England Senior National Team General Discussion Thread

Wolves have 3 English starters!

 

Dunno about Fireburn but I nearly did…..

 

I'm sure there fans are buzzing, bottom of the table and they start new star English signing Adam Armstrong, with a stellar 6 goals in 88 PL appearances!

 

No the lad simply has to go to the world cup. Other mids aren't having stellar seasons as well.

 

Palmer hattrick!

 

Not sure I would commit to saying he’s back as it’s against Wolves with respect but will do his confidence the world of good.

 

Anderson is having a fantastic season which will get him a big move in the summer.

I’d take Mainoo over Wharton though, Wharton is untested at international level whilst Mainoo has played in a major final. That experience is no small thing when comparing the two players. Providing Mainoo maintains his form of course.

 

I don’t think I’ve ever seen a fanbase gaslight the wider footballing world more about a player than Spurs fans with Romero.

Even when he has disastrous displays like today, they either pin it on their board, or just hark back to other games where they claim he did play well and that they’d be in the bottom three if it wasn’t for him.

Saw a Spurs fan argue that he’s better than Maguire yesterday and put him in a combined 11 ahead of him. If it wasn’t for Argentina’s rigged World Cup win, he’d be seen as a glorified Eric Bailly.

 

He's always a red card waiting to happen

 

Morgan rogers and Palmer getting on the scoresheet. I guess today has some positives

 

On the midfield discourse, Garner is playing better than both Wharton and Mainoo this season but he doesn’t have the shiny new toy or playing for big club dynamic in his favour. He’s just not very fashionable.

 

Yeah, totally agree and really undeservingly going under the radar when he really should be in for a shout, good off the ball, good on the ball. Criminally underrated imo.

 

It’s another nail in the coffin for Foden’s chances of going.

 

Yeah, l'd maybe wait another 5 months before continuing with these ridiculous knee jerk statements. As Cole Palmer's hat-trick today shows, world class players can rediscover their form in an instant. Writing them off in February is just plain daft.

 

Today’s matches
Maguire, Shaw and Mainoo started for Manchester United. Heaven was unused.
Gray, Gallagher and Solanke started for Spurs. Byfield, Oluessi and Williams-Barnett were unused.

Gomes, Armstrong and Mane started for Wolves. Johnstone, Rawlings and Edozie were unused.
Chalobah and Palmer started for Chelsea. Delap and Acheampong were used from the bench. Sharman-Lowe was unused.

Sessegnon and Smith-Rowe started for Fulham. Reed and King were unused.
Pickford, Tarkowski, Keane, Garner, Armstrong and Dewsbury-Hall started for Everton. George, Iroegbunam and Branthwaite were used from the bench. Dibling was unused.

Walker, Humphreyes, Edwards and Anthony started for Burnley. Laurent was used from the bench. Worrall and Barnes were unused.
Bowen and Wilson started for West Ham. Potts, Scarles and Walker-Peters were used from the bench. Killman was unused.

Rice and Madueke started for Arsenal. Eze was used from the bench. White and Lewis-Skelly were unused.
No English starters for Sunderland. Mundle was used from the bench. Cirkin, Rigg and O’Nien were unused.

Hill, Scott and Cook started for Bournemouth. Smith was used from the bench.
Konsa, Mings, Sancho, Rogers and Watkins started for Aston Villa. Abraham and Barkley were used from the bench. Proctor was unused.

Pope, Trippier, Hall, Willock, Murphy and Barnes started for Newcastle. Ramsey and Burn were used from the bench. Ramsdale, Shahar and Neeve were unused.
Henderson and Lewis-Potter started for Brentford. Donovan was used from the bench. Nelson was unused.

Palmer x3 ( 2Pen), Dewsbury-Hall, Rogers,
Mainoo, Armstrong, Hill, Sancho,

This weekend James, Spence, Livramento and Trent all absent due to injury.

 

I think there's a chance at least 2 out of Shaw, Maguire and Mainoo get in the WC squad.

 

Kobbie Mainoo vs Tottenham pic.twitter.com/G6xNxekR36

— Dzner™️ (@DznerV3) February 7, 2026

 

Angel Gomes vs Chelsea#wwfc debut pic.twitter.com/ocRk1DKWg4

— 𝒄𝒕 (@ctwwfc) February 7, 2026

Not a bad performance on his debut to be fair looking at this.

 

Barcelona have decided to make 28-year-old England forward Marcus Rashford's loan move from Manchester United permanent. (Fichajes - in Spanish)

Newcastle are also looking at Lyon's 23-year-old English midfielder Tyler Morton as a possible replacement for Sandro Tonali, while Crystal Palace and Nottingham Forest are also interested in the former Liverpool player. (Caughtoffside)

 

He looks quite press resistant. I think he's a better bet than Wharton at this stage

 

Why don't English clubs allow English players to stay abroad ffs!!!!!. The Premier league is the worst thing that has happened to the England national team. We used to have players playing abroad and alot of them stayed there. Nowadays because of the money in the epl, English clubs can afford to bring them back. I think it's important for English players to learn new cultures in football

 

How the ******** did Amorim not rate him?