England Senior National Team General Discussion Thread

There’s not a better alternative anyway.

 

If pickford made a big eff up. Donnarumma was just as bad. He's never looked completely convincing

 

T-Rex arms made an appearance which to be fair to Pickford was a long time ago.

 

It looked very Pickford-esque. He's made those same type of errors before.

 

Tuchel doesn’t feel like the type of manager to call up a 16 year old for experience.

 

Had to go out. Just come back and saw the Dowman goal. That will become as iconic as Rooney's against Arsenal. Think its 50/50 whether he goes to the WC now.

 

Assist for Bowen.

 

The way that Dowman beats his man (with ease) and so naturally for that second goal, is a very rare trait in modern football.

 

I like o'reilly in midfield. He's good at playing through the lines

 

The Max Dowman goal from different angles

 

Always like how the French commentators get carried away with the emotions it seems….

MAX DOWMAN DANS L'HISTOIRE DE LA PREMIER LEAGUE 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿

À seulement 16 ans et 73 jours, le jeune joueur des Gunners devient le plus jeune buteur de l'histoire de la Premier League 👏#ARSEVE | #PremierLeague pic.twitter.com/oDo4ua0kya

— CANAL+ Foot (@CanalplusFoot) March 14, 2026

 

Would love to do that but not possible

However - I have found watching matches in Spanish helps a lot. Don't have to hear the lazy idiotic cliches

 

I think this is called laying it on with a shovel

“He’s nothing but a kid with the world at his feet.”

Peter Drury, you poet. Make a grown man cry. pic.twitter.com/RinVcnWYUM

— Muthia (@Muthia911) March 15, 2026

 

With Rashford, Foden, Kane and Saka, England could be very good in attack. Is it possible to place all 4? 4-2-3-1 formation?

 

I think there’s a fairly good chance Foden doesn’t even get into the squad to be fair. Don’t think he will start with Rashford either, I would hope Gordon would start ahead of him. I think it’s going to be something like


Gordon Kane Saka

—————Bellingham—————-

 

Grealish is also history?

 

He's injured, and expected to be out for the season

 

Bet he's been waiting to use that "Teenage kicks" line all season.

 

Oh he has them ready to go for sure. I reckon he has a cheat sheet in front of him for every game.

 

Only Kane is really in any kind of form that would give you hope.

 

I would only take dowman as the 26th man if he gets some game time and has a reasonable impact. Otherwise I'd guess he'll be involved by the end of the year

 

It's alright saying this but who are you reasonably leaving out as RW option to include him, literally no point doing this at this stage.

 

I thought he could play left wing

 

He's very much an attacking midfield who roams in operating off the right flank.

I don't even think the concept of a 26th man is a thing, each player is primarily righting for one or 2 positions.