

Neymar/Firminho/Jesus?
Mbappe/Griezmann/Dembele?
Hazard/Lukaku/Mertens?

 

[Dante]

That front 3 of Sterling, Kane and Sancho is as good as any, if not the best front 3 in internationl football right now. Rashford should come off the bench. He's a striker, not a winger. Exciting times for England...

Agreed.

Throw CHO into the mix, and you've got 5 excellent young options to pick from up front.

The likes of Shaw, Gomez, Stones and TAA are all fantastic defenders. With WAB, Chilwell, Maguire as backups, I think we look fairly solid at the back.

Alli is as good a goal-scoring midfielder as anyone in Europe. Dier's decent and Rice has the potential to go all the way to the top. England could do with a bit more competition in the middle, but we've got loads of prospects ready to breakthrough (Foden, Cook, Gibbs-White, Gomes, etc).

It's in the goalie position that I think we have our biggest weakness. Pickford is a good shot stopper, but there's definite room for improvement there.