England Senior National Team General Discussion Thread

Apparently some of the older Madrid fans say that the player he resembles most is Di Stefano.

 

I think Bellingham is far better than Gerrard

 

He could be but Gerrard did it for 10 -15 years. Bellinghams having an amazing season but it could be a golden season. But if he keeps this up for a number of seasons then hes clearly the better player.

 

The standouts from November.

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Harry Maguire for me. I don't think he should be in England's first XI any more, but you can't help but admire the way he's stood his ground, blocked out the ridicule and reclaimed his position as United's go-to centre half.

 

🚨 Arsenal will allow Aaron Ramsdale to leave the club at the end of the season.

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— Transfer News Live (@DeadlineDayLive) November 30, 2023

 

Dominic Calvert - Lewin faces a late fitness check for Everton.

 

Mainly the height I think, and a little bit of the shirt number. Most skillful players tend to be shorter, with a low centre of gravity. It's one reason Zidane stood out - he had the elegance of a smaller player in a large man.

 

I just hope he doesn't nut someone in a final.

 

The draw for the Nations League Group for Autumn 2024 will be held in February in Paris. A must win group (Or win the promotion play off) to get back into League A and also because it affects qualification for World Cup 2026 and Euro 2028.

Austria, Czechia, Wales, Finland, Ukraine, Iceland, Norway. Slovenia, Republic of Ireland, Albania. Montenegro, Georgia, Greece, Türkiye and Kazakhstan in League B.

 

Ollie Watkins absent for Villa tonight but I think he has just been rested.

 

the nations league isn’t very important for the World Cup.

The 2026 World Cup groups are seeded by FIFA world rankings, there will be 4 play off spots available through the nations league for each highest placed team who fails to reach a play off spot if England can’t even manage to finish runner up in our group we would have much bigger problems.

mind you, given the teams in the league B we have absolutely zero excuses to not be winning our group whatever it is.

 

Looking forward to the draw on Saturday.

I'm not too worried about who we get, I think KO matches against the best teams tend to be where we struggle more (I actually think if the WC followed the format of the ODI cricket world cup in a table structure we'd have a much better record). I think the biggest positive would be to have France on the other side of the draw, as they are really the only stand out team IMO. Pray for that and anything is possible..

 

Zidane was classic music while Bellingham is rock and roll. The closest English player I've seen to Zidane is Loftus Cheek ( poundland version of course)

 

BBC Sport ratings European Football

Man of the Match
TIno Livramento - PSG v Newcastle United
Lewis Dunk - AEK Athens v Brighton

Player of their team

Tino Livramento - Newcastle United
Lewis Dunk - Brighton


Second and Third places
Nick Pope, Bukayo Saka, James Ward - Prowse, John Lundstram, Jack Butland, Angus MacDonald.

 

🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 Marcus Edwards (2023/24)
📊 vs Primeira Liga wingers, per 90

🥇 Shot assists - 1st
🥈 Dribbles - 2nd
🥈 Key passes - 2nd
🥈 Cross accuracy - 2nd
4⃣ Assists - 4th
5⃣ Progressive runs - 5th

Enjoying life in Portugal ✨

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— DataMB (@DataMB_) November 30, 2023

 

Voted

 

Arsenal are confident of agreeing a new long-term deal with England defender Ben White, 26. (Standard)

Juventus are hoping to complete a deal in January for Manchester United's 23-year-old England winger Jadon Sancho (Teamtalk)

Marc Guehi is keen to remain withCrystal Palace until the summer transfer window to boost his chances of making England's squad for Euro 2024. The 23-year-old defender is attracting interest from Manchester United and Newcastle. (90min)

 

https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/football/67569276

BBC sum up of the big Euro decisions Southgate has to make.

 

🚨 Chelsea boss Mauricio Pochettino was against the signing of Cole Palmer this summer.

The Argentinian coach believed that the club already had enough wide attacking players

(Source: @MailSport) pic.twitter.com/OTmxxWZ9OE

— Transfer News Live (@DeadlineDayLive) December 1, 2023

🚨🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 Thomas Frank: “I don’t want to lose Ivan Toney. I hope, and think, he’ll be a Brentford player on February 1”.

“For sure Ivan is fit and probably even more ambitious to get success. I’m convinced he will be absolutely on it”, told @EveningStandard. pic.twitter.com/CEjjedrNrx

— Fabrizio Romano (@FabrizioRomano) December 1, 2023

⚪️ Ancelotti: “Jude Bellingham is not injured. He will play tomorrow”.

“He's just tired and has a discomfort in his ankle but he will play tomorrow”. pic.twitter.com/Zur4RRsqhg

— Fabrizio Romano (@FabrizioRomano) December 1, 2023

 

🚨England discover who they’ll face at Euro 2024 tomorrow. Here’s why Gareth Southgate should fear no-one heading into a tournament his side are expected to win. https://t.co/h2XrCUyCSN

— Sami Mokbel (@SamiMokbel81_DM) December 1, 2023

https://www.chroniclelive.co.uk/spo...andre-onana-struggles-should-silence-28210260
Shay Given is surprised Nick Pope has been dropped for a player with no major experience in Sam Johnstone.

 

Were you a fan of Sheringham?

I wonder how highly Southgate rates Dean Henderson. I assume Palace spent near enough £20 Million with the intention for him to be their first choice so Sam Johnstone could've ended up no.2 at his own club were it not for injury.

Always thought number six is the position England have most struggled to produce players for so a surplus in that area of the field would be quite something. Has there ever been a time when England were spoilt for choice in that position?

So the FIFA rankings are of some importance then despite many on the internet insisting they are irrelevant.

The latest #FIFARanking is here! 💫

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— FIFA World Cup (@FIFAWorldCup) November 30, 2023

Hopefully England maintain a high ranking, next two opponents are directly below in fourth and fifth.

 

He seemed to rate Dean Henderson a bit when he was involved before but there wasn’t obviously tons of competition I am not sure what he would do if he had to choose between Henderson and Pope - In March 2021 Pope was clearly ahead of him.