Positive news regarding Maguire injury, he spoke to the press today and said it is getting better. Still has 11 days until the Croatia game...likely to miss that but can live with that.
What’s your starting 11 for the opening game @ValleyGary ?
Apologies if already posted
My personal choice would be;
Pickford James Maguire Stones Shaw Belligham Rice Mount Sancho Kane Foden
Exact XI I would pick too
Grealish for Bellingham for me.
Every day of the week.
Can’t play Grealish in midfield alongside Mount and Rice, it would leave us too exposed. Bellingham is excellent defensively and has got the ability to pick the ball up deep and get us going.
I think we could v Scotland and Czech Rep for example, but with Henderson or Bellingham instead of Grealish v Croatia.
What’s your starting 11 for the opening game @ValleyGary ?
Apologies if already posted
My personal choice would be;
Pickford James Maguire Stones Shaw Belligham Rice Mount Sancho Kane Foden
Exact XI I would pick too
Grealish for Bellingham for me.
Every day of the week.
Can’t play Grealish in midfield alongside Mount and Rice, it would leave us too exposed. Bellingham is excellent defensively and has got the ability to pick the ball up deep and get us going.
I think we could v Scotland and Czech Rep for example, but with Henderson or Bellingham instead of Grealish v Croatia.
I actually think Czech Rep pose a bigger threat than Croatia. Croatia drew with Armenia yesterday.
What’s your starting 11 for the opening game @ValleyGary ?
Apologies if already posted
My personal choice would be;
Pickford James Maguire Stones Shaw Belligham Rice Mount Sancho Kane Foden
Exact XI I would pick too
Grealish for Bellingham for me.
Every day of the week.
Can’t play Grealish in midfield alongside Mount and Rice, it would leave us too exposed. Bellingham is excellent defensively and has got the ability to pick the ball up deep and get us going.
I think we could v Scotland and Czech Rep for example, but with Henderson or Bellingham instead of Grealish v Croatia.
I actually think Czech Rep pose a bigger threat than Croatia. Croatia drew with Armenia yesterday.
Yep Czechs have a great team and that was near enough Croatia's starting XI. They just give me PTSD with 2007 and 2018, along with Portugal, a team I just never fancy us against!
Czechs are the side that have beaten us more recently than anyone I think... We may have beaten them about 5-0 at Wembley but they were a class out there, fully deserved their win.
Czechs are the side that have beaten us more recently than anyone I think... We may have beaten them about 5-0 at Wembley but they were a class out there, fully deserved their win.
Southgate and the players got it totally wrong that night. Awful tactically.
What’s your starting 11 for the opening game @ValleyGary ?
Apologies if already posted
My personal choice would be;
Pickford James Maguire Stones Shaw Belligham Rice Mount Sancho Kane Foden
Exact XI I would pick too
Grealish for Bellingham for me.
Every day of the week.
Can’t play Grealish in midfield alongside Mount and Rice, it would leave us too exposed. Bellingham is excellent defensively and has got the ability to pick the ball up deep and get us going.
I think we could v Scotland and Czech Rep for example, but with Henderson or Bellingham instead of Grealish v Croatia.
I actually think Czech Rep pose a bigger threat than Croatia. Croatia drew with Armenia yesterday.
Happy to be mocked, but personally think Scotland will finish 2nd. I don’t rate Croatia or Czech Republic very highly at all.
Croatia have lost like 6 out of their last 10 matches.
What’s your starting 11 for the opening game @ValleyGary ?
Apologies if already posted
My personal choice would be;
Pickford James Maguire Stones Shaw Belligham Rice Mount Sancho Kane Foden
Exact XI I would pick too
Grealish for Bellingham for me.
Every day of the week.
Can’t play Grealish in midfield alongside Mount and Rice, it would leave us too exposed. Bellingham is excellent defensively and has got the ability to pick the ball up deep and get us going.
I think we could v Scotland and Czech Rep for example, but with Henderson or Bellingham instead of Grealish v Croatia.
I actually think Czech Rep pose a bigger threat than Croatia. Croatia drew with Armenia yesterday.
Happy to be mocked, but personally think Scotland will finish 2nd. I don’t rate Croatia or Czech Republic very highly at all.
Croatia have lost like 6 out of their last 10 matches.
The way Scotland have been playing of late I wont be surprised if they sneak through in third like Ireland did last time out.
Dont think they'll be the whipping boys in this Group
Czechs are the side that have beaten us more recently than anyone I think... We may have beaten them about 5-0 at Wembley but they were a class out there, fully deserved their win.
Southgate and the players got it totally wrong that night. Awful tactically.
Czechs are the side that have beaten us more recently than anyone I think... We may have beaten them about 5-0 at Wembley but they were a class out there, fully deserved their win.
Southgate and the players got it totally wrong that night. Awful tactically.
Czechs are the side that have beaten us more recently than anyone I think... We may have beaten them about 5-0 at Wembley but they were a class out there, fully deserved their win.
Southgate and the players got it totally wrong that night. Awful tactically.
Has Southgate changed?
Beat Belgium 2-1 at Wembley so could say yes... Then went and lost the next game against Denmark 1-0 which was another pretty poor performance from the players so who knows
Czechs are the side that have beaten us more recently than anyone I think... We may have beaten them about 5-0 at Wembley but they were a class out there, fully deserved their win.
Southgate and the players got it totally wrong that night. Awful tactically.
Calling up an extra LB? Who do you want? Aaron Cresswell?
Trippier has plenty of experience playing both right and left back. I'd rather have him in the team with his La Liga winners medal over Charlie Taylor or Aaron Cresswell.
Interesting comment to Southgate a second ago was that its unlikely that Saka, Foden, Bellingham would have made the squad last year had it not been delayed.
Would be curious to see what Southgate's squad would have been
Id also be curious to see what happens if Lingard does well tonight and TAA has a shocker - Nothing to say that Gareth cant swap the two in his final squad
Interesting comment to Southgate a second ago was that its unlikely that Saka, Foden, Bellingham would have made the squad last year had it not been delayed.
Would be curious to see what Southgate's squad would have been
Candidates from the squad that played Sep 2020 in Iceland... Foden was included in that squad so I'm assuming he would've made the Euros last summer.
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Dont think they'll be the whipping boys in this Group
Pickford
Trippier - Coady - Mings
TAA - Bellingham - Rice - Saka
Lingard - Kane - Grealish
Trippier playing as a CB?
Judging from this Southgate has decided to use one of his 4 RBs to play LB rather than calling up an extra LB.
I get that Chilwell and Shaw aren't available, but bit dim on his part.
Trippier has plenty of experience playing both right and left back. I'd rather have him in the team with his La Liga winners medal over Charlie Taylor or Aaron Cresswell.
Would be curious to see what Southgate's squad would have been
Id be surprised though
Ward-Prowse, Dier, Gomez, Pope, Keane, Maitland-Niles, Ings, Greenwood
Same goes for Ings and Keane.