England Senior National Team General Discussion Thread

Probably and it will allow his true level to be easily seen and if his likely call-ups for the next year are justified or not.

 

He’s played well in the Europa and Eredivisie hasn’t he? You don’t think that’s a good level?

 

It a decent level but the PL is even tougher.

 

He’s well capable of playing in PL for a couple more years, he hasn’t suddenly become a crap player.

 

And Brazil weren't troubling England prior to Seaman's brain fart. That game could very easily have meandered to extra time and penalties otherwise.

He was an ordinary keeper playing in front of an extraordinary Arsenal back four, and the fact that he also made major blunders in big games in his late 20s/early 30s will forever downgrade him as an England number one for me.

 

No sign of Walker tonight for AC Milan. (Tomori and Loftus-Cheek have started and Abraham is on the bench)

 

Harry kane must have huge regrets about not leaving spurs sooner. He's probably got one more season at bayern then he'll be sold to someone like Newcastle or be sold back to spurs. He could have had a full cabinet of trophies

 

Happy Sunderland are up. Patterson could be another good option next season if he does well. Looks a good shottstopper

 

EXCL Jack Grealish not in #MCFC squad for crucial clash vs Fulham for Champions League qualification. Pep Guardiola will inevitably be asked about club record signing's future (Mike McGrath)

 

Kane should of left Spurs after Pochettino went.

 

He's arguably worse with his feet than Nick Pope! Not sure Patterson is better than the goalie at the other end today, Cooper for Sheffield United.

I've seen Everton fans saying that Pickford has kept them up though. He's been voted their player of the season for the last three campaigns.

Perhaps Everton moving to that new stadium could be a catalyst for Pickford to eventually play in European club competitions and maybe even win a trophy like Palace, Newcastle and Spurs have this season.

Hopefully that is the case and I reckon Carsley would've integrated that young talent. Bit concerned Tuchel will just retain players such as Walker and Henderson focusing only on next year and England might end up regretting not selecting likes of Delap when we had the chance.

Ah but Rover if he had stayed a couple of seasons longer he'd have won the Europa League.

Kane did seem particularly disappointed when Bayern Munich were eliminated at San Siro last month. I think he left Spurs not just to win the Bundesliga but for a realistic chance of a Champions League medal after losing 2019 final. As you said, not sure how many more chances he'll have.

 

Bayern are weighing up a swoop for Crystal Palace's Eberechi Eze after being snubbed by Florian Wirtz. Brighton's Kaoru Mitoma and AC Milan's Rafael Leao are both on their radar but a move for Eze has also been discussed. The 26-year-old's release clause is set to become active again at the end of the season and is understood to be worth £60million (€71.5m) plus £8m (€9.5m) in add-ons. Palace have good relations with Bayern following the sale of Michael Olise last July [@RyanTaylorSport]

England winger Jack Grealish's future at Manchester City has been cast into further doubt after the 29-year-old was left out of their squad for the last game of the season at Fulham. (Telegraph - subscription required)

Jack Grealish fears he may have to quit Manchester City to realise a World Cup dream.(Sun on Sunday)

Trent Alexander-Arnold issued an emotional farewell message to his Liverpool team-mates during their final training session before drawing the curtain on their season. (Mail on Sunday)

Manchester United star Marcus Rashford could get his dream transfer move after Barcelona manager Hansi Flick labelled him a 'fantastic player'. (Daily Mirror on Sunday)

 

Have no fear, Jack. Find a club that allows you to operate more centrally and play to your strengths, and I'll wager that you'll make the World Cup squad. We missed that ability to dictate the rhythm of a game at the Euros, and it'll be even more important in the heat of America.

 

He should go abroad

 

Does Grealish dictate the rhythm of a game playing centrally, not something I can remember him doing?

 

Thomas Tuchel looks ahead to a productive week in Spain in June 🇪🇸💪 pic.twitter.com/jGH0NBXoRe

— England (@England) May 25, 2025

 

He certainly did under Carsley.

 

He played well against Ireland, I can’t really remember the Finland game (obviously much lower level opposition than you’d face in the PL). Don’t really remember him dictating the rhythm of the game, but I guess that a pretty nebulous concept, he’s not really that type of player for me.

 

Gallagher came of the bench for Atletico Madrid today.

 

Smith and Tavenier start for Bournemouth. Dennis, Hill, Scott, Winterburn and Silcott-Dubbery are on the bench.
Justin, Coady, Thomas and Skipp start for Leicester. Aluko, Golding, Braybrooke, Monga and Evans are on the bench.

There are no English starters for Fulham. King, Sessegnon and Smith Rowe are on the bench.
There are no English starters for Manchester City. Lewis, Foden and O’Reilly are on the bench.

Palmer, Davis, Greaves, Chaplin and Hutchinson start for Ipswich. Walton, Woolfenden, Boniface, Delap and Clarke are on the bench.
Kilman, (Wan-Bissaka), Scarles, Ward-Prowse and Bowen start for West Ham. Cresswell and Ings are on the bench.

Jones starts for Liverpool. Gomez, Alexander-Arnold, Quansah and Elliott are on the bench.
Henderson, Mitchell, Hughes and Eze start for Crystal Palace. Ward, Kporha, Esse and Nketiah are on the bench.

Maguire, Heaven and Mount start for Manchester United. Heaton, Fredricson, Mainoo and Collyer are on the bench.
Konsa, Rogers and Watkins start for Aston Villa. Mings, Barkley and Ramsey are on the bench.

Pope, Livramento, Burn, Barnes, Murphy and Gordon start for Newcastle. Trippier, Lascelles, Willock, Longstaff, Miley and Wilson are on the bench.
Pickford, Keane, Young, Garner and Harrison start for Everton. Welch, McNeil and Calvert-Lewin are on the bench.

Anderson and Gibbs-White start for Nottingham Forest. Toffolo, Yates and Hudson-Odoi are on the bench.
Adarabioyo, Colwill, James, Madueke, Sancho and Palmer start for Chelsea. Chalobah, Acheampong, Dewsbury-Hall and George are on the bench.

Ramsdale, Wood, Taylor, Downes and Robinson start for Southampton. McCarthy, Bree, Moore and Archer are on the bench.
White, Rice, Sterling and Nwaneri start for Arsenal. Lewis-Skelly and Saka are on the bench.

Gray and Solanke start for Spurs. Spence, Olusesi, Moore and Ajayi are on the bench.
Webster and Hinsehelwood start for Brighton. Rushworth, Dunk, Milner and Howell are on the bench.

There are no English starters for Wolves. Mane is on the bench.
Lewis-Potter starts for Brentford. Henry is on the bench.

 

Pep Guardiola on why Jack Grealish is not part of the squad today: “Selection”. (Fabrizio Romano)

 

Solanke scores a penalty.

 

Ward-Prowse scores. Assist for Bowen.

Assist for White.

Everyone who has been left out for one reason or another is getting a goal involvement,

 

Trent gets a good reception today.

 

Colwill scores.