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.’

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.

— Rob Dorsett (@RobDorsettSky) November 17, 2024

 

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.