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10 hours ago, TRon said:

 

Willock plays the game at high pace which makes the intricate stuff that much harder. But he doesn't waste time on unnecessary tricks which means it's really effective when it comes off.

Spot on.  I think this is the point which is lost.  The lad can finish - we’ve seen it - but sometimes the loss of a bit of composure is the price paid for balls-to-the-wall athleticism in play (unless you’re some like C Ronaldo or peak Bale etc - but then you’re in the highest bracket of all).

 

It’s mystery to me as to how he hasn’t made an England squad this season

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10 hours ago, Solitude20 said:

Alright then, tell you what guys. Let’s see if we make it to UCL next season and he is still our starter, then all of your drinks for the 1st Champions League match are on me. 

I saw Andy Griffin score a Champions League winning goal vs Juventus in person - trust me, Willock is a level above him.  

 

 

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12 hours ago, Rod said:

 

But then you follow It up with "the sitters" he's missed.  You don't like him, don't rate him and never will.  You want Jack Colback back don't you?

Missi g sitters has been a problem for a while, him, Joelinton and Longstaff. Willock has probably been our best player since the turn of the year and should be complaining about not even being mentioned for the England squad.

 

Nah I don't rate him ffs.

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1 hour ago, TheBrownBottle said:

I saw Andy Griffin score a Champions League winning goal vs Juventus in person - trust me, Willock is a level above him.  

 

 

 

Own goal from Buffon

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2 minutes ago, TheBrownBottle said:

It is the oddest criticism mind.  ‘Bet he’s shite against teams in the CL if they qualify next year’.  MOTM against Man Utd and Chelsea, who are comfortably better than at least 80% of teams in that competition. 

 

Spot on. 

 

Aresnal, Man City, Man Utd, Spurs, Liverpool and Chelsea all have teams filled with CL level players and he's been superb against the vast majority of them so saying that he wouldn't be able to do it against the better teams from Europe makes no sense.

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3 hours ago, TheBrownBottle said:

Spot on.  I think this is the point which is lost.  The lad can finish - we’ve seen it - but sometimes the loss of a bit of composure is the price paid for balls-to-the-wall athleticism in play (unless you’re some like C Ronaldo or peak Bale etc - but then you’re in the highest bracket of all).

 

It’s mystery to me as to how he hasn’t made an England squad this season

 

I think it's a bit early for him to be making the England squad, still lacks that touch of composure in some situations, but crucially for me, he's getting better season on season. You get the feeling he's on the brink of scoring back to back goals, and when that happens I think you'll see a surge of confidence which will take his game to the next level. He's showing glimpses of it this season, and he's got the potential to be a very special player once he makes that breakthrough.

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I think Willock could be in the England squad soon for sure. We are lacking in midfield and Southgate likes the athletic, pressing types in there. Would be decent backup for Bellingham and a good option to bring on if you need a goal.

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9 hours ago, Geordie Ahmed said:

It's quite strange that during his loan spell he was pretty much finishing all sorts of chances but his all round game was fairly anonymous (Bruce ball I guess), whereas now his all round game has significantly improved but he's missing a fair amount of chances 


He ever manages to put ‘em together and we’re :memelol: ‘ing our way to the top.

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2 hours ago, Smal said:

I think Willock could be in the England squad soon for sure. We are lacking in midfield and Southgate likes the athletic, pressing types in there. Would be decent backup for Bellingham and a good option to bring on if you need a goal.


Southgate doesn’t like trying new players, I don’t see it happening.

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4 minutes ago, Smal said:

he’s introduced loads of players to the national team over the years. 

 

https://www.90min.com/posts/every-england-player-make-debut-gareth-southgate/amp

 

55 players have made their England debut under Southgate.

 

He's changed though, he obviously doesn't like doing it now. Most international managers that have been in a job for years get stuck picking their favourites all the time, that's the stage he's at.

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1 minute ago, Kimbo said:

 

He's changed though, he obviously doesn't like doing it now. Most international managers that have been in a job for years get stuck picking their favourites all the time, that's the stage he's at.

 

Just looking here it's between about 5 and 10 debutants each year since he's been England manager.

 

https://www.transfermarkt.co.uk/england/trainerdebuetanten/verein/3299

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18 minutes ago, Kimbo said:

 

He's changed though, he obviously doesn't like doing it now. Most international managers that have been in a job for years get stuck picking their favourites all the time, that's the stage he's at.

must be a bit of decency bias due to the last squad, be he’s consistently introduced players. Even in the last game he gave Toney a debut.

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