England Senior National Team General Discussion Thread

Yeah I guessed you copied them from there or Sky Sport, “Unknown sources” is one way to describe them I refer to them as “Slop Shops” always plenty of slop to go around like the ones you posted, (when the rags have no actual news to report), from these types of sites because they literally write articles with no substance.

 

Xavi Simons has picked Jimmy Garner as the player in the PL that has surprised him most in terms of ability.

 

2 English starters for West Ham (Potts and Bowen) + 4 on the bench.
3 English starters for Aston Villa (Konsa, Rogers and Watkins) + 3 on the bench.

0 English starters for Sunderland + 4 on the bench.
6 English starters for Newcastle (Ramsdale, Livramento, Burn, Hall, Miley and Gordon) + 5 on the bench.

4 English starters for Nottingham Forest (Anderson, Hutchinson, Gibbs-White and Hudson-Odoi) + 2 on the bench,
2 English starters for Spurs (Spence and Gray) + 0 on the bench.

5 English starters for Crystal Palace (Henderson, Guehi, Clyne, Wharton and Mitchell) + 3 on the bench.
2 English starters for Manchester City (O’Reilly and Foden) + 3 on the bench.

First time a team has started no English players in the Tyne/Wear derby?

 

A few games I wouldn’t mind watching all kicking off at the same time and then the one later kick off game isn’t one that I’m particularly bothered about with respect to those Clubs.

 

Sky wanted the Tyne/Wear Derby at 16.30 but the police rejected it. Because of how the quotas work in the contracts they didn’t want to pick one of the other matches to be the main one (They would have picked Brentford v Leeds as the main 14.00 match).

 

Miley starting for Newcastle again. Yet another English CM option. The depth we have in the midfield areas is insane.

 

And Lotfus-Cheek has been starting lately for Milan…….

 

A few years back you could do a whole a 11 of rightbacks. Now I think you could do 2 full 11s of CM midfielders and no10s.

 

I'm watching City v Palace because of Wharton but I'd also like to watch villa

 

Have not seen much of Spurs this season. I was just wondering where does Gray play?

 

He's playing in midfield today

 

What a pass from Wharton

 

Curtis Jones vs Brighton (H) - 13/12/25 pic.twitter.com/flFGVNZMpr

— ʟꜰ✾¹⁷ (@LukFloes) December 13, 2025

 

Ghuei has really looked haaland's equal today

 

Wharton has been class so far

 

Guehi is one of them players that gets a little bit better every season.

 

I think Dan Burn has broken some ribs and is coming off.

 

This is some stat about Kane v Lewandowski

Harry Kane smashed the record for reaching 10 hat-tricks last weekend, achieving it after just 76 Bundesliga appearances ⚽️⚽️⚽️

For context, it took the great Robert Lewandowski 324 games to do the same 😱 pic.twitter.com/H9jBns9uNt

— Football on TNT Sports (@footballontnt) December 13, 2025

 

Tuchel is at Palace v Man City.

 

📊 Premier League Midfielders: Progressive Passing

+ progressive passes per pass vs. success rate
+ direct tendencies and tactics have an obvious impact on completion %
+ small minutes sample; illustrative not instructional pic.twitter.com/WTBAoBeb2k

— Spencer Mossman (@fc_mossman) December 11, 2025

Wharton and Jones impressive. Henderson too kinda.

 

Wharton and Jones both unicorns for opposite reasons.

 

Wharton has been one of the best players on the pitch

 

Gordon and Elanga have both been shocking for Newcastle. Both coming off along with
tonali.

 

Barnes, Wiilock and Murphy on for Newcastle

 

Foden