Gareth Southgate

smevchenko said:
Gomez is a decent player, getting in a spat with Sterling doesn't change that.

You could argue many players have been overlooked at many other clubs when in form. Coady has been solid for Wolves for best part of a year, Glenn Murray was top scoring English striker last season I think, Ashley Barnes scores regularly, Grealish has been in good form. These players are probably more unlucky then any City players who have missed out recently, Foden barely plays and Walker, who hasn't been at the top of his game, has some decent competition at RB from TAA and Trippier.
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Gomez has hardly played for some time and was hammered by a lot of dippers for his poor form since recovering from injury. If he deserves a place then Foden certainly does.
 
David 'El Mago' Silva said:
Taking my City bias out of the equation, I really don't think dropping Walker was that controversial. He's been wildly inconsistent for us since the start of last season.
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There's a pretty good argument that he should be dropped in favour of Cancelo for us at the moment, tbh.
 
BJL_City said:
No.

Raz has had a key role, Walker's form went off the boil, Stones has been injured and he picked Delph when it wasn't a popular choice.

Can't reasonably expect him to pick Phil when Pep snubs him on a regular basis.
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'Snubs' - what a dick
 
ManCityX said:
England’s weakest area is Foden’s position in my opinion.
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I think you could make a decent argument for that.

However, it's not relevant to the point that Gomez is in the squad because there aren't many options in his positions, and he covers two defensive positions, and has already played for England there.
Foden has to displace some more established players who are also playing regularly, and that's a different situation entirely.
 
I don't think we have much to complain about on Foden considering he's played exactly 30 minutes in the Premier League so far this year. Even then had he not been suspended for Atalanta away he still might've played and been picked.
 
MillionMilesAway said:
I think you could make a decent argument for that.

However, it's not relevant to the point that Gomez is in the squad because there aren't many options in his positions, and he covers two defensive positions, and has already played for England there.
Foden has to displace some more established players who are also playing regularly, and that's a different situation entirely.
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Walker was told by Southgate he was dropped because he wanted to see what other less experienced players could do, are you saying they can't do the same for Foden?
 
England and Southgate are hugely irrelevant entities. You may as well just put a bucket of shit on the screen for 2 hours and get infinitely more entertainment out of it.
Whilst the governance of our game involves the FA, it will remain corrupt and ineffective.

The FA's inner workings and history of incompetence are brilliantly exposed in David Goldblatt's book 'The Game Of Our Lives'.
 
cjn said:
Pretty sure Southgate was just being polite to Walker there mate
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If so, then I suspect every player in his squad will have him down for a bull shitter and that's not quite the impression he's trying give to the players or the Muppets who pay to watch his team.
 
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