England Squad - Euro 2024

Coming out now that the players were blindsided by Jack's omission, Reading between the lines it seems there's a lot of unhappiness there.

The players will feel for Jack because frankly, there's no excuse for calling him up and then dropping him after a great performance in the friendly. If you didn't want him in the squad, have the balls to leave him at home. Don't piss him about just in case Gordon isn't fit etc.
 
HelloCity said:
Eh? Maddison has been absolutely diabolical since he returned from injury.
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Form is probably iffy but still better option than Wharton and Maddison has played more minutes Grealish. Both would have added something to the squad than the inexperienced Wharton.
 
ninjamonkey said:
Grealish missing out really isn't that controversial if we are being honest, he's not had a better season than foden, Gordon or Eze who are all going to be the main options on the left with numerous others capable of playing there if needed.

The real mad decision is dropping 3 defenders from the list and one of them being branthwaite Who has probably been englands best central defender this season.

looks like stones and Guehi will be the 1st choice, dunk the backup and then you've got two centre backs who haven't been good enough for their club to play centre back and have filled in at fullback instead. If Stones picks up a knock which we all know is highly probable, the defence is truly fucked.

This odd decision is compounded further by the fact that he's actually picked 3 centre forwards, Harry Kane is playing every single minute he declares himself fit, maybe he gets a rest if we are cruising in a group game but otherwise the backup striker isn't getting on nevermind the backups backup.

even if we're chasing a goal he's not ambitious enough to play with 2 strikers which means there's 2 players in the squad purely to give kane 10 minutes rest in a group game if it's going well or potentially come on to take a penalty. Just an utterly bizarre choice. Put branthwaite in for Toney and the squad looks instantly more rounded.
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Pretty much nailed in. Defence looks really vulnerable particularly with Shaw & Stones so injury prone. At least we know it’s Southgates’s last stand
 
hilts said:
Him being a good player is not a bad justification. I think him and grealish should be in the squad.
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If we're just picking good players then fine, but southgate's justification for dropping other people was "they've not had as good a season" - Toney's season was poor by any standards - inconsistency exists within us all, and everyone loves it when you point it out to them!
 
The defence is the worst part but that is probably down to injuries (although Maguire if had been fit it wouldn't have been much better)
 
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