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Wildcards for the England football team.

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  • ForeverAddickted
    ForeverAddickted Posts: 94,299
    Just noticed that Stevenage's; Ben Wilmot has been called up to the U19s

    Bet with him already playing League Two Football, he wont be at that level come next season
  • Karim_myBagheri
    Karim_myBagheri Posts: 12,693
    the goalkeeping position is actually a hard one as I said before no one has looked great (apart from Pope but he has the least experience)

    Pickford looks crap in the air. doesn't control his box at set pieces. good at shot stopping.
    Butland tough one but he does have a poor record at Stoke. still looks as if Liverpool might put in a 40 million bid in for him.
    Hart always seems capable of making a howler and often does.
    then there's that beef of a man Forster, who's not anywhere near good enough.

    so your struggling for choice. if you are picking three then Butland, Pope and Hart.
  • killerandflash
    killerandflash Posts: 69,841
    Butland, Pickford and Pope would be my 3

    Heaton might get the nod if he displaces Pope
  • MuttleyCAFC
    MuttleyCAFC Posts: 47,728
    edited March 2018
    Callumcafc said:

    MuttleyCAFC said:

    Callumcafc said:

    Shelvey compared to Eriksen... heard it all now!

    Well the comparison was in playing style not ability. It is about balance and using the strengths of other players allowing them to play in a similar way they do for their club. That is what good managers do.
    I play in a similar style to Shelvey and Eriksen but there's no way I should be shoe horned into the England team because of it.

    If he's not good enough (he's not) then he shouldn't be in the team.
    No, but with all due respect Shelvey is a Premiership player and you are not! I'm sure you are half decent, but if I was advocating you get picked I would expect to be sent to the funny farm! This is one of the key things about management in my opinion, balance. That can mean you don't always play the 100% best players, but you try to produce the best team. That is about having the right sort of attacking players so you don't fill the midfield with very good water carriers who can't score goals for toffee or make the incisive passes for instance. It is about having the right number of leaders and looking how your best players prefer to play! There is an argument that a player like Shelvey could thrive given a run and playing with better players.
  • MuttleyCAFC
    MuttleyCAFC Posts: 47,728
    I think it is a real problem area - You can make a decent case for Pope which is quite amazing!
  • killerandflash
    killerandflash Posts: 69,841
    MuttleyCAFC said:

    Callumcafc said:

    MuttleyCAFC said:

    Callumcafc said:

    Shelvey compared to Eriksen... heard it all now!

    Well the comparison was in playing style not ability. It is about balance and using the strengths of other players allowing them to play in a similar way they do for their club. That is what good managers do.
    I play in a similar style to Shelvey and Eriksen but there's no way I should be shoe horned into the England team because of it.

    If he's not good enough (he's not) then he shouldn't be in the team.
    No, but with all due respect Shelvey is a Premiership player and you are not! I'm sure you are half decent, but if I was advocating you get picked I would expect to be sent to the funny farm! This is one of the key things about management in my opinion, balance. That can mean you don't always play the 100% best players, but you try to produce the best team. That is about having the right sort of attacking players so you don't fill the midfield with very good water carriers who can't score goals for toffee or make the incisive passes for instance. It is about having the right number of leaders and looking how your best players prefer to play! There is an argument that a player like Shelvey could thrive given a run and playing with better players.
    To an extent Shelvey had this chance (at Liverpool) and failed to take it...
  • agim
    agim Posts: 1,135
    I'd play 4-2-3-1

    Dier and Wilshire would be my 2. I like the idea of having one being more defensive minded and the other being more attacking minded.
  • SouthWest_Addicks
    SouthWest_Addicks Posts: 6,307
    Konsa called up to the England under 20’s squad.
  • ForeverAddickted
    ForeverAddickted Posts: 94,299
    U20s Announced... http://www.thefa.com/news/2018/mar/15/england-u20s-squad-named-for-poland-and-portugal-150318

    Ezri Konsa has been called up so we'll be without him and Magennis for Plymouth

    Unless of course we can sign the San Marino Striker and so get that game called off and delay the inevitable defeat
  • ForeverAddickted
    ForeverAddickted Posts: 94,299
    edited March 2018
    U21s include Ryan Sessegnon and Ademola Lookman.

    http://www.thefa.com/news/2018/mar/15/england-u21s-squad-named-for-romania-and-ukraine-150318

    Tammy Abraham | Dominic Solanke | Harry Winks | Trent Alexander-Arnold are all involved as well so guessing we're resorting to the usual names for the England Senior team (Although appears Joe Gomez and maybe Lewis Cook will be with them)
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  • dickplumb
    dickplumb Posts: 4,835
    Hart is crap. Did you see the mistake on Saturday? Pickford, Heaton, Pope and Butland are all better than him.
  • ForeverAddickted
    ForeverAddickted Posts: 94,299
    Seems as though Calvert-Lewin has been selected...
  • Sir Chrissy
    Sir Chrissy Posts: 609
    ForeverAddickted said:

    Seems as though Calvert-Lewin has been selected...

    In the Under 21 squad
  • ForeverAddickted
    ForeverAddickted Posts: 94,299
    Sir Chrissy said:

    ForeverAddickted said:

    Seems as though Calvert-Lewin has been selected...

    In the Under 21 squad
    Cheers; my bad as was going by one of the Newspaper articles
  • stackitsteve
    stackitsteve Posts: 12,102
    Tawkowski and Pope both in the squad
  • ForeverAddickted
    ForeverAddickted Posts: 94,299
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  • ForeverAddickted
    ForeverAddickted Posts: 94,299
    Think that Alfie Mawson is the big surprise

    Am worried by the lack of Strikers... Vardy and Rashford are the only two?

    Has Robinson become Manager?
  • ForeverAddickted
    ForeverAddickted Posts: 94,299
    Oh and I missed him first time round but... WELBECK???
  • Ross
    Ross Posts: 4,409
    No Smalling or Jones which I find surprising seeing as they have been playing week in week out for United, yet Stones can't get into the City squad lately. The same with Gomez in all honesty, as Alexander-Arnold has been keeping him out the side after his injury.
  • killerandflash
    killerandflash Posts: 69,841
    I like the font they've used...
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  • killerandflash
    killerandflash Posts: 69,841
    4 keepers seems a bit excessive. I guess Southgate couldn't bring himself to leave Hart out of the squad
  • ForeverAddickted
    ForeverAddickted Posts: 94,299
    Ross said:

    No Smalling or Jones which I find surprising seeing as they have been playing week in week out for United, yet Stones can't get into the City squad lately. The same with Gomez in all honesty, as Alexander-Arnold has been keeping him out the side after his injury.

    Makes you wonder if Southgate will continue with three at the back so Gomez will effectively be playing his natural position of Centre-Back... with the World Cup team from that being something like:

    Pope
    Gomez | Stones | Maguire
    Walker | Wilshere | Dier | Rose
    Sterling | Kane | Rashford
  • Ross
    Ross Posts: 4,409
    Out of the 27 I would say there are only about 13 that are nailed on for the World Cup squad (14 if you include Kane).
  • ForeverAddickted
    ForeverAddickted Posts: 94,299
    Ross said:

    Out of the 27 I would say there are only about 13 that are nailed on for the World Cup squad (14 if you include Kane).

    If you had to remove five to take it down to 23 (to inc Kane) then for me it would be:

    Hart | Mawson | Welbeck | Henderson | Bertrand
  • agim
    agim Posts: 1,135
    Mixed feelings about that. Haven't seen enough of Mawson and Cook (you can't judge a player by MOTD highlights)

    Livermore/Welbeck/Henderson/Lallana
    NO THANKS

    Glad to see Pope in there!
  • ForeverAddickted
    ForeverAddickted Posts: 94,299
    Lewis Cook was U20 Captain for the World Cup and is getting regular game time with Bournemouth

    He's good young choice to go to Russia for me
  • killerandflash
    killerandflash Posts: 69,841
    edited March 2018
    Ashley Young is an interesting player to have in the squad; even though it's not his natural position, he's probably been the best English LB in the PL this season, with Rose missing out to Davies most weeks
  • Ross
    Ross Posts: 4,409
    ForeverAddickted said:

    Ross said:

    Out of the 27 I would say there are only about 13 that are nailed on for the World Cup squad (14 if you include Kane).

    If you had to remove five to take it down to 23 (to inc Kane) then for me it would be:

    Hart | Mawson | Welbeck | Henderson | Bertrand
    Henderson and Bertrand were two of my 13. Not that I would say that they should be in the squad, but rather that they are always in the squad and play.
  • ForeverAddickted
    ForeverAddickted Posts: 94,299
    Ross said:

    ForeverAddickted said:

    Ross said:

    Out of the 27 I would say there are only about 13 that are nailed on for the World Cup squad (14 if you include Kane).

    If you had to remove five to take it down to 23 (to inc Kane) then for me it would be:

    Hart | Mawson | Welbeck | Henderson | Bertrand
    Henderson and Bertrand were two of my 13. Not that I would say that they should be in the squad, but rather that they are always in the squad and play.
    I've taken out Henderson in favour of Cook and Dier | Bertrand in favour of Rose and Young for that Left-Back slot
  • agim
    agim Posts: 1,135
    killerandflash said:

    Ashley Young is an interesting player to have in the squad; even though it's not his natural position, he's probably been the best English LB in the PL this season, with Rose missing out to Davies most weeks

    Kept Mo Salah quite last week who is probably the most in form player around at the moment.

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