He's been training with them a few times over the last twelve months. I think it's partly a case of him making up the numbers for training drills and he's located near St Georges.
Winks and Holgate have withdrawn from the Squad due to injuries. Winks is really having some rotten luck at the moment, hope it's nothing serious and really hope he's not going to be a serially injured like Wilshere.
I like the look of that team. Maybe want the left footed left back but other than that it looks quite well balanced.
Just hope Maddison, Sessegnon and Onomah get a decent amount of time off the bench. Maybe starting Maddison over Dowell would have been more worthwhile considering Dowell has had a lot of chances and with this being a friendly.
1-0 HT Gray with the goal. Played some decent stuff. Great to see CM’s prepared to take people on. Dowell has made too many incorrect decisions in the final third.
We really should have Sessegnon and Maddison on by now Boothroyd is woeful at squad use and granting opportunities.
15 mins left and only two changes (one because of injury) in a friendly when we have options that deserve a chance on the bench. Typical.
Maddison could have had two assists even with such a short spell on the pitch. Really frustrating. Is Sessegnon even going to play in the next game? What a waste that second half was. Could have given some of our starters more of a rest and given others a chance.
That was fine. Performances have been a bit mixed so far in this cycle. We're either going to lose a game soon or batter someone 7-0. We struggle to score that early 2nd goal to kill games off.
Maddison was classy in the short time he was on. Lewin should have done much better with those two chances, particularly the first one, Instead of fecking about trying to lob he should have just thumped it towards the far posts.
Calvert Lewin is frustrating, he seems to have some real ability but fails to impose himself on games too often. Maddison should have started I thought. Him and Sessegnon are possibly having the best seasons out of the whole squad. OK there are a number of Premier League players in there but they are playing week in and week out making a difference. Maddison deserves to start over Dowell at least.
Thought Ejaria looked extremely classy. Lost it twice when he tried to do too much but what a talent. Maybe he should try to go abroad if he can't make it in England. On the other hand I thought TAA looked very poor with the ball.
Yes, I remember it. Deserved to keep his place in the 11 IMO. I guess they thought he was too similar to Onomah but I would have played both.