The amount of angst on here about selection of a few players who are only going to be reserves anyway against the 65th and 140th ranked countries in the world is a little amusing. The players who were going to be starters and the top 4 or 5 reserves (except maybe Watkins) are on the squad. I understand the concern about not developing the young talent for the future but were any of the excluded players really expected to play a role at the next World Cup?
My biggest concern with Tuchel isn’t squad selection. It is his tendency to play players out of their natural position and some unusual tactical decisions he has used at times. it probably won’t matter in the short term but once there is tougher competition, it might
This is the trouble with Tuchel on a short-term deal. He won’t care about developing younger players
It's not the job of the England 1st team manager to develop young players, that's the role of the age group managers/coaches. Tuchel's job is to win major tournaments. This squad is OK i m o, basically Southgate's squad with a few missing through injury and another few personal choices. As ever, we will see how they go against the minnows we are playing next. EDIT: Good to see Dan Burn get recognised, and a shame that his teammate Lewis Hall is injured
This is the trouble with Tuchel on a short-term deal. He won’t care about developing younger players
It's not the job of the England 1st team manager to develop young players, that's the role of the age group managers/coaches. Tuchel's job is to win major tournaments. This squad is OK i m o, basically Southgate's squad with a few missing through injury and another few personal choices. As ever, we will see how they go against the minnows we are playing next. EDIT: Good to see Dan Burn get recognised, and a shame that his teammate Lewis Hall is injured
I meant in terms of bedding them into the England set-up, as a longer term appointment would do.
This is the trouble with Tuchel on a short-term deal. He won’t care about developing younger players
Disagree. Imo this has always been our problem. We worry too much about the future and not about the present. A squad should consist of the players who can contribute to win the next competition. It isn’t a bloody apprenticeship scheme.
This is the trouble with Tuchel on a short-term deal. He won’t care about developing younger players
Disagree. Imo this has always been our problem. We worry too much about the future and not about the present. A squad should consist of the players who can contribute to win the next competition. It isn’t a bloody apprenticeship scheme.
So realistically still not Walker and Henderson then?
A rather uninspiring first squad. I would have liked to have all players chosen to be in form and starting regularly for their clubs, not from the subs bench or not being able to contribute for at least 90 minutes. Tuchel must know more about football than me so I'll see how he gets on against Albania this week. If he plays two 34 year olds one from the Dutch league and one from Serie A not good enough for Man City, a player on loan from a struggling Man U who doesn't have 90 minutes in him who looks lost/disinterested, a centre forward who wants to play behind the midfield and take penalties/free kicks, either T-rex, a Palace keeper (3 bloody players in the squad), a Championship keeper or the Southampton keeper, (should be Pope hes won a medal and once played for a good club), I might actually know more. I think it will be nothing different from the old boss, we will bludgeon our way to the finals of competitions and bore everyone with our, (for want of a better word), "style".
Very experimental .. giving a few a chance to re-establish themselves and others to make a case .. I reckon Dan Burn has a good chance of becoming a regular IF of course he makes the most of a debut v what must be limited opposition
Very experimental .. giving a few a chance to re-establish themselves and others to make a case .. I reckon Dan Burn has a good chance of becoming a regular IF of course he makes the most of a debut v what must be limited opposition
He'll be ok in these 2 games and i like him as a player, as he's clearly a guy that will give his all, but i really hope we don't go into a major tournament with him as a starting centre back. I don't think he's that good on the ball and he would be absolutely ruined by anyone with pace. I'm not sure he'd even start for Newcastle if Botman was fit.
Very experimental .. giving a few a chance to re-establish themselves and others to make a case .. I reckon Dan Burn has a good chance of becoming a regular IF of course he makes the most of a debut v what must be limited opposition
He'll be ok in these 2 games and i like him as a player, as he's clearly a guy that will give his all, but i really hope we don't go into a major tournament with him as a starting centre back. I don't think he's that good on the ball and he would be absolutely ruined by anyone with pace. I'm not sure he'd even start for Newcastle if Botman was fit.
Being good on the ball is kind of his thing! Apart from being really tall
Something has to change - this is an utter bore fest - will finish 3 or 4 nil, we all know it and could have called it before the game started -a complete mismatch and that’s not sport
Something has to change - this is an utter bore fest - will finish 3 or 4 nil, we all know it and could have called it before the game started -a complete mismatch and that’s not sport
Can’t wait for the 64 country edition of the World Cup…
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If I had to drop one of them it would of been Ramsdale (due to Southampton's position). Maybe that of been a tad cruel.
You have to consider he is in-charge of a national and not a club with a youth academy.
My biggest concern with Tuchel isn’t squad selection. It is his tendency to play players out of their natural position and some unusual tactical decisions he has used at times. it probably won’t matter in the short term but once there is tougher competition, it might
This squad is OK i m o, basically Southgate's squad with a few missing through injury and another few personal choices. As ever, we will see how they go against the minnows we are playing next.
EDIT: Good to see Dan Burn get recognised, and a shame that his teammate Lewis Hall is injured
Tuchel must know more about football than me so I'll see how he gets on against Albania this week. If he plays two 34 year olds one from the Dutch league and one from Serie A not good enough for Man City, a player on loan from a struggling Man U who doesn't have 90 minutes in him who looks lost/disinterested, a centre forward who wants to play behind the midfield and take penalties/free kicks, either T-rex, a Palace keeper (3 bloody players in the squad), a Championship keeper or the Southampton keeper, (should be Pope hes won a medal and once played for a good club), I might actually know more.
I think it will be nothing different from the old boss, we will bludgeon our way to the finals of competitions and bore everyone with our, (for want of a better word), "style".
Lovely finish from Lewis-Skelly - The ball from Bellingham is gorgeous, as it leaves Defender and Goalkeeper in absolute No Man's Land