England Senior National Team General Discussion Thread

Before his injury I found Colwill to be someone who gave the ball away a surprising amount tbh. He's ambitious with his long passing but not especially reliable with it imo.

 

Tbf Colwill has stuck out like a sore thumb here. Looks remarkably fit and sharp for someone who's just back from a serious injury.

At his best he's arguably our best defender but even now I don't think we have three better CBs than him.

 

Agree. I think if he's fit we should be taking colwill konsa Guehi and Stones.

 

Would Tuchel take him at this stage of the season and considering he’s been out for such a long time? I would take him but if he’s not been around the squad all season, I’m not sure Tuchel will take him over other options that have been in the camps during the past season.

My god just reading that back, I sound like Fireburn

 

Given the squad sizes now, you can take a couple of risks.

 

Personally I don't think he'll go. But I'd take him. Didn't tuchel give him his Chelsea debut? If so he'll know all about him

 

Agreed but if Tuchel takes Henderson, that’s one place reserved as a risk/cheerleader position. How many other slots can he take risks with? I’m unsure of how the makeup of how this squad will look tbh.

 

I wouldn't take stones and colwill if colwill isn't 100 percent fit. I'd still consider maguire

 

It's Stones I'd consider dropping personally. We don't have a good idea of what level he's at and even then, I don't know if I'd back him to stay fit.

Who knows but I think Tuchel is only confident about Guehi, Konsa and Stones. He seems to flip flop around the other names.

 

This is what I'm saying too in this post horris

 

Amazing how Chelsea decide they can play football when everyone is watching in a big game and their ego is on the line. They're the new United.

 

The fact Reece James hasn't played consistently as a Right Back for yrs, is making me think we shouldn't be banking on him at RB for England. Its just another, of a long list of risks which is leaving us with a defensive crisis for the World Cup.

 

Colwill has had an excellent game

 

He's our best rightback

 

The only thing I'm worried about with Reece James is his ability to stay fit. He's the sort of player who can be out for nine months and look world-class the first game he comes back. He's one of our handful of legitimate world beaters.

 

He's the second best rightback in the world behind hakimi imo

 

Tuchel must be thinking about Colwill if he's playing like this 5 weeks from our first game.

He's a class above virtually all our other options.

 

He's so elegant on the ball. And he's ab excellent one on one defender

 

Feels like we have players coming back from injury just at the right time and we have players coming into form. Maybe the stars are aligning

 

Curtis Jones is on another planet technically to nearly every other English midfielder. I don't know how much more obvious it needs to be that a player who can look after the ball like that needs to be in the team.

 

I thought he was impressive today. His link up play was second to none

 

No English starters for Sunderland. Rigg and O’Nein are on the bench.
Maguire, Shaw, Mainoo and Mount start for Manchester United. Heaven and J Fletcher is on the bench.

Smith Rowe starts for Fulham. Reed and King are on the bench.
Smith, Hill, Scott and Tavernier start for Bournemouth.

Dunk, Hinshelwood and Welbeck start for Brighton. Steele, March and Milner are on the bench.
Bentley and Armstrong start for Wolves. Gracey and Gomes are on the bench.

Jones and Ngumhoa started for Liverpool. Gomez was used from the bench. Nyoni, Woodman and Wright were unused.
Colwill ans Palmer started for Chelsea. James was used from the bench. Acheampong, Toisin, Chalobah, Delap, Eboue and Kavuma McQueen were unused.

 

Hinshelwood and Dunk scores.

 

Sometimes we’re all Fireburn.

 

He was always Englands best RB, but he can't stay fit. Also why he has barely played at RB for Chelsea because they know it