RodneyCisse Posted March 14 Share Posted March 14 I actually hate that hendo is getting picked, it’s like proper mental. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jaqen Posted March 14 Share Posted March 14 Think Bellingham has to play as the 10 to get the best out of him. He's wasted playing deep in that system and we've lacked that runner from midfield getting into the box with how much Kane likes to drop deep too. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Miggys First Goal Posted March 14 Share Posted March 14 Henderson, man. Bloke will have retired from club football and still get a fucking call-up. Must have some dirt on Southgate. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kid Icarus Posted March 14 Share Posted March 14 He's obviously a fantastic influence and leader within a group that's still young, but you'd think that baton should have been passed by now. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
The College Dropout Posted March 14 Share Posted March 14 17 minutes ago, Yorkie said: Don't think that's true; he was an important player as recently as the last Euros. There's limited really quality options for that out-and-out CM role after Rice. With any international experience at all you're choosing from Henderson, Philips, Gallagher, Skipp, Ward-Prowse, Skipp. Curtis Jones and Lewis Cook have had some involvement previously. Beyond that it's players who've barely featured in the England set-up. Willock, Mainoo. It's a huge shame for England that Philips has lost his way. Henderson didn't even start games. He came off the bench in crucial games late. Philips and Rice played 90% of minutes at the Euros. Again, Henderson has never been impressive for England. He's had more stinkers in important moments than good games. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
The College Dropout Posted March 14 Share Posted March 14 8 minutes ago, Kid Icarus said: He's obviously a fantastic influence and leader within a group that's still young, but you'd think that baton should have been passed by now. Exactly. Declan Rice is 25 years old with almost 50 caps. He's experiened. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Yorkie Posted March 14 Share Posted March 14 9 minutes ago, The College Dropout said: Henderson didn't even start games. He came off the bench in crucial games late. Philips and Rice played 90% of minutes at the Euros. Again, Henderson has never been impressive for England. He's had more stinkers in important moments than good games. So we agree... Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
leffe186 Posted March 14 Share Posted March 14 27 minutes ago, Kid Icarus said: He's obviously a fantastic influence and leader within a group that's still young, but you'd think that baton should have been passed by now. Yeah, that’s clearly the reason why he‘s still there, which is a pity. Make him a coach or something Goalkeepers…whatever, not inspiring but nothing better out there. Defenders bit thin but presume Tomori is still injured. Don’t particularly rate Gomez but he’s probably partly in because of versatility. Konsa didn’t look great against us either but isn’t he versatile too? Happy to see Branthwaite but would love to see a proper fullback out there - Livramento? Midfield - feels like we’re missing someone here even allowing for giving a mascot a place in the squad. Henderson is presumably just in there as a leader. We feel like we’re one “holding” midfielder short. Forwards…and one too many here. I suppose Foden and Palmer could be included as midfielders. I do think Rashford can do a job as an impact sub though. Overall fair enough I guess. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
St1pe Posted March 14 Share Posted March 14 1 hour ago, SUPERTOON said: Henderson isn’t a holding midfielder is he ? Nah, but he plays that type of siting role in Southgate’s system. Him and Rice rarely venture forward too far. I can’t think of too many other English players that play that role well. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
The College Dropout Posted March 14 Share Posted March 14 2 hours ago, Yorkie said: So we agree... No I don't. You called him an important player at the Euros. He wasn't. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RodneyCisse Posted March 14 Share Posted March 14 5 hours ago, leffe186 said: Yeah, that’s clearly the reason why he‘s still there, which is a pity. Make him a coach or something Goalkeepers…whatever, not inspiring but nothing better out there. Defenders bit thin but presume Tomori is still injured. Don’t particularly rate Gomez but he’s probably partly in because of versatility. Konsa didn’t look great against us either but isn’t he versatile too? Happy to see Branthwaite but would love to see a proper fullback out there - Livramento? Midfield - feels like we’re missing someone here even allowing for giving a mascot a place in the squad. Henderson is presumably just in there as a leader. We feel like we’re one “holding” midfielder short. Forwards…and one too many here. I suppose Foden and Palmer could be included as midfielders. I do think Rashford can do a job as an impact sub though. Overall fair enough I guess. Aye just take him as a coach, proper waste of a place. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
mighty__mag Posted March 14 Share Posted March 14 When you look at the line up, I fully agree with every forward selected, bar Rashford. Maybe Solanke is unfortunate on his own form. Midfield, I find unusual he selects Henderson/Gallagher, it's blatantly obvious Phillips was only selected based on playing for Man City, he's now out of the picture, I do wonder why Harvey Elliott is overlooked, Gibbs-White, and Eze. Defence, Braithwaite, Maguire, and Chilwell, I think Kilman/Quansah and Livramento deserve as much chance as those above. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Holmesy Posted March 14 Share Posted March 14 (edited) There’s no reason Bottlejob couldn’t have sacrificed one of 9 forwards ie. Rashford to give Mainoo a deserved cap. 5 central midfielders, including Henderson is bullshit. The balance of the squad suggests he’s going to favour an attack-minded approach but he won’t. It’s not in his nature. Swap one of the attacking players we know he won’t play for Mainoo and let Hendo have his influence in the dressing room. Edited March 15 by Holmesy Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
AyeDubbleYoo Posted March 15 Share Posted March 15 Quite funny that Philips has been dropped when he was picked while not playing at all. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
The College Dropout Posted March 15 Share Posted March 15 When I think about an international squad, I always think about potential pen takers. We have: Kane Palmer Toney Saka -- al main PK takers fro their club. Gordon Foden Maguire (? seem to remember him scoring a few) Maddison Rashford All pretty lethal from the spot. Although I feel like Rashford takes the same penalty every time. He opens his body so wide to indicate he's going to his right, then he turns his foot sharply to aim for that unstoppable bottom left corner. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
gbandit Posted March 15 Share Posted March 15 I always think Rashford’s going to miss but I think the same about anyone who does the next-level stutter approach technique. Those top four are very dependable, I know Saka missed crucially in a previous tournament but he was a kid then and anyway, one miss doesn’t mean you’re a bad penalty taker. Of that second group I’d probably go Maddison over the others. Could see Declan skying one although his pen the other day was class. Doesn’t Walker sometimes get a pen in shootouts? Trent would surely be a good penalty taker Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nobody Posted March 16 Share Posted March 16 Trippier has taken a few for us, hasn't he? Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ronaldo Posted March 16 Share Posted March 16 15 minutes ago, Nobody said: Trippier has taken a few for us, hasn't he? When? In shootouts? Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheBrownBottle Posted March 16 Share Posted March 16 1 hour ago, Nobody said: Trippier has taken a few for us, hasn't he? Missed the only one I can think of - vs Chelsea in a shootout Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
NSG Posted March 18 Share Posted March 18 The new Euro 2024 kits are lovely, but at £85 a pop they’ll be doing wonders for DH Gate’s business. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RodneyCisse Posted March 18 Share Posted March 18 4 hours ago, NSG said: The new Euro 2024 kits are lovely, but at £85 a pop they’ll be doing wonders for DH Gate’s business. James Milner alert but I’m interested to see which way we go with numbers colour. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Astroblack Posted March 19 Share Posted March 19 Been watching Quansah over the last few weeks and he's absolute quality. Between him, Colwil, Branthwaite and Stones for experience, we're sorted at CB for the next 10 years. Fullbacks stacked. The midfield looks nice with Rice, Bellingham and Mainoo. Forward line is a little sticky as far as a #9 goes but we've got plenty of wide forwards like Gordon, Palmer, Saka and Foden. Future's bright. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
LFEE Posted March 19 Share Posted March 19 Mainoo called up to senior squad. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
The College Dropout Posted March 19 Share Posted March 19 35 minutes ago, Astroblack said: Been watching Quansah over the last few weeks and he's absolute quality. Between him, Colwil, Branthwaite and Stones for experience, we're sorted at CB for the next 10 years. Fullbacks stacked. The midfield looks nice with Rice, Bellingham and Mainoo. Forward line is a little sticky as far as a #9 goes but we've got plenty of wide forwards like Gordon, Palmer, Saka and Foden. Future's bright. People always say things like this but players fall off all the time. And many never reach their potential. People sued to talk of Phil Jones in this way. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
tgarve Posted March 19 Share Posted March 19 43 minutes ago, LFEE said: Mainoo called up to senior squad. Very good decision Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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