England Senior National Team General Discussion Thread

Would be nice to see Livramento get his debut, given he's been in the senior squad for all of September, October & November.

Assumed Harwood-Bellis was more likely to play than Quansah.

 

Yeah, these are the sort of U21 call ups that just annoy me when they don’t get anytime to play or very limited. He might as well have stayed with the U21’s and played instead they had to use a midfielder playing right back. If we just wanted a squad filler just as back up we could have had someone like Walker-Peters.

 

England predicted XI (4-2-3-1): Pickford; Lewis, Walker, Guehi, Hall; Gallagher, Jones; Madueke, Bellingham, Gordon; Kane

https://www.mirror.co.uk/sport/football/news/england-predicted-lineup-ireland-leecarsley-34125830

 

Thats more like the lineup I'd like to see

 

Not lol but the jocks are sniffing around

 

Could be an issue for Livramento going a whole autumn without starting a match and maybe without playing a minute.

 

I don't think Livramento is Interested In anyone else

 

‘Carsley to keep faith with most of #england team that won 3-0 in Greece. Kane to return up front may be one of only 2 changes. Walker likely to stay as makeshift CB v #roi with Lewis Hall in line for first full start at LB.’

1858112423384756653 is not a valid tweet id

 

I still really don't like Walker at centre-back, at all. He's not a clever or particularly good defender. Ireland aren't very good and you'd like to think they'll need to score a few goals to win this game but if they test his box defending they can exploit him. If all they do is try to play through the middle he should deal with that.

 

It feels like he called up Harwood - Bellis just to train and then because Colwill and then Branthwaite pulled out he became a third choice he doesn’t want to use.

Gomes must be a bit disappointed as well

If Tuchel likes Hall he could get a lots of caps very quickly.

 

I'm surprised you're still not worrying yourself senseless about Anthony Gordon choosing Scotland or Kobbie Mainoo opting for Ghana. It didn't happen with them once they knew an England spot was a possibility - and it won't happen with Tino.

 

Managers picking players they're not happy to use if needed is really annoying. I get there might be an element of not wanting to patronise more senior players by dragging them to a camp where they might not see any game time or even be called up again in future camps, but when a first choice player gets injured, like Konsa has, you're in a messy situation. Just self-inflicted loonacy.

 

Madueke is the cover start of the official programme ar Wembely today.

 

Nieve's football knowledge is second to none.

 

It also removes the chance to give experience to an actual centre-back who's more likely to be part of our future. It's fine to talk about absences creating opportunities for other players, but if you end up bunging in Kyle Walker out of position then you're rejecting a double-edged sword in favour of just a slightly shit sword.

 

It must be a bit dispiriting but at least he knows Carsley very well and knows how much he rates him in general and how he will probably be captain again at the Euros next June.

 

This is almost like a u23 side with 3 overage players.

 

Ireland are playing with four centre-backs, two full-backs, two midfielders and two forwards. Don't really know what their setup is going to be but those are the profiles they have in the team.

 

That's a very good lineup. Nice to see Bellingham and kane and madueke starting

 

Four of those starters were developed by Chelsea’s academy but no longer play for them.

 

Ah, just call me Mystic Meg

 

More like Septic Peg.