England Under 21 Discussions Thread (2004+ born) #8

Simpson-Pusey got sent off for Köln.

 

I wonder who in the 2027 euros Carsley will mould into his midfield two?

2023 = Jones & Gomes
2025 = Anderson & Scott
2027 = ???????????????

 

Gray & Jobe

 

I´d go with Gray x Miley if they are both availabe

 

Dom Ballard with his 17th and 18th league goals of the campaign.

 

Very rare for us to call up outfielders from below the championship, but surely has to be in with a good chance for this squad given the complete and utter dearth of forwards. Only really Will Lankshear available, unless we promote Mheuka, who'd probably be more useful in the under 19 qualifying.

 

We did it with Stansfield didn’t we for the last Euros so I guess it’s not out of the question.

 

Ah yes, I forgot Stansfield! I guess he didn't have the reputation of a League One player with that 15m price tag mind you!

 

Ben Nelson scored and was motm for most Leicester fans in our 2-0 win tonight

 

Ash Phillips captained Stoke today despite being a loanee (and 20).

 

Agreed, I think there’s something very wrong when we keep on losing very good players due to being called up to the seniors very early but then go through a tough period and then deemed too good for the U21’s ( which I think is ridiculous) but not good enough for the seniors. We have had various examples over the years of ignoring talented players due to this scenario and they end up in football purgatory. Why they decide to alienate players who fall into this category I’ve no idea who would help strengthen the U21’s and also help boost the players confidence whilst going through a tough period.

 

"He's a phenomenal player" 🌟

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Nwaneri must be playing absolutely garbage if he can’t get any minutes for this Marseille team tonight.

 

Yeah it very much seemed like De Zerbi was the entire reason they picked Marseille as his loan destination.

I still think Arsenal will end up selling Nwaneri in the next year or two, for the simple reason it's going to be hard to develop him and Dowman at the same time with Saka and Madueke already there.

I think Arteta has shown he's actually pretty poor at developing youngsters so far. He's made a pig's ear of managing MLS after his initial rise. He doesn't seem to know how to manage the natural fluctuation of a young player's performances like Pep does.

 

I'm starting to believe Dowman could actually overtake Nwaneri towards the end of the cycle as the starting 10.

 

I think there is a chance he gets called up on Friday even being a bench player at the moment.

 

Ben Nelson has been an absolute calamity today

 

Is Acheampong injured? Noticed he’s not in the Chelsea squad today according to my app.

 

Don’t think so. He was pictured arriving with the squad so presumably simply didn’t make the bench and was the reserve.