I don't think it's personal, to be honest. Southgate just prefers hard workers outside of Kane and Sterling. When he finally came on against Italy, Southgate had Saka playing as the 10 instead of Grealish there being flanked by Sterling and Sancho which tells you everything.I worry that Grealish's England career is going to pass him by with Southgate in charge. Don't think he's ever going to be in his plans.
Go back 12 months and he was massivley under rated by most on here. I do think the pundits went overboard in the summer with the Gazza comparisons though.He’s a talented player who was given a rubbish role by Gareth.
He is however overrated by a select few on here.
While this is true, does it really make sense to play defensive minded midfielder in no.10 position while you already have 2 DMs behind him?I can understand why Southgate went with Mount. He works his socks off and does a lot of work unnoticed defensively, a real team player.......however, he was the one England player that played a lot of the trounament that I think under performed personally.
He isnt a defensive minded midfielder at all though. That is like saying Fernandes is when he works hard for us pressing the opposition. he is am intelligent team player that works his socks off. But for me in the tournament we got the majority of Mount work wise off the ball, but a shadow of what he did for CHelsea last season when they had the ball....he was instrumental goign forward in the champions league victory.While this is true, does it really make sense to play defensive minded midfielder in no.10 position while you already have 2 DMs behind him?
When is creativity and technical ability ever actually going to take preference over workhorses in this countryI don't think it's personal, to be honest. Southgate just prefers hard workers outside of Kane and Sterling. When he finally came on against Italy, Southgate had Saka playing as the 10 instead of Grealish there being flanked by Sterling and Sancho which tells you everything.
Hell, look at Maddison. Like Grealish, he's often been overlooked despite being the type of midfielder we're lacking because he's not seen as a workhorse like they typical midfielders Southgate likes.
Not sure if he is overrated, bit he is one of the best English players currently. His teammates agree.He is a good player, potentially the most overrated in the country.