Dr.Spaceman Posted June 25 Share Posted June 25 Yep, that's the silver lining for sure. Would rather he had his feet up somewhere than be busting his arse training, trying to impress the vanilla empty head, however. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
huss9 Posted June 25 Share Posted June 25 he'll come back with an ever bigger point to prove. opening day hatrick on the cards. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
gbandit Posted June 25 Share Posted June 25 I feel sorry for him. He’ll be absolutely desperate to make his mark and if he had played I think there’s a decent chance he’d have made himself unstoppable for the rest of the tournament. Think there’s a cowardly element to not playing him and shoehorning Foden in there. Why waste a talent with his pace? Even if he has an off game his pace is enough to win you games in spite of that Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
HawK Posted June 25 Share Posted June 25 I'd prefer Anthony Gordon playing regularly for England and brimming with confidence and pride than one who might feel jilted. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
PauloGeordio Posted June 25 Share Posted June 25 2 minutes ago, HawK said: I'd prefer Anthony Gordon playing regularly for England and brimming with confidence and pride than one who might feel jilted. Agreed. But he’ll just be more determined to prove a point in the Premier League. A win, win for us either way. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
80 Posted June 25 Share Posted June 25 1 hour ago, HawK said: I'd prefer Anthony Gordon playing regularly for England and brimming with confidence and pride than one who might feel jilted. Know what you mean, but luckily I think he feels valued enough here, and will feel validated enough by people in the media crying out for him to start, that he'll come back intending to be better than ever next season. Not sure there's a better manager to handle that process than Eddie. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sibierski Posted June 25 Share Posted June 25 The only thing I can think for him not playing or even featuring yet, his ankle injury hasn’t been fully healed yet. And with other options, Southgate doesn’t need to choose a 90% fit Gordon, whereas we had no choice last season and patched him up and rolled him out each week. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
madras Posted June 25 Share Posted June 25 2 hours ago, Sibierski said: The only thing I can think for him not playing or even featuring yet, his ankle injury hasn’t been fully healed yet. And with other options, Southgate doesn’t need to choose a 90% fit Gordon, whereas we had no choice last season and patched him up and rolled him out each week. The othe option for left forward role is Eze. Is he inured as well ? Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sibierski Posted June 25 Share Posted June 25 43 minutes ago, madras said: The othe option for left forward role is Eze. Is he inured as well ? Eze came on last game. I just feel he’s not fully fit and not been risked yet, even off bench. Like a normal ankle injury you’d be looking at 4 weeks or so, which would put him around this times scale to be back fully fit. Just can’t be stated enough IMO how much we kept getting Gordon back out there last season when he looked fucked after a tackle game before. Great short term, but wouldn’t want that to be a regular thing long term. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chris_R Posted June 25 Share Posted June 25 The England team would look orders of magnitude better with Gordon on the left and a left-footed fullback behind him. Astonishing that Southgate can't find a better left-footed English fullback than Trippier, given there's 3 I'd rather play there at Newcastle alone. Love Tripps, but he's shit at left back and just nullifies anything going forwards down that flank. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
madras Posted June 25 Share Posted June 25 1 hour ago, Sibierski said: Eze came on last game. I just feel he’s not fully fit and not been risked yet, even off bench. Like a normal ankle injury you’d be looking at 4 weeks or so, which would put him around this times scale to be back fully fit. Just can’t be stated enough IMO how much we kept getting Gordon back out there last season when he looked fucked after a tackle game before. Great short term, but wouldn’t want that to be a regular thing long term. After 70mins. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
huss9 Posted June 25 Share Posted June 25 6 hours ago, Sibierski said: The only thing I can think for him not playing or even featuring yet, his ankle injury hasn’t been fully healed yet. And with other options, Southgate doesn’t need to choose a 90% fit Gordon, whereas we had no choice last season and patched him up and rolled him out each week. he played at full pelt in the friendlies. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Andy Posted June 25 Share Posted June 25 On the plus side, he's got better in the eyes of your average England fan with each passing minute, the whole of twitter was twerking for him the other day. If he'd featured in the shite performances so far he would have been an easy scapegoat so it's worked out alright for him in that sense. His time will come. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
OverThere Posted June 25 Share Posted June 25 Come home sweet Prince, that shower of sh isn't worth it. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Abacus Posted June 25 Share Posted June 25 His time will indeed come. But it should be now. If Southgate can't see what he's got on his hands with the right coaching (which in fairness many of us didn't either till this season), that's on him. Can't wait to see how he develops with us. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
HawK Posted June 25 Share Posted June 25 Looked sharp, he's got to start with Palmer on the other side. Foden behind Kane with Rice and Bellingham in the middle. Why is it so obvious to everyone except Gareth. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
PauloGeordio Posted June 25 Share Posted June 25 4 minutes ago, HawK said: Looked sharp, he's got to start with Palmer on the other side. Foden behind Kane with Rice and Bellingham in the middle. Why is it so obvious to everyone except Gareth. Because he’s Gareth! Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
joeyt Posted June 25 Share Posted June 25 Was on for about 4 minutes yet played the best pass of the game Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Posted June 25 Share Posted June 25 Even his dribble out of play at least showed a bit of ambition and intent. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
NEEJ Posted June 25 Share Posted June 25 37 minutes ago, Optimistic Nut said: Even his dribble out of play at least showed a bit of ambition and intent. You just know he'd have nailed that if he'd been on 10 minutes earlier. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
huss9 Posted June 25 Share Posted June 25 more honest. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
HawK Posted June 25 Share Posted June 25 Refreshingly succinct and open compared to most Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sima Posted June 26 Share Posted June 26 Won’t go down well with the vibes of John, Harry, Gareth and the rest of the group. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
PauloGeordio Posted June 26 Share Posted June 26 8 hours ago, huss9 said: more honest. Spot on 👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻 Should be in the starting 11. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
sushimonster85 Posted June 26 Share Posted June 26 I know it's been said ad nauseum everywhere, but how Gareth Southgate remains the only person who can't see the one of the more obvious fixes changes he needs to make is beyond me. He won'y actually learn anything. I bet any money the only change for the next game is Mainoo in for Gallagher. Least Gordon will be pretty fresh for next season. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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