I think they're gonna just keep calling him up and getting him to make a choice to turn it down each time.
Angel Gomes v Chelsea U18. Good to have you back 💪🏽#mufc @agomes_47 pic.twitter.com/SFR0lFY6eA— Bas (@MxZvGx) May 10, 2018 First game back though, right? They might just be giving him time to build up his fitness.
So are/were Ben Woodburn, Oliver Burke, Ethan Ampadu, Jack Grealish... Why is this approach being taken with Nmecha new when they haven't done it with any other dual national previously?
.....except Ampadu did. And even if he didn't that would be a really poor reason, so again why Nmecha?
Well the reasoning would be that maybe he's not explicitly said he's going with Germany. Maybe the door is open in a way that it realistically wasn't with the others? People moan about England 'losing' these guys + push for us to proactively cap tie them, then also moan when we're leaving the door open for them.
As other said arguably harsh on Griffiths. While I am still undecided on how much I rate him scoring 23 goals in 18 u18s games or 27 goals in 20 games for the season, suggests he has least earned a call-up on based on output. I accept he has only done it at u18 level. Otherwise I feel Hinds deserves a chance but understand with Lamptey featuring regularly in an incredibly successful Chelsea side it would be hard to justify selecting Hinds ahead of him. Also how is Denny in ahead of Skipp
Steven Sessegnon isn't out there with them. Not sure if there's any other changes. First game on Wednesday.
I imagine Fulham are holding him back, he's not miles from first team and also being part of travelling squad for Wembley will be an experience
#ENGU18 drew their opening game at the Panda Cup 2-2 versus Uruguay. The goals came from a Nya Kirby penalty and Felix Nmecha. pic.twitter.com/kf4H7VbHEM— youthhawk (@youthhawk) May 23, 2018
Starting team seems to have been Bursik, Lamptey, Vokins, McEachran, Eyoma, Panzo, Poveda, Gallagher (c), Loader, Nmecha, Kirby.
This is a U19 tournament btw, this lot are playing up an age group against 99s without most of the standout-standouts: Brewster, Foden, Sancho, Hudson-Odoi, Gomes...
A few younger players in the others teams too though. Uruguay started at least one 2001 today. May have started more younger players too, Schiappacasse is the big name, a 1999 who came off the bench.
#ENGU18 lost their second game at the Panda Cup to the hosts today.Starting XI: Crellin, Lamptey, Eyoma, Panzo, Vokins, Gallagher, Denny, Wright, Poveda, Nmecha, Loader https://t.co/tfDDtYgI6k— youthhawk (@youthhawk) May 25, 2018 Not surprised by the result even against China. Team looks very unbalanced on paper, difficult to control the midfield with Gallagher + Denny in the same midfield.
The team looks fine. Not ever side without a Wilshere or McEachran is unbalanced or desperately lacking in midfield. Seems like they just lost because of a comical error, some wayward finishing + a trash pitch.
Wrong, a team without anybody to pass the ball in midfield is not balanced. Never bought the poor pitch argument, both teams play on the same pitch.
A bad pitch always favours the weaker team though. I've watched the highlights, England had loads of chances, China had one from a comical England error and one from a set piece. Acknowledging a bad pitch is especially important when assessing a performance at a developmental level.
it is, but a technical player will have a good first touch regardless of the state of the pitch. I maintain that this 11 looks disjointed, with 2 pure DM in midfield and only one attacking midfielder. I could not care less about the result, even if it's China, but the philosophy of some of the england youth coaches still baffles me. U19, u17 and u20 this summer only played with CM who could play (Dozell, Edu, TOB, McEachran, Onomah etc.) and it worked out pretty well to say the least.