Tuchel’s first England squad

Covered End · March 21

orpingtonRED said:

Croydon said:

orpingtonRED said:

Croydon said:

Had just got out of the ground as the second went in. Routine job done.

What has happened to Foden? I thought he was pretty poor this eve.

You left before 77mins? Why would you pay that money and leave early just to beat the rush?
Agree Foden was poor

Only cost me 25 quid and Wembley matches are a pretty poor experience. Non stop paper airplanes being thrown in a dead atmosphere.

Just there to get the required caps for WC tickets.

Fair enough ive not been to an England game for quite a while. My kids want to go to Wembley ive told them we're going for Charlton in May. If not I will have to look at England games

L2 play off final or even L1 possibly.

Chris_from_Sidcup · March 22

I liked Tuchel's honesty in his post-match interview, quite refreshing to hear from a manager.

Not enough progressive passes, runs in behind, taking men on. All things that we as fans want to see from the players and would expect to hear from the manager, but we rarely ever do.

I've no idea what is up with Foden, POTY last season but he has been way off it for club and country since the Euro's.

fenlandaddick · March 22

I fell asleep, it was so very dull. Albania played anti football, understandable but an utterly pointless game.

Dazzler21 · March 22

fenlandaddick said:

I fell asleep, it was so very dull. Albania played anti football, understandable but an utterly pointless game.

Nah we got 3 points.

AllHailTheHen · March 22

Went last but it was all about my kids going to Wembley for the first time and them seeing the likes of Kane, Bellingham and Foden. They absolutely loved it.

Only downside was a couple of American dickheads sat in front of us that seemed intent on antagonising the Albanian fans who were sat behind us. Really weird behaviour.

Game itself was a copy and paste of so many before it.

Stig · March 22

Major said:

Southendaddick said:

At the game tonight lots of people there that have never been to a football match ever, painful

Pretty boring game hope we play with more urgency tomorrow

I hope the opposition actually turn up to play football.

I wish they hadn't

Callumcafc · March 24

Callumcafc · March 24

Walker, Burn, Jones, Foden out.

James, Guehi, Rogers, Bowen in.

ForeverAddickted · March 24

Good to see Reece James back, he just needs to get control of his injuries else he'd be our best option (other than Walker) at Right-Back for me

ForeverAddickted · March 24

Good interview with Rogers on ITV at the moment, with a few words from Konsa

AllHailTheHen · March 24

Jude Bellingham would have got a 2nd yellow card then if he wasn't Jude Bellingham. Ref completely bottled it

SuedeAdidas · March 24

Rashford’s final ball is atrocious.

Gravesend_Addick · March 24

Bellingham is some player, but he seems like an absolute knob

Holdkneebomb · March 24

Henderson playing the Danny Hylton role

lordromford · March 24

The thing entertaining me the most is listening to that nobhead Sam Matterface squirming every time he has to mention the Latvian player Dario Šits because he knows how it’s pronounced, but he’s refusing to say it properly.

lordromford · March 24

Apart from once when he forgot and called him “Shitsits” 😂

Hartleypete · March 24

Please don’t play Rashford again, and why we playing Henderson surely a great time to blood somebody new. Early days but I don’t think we have chosen a great manager.

ValleyGary · March 24

The only games we will really learn anything over the next 16 months, are two games against Serbia.

lancashire lad · March 24

Was Henderson playing???

killerandflash · March 24

Only saw the last half an hour. 3 good goals, in their differing ways, if nothing else.

Chris_from_Sidcup · March 25

Not really sure that Tuchel will have learned too much from these 2 games. Konsa and Lewis-Skelly did well, and i think Eze and Rogers also did well last night. No idea what he's learning from bringing on Henderson and Walker, nor why he felt the need to keep Kane on when we're 3-0 up.

Injuries permitting i'd say that Pickford, Stones, Rice, Bellingham, Saka, Kane probably pick themselves and will start at the world cup. So that leaves 5 positions to be decided.

RB - Walker will be 36 by next summer so this spot will surely be between Trent and Reece James.
LB - MLS is probably in the driving seat now, but Lewis Hall will certainly be in contention.
CB to partner Stones - Konsa definitely won't have done himself any harm this past week.
Midfield - this is the tricky one as i think it depends on the opposition. In tougher games you probably need someone a bit more defensive but who can play through the lines, and I think Wharton is the long term solution there. In games against lesser opposition i think we'll probably put Bellingham slightly deeper and play Palmer as the '10'.
LW - Not sure Rashford is the answer, he put the effort in last night but his end product was awful. I'd like to see Gordon given a go there in the next round of internationals.

A lot can happen over the next 14 months though.

MuttleyCAFC · March 25

Rashford was a bit hit and miss but he wasn't as bad as some are saying. A clear case of scapegoating if ever I saw one.

tangoflash · March 25

On a very rare occasion, I'll watch an episode of MOTD (probably 3 times a season) and I only tend to watch England games in the major tournaments, so when I see the squad list, I don't have a scooby who half of them are

stoneroses19 · May 23

England squad for next month's matches against Andorra and Senegal.

Goalkeepers: Jordan Pickford (Everton), Dean Henderson (Crystal Palace), James Trafford (Burnley)

Defenders: Trent Alexander-Arnold (Liverpool), Dan Burn (Newcastle), Trevoh Chalobah (Chelsea), Levi Colwill (Chelsea), Reece James (Chelsea), Ezri Konsa (Aston Villa), Myles Lewis-Skelly (Arsenal), Kyle Walker (AC Milan, on loan from Manchester City)

Midfielders: Jude Bellingham (Real Madrid), Eberechi Eze (Crystal Palace), Conor Gallagher (Atletico Madrid), Morgan Gibbs-White (Nottingham Forest), Jordan Henderson (Ajax), Curtis Jones (Liverpool), Cole Palmer (Chelsea), Declan Rice (Arsenal), Morgan Rogers (Aston Villa), Anthony Gordon (Newcastle)

Forwards: Harry Kane (Bayern Munich), Noni Madueke (Chelsea), Bukayo Saka (Arsenal), Ivan Toney (Al-Ahli), Ollie Watkins (Aston Villa).