For me, watching England generally is a dull and uninspiring experience.
With that in mind why not take a bit of a gamble, we have nothing to lose. Their are players out there who are flawed/ inconsistent; however, have that ability to turn games on their head.
My vote goes to Jonjo. His performance against Man Utd was immense, it was he that looked like the hundred million pound player. He ran the show against Southampton as well.
I cannot think of any player in the Premier league who has a better range of passing, with both feet as well.I will take his inconsistency over some of those plodding performances we are used to.
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His performances since have been just as good, set up Newcastle's first (?) against Bournemouth, would have made it 3-0 had Ake not put him off yet then got picked apart at the end by the pundits for not getting back when of course he'd just picked up an injury - Then on Saturday against Southampton he again looked excellent, the pass to Kenedy was sublime for their first goal
I also liked his assist for Ritchie's goal... Held the ball, kept looking to shot, saw Ritchie was in a better position so passed and so created another goal - Too many England players would have had a shot which would have just cannoned off the Defender, its what I noticed against Germany and Brazil... those who came into the squad played as a team rather than a group of individuals looking for the glory
He should be in the team for these next international friendlies
Hell I was talking with a mate yesterday saying that Southgate should take a risk against Tunisia and Panama and play what'll effectively be the fringe players of our World Cup squad, give them a chance to prove themselves in what'll be winnable games and then against Belgium (and any further games) he can play the First-Teamers along with anyone who has just played themselves into contention.
Will straight away mean that Kane can be rested that extra couple of weeks with a few sub minutes against Tunisia / Panama if needed
Nick Pope should be included. in fact there's even an argument to have him as first choice. no one else has claimed it for themselves as of yet.
i.e. Will Southgate continue with the sort of selections from last time and give the likes of Gomez | Abraham | Solanke | Cook a chance or was that a one off and we'll now see England resort back to the usual names
Last season Keane was their star defender, called up by England. He moves to Everton and struggles. Tarkowski was his understudy last season, how he's the player being talked about...
Didnt realise he'd played for Welling though!!
Pope has had a blinder of a season and has kept Heaton out of the Burnley team, who’s a decent England keeper in his own right.
Shelvey good shout as his passing is above any other England midfielder even Wilshere, although his performances need to be on par with vs Southampton/ United imo
Pope, wouldn't be that unexpected but personally feel he might miss out.
Tarkowski, with a name like that surprised he is eligible
Sessi - defo worth a shout in upcoming friendlies , dont fill LB is very strong at the mo Bertrand first pick and Rose back up, personally if Rose can get back in the spurs team he should be a starter.
Too soon for Foden, Maitland Niles might be a shout looked impressive for Arsenal before their bad form when he played consistently and has done last couple of games.
Lewis Cook? he's had a good season and could be a good starter in the middle.
Form outweighs experience in this particular situation in my opinion.
We need everyone up for the fight and feeling confident.
Oldies like Cahill are overated and live and breath the international shit times