England Senior National Team General Discussion Thread

Watch out for Adam Wharton

 

Cole palmer could easily play deeper. He's very good at conducting the play

 

PL- Week 24

PL English Players of the Match - Week 24
Dominic Solanke - Fulham v Bournemouth
Alfie Doughty - Luton v Sheffield United
Ivan Toney - Wolves v Brentford
Kieran Trippier - Nottingham Forest v Newcastle
Bukayo Saka - West Ham v Arsenal
Cole Palmer - Crystal Palace v Chelsea

Pl English players of their Club - Week 24
Jarrad Branthwaite - Everton
Dominic Solanke - Bournemouth
James Trafford - Burnley
Alfie Doughty - Luton
Ivan Toney - Brentford
Callum Hudson - Odoi - Nottingham Forest
Kieran Trippier- Newcastle
Bukayo Saka - Arsenal
Cole Palmer - Chelsea

BBC Sport English players of the Match - Week 24
Tom Davies - Luton v Sheffield United
Declan Rice - West Ham v Arsenal
Conor Gallagher- Crystal Palace v Chelsea

BBC Sport English players of their Club - Week 24
Jarrad Branthwaite - Everton
Ross Barkley - Luton
Tom Davies - Sheffield United
Lewis Dunk - Brighton
Kalvin Phillips - West Ham
Declan Rice - Arsenal
Adam Wharton - Crystal Palace
Conor Gallagher - Chelsea

Second and third places

Pl - Jordan Pickford, James Tarkowski, Carlton Morris, Cameron Archer, James McAtee, Morgan Gibbs - White, Declan Rice, Adam Wharton, Conor Gallagher

BBC - Phil Foden, James Tarkowski, Dominic Solanke, Josh Brownhill, Elijah Adebayo, James McAtee, Cameron Archer, Jason Steele, Tommy Doyle, Morgan Gibbs - White, Anthony Gordon, Jarrod Bowen, Bukayo Saka

No Pl for Villa v Man United.

This week’s PL goal involvements.
Goals
Morris (Pen) (Luton)
Archer (Sheffield United)
McAtee (Pen) (Sheffield United)
Toney (Brentford)
Hudson - Odoi (Nottingham Forest)
Saka x2 (1 Pen) (Arsenal)
Rice (Arsenal)
Gallagher x 2 (Chelsea)

Assists
Solanke (Bournemouth)
Alexander - Arnold (Liverpool)
Elliott (Liverpool)
Brownhill (Burnley)
Osborn (Sheffield United)
Gibbs - White (Nottingham Forest)
Trippier (Newcastle)
Rice x 2 (Arsenal)
White (Arsenal)
Maguire (Manchester United)
Palmer x 2 (Chelsea)

 

Phil Foden
◎ 23 PL games
◉ 8 goals
◉ 7 assists

Cole Palmer
◎ 21 PL games
◉ 10 goals
◉ 6 assists

Bukayo Saka
◎ 23 PL games
◉ 10 goals
◉ 6 assists

How many will start for England at EURO 2024? 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 pic.twitter.com/GNjk8tcsha

— Squawka (@Squawka) February 12, 2024

 

🔵 Pochettino: "Gallagher told me he wants to stay at Chelsea. Other than that, it's for him and the club to discuss".

"We like him. I'm so happy for him and so happy for the team because it's a victory we needed. Then about his contract, it's up to Conor and the club". pic.twitter.com/rEit60LnbB

— Fabrizio Romano (@FabrizioRomano) February 13, 2024

Chelsea star Raheem Sterling battling to make every possible improvement deserves respect and underlines ambition to succeed https://t.co/u0PEmAlVn4

— John Cross (@johncrossmirror) February 12, 2024

#MUFC

Ten Hag confirms Luke Shaw was replaced at half-time on Sunday as a precaution. 'He mentioned some complaints, and we can't take a risk, especially not with Luke, because he has had many injuries in the past. We took him off so that it did not become an injury. We have to…

— Ben Dinnery (@BenDinnery) February 12, 2024

Bournemouth star Lloyd Kelly is attracting plenty of interest ahead of the summer transfer window. (Daily Express)
Police will beef up security ahead of England's showdown with the Republic of Ireland in Dublin. (Daily Star)

 

he’s been better since the Dubai trip

he played inverted vs West Ham but they offered nothing down their left

I like it when he overlaps personally

can’t see him shifting taa, Walker or James due to the issue with Gareth

 

Curtis Jones & Kobbie Mainoo. Two players reportedly being watched by Gareth Southgate 👀

If you could pick ONE to be called up to the next #England squad, who would you choose? 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿#ITVFootball | #ThreeLions pic.twitter.com/iqGiWfWo3M

— ITV Football (@itvfootball) February 13, 2024

 

Curtis Jones at the minite. Not to say Mainoo isn't a very good player.

 

Walker, Stones, Foden and Grealish start for Man City, Carson, Wright, (Susoho) and Lewis are on the bench

 

Phil Foden is the youngest Englishman to play 50 #UCL games ✨

Aged 23 years and 261 days 📆#BBCFootball #CPHMCI pic.twitter.com/7EOrM14ZpE

— Match of the Day (@BBCMOTD) February 13, 2024

 

Assist for Foden.

 

Grealish off with a groin injury.

 

Foden scores another.

 

Foden is definitely in the top 5 players in the world right now

 

Talking to #MCFC fan at Copenhagen airport about his man of the match. De Bruyne? Foden? “John Stones,” he replied. Stepped into midfield, so important, great to see him back playing regularly, well-timed for City’s trophy chase and #ENG heading to Euros. Southgate’s best c-b.

— Henry Winter (@henrywinter) February 14, 2024

🚨A new contract for Conor Gallagher appears the most logical course of action for Chelsea. He wants to stay. Mauricio Pochettino wants him to stay. So why the delay? https://t.co/9oHAUhTlnH

— Sami Mokbel (@SamiMokbel81_DM) February 13, 2024

Who makes our current England 23 man squad ahead of the euros?
Palmer, Anthony Gordon, Bowen all in with shouts.
Kobbie Mainoo, Curtis Jones instead of Phillips/ Henderson?

Video FT @markgoldbridge out now. https://t.co/aCHK3UN1kz pic.twitter.com/LwpiA8v2Te

— Alice Abrahams (@AliceTalksFooty) February 13, 2024

Tottenham to make summer move for Gallagher if Chelsea do not extend his contract beforehand. Plus, why #cfc are facing a “nightmare” scenario over their youth product #thfc #cfc https://t.co/htU5Wug9bk

— Matt Law (@Matt_Law_DT) February 13, 2024

 

Tottenham will move for Chelsea's Conor Gallagher this summer if the 24-year-old England midfielder fails to agree an extension to his contract, which expires at the end of next season. (Telegraph - subscription required)

Newcastle United and Arsenal are on alert after contract talks between Brentford and their 27-year-old England striker Ivan Toney stalled. (TeamTalk)

Manchester United and Tottenham are pushing hardest to sign Everton's Jarrad Branthwaite, while Chelsea, Arsenal and Real Madrid have all enquired about the 21-year-old England Under-21 centre-back. (Mail)

Newcastle sporting director Dan Ashworth is Manchester United's top target to replace John Murtough, who is expected to leave his role as football director once Sir Jim Ratcliffe's deal to buy a 25% stake in the Red Devils is complete. (The i)

The Magpies are concerned Ashworth has been unsettled by the speculation and are seeking assurances that he is committed to the club long term. (Telegraph - subscription required)

 

Classic Rover.

Not for me though. Top 5 players in the world sustain their form over at least a season and longer. Foden has stepped up in these past few months but he needs to stay at this level.

 

Tbf I said right now

 

Curtis Jones and Mainoo in for Henderson and Phillips is just pure hyperbole! No way in a million years will Southgate do that when the Euro’s are a stones throw away.

 

It's Mark Goldbridge, hyperbole and stoaking outrage are his stock and trade. Not sure why FB even posts his opinions on here.

 

Conor Gallagher to Spurs would be an excellent move imo. He'd benefit massively from playing under a proper positional play coach and would play alongside midfielders who are very comfortable on the ball and who'd hide his limitations in possession. Hope it happens.

 

🚨 Trent Alexander-Arnold set to be out again for few weeks after he was rushed back by Liverpool and aggravated current injury.

Alexander-Arnold will miss the Carabao Cup final vs Chelsea, as @_pauljoyce reported. pic.twitter.com/3RMZeJk0O8

— Fabrizio Romano (@FabrizioRomano) February 14, 2024

🚨🔴 | Trent Alexander-Arnold has been ruled out of the Carabao Cup final at the end of the month and will be sidelined for a number of weeks after aggravating an existing knee injury. #LFC

(@_pauljoyce // @TimesSport) pic.twitter.com/Zz6qOLBizw

— Everything England 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 (@TheEngllshGame) February 14, 2024

The Times say he wants to be back for the next England squad as he is aiming to be starting at the Euros.

However if he is not back in time will that open up a spot for one of Jones or Mainoo? Or will Southgate replace him with a defender like Gomez.

 

You'd think if Trent were to miss out here then there's a high chance Curtis Jones gets called in, or even Phillips if Southgate's initial plan was to drop Phillips for Jones. Don't think Southgate has any intention of taking Trent as a defender.

 

I very doubt Southgate has been planning to drop Phillips for Jones. If he was going to bring Jones in before this it would have been as an extra midfielder. He could well call up more than 23 players for the two matches.

 

🔴 Harry Kane: “It's been a tough week…”.

“The second half was disappointing. We came out with less energy and less confidence”.

“We're still in this, they come to Munich in a few weeks. We have to look forward and try to tourn our momentum around”,
told TNT Sports. pic.twitter.com/RzLuB2G1De

— Fabrizio Romano (@FabrizioRomano) February 14, 2024

Bayern struggling again.