England Senior National Team General Discussion Thread

Fireburn47 · Nov 17, 2024 at 5:14 PM

https://www.dailymail.co.uk/sport/f...eact-THINGS-LEARNED-Englands-win-Ireland.html

An Interesting round up. Not sure the assumption should still be who will partner Rice but just who the midfielders will be.

Do agree that Bellingham needs to learn to calm down - Fifa tournament ref’s in particular will become stricter and stricter on dissent.

Regis Prograis · Nov 17, 2024 at 5:38 PM

Fireburn47 said: ↑

Porto are in the Club World Cup so he will probably be there rather than at the U21 Euros.
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Unless something has changed, we don’t actually know what the jurisdiction is, and whether players at the FIFA Club World Cup clubs have to released or not for the UEFA U21 Euros. So it’s certainly not ‘probable’ as you purport, it’s unknown.

BarryfromEastenders · Nov 17, 2024 at 5:39 PM

Surely the midfield takeaway is that the variety of skill sets helps the team greatly. Rice and Gallagher can’t start together in deeper CM roles. Have too many similar issues that collectively ruin the midfield balance.

Fireburn47 · Nov 17, 2024 at 5:44 PM

Regis Prograis said: ↑

Unless something has changed, we don’t actually know what the jurisdiction is, and whether players at the FIFA Club World Cup clubs have to released or not for the UEFA U21 Euros. So it’s certainly not ‘probable’ as you purport, it’s unknown.
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The new FIFA regulations seems to suggest clubs don’t have to release players. https://prosoccerwire-eu.usatoday.c...ed-release-international-players/76066589007/

Regis Prograis · Nov 17, 2024 at 6:08 PM

Fireburn47 said: ↑

The new FIFA regulations seems to suggest clubs don’t have to release players. https://prosoccerwire-eu.usatoday.c...ed-release-international-players/76066589007/
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Ok I take that back then, something has changed! Must have missed that when it came out a few weeks ago, shame that’s the case.