England Squad - Euro 2024

[Blue Smarties]

Do you even watch England games?

Trippier has been playing LB for England regularly for 5 years now, including Euro 2020 up to the semi-finals.

Do you watch football in general? Ask any Newcastle fan on their opinion of Trippier. He’s gone to the dogs.

 

[Nellies left peg]

From what I’ve seen of James Trafford this season I wouldn’t have him anywhere near the squad he’s been poor for Burnley this year and to be replaced by Muric says so

 

[Crooked_rain]

Phil in central areas...Gareth might just have got it!

Really? he basically said Bellingham will be the 10.

He justified Phil starting on the left saying he can drift inside, but we know he isn't as effective doing that.

It's simple, start him as a 10 if you want the best out of him. He's the most talented English player.

 

[edinburgh123]

No Rico Lewis as expected. Played once, man of the match and then Southgate forgets about him and like a fucking moth gets drawn to the light of the latest United (Mainoo) player to appear from nowhere and manage to make it into their 'excellent team'. Probably because Lewis isnt a regular at City. Realistically Ederson would get in Uniteds midfield, never mind Lewis

 

[madloaf]

Midfield looks light. Ok so they're counting the number 10 types as forwards.

But really only Rice with any proven international experience there.

Keeper/defence is ok. Pickford plus Stones and Maguire is an established core that does pretty well in international football.

And lots of attacking options.

Midfield is bloody awful. Mainoo looks lightweight as fuck almost every time i watch them - jones & gallagher are bang average at best - trent darby isn't a midfielder - leaving a kid with no experience and Rice. Urgh.

 

[super_city_si]

Makes sense imo. All this excited talk of Rice, Bellingham and Foden starting in midfield is exactly why England couldn't win a major tournament with Gerrard and Lampard in midfield. Rice is a box-to-box, Bellingham is a false nine, Foden sort of plays in the channels. You can't have them all playing when there's nobody there stitching it together. Arteta understands that to get the best out of Rice you need someone like Jorginho or Partey there as a workhorse. France understood it in 98 when they had Deschamps and Petit carrying the load for Zidane. Ordinarily it would have been Phillips but considering he's a broken man now I was half expecting it to be Henderson. Jones might fit the bill. Could also do worse than having Conor Gallagher or Alexander-Arnold there as well.

Pickford
Walker, Stones, Maguire, Shaw
Gallagher/TAA, Rice
Saka/Palmer, Bellingham, Foden
Kane

Think there's a lot going for that team.

Agree with a lot of that but Gallagher and TAA should be nowhere near a midfield spot. I’d prefer Mainoo before them. Gallagher was a disaster in the friendlies. He can’t play football. TAA glory balls it to the opposition all the time.

If Rice needs a ‘water carrier’ then a bit of blue tint but Lewis is ideal. Nothing fancy. Links the play and keeps it moving. That’s why I prefer Mainoo too.

 

[Nellies left peg]

Waistcoat for the rags. The twat hasn’t a clue

 

[balotelli's back pocket]

If Shaw isn't fit, it'll be Trippier and Gomez as the left back options. That'll definitely hurt Phil if Southgate does play him out on the left.

 

[dadnlad]

The daft **** hasn’t picked a fit left back, or player who can reasonably fill in there.

Been watching city too much

 

[domalino]

Do you watch football in general? Ask any Newcastle fan on their opinion of Trippier. He’s gone to the dogs.

So first he didn’t pick a LB, and now that’s turned out to be bollocks the problem is just you don’t rate the LB…


I watch enough to know his issue was playing through injury, not suddenly turning to shit for no reason after 5+ years as a great player.