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Only one of Palmer, Foden or Bellingham should play. Just like only one of Gerrard, Lampard or Scholes should have.
And Palmer it should be.
Only one of Palmer, Foden or Bellingham should play. Just like only one of Gerrard, Lampard or Scholes should have.
I agree.bellingham is just a private school dele alli, his only place in this england team is playing as part of a faux front two working off kane.
I think that traditionally it's been more about upsetting the press, rather than the players - a few famous Sun covers spring to mind. However, I'm not sure the papers have the same level of influence as they once did.What England need is a manager who isn’t afraid of benching some of the bigger names for the sake of not upsetting them.
Trouble is I think the only manager who would have been capable of doing that whilst not having the players throw their toys out the pram was Klopp, as much as I hate to say it.
You think it was Bravery??I think he took a huge risk and it didn’t pay off. Career wise is was suicidal but can’t fault his bravery.
Must be a slot for BellinghamOnly one of Palmer, Foden or Bellingham should play. Just like only one of Gerrard, Lampard or Scholes should have.
Yeah I love Foden as a player but I'm 99.9% sure a good enough manager would be able to at least fit Bellingham and Palmer in the same team. They are two of the best players in the world currently. I think Foden will have to understand that his performances in an England shirt haven't been good enough to deserve a starting place, regardless of how good he's been for City.Must be a slot for Bellingham
Nobody would have batted an eyelid if he left out Gordon or when saka went off not brought on madueke.You think it was Bravery??
I think it was cowardice! I think it was easier to leave out the lesser names of Watkins and Solanke, than it was to drop one of Foden, Bellingham or Palmer. I think the press pile on the pressure when any one of those 3 are left out and the performance isn't great.
I think that's why he decided to go with it after just 20 minutes of training. I genuinely think he bottled it leaving one of them out last minute.
I'll go further and say it's the exact same problem we had during the golden generation with Scholes, Gerrard and Lampard. They all bemoan it now but at the time as far as the press were concerned it was "how could you possibly think of leaving out a player as good as Scholes/Lampard/Gerrard". If one had of been omitted it would have caused uproar if we had lost, and that decision would have been the reason in every headline.
The press have basically run the England team for decades, or at least heavily influence every thing that goes on.
The best performances England played under Southgate were usually when Rashford and Sterling raced ahead of Kane trying to break the lines, where Kane would drop a bit deeper and play through balls before getting into the box himself. It brought the best out of all of them and constantly put pressure on opposition defences.
Who breaks the lines in the current England setup? Arguably only Gordon even tries, Saka rarely does and nobody else does at all. It's a problem that when England face pretty much anybody these days they end up just passing it around in front of a defensive block. That needs to be addressed whoever the long term manager is.
Are we really still not over a war that happened 80 years ago and involved far more nations than just us and the Germans?If The FA are bothered about the reaction if they pay 5m for Eddie Howe, they won’t go near appointing a German. Would get quite the reaction.
I think he has got enough about him to see this as a fantastic opportunity to work with a great group of players. He believes in himself and I wouldn’t mind him in charge.Are we really still not over a war that happened 80 years ago and involved far more nations than just us and the Germans?
I don't mind a bit of banter towards them for shits and giggles but blimey, we've got to get over it eventually.
The FA should be concerned with getting the best possible person available, not what their nationality is and if that's Tuchel, that's fine by me.
His wage demands may well be an issue though, to be fair, as I'm sure it's quite a drop from PL manager to national manager, no matter how "big and rich" that nation is.