I think he gets and makes too many goals to go backwards in a team. Not that he showed that yesterday.
To be fair, Alan Vásquez, the goalkeeper of the Venezuelan squad, had a dream day. Luck was also on the side of La Vinotinto. England had many clear chances, Venezuela was more effective, and Porter had a rather low performance. No, I don’t think so. What happened with Ale Gomes isn’t the first time, and it won’t be the last. Because of political circumstances, we’ve become a migrant nation. Alejandro’s case isn’t the only one in this World Cup: Mexico also has a player who was born and raised in Venezuela (Alexander Hernández), the USA has a player born and raised in Venezuela, and Chile (Ian Alegría) also has a player born and raised in Venezuela. Colombia too (Juan David Peñaloza). Venezuela has this colombian player: Juan Camilo Uribe. I don’t think they saw the first match as a final. In fact, it’s the first match where I’ve seen the opponent take the ball away from them — not even Brazil managed to do that. They were nervous; they said it themselves in the post-match interviews.
After their shock defeat to Venezuela, England coach Neil Ryan vowed his players would "work hard to put things right" in the next game. They will aim to do so against Haiti, who were beaten by Egypt in their Group E opener. https://www.fifa.com/en/tournaments...025/articles/matchday-five-preview-november-7
Our #YoungLions team set for #U17WC action against Haiti! 🏆Watch live from 12.30pm: https://t.co/eXKqsexrtn pic.twitter.com/XO9HxQDkHV— England (@England) November 7, 2025 That's four changes from Neil Ryan for a massive group game in Doha for #ENGU17 following an opening day defeat to Venezuela.Headley, Mantato, Walsh and Williams-Barnett all come into the side.— youthhawk (@youthhawk) November 7, 2025
So Porter hasn’t been taken out of the team then. Not sure what it says about the other keepers or that Porter is genuinely better than what we’ve seen and we haven’t seen the best of him as yet in an England shirt.
I can't work out why he didn't start the first game, he's the best attacking outlet in the squad with the absences, mind boggling from the coach.
Was surprised they didn't even select Bernal from Chelsea. Thought it was between him and Moody who'd start in goal but they'll probably stick with Porter because he's had his senior debut in a Cup game ...
The first goal: WHAT A START FROM THE #YOUNGLIONS 👏🏴Tottenham Hotspur academy's Lucá Williams-Barnett finishes off a well-worked move in the first minute 🔥 pic.twitter.com/7HzobNBHDX— ITV Football (@itvfootball) November 7, 2025
Porter looks shaky… they have better keepers than him it’s the manager who keeps picking him . Clueless
Same as the Euros we are wide open to attack and players are blatantly taking shots from anywhere because they think Porter will struggle with them. That can’t be a coincidence. Got to be the coaches instruction.
This is how every single team in the U18 PL and the PL2 looks. Its always going to translate to England youth teams.
If the ball isn’t on or risky don’t play it! Its the decision making that’s killing this team.. there seems to be less pass options on when they play into midfield to predictable and they’re getting pressed
In my opinion PL academies likely think it's more important for defenders to nail down the technical and physical side of the game while they're still adolescents and then hone their defensive fundamentals in their later teens. It's not completely illogical because things like positioning, timing, risk management etc can be honed at any age while many technical aspects of football are much harder to develop in adulthood, but I really think many players are being set up to fail. There's so much overexposure to difficult situations that inevitably end up with players making too many errors. It's confidence destroying, especially for youngsters.