the goalkeeping position is actually a hard one as I said before no one has looked great (apart from Pope but he has the least experience)
Pickford looks crap in the air. doesn't control his box at set pieces. good at shot stopping. Butland tough one but he does have a poor record at Stoke. still looks as if Liverpool might put in a 40 million bid in for him. Hart always seems capable of making a howler and often does. then there's that beef of a man Forster, who's not anywhere near good enough.
so your struggling for choice. if you are picking three then Butland, Pope and Hart.
Well the comparison was in playing style not ability. It is about balance and using the strengths of other players allowing them to play in a similar way they do for their club. That is what good managers do.
I play in a similar style to Shelvey and Eriksen but there's no way I should be shoe horned into the England team because of it.
If he's not good enough (he's not) then he shouldn't be in the team.
No, but with all due respect Shelvey is a Premiership player and you are not! I'm sure you are half decent, but if I was advocating you get picked I would expect to be sent to the funny farm! This is one of the key things about management in my opinion, balance. That can mean you don't always play the 100% best players, but you try to produce the best team. That is about having the right sort of attacking players so you don't fill the midfield with very good water carriers who can't score goals for toffee or make the incisive passes for instance. It is about having the right number of leaders and looking how your best players prefer to play! There is an argument that a player like Shelvey could thrive given a run and playing with better players.
Well the comparison was in playing style not ability. It is about balance and using the strengths of other players allowing them to play in a similar way they do for their club. That is what good managers do.
I play in a similar style to Shelvey and Eriksen but there's no way I should be shoe horned into the England team because of it.
If he's not good enough (he's not) then he shouldn't be in the team.
No, but with all due respect Shelvey is a Premiership player and you are not! I'm sure you are half decent, but if I was advocating you get picked I would expect to be sent to the funny farm! This is one of the key things about management in my opinion, balance. That can mean you don't always play the 100% best players, but you try to produce the best team. That is about having the right sort of attacking players so you don't fill the midfield with very good water carriers who can't score goals for toffee or make the incisive passes for instance. It is about having the right number of leaders and looking how your best players prefer to play! There is an argument that a player like Shelvey could thrive given a run and playing with better players.
To an extent Shelvey had this chance (at Liverpool) and failed to take it...
Tammy Abraham | Dominic Solanke | Harry Winks | Trent Alexander-Arnold are all involved as well so guessing we're resorting to the usual names for the England Senior team (Although appears Joe Gomez and maybe Lewis Cook will be with them)
No Smalling or Jones which I find surprising seeing as they have been playing week in week out for United, yet Stones can't get into the City squad lately. The same with Gomez in all honesty, as Alexander-Arnold has been keeping him out the side after his injury.
No Smalling or Jones which I find surprising seeing as they have been playing week in week out for United, yet Stones can't get into the City squad lately. The same with Gomez in all honesty, as Alexander-Arnold has been keeping him out the side after his injury.
Makes you wonder if Southgate will continue with three at the back so Gomez will effectively be playing his natural position of Centre-Back... with the World Cup team from that being something like:
Pope Gomez | Stones | Maguire Walker | Wilshere | Dier | Rose Sterling | Kane | Rashford
Ashley Young is an interesting player to have in the squad; even though it's not his natural position, he's probably been the best English LB in the PL this season, with Rose missing out to Davies most weeks
Out of the 27 I would say there are only about 13 that are nailed on for the World Cup squad (14 if you include Kane).
If you had to remove five to take it down to 23 (to inc Kane) then for me it would be:
Hart | Mawson | Welbeck | Henderson | Bertrand
Henderson and Bertrand were two of my 13. Not that I would say that they should be in the squad, but rather that they are always in the squad and play.
Out of the 27 I would say there are only about 13 that are nailed on for the World Cup squad (14 if you include Kane).
If you had to remove five to take it down to 23 (to inc Kane) then for me it would be:
Hart | Mawson | Welbeck | Henderson | Bertrand
Henderson and Bertrand were two of my 13. Not that I would say that they should be in the squad, but rather that they are always in the squad and play.
I've taken out Henderson in favour of Cook and Dier | Bertrand in favour of Rose and Young for that Left-Back slot
Ashley Young is an interesting player to have in the squad; even though it's not his natural position, he's probably been the best English LB in the PL this season, with Rose missing out to Davies most weeks
Kept Mo Salah quite last week who is probably the most in form player around at the moment.
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Bet with him already playing League Two Football, he wont be at that level come next season
Pickford looks crap in the air. doesn't control his box at set pieces. good at shot stopping.
Butland tough one but he does have a poor record at Stoke. still looks as if Liverpool might put in a 40 million bid in for him.
Hart always seems capable of making a howler and often does.
then there's that beef of a man Forster, who's not anywhere near good enough.
so your struggling for choice. if you are picking three then Butland, Pope and Hart.
Heaton might get the nod if he displaces Pope
Dier and Wilshire would be my 2. I like the idea of having one being more defensive minded and the other being more attacking minded.
Ezri Konsa has been called up so we'll be without him and Magennis for Plymouth
Unless of course we can sign the San Marino Striker and so get that game called off and delay the inevitable defeat
http://www.thefa.com/news/2018/mar/15/england-u21s-squad-named-for-romania-and-ukraine-150318
Tammy Abraham | Dominic Solanke | Harry Winks | Trent Alexander-Arnold are all involved as well so guessing we're resorting to the usual names for the England Senior team (Although appears Joe Gomez and maybe Lewis Cook will be with them)
Am worried by the lack of Strikers... Vardy and Rashford are the only two?
Has Robinson become Manager?
Gomez | Stones | Maguire
Walker | Wilshere | Dier | Rose
Sterling | Kane | Rashford
Hart | Mawson | Welbeck | Henderson | Bertrand
Livermore/Welbeck/Henderson/Lallana
NO THANKS
Glad to see Pope in there!
He's good young choice to go to Russia for me