Hanshithispantz Posted May 16, 2018 Share Posted May 16, 2018 He absolutely loves an average but versatile or reliable player like. I'm not sure anyone's told him that the tournament is a maximum of 7 games long. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
junkhead Posted May 16, 2018 Share Posted May 16, 2018 3 RBs and 3 CDs? Delph, Rose, Lallana and Welbeck have played like 10 full games in their proper positions this season. Seems like the primary criteria once again is who is employed by the bigger clubs, not who is on form or even who is match fit. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Benwell Lad Posted May 16, 2018 Share Posted May 16, 2018 That is a dreadful looking squad. Just travel with a carry on lads. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
mrmojorisin75 Posted May 16, 2018 Share Posted May 16, 2018 18 of the 23 play for the top 6. without looking surely that would be the case for most major nations with a strong national league (germany, spain, italy etc.)? Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Zero Posted May 16, 2018 Share Posted May 16, 2018 Walker as CB I guess Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mole_Toonfan Posted May 16, 2018 Share Posted May 16, 2018 18 of the 23 play for the top 6. without looking surely that would be the case for most major nations with a strong national league (germany, spain, italy etc.)? Yep, it's a silly argument really. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hanshithispantz Posted May 16, 2018 Share Posted May 16, 2018 3 RBs and 3 CDs? Delph, Rose, Lallana and Welbeck have played like 10 full games in their proper positions this season. Seems like the primary criteria once again is who is employed by the bigger clubs, not who is on form or even who is match fit. And only 2 dedicated central midfielders. The squad is just weird tbh. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Robster Posted May 16, 2018 Share Posted May 16, 2018 Ashley fucking Young Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Twinport53 Posted May 16, 2018 Share Posted May 16, 2018 18 of the 23 play for the top 6. without looking surely that would be the case for most major nations with a strong national league (germany, spain, italy etc.)? I doubt there is another nation that will pick 18 of it's players exclusively from the top 6 of it's own domestic league and have aspirations of going far in the competition. We are shit from top to bottom and hope the big teams can prop us up as we have nothing to offer from decent foreign teams and don't trust players outside the top 10. Embarrassing really. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
junkhead Posted May 16, 2018 Share Posted May 16, 2018 18 of the 23 play for the top 6. without looking surely that would be the case for most major nations with a strong national league (germany, spain, italy etc.)? Yep, it's a silly argument really. It's not that silly as players like Rose and Welbeck have barely featured for their big clubs and afaik Delph has only played at LB for Man City this season. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mikky Posted May 16, 2018 Share Posted May 16, 2018 3 RBs and 3 CDs? Delph, Rose, Lallana and Welbeck have played like 10 full games in their proper positions this season. Seems like the primary criteria once again is who is employed by the bigger clubs, not who is on form or even who is match fit. And only 2 dedicated central midfielders. The squad is just weird tbh. Think K Walker will be on the right in a back 3 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
number9shirt Posted May 16, 2018 Share Posted May 16, 2018 That's an awful squad. Delph,Welbeck, & 3 right backs. Southgate needs sacking even before we belly flop our way out of the cup. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
mrmojorisin75 Posted May 16, 2018 Share Posted May 16, 2018 17/18 is about 3/4 of a squad i would personally be surprised if much more than 1/4 of the german, italian & spanish sqauds were made up from outside the top 6 not saying they're not but i'd imagine it's much closer than being made out Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mole_Toonfan Posted May 16, 2018 Share Posted May 16, 2018 18 of the 23 play for the top 6. without looking surely that would be the case for most major nations with a strong national league (germany, spain, italy etc.)? I doubt there is another nation that will pick 17 of it's players exclusively from the top 6 of it's own domestic league and have aspirations of going far in the competition. We are shit from top to bottom and hope the big teams can prop us up as we have nothing to offer from decent foreign teams and don't trust players outside the top 10. Embarrassing really. Not really, La Liga players will be dominated by Barca, Madrid and Atletico and considering unlike them we don't have many overseas players performing it's not at all surprising. It's a very short sighted view point just said as an excuse to be angry at the big teams. It's not like the league is full of amazing players outside the top 6 and even if those players were picked we still wouldn't be going very far. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
bhoywhonder Posted May 16, 2018 Share Posted May 16, 2018 Jesus that squad is poor. Im not a massive fan, in fact i cant remember the last England match i watched, but I wouldnt open the curtains to watch that shower. Cant imagine Germany are exactly shitting themselves at the prospect of facing Wellbeck, Cahill, Pope et al. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mole_Toonfan Posted May 16, 2018 Share Posted May 16, 2018 18 of the 23 play for the top 6. without looking surely that would be the case for most major nations with a strong national league (germany, spain, italy etc.)? Yep, it's a silly argument really. It's not that silly as players like Rose and Welbeck have barely featured for their big clubs and afaik Delph has only played at LB for Man City this season. Welbeck has played 40 games this season and was pretty much starting every game until Aubameyang came. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
mrmojorisin75 Posted May 16, 2018 Share Posted May 16, 2018 18 of the 23 play for the top 6. without looking surely that would be the case for most major nations with a strong national league (germany, spain, italy etc.)? I doubt there is another nation that will pick 17 of it's players exclusively from the top 6 of it's own domestic league and have aspirations of going far in the competition. We are shit from top to bottom and hope the big teams can prop us up as we have nothing to offer from decent foreign teams and don't trust players outside the top 10. Embarrassing really. Not really, La Liga players will be dominated by Barca, Madrid and Atletico and considering unlike them we don't have many overseas players performing it's not at all surprising. It's a very short sighted view point just said as an excuse to be angry at the big teams. It's not like the league is full of amazing players outside the top 6 and even if those players were picked we still wouldn't be going very far. it only really applies to 4 leagues anyway as most of the others will have more "better" players playing outside of their domestic leagues imo Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Geordie_once_removed Posted May 16, 2018 Share Posted May 16, 2018 Too much focus on selecting players deemed versatile has ironically enough left the squad looking very unbalanced. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
mrmojorisin75 Posted May 16, 2018 Share Posted May 16, 2018 Too much focus on selecting players deemed versatile has ironically enough left the squad looking very unbalanced. i think that's a very concise way of putting it, it's what stands out there imo Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
ElDiablo Posted May 16, 2018 Share Posted May 16, 2018 I actually like Delph and RLC, but we seriously lack a ball playing midfielder. I can already picture the underhit sideways passes as we're drawing 0-0 with Tunisia on the 82nd minute. Southgate: "Something to build on... not a loss... positives to take... regroup..." Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Twinport53 Posted May 16, 2018 Share Posted May 16, 2018 18 of the 23 play for the top 6. without looking surely that would be the case for most major nations with a strong national league (germany, spain, italy etc.)? I doubt there is another nation that will pick 17 of it's players exclusively from the top 6 of it's own domestic league and have aspirations of going far in the competition. We are shit from top to bottom and hope the big teams can prop us up as we have nothing to offer from decent foreign teams and don't trust players outside the top 10. Embarrassing really. Not really, La Liga players will be dominated by Barca, Madrid and Atletico and considering unlike them we don't have many overseas players performing it's not at all surprising. It's a very short sighted view point just said as an excuse to be angry at the big teams. It's not like the league is full of amazing players outside the top 6 and even if those players were picked we still wouldn't be going very far. I guarantee the Spain squad has more than 5 players from outside the top 6 teams. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
joeyt Posted May 16, 2018 Share Posted May 16, 2018 18 of the 23 play for the top 6. without looking surely that would be the case for most major nations with a strong national league (germany, spain, italy etc.)? Yep, it's a silly argument really. It's not that silly as players like Rose and Welbeck have barely featured for their big clubs and afaik Delph has only played at LB for Man City this season. Welbeck has played 40 games this season and was pretty much starting every game until Aubameyang came. That's absolute nonsense Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Shearergol Posted May 16, 2018 Share Posted May 16, 2018 I actually like Delph and RLC, but we seriously lack a ball playing midfielder. I can already picture the underhit sideways passes as we're drawing 0-0 with Tunisia on the 82nd minute. Southgate: "Something to build on... not a loss... positives to take... regroup..." Jones will just hit it long to Kane, it's fine. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
junkhead Posted May 16, 2018 Share Posted May 16, 2018 18 of the 23 play for the top 6. without looking surely that would be the case for most major nations with a strong national league (germany, spain, italy etc.)? Yep, it's a silly argument really. It's not that silly as players like Rose and Welbeck have barely featured for their big clubs and afaik Delph has only played at LB for Man City this season. Welbeck has played 40 games this season and was pretty much starting every game until Aubameyang came. He has featured in 40 games, mainly as a sub for 10-15 minutes on the wing or behind the striker. He has started 4 games in 2018. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rich Posted May 16, 2018 Share Posted May 16, 2018 What are we looking at here then? Pickford Walker Stones Cahill Henderson Trippier Alli Lingard Rose Sterling Kane Butland, Pope, Alexander-Arnold, Maguire, Jones, Young, Dier, Loftus-Cheek, Delph, Welbeck, Rashford, Vardy ? Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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