Trent is some player, sounds odd but I feel very safe watching Gomez and Trent. More than happy watching a defensive line of Pickford, Chilwell, Maguire, Gomez and Trent going into the next tournament.
One thing I will say is it's a shame we can't get Wan-Bissaka into this team. I know Palace fans make out like he is the best player in the world but he really is good and it's a shame he probably won't get his chance
Wasn't an amazing performance but plenty to be positive about with this squad at the moment.
Nearly all of them are young with years ahead of them
Pickford, Chilwell, Gomez, Maguire and TAA is a solid keeper/defence. Rice and Winks will only get better. Lingard/Alli/Hudson-Odoi/Sancho/Rashford/Sterling all still young. Kane is still only 25.
Then we have the likes of Maddison and Foden to come in as well.
Always was under the impression once Ronaldo retires Portugal will drop off completely. Wide of the mark. Bruno Fernandes looks some player and as for Bernardo Silva, I truly think he can win the ballon d'Or once Ronaldo and Messi call it a day
Expecting a bidding war this summer for Bruno Fernandes. Both Manchester clubs have apparently made contact with Sporting as have PSG.
Hardly a surprise. Some talent. Always seems to run the game when I see him play. Even with all the talent on the pitch tonight and in the Dutch midfield. He still stands out
For all the doubters of the Nations League Id love to know how the 1930 World Cup would have been taken in this type of world now
Only 13 countries in the World decided to participate with the likes of England refusing to take part, for a while must have been viewed by many as a mickey mouse tournament that detracted from International fixtured at the time
For me, the Nations League isn’t all that different to the European Championship expect its played over 9 months rather than a month.
Granted, unlike the Euros the trophy is only winnable for the top 12 nations but through promotion and relegation country’s are not completely excluded.
Win your group and advance to the semis and a final. Against some of the best teams in Europe.
its a legitimate competition and the celebrations of players scoring goals, winning games etc shows that.
couldn’t be further from “a glorified friendly” in my eyes.
I really hope it lasts and will certainly become clear in terms of importance in the Nations League campaign ahead of World Cup Qualification which again should see the seeded teams based on their Nations League performance
i.e. to simplify what I mean take Germany for example who are now in League B
They cannot be one of the top seeds based on their next Nations League campaign (it will be the top 8 (?) teams from League A)
Firstly eans that they will go into a group with one of the top seeds; e.g. France / Spain / England depending how we all do in our NL campaigns etc.
Secondly; for World Cup qualification, only the top nation qualifying automatically, second place has to go via the Play-Offs so with Germany and one other big Nation in the same group means that one will have to go the hard route, or might even see one missing out entirely (like what we've seen of the Netherlands of late)
Of course the expansion of the World Cup (likely in 2026) means this risk SHOULD lessen but still, fans can continue to see these as glorified friendlies but dont expect teams to do the same, i.e. we saw hoe good matches were from the last round of games when players were fighting to stave off relegation
Not saying he is terrible, but how is Delph anywhere near the England team. Southgate's blind spot?
We really don’t have as many players to choose from with successful Premier League experience as some might think.
Delph has Premier League medals and Champions League experience. If that’s not getting anywhere near the squad then it would be pretty bold from Southgate to leave him out entirely.
Not saying he is terrible, but how is Delph anywhere near the England team. Southgate's blind spot?
We really don’t have as many players to choose from with successful Premier League experience as some might think.
Delph has Premier League medals and Champions League experience. If that’s not getting anywhere near the squad then it would be pretty bold from Southgate to leave him out entirely.
It still seems weird to me - he’s only made 57 Premier League appearances since joining City 4 years ago.
He was a good player at Villa but I don’t know what his selection is currently based on.
Including the World Cup England only beat 2nd and 3rd rate teams, when playing the best they fail - nothing has improved.
No offence but that's absolute nonsense.
For years we've been shite and constantly failing. Now we actually have a decent unified squad full of talented young players and a good manager and on top of that we're cleaning up at various youth levels. In the past year we've reached a world cup semi final and got 3rd in the nations league (out of the top 12 ranked sides). How can anyone say that's not an improvement?
People seem to forget we beat Spain and Croatia to get to these Nations league finals. Two top 10 ranked sides. In the world cup we came past Colombia (12th) and Sweden (14th) and last night outplayed Switzerland (8th).
There's a lot to be positive about with England right now.
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One thing I will say is it's a shame we can't get Wan-Bissaka into this team. I know Palace fans make out like he is the best player in the world but he really is good and it's a shame he probably won't get his chance
Ironically if you regard the Nations League as a major tournament (am sure it will be seen as that one day) thats our best finish since 1966
Nearly all of them are young with years ahead of them
Pickford, Chilwell, Gomez, Maguire and TAA is a solid keeper/defence.
Rice and Winks will only get better.
Lingard/Alli/Hudson-Odoi/Sancho/Rashford/Sterling all still young.
Kane is still only 25.
Then we have the likes of Maddison and Foden to come in as well.
Hardly a surprise. Some talent. Always seems to run the game when I see him play. Even with all the talent on the pitch tonight and in the Dutch midfield. He still stands out
When it was 3-1 we absolutely bullied them off the pitch
well deserved
Only 13 countries in the World decided to participate with the likes of England refusing to take part, for a while must have been viewed by many as a mickey mouse tournament that detracted from International fixtured at the time
Granted, unlike the Euros the trophy is only winnable for the top 12 nations but through promotion and relegation country’s are not completely excluded.
Win your group and advance to the semis and a final. Against some of the best teams in Europe.
its a legitimate competition and the celebrations of players scoring goals, winning games etc shows that.
couldn’t be further from “a glorified friendly” in my eyes.
i.e. to simplify what I mean take Germany for example who are now in League B
They cannot be one of the top seeds based on their next Nations League campaign (it will be the top 8 (?) teams from League A)
Firstly eans that they will go into a group with one of the top seeds; e.g. France / Spain / England depending how we all do in our NL campaigns etc.
Secondly; for World Cup qualification, only the top nation qualifying automatically, second place has to go via the Play-Offs so with Germany and one other big Nation in the same group means that one will have to go the hard route, or might even see one missing out entirely (like what we've seen of the Netherlands of late)
Of course the expansion of the World Cup (likely in 2026) means this risk SHOULD lessen but still, fans can continue to see these as glorified friendlies but dont expect teams to do the same, i.e. we saw hoe good matches were from the last round of games when players were fighting to stave off relegation
Delph has Premier League medals and Champions League experience. If that’s not getting anywhere near the squad then it would be pretty bold from Southgate to leave him out entirely.
He was a good player at Villa but I don’t know what his selection is currently based on.
For years we've been shite and constantly failing. Now we actually have a decent unified squad full of talented young players and a good manager and on top of that we're cleaning up at various youth levels. In the past year we've reached a world cup semi final and got 3rd in the nations league (out of the top 12 ranked sides). How can anyone say that's not an improvement?
People seem to forget we beat Spain and Croatia to get to these Nations league finals. Two top 10 ranked sides.
In the world cup we came past Colombia (12th) and Sweden (14th) and last night outplayed Switzerland (8th).
There's a lot to be positive about with England right now.