England Senior National Team General Discussion Thread

Same time. U21’s Euros is from 11-28th June. Club World Cup is June 14th to July 13th.

 

I watch next to nothing of Dortmund but Gittens keeps doing this all the way to March then he'll have to be in the side, even if he is still flawed. A big ask to continue this form though.

We really do lack a left winger who has that cut inside and fire into the far corner goal in their bag. Every single world-class winger has that goal in their locker and can lean on it regularly. Gordon can only do it very sparingly and it's just not something Grealish can really do very often either.

 

Jude scored again by the way, seems to be getting his goal scoring touch back which is good.

 

Bellingham is a far better player than mbappe

 

Bellingham scored and assisted but went off injured seemingly. Anyone watching? did it look bad?

 

Timeline updates on Google suggest it doesn't look too bad and was more Ancelotti being cautious.

It's honestly hilarious how much better Bellingham (and Madrid) look with just one of Vinicius and Mbappé on the pitch. You simply can't play with two defensive passengers on the pitch.

 

Looks like he sat down and then walked off.

 

Why are English players the most overplayed footballers in the world. Saka kane Bellingham etc all play nearly every minute

 

Combination of quality and work rate. 95% of world-class players with match-winning quality won't do the defensive work that Saka and Bellingham do. Manager's dream. It's to their own detriment at times.

 

‘Ancelotti: “Jude Bellingham is fine. He will be available against Atalanta, it’s nothing serious”.’

 

Probably had to cut him out so makes the damage look worse. Good to hear hes talking.

 

Looked like he felt something in his groin and asked to come off.

 

This is a quote from Tuchel last year when he was still Bayern Munich manager:

We've certainly hired a manager with an informed perspective on that debate. And if he was willing to be that forthright in his comments when he was managing in Germany, I'm sure he'll be skeptical of players like Bynoe-Gittens rather than favouring them.

 

It was also during the time when half the Bayern dressing room - particularly the players who have never played outside of Germany, turned on him.

I can just see the meltdown now from those who wanted Southgate gone and then Tuchel calls up Raahford and/or Sancho and leaves our players more in vogue

 

Smith Rowe starts for Fulham. King, Sessegnon and Godo are on the bench.
Rice and Saka start for Arsenal. Heaven, Lewis-Skelly, Nwaneri and Sterling are on the bench.

Davis, Johnson, Chaplin, Hutchinson and Delap start for Ipswich. Walton, H Clarke, Townsend, Phillips and J Clarke are on the bench.
Smith, Cook and Tavernier start for Bournemouth. Dennis, Hill, Aarons and Kinsey are on the bench.

Justin, Coady and Vardy start for Leicester. Thomas, Choudhury, Skipp and Mavididi are on the bench.
Dunk starts for Brighton. Steele and Welbeck are on the bench.

 

I think there could be little serious argument that the mean quality of the premier league isn’t better than the Bundesliga by some distance.

it’s also much easier for attackers, especially pacey attackers to look good in Bundesliga given the openness of the teams and prevalence of high lines.

though with all that said Gittens is certainly still having the kind of season to put him on the radar, especially given he’s also doing it in the champions league. The left wing options he’s up against are also one of the weaker parts of the squad at any rate. None of the regulars from the current set up have really made a case for themselves at all so far this season.

 

Real seem determined to relive the galácticos era.

Seems like they’re going to double down on it to given it seems they want both Davies and TAA at the end of the season which will only make their current issues fitting their star attackers in even more glaring

 

More respect for Barcelona. At least they turn to their youth academy

 

Only because they are half a billion in debt.

 

Forster and Solanke start for Spurs. Austin, Spence, Maddison, Gray and Lankshear are on the bench,
Colwill, Palmer and Sancho start for Chelsea. Adarabioyo, Drewsbury-Hall and Madueke are on the bench.

 

Madueke dropped after putting in a man of the match performance. That'll help his confidence

 

Solanke scores fot Spurs

 

What a shambles at the back. Two slips from cucurella two goals

 

I never thought I'd say this but Paul Merson was point on.

 

The BBC commentary think Sancho will be back under Tuchel in March..