England Senior National Team General Discussion Thread

‘Enzo Maresca: “Cole Palmer is getting better and we still have two days to prepare for the game”.
“Hopefully, we can have him for a session - at least on Saturday - and then we take a decision for Arsenal game”.’

 

I think he was using the "injury" as way to point out how bad the tackle was.

 

‘Jack Grealish is not available for City on Saturday despite his call-up to the England squad... ‘

‘Mikel Arteta: “Declan Rice has not trained yet and we still don’t know if he will be available against Chelsea”.‘

 

‘Pep Guardiola says the reason for Jack Grealish's inclusion in the latest England squad is a question for interim boss Lee Carsley.
Grealish will not be available for #ManCity this weekend.’

‘Carsley said he’s trained all week’

There is a rumour going around that his City absence is not inury related.

 

Pep just called the England team the 'uk team' has he lost the plot?

 

Yeah, I’ve also seen the idea that there’s more than just an injury from some pretty reliable sources so there could be something in this, this time but I’m waiting for more concrete evidence.

 

Haha, when I saw that, I instantly thought you might get pissed about that

 

I'm not. Pep is getting alzeimers

 

Jack Grealish joined Aston Villa fans in a Bruges pub this week via video call during the supporters' Champions League trip. (Daily Mail)

Crystal Palace are verifying the origins of a hamstring injury suffered by Eddie Nketiah amid concerns he has fallen victim to the developing trend of Premier League footballers appointing expensive performance 'specialists' separate from their clubs. (Daily Mail)

 

Guardiola has suggested Carsley has not being fully truthful about talking to City’s medical team implying they might have decided Grealish saying he was fit was enough .

 

Cole Palmer will road test his knee injury on Saturday in the hope of being ready for club and country. (The Sun)

 

Bellingham starts for Real Madrid.

 

Kane starts for Bayern. Dier on the bench.

 

Goal and assist for Bellingham in the first half

 

You need to start calling the Catalonia national side the Spanish national side to get even with him.

 

Nice goal but a soft assist.

 

Lewis - Potter starts for Brentford. Mee, Meghoma and Maghoma are on the bench.
Smith and Cook start for Bournemouth. Hill, Aarons and Tavernier are on the bench.

Henderson. Mitchell, Guehi, Clyne and Chalobah start for Palace. Matthews, Ward, Kporha, Agbinone and Marsh are on the bench.
Smith Rowe and Nelson start for Fulham. Reed and Sessegnon are on the bench.

Kilman, Wan - Bissaka and Bowen start for West Ham. Foderingham, Cresswell, Scarles and Ings are on the bench,
Pickford, Tarkowski, Young, Branthwaite and Calvert - Lewin start for Everton. Keane, Armstrong, Bates and Harrison are in the bench.

Dawson starts for Wolves. Johnstone, Pond and Doyle are on the bench.
Ramsdale. Walker - Peters, Harwood - Bellis, Stephens, Downes, Armstrong, Lallana and Archer start for Southampton. McCarthy, Bree, Dibling and Amo - Ameyaw are on the bench,

 

Hinshelwood and Welbeck start for Brighton. Steele is on the bench.
Walker, Simpson - Pusey, Lewis and Foden start for Manchester City. Wilson - Esbrand, Wright, O’Reilly and McActee are on the bench.

 

Simpson-Pusey clearly has potential but he's not ready for this on or off the ball IMO.

 

Alexander - Arnold and Jones start for Liverpool. Gomez, Quansah and Morton are on the bench.
Konsa, Ramsey, Watkins and Rogers start for Aston Villa. Mings and Philogene are on the bench.

 

Trent down injured

 

Trent off injured.

Our back line for the Greece match is now looking like Lewis or Walker at right back and Hall, Lewis or Colwill at left back. Can’t say I feel confident about us not having a playoff next March - still Tuchel is good for a challenge and the playoff is all or nothing - good start or disastrous one.

 

Is eight back a hybrid between midfield and full back?

 

Corrected that.

 

Jacob Ramsey off injured. He gets no luck.