Much better - I've deleted the other one. So it does look like everyone except for Anjorin has started a game.
Anjorin played 60 for Chelsea yesterday and went off with cramp. He should still join the squad though.
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According to comms we playing 4 at the back. Diamond in midfield with Appiah at the tip supporting Duncan & Tulloch.
Defence sounds like it is really struggling so we can't get going really. Suppose a few first choice aren't there. 0-1 down Appiah and Doyle sounding dangerous.
What actually is Crowe's position? I've seen him wear no. 2 and no. 9 shirts for England, Ipswich has him down as a midfielder, Garibaldi had him down as a possible centre-back a few posts back...
Right-back. I assumed Clarke was the RB in that game but I reckon you can switch them around. Mola seems to be playing at the base of the diamond. PS Our best movement forward seems to be involving Crowe-Doyle-Appiah
I spoke to Crowe about this a few weeks ago, he is equally as comfortable at RB, RW and CM but if pushed would give the edge to RB
This sounds a much improved performance 2nd half by England. Creating so many chances. 2 minutes left England 1 Italy 2 Appiah scored (Tulloch assist)
Finished 1-2 Only Hilton, Mumba, Perry, W-Phillips got off the bench for Mola, Nolan, Duncan & Binks/Crowe I think the weakness in this group is a lack of continuity. There are some great individuals but as a team not sure where they are yet and with the Euro's approaching they need to settle on a squad. Also it seems more depth to attacking options than defence and midfield. GK : Seaden, Ashby-Hammond RB : Asare , Crowe CB : Ogbeta, Alese , Solanke, Clarke, Binks LB : Saka, Mumba CM : Doyle, Anjorin, Mola, Perry, Broughton, Nolan, Maghoma AMF : Jones, Hilton , Coyle, Johnson FWD : Tulloch, Appiah, Duncan, Amaechi, W-Phillips, Cashman, Whittaker, Longstaff
Seem to have been able to narrow it down to one of Hilton, Kpohomouh and Ogbeta (and possibly Cashman) based off social media posts from the other players not explicitly mentioning that they scored. Not the finest way of doing it but there's not a whole lot else out there to go on at the moment. Will keep digging.
Those lists aren't always 100% exhaustive for whatever reason, Chelsea were missing a couple who didn't have international clearance etc. Coyle was injured, not sure what's happening beyond that.
Future England star Curtis Jones staked his claims again for promotion to the WC in India next month, with a match winning performance in the hard fought Everton u18 derby last night. A determined Everton side took the lead in the first half and Liverpool, though looking the more dominant, found it very hard going to break them down to pull back a goal. But in the second half the breakthrough came with two very well taken goals from Jones . With the second one - for the second time in a week - he seemed so keen to keep his shot down, it bounced several feet in front of him on its way to the net. I was impressed with the whole-hearted effort of Luis Longstaff before he came off on the hour. And also the Everton No.10 Anthony Gordon looked quite promising - scoring The Everton goal. 3-1 at the finish.
The first senior debut in the Football League for this age group is Daniel Adshead who came on for Rochdale last weekend.
Connor Tomlinson and Joshua Neufville on bench for luton town.. both 16 years old. Tomlinson Luton's youngest player with an appearance at the start of last season, 15 years old.
That's been rumoured for a while now. Similar happened with Dele-Bashiru last year then he just signed a pro without having signed a scholar, but they benefitted from him having an early birthday. Duncan can't sign pro until June.