England Senior National Team General Discussion Thread

Henderson tries to get in the World Cup squad. He doesn’t deserve this.
Pickford had a bad edition this weekend. Not many players in great shape. Tottenham is in problems, they produced some good players for England.
In 90’s, some great players like Sheringham, Shearer, McManaman, Fowler, Joe Cole were mostly on the bench, or outside the team.
National team players must be the game carriers in their clubs: Seaman, Campbell, Rio Ferdinand, Neville, Ashley Cole, Scholes, Beckham, Anderton, Andy Cole….in Premierleague, the carriers are French, Brazilian, Dutch, Argentine, Portuguese players…Newcastle doesn’t have great players: material for titles, top four in Champions League.
Why Jaime Vardy was not often in English NT?

 

ManUtd - only three English players were starters: Maguire, Shaw and Mainoo…
So, they can’t find anyone local who could replace old Casemiro who scored today.
Forgotten Barkley played for A Villa.
Mason Mount ManUtd bench. Both were once great players, just like Trippier.

 

I thought that technical Barca style might lift Rashford. He seemed consistent. Many injuries, just like Wallcott, Aaron Lennon, Sterling, Owen, Joe Cole - players who were nice to watch. Wrong clubs, wrong tactical assignments?

 

He is very popular, he has Overlap podcast. Pretty average topics. How can anyone understand Liverpool accent? Carragher, Rooney..
Why is Jaime Carragher so influential? Zero club titles, average NT performance…

 

I'd reckon Lewis Hall is a great player; always love watching him.

 

Plenty of English players are carriers in the epl. I can only think of Fernandes as the only game carrier in England that is Portuguese

 

Declan Rice is absolutely a carrier for Arsenal. He's dropped off a bit but he's likely to win Premier League player of the year if (when) Arsenal win the league.

Saka has been a carrier of Arsenal for years and the last time Man City won a league title it was Foden who carried them to it with 19 league goals (winning Premier League player of the year).

Not the Premier League, but the last time Real Madrid won a league title their top goalscorer (and best player) that season was Jude Bellingham (winning La Liga player of the year).

You're right that many have experienced drop-offs for their clubs though and aren't in great shape. I don't always think there's a major correlation between club and NT showings though. A lot TBC with some of these players imo.

 

Current odds

Player-Bet365 odds-Skybet odds

GK
1. Jordan Pickford 1/33 1/25
2. Dean Henderson 1/10 1/8
3. James Trafford 1/3 4/11
4. Nick Pope 6/4 6/4
5. Aaron Ramsdale 11/4 11/4
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6. Sam Johnstone 20/1 20/1
7. James Beadle 25/1
8. Michael Cooper 33/1
9. Carl Rushworth 40/1

FB
1. Reece James 2/9 1/9
2. Nico O’Reilly 1/5 1/6
3. Lewis Hall 4/7 4/6
4. Trent Alexander‑Arnold 5/4 10/11
5. Luke Shaw 11/10 11/10
6. Djed Spence 13/8 5/6
7. Valentino Livramento 11/8 5/4
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8. Rico Lewis 10/1 15/2
9. Tyrick Mitchell 14/1 10/1
10. Ben Chilwell 16/1
11. Rico Henry 33/1
12. Leif Davis 33/1
13. Jayden Bogle 50/1
14. Ryan Sessegnon 50/1

CB
1. Marc Guéhi 1/20 1/40
2. Ezri Konsa 1/12 1/14
3. John Stones 1/3 1/6
4. Dan Burn 4/5 8/13
5. Harry Maguire 4/5 8/11
6. Jarell Quansah 6/4 6/5
7. Trevoh Chalobah 15/8 17/10
8. Jarrad Branthwaite 4/1 9/2
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9. Joe Gomez 10/1
10. Levi Colwill 14/1 9/1
11. Charlie Cresswell 20/1
12. Ayden Heaven 20/1
13. Tosin Adarabioyo 33/1 33/1
14. Adam Webster 33/1
15. Taylor Harwood‑Bellis 50/1 33/1
16. Max Kilman 50/1
17. Eric Dier 80/1

CM
1. Declan Rice 1/33 1/33
2. Elliot Anderson 1/10 1/9
3. Jordan Henderson 1/6 1/3
4. Kobbie Mainoo 8/11 4/6
5. Adam Wharton 4/5 4/6
6. James Garner 7/2 10/3
7. Conor Gallagher 6/1 10/3
8. Curtis Jones 5/1 5/1
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9. Angel Gomes 25/1 16/1
10. Harrison Armstrong 50/1 40/1
11. Jacob Ramsey 66/1 33/1
12. Sean Longstaff 66/1 33/1
13. Ross Barkley 100/1 33/1
14. Tyler Morton 66/1
15. Lewis Cook 66/1
16. Ryan Yates 100/1
17. Joe Willock 100/1

AM/W
1. Bukayo Saka 1/25 1/33
2. Jude Bellingham 1/7 1/10
3. Cole Palmer 1/10 1/9
4. Phil Foden 1/8 1/3
5. Anthony Gordon 1/10 2/9
6. Marcus Rashford 2/7 1/4
7. Eberechi Eze 2/5 4/11
8. Noni Madueke 4/7 4/7
9. Jarrod Bowen 1/2 4/6
10. Morgan Gibbs‑White 9/4 5/4
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11. Alex Scott 6/1 11/2
12. Harvey Barnes 8/1 11/2
13. Max Dowman 9/1 9/1
14. Jack Grealish 16/1 6/1
15. Callum Hudson‑Odoi 20/1 20/1
16. Jamie Bynoe‑Gittens 25/1 20/1
17. Harvey Elliott 33/1 20/1
18. James Maddison 50/1 25/1
19. Emile Smith Rowe 50/1 33/1
20. Omari Hutchinson 40/1
21. Rio Ngumoha 40/1
22. Jadon Sancho 66/1 33/1
23. Tyrique George 80/1 33/1

STR
1. Harry Kane 1/25 1/33
2. Ollie Watkins 10/11 4/7
3. Dominic Calvert‑Lewin 7/2 11/4
4. Dominic Solanke 4/1 11/2
5. Tammy Abraham 7/2 8/1
6. Danny Welbeck 8/1 5/1
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7. Liam Delap 16/1 15/2
8. Ivan Toney 14/1 10/1
9. Callum Wilson 33/1 33/1
10. Eddie Nketiah 50/1

 

Hold those doors wide open Ladbrokes!! There's a Bogle-Webster-Yates-Nketiah accumulator already burning hole in my pocket!

They've even got Rico Henry at 33/1... and he now plays for Jamaica!

 

Scouts from Manchester City, Liverpool, Arsenal, RB Leipzig, Borussia Dortmund and Barcelona have been closely monitoring 21-year-old England and Newcastle defender Lewis Hall. (Caughtoffside)

Anthony Gordon has hit out at England greats Alan Shearer and Wayne Rooney for their "complete nonsense" in criticising the Newcastle forward following his recent illness - Daily Telegraph

Raheem Sterling helped inspire Feyenoord to a comeback victory over Excelsior in the Eredivisie on Sunday - TalkSport

It's squad announcement week for our #ThreeLions 👀

Thomas Tuchel will name his first squad of 2026 this Friday! ⏰ pic.twitter.com/QPkFqsgeX8

— England (@England) March 16, 2026

🚨 Elliot Anderson will be one of the most in-demand players this summer, with Bayern Munich understood to be stepping up their interest in the England international. [@NathSalt1] pic.twitter.com/zRzjsksPLq

— That's Football! (@ThatsFootballTV) March 16, 2026

🚨 OFFICIAL: Kylian Mbappé, Jude Bellingham and Álvaro Carreras have been included into Real Madrid squad.

They’re back and travelling to Manchester for UCL RO16 second leg against Man City on Tuesday. pic.twitter.com/MXRCh4eI7O

— Fabrizio Romano (@FabrizioRomano) March 16, 2026

Jude is back in Real Madrid’s squad for their match against Man City.

 

Can't see Anderson going to Bayern. They've already got pavlovic and kimmich in those roles. And they're both better than Anderson atm

 

Surprised Bellingham is back. The Spanish press unusually seemed to be a bit coy about it. But he's had a nice break which should stand him in good stead. Should be in the squad on Friday then?

 

I don't think Pavlovic is better than Anderson.

 

No I'd leave him out. No point in risking injury

 

I watch Bayern alot. He's better on the ball and a better passer

 

Yes, there's no logic to not have him into the squad, just playing him very sparingly. He needs to be around the squad before the World Cup.

 

Not for he isn't.

 

Well maybe I'm misjudging Anderson

 

You can have your opinion, I just disagree with it!.

 

Just watched the highlights of rio Ngumoha. Lineker said he's got a bit of mbappe about him. He looks that way. It's so exciting to see two young English players with that amount of ability. I'm looking forward to seeing them both on either wing for England one day

 

Reece James is absent from Chelsea Training today.

Levil Colwill is still a bit off returning so I’m skeptical if Tuchel will take him.

 

That's a terrible comparison by Lineker, I think Ngumoha has years before he in contention for a senior spot, needs a lot of time to develop his all round game.

 

I agree he's very different to Mbappe (although their movement style looks quite similar aesthetically) but I think Ngumoha can reach the seniors quite quickly. Every other left wing option is deficient in parts of their game but Ngumoha's 1v1 ability already means he has a very important trait that none of the others have.

 

Stick Pavlovic in that Forest midfield fighting for their lives and see how he does.

 

Would you believe that Reece James is injured again and out for a few weeks ?