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After watching various videos on YouTube, I can't believe how many people are putting Trent Alexander-Arnold in England's midfield. He's played there for club or country how many times? A handful? There's no debating that he's got a wand of a right foot. It's genuinely Beckham-esque. But he's given time to play his long balls for Liverpool at right-back. In midfield against the better sides he just won't get that time on the ball. Don't think he offers anything off the ball either. For me, he's a luxury player that only gets in the squad if both Trippier and James were missing.
NoHenderson won numerous cups as captain of Liverpool, he’s not part of any ingrained failure. He’s been around the squad during our most successful period since ‘66.
Having someone around who has played in 3 CL finals, a euros final and multiple FA cup finals is a good thing, no?
Not a good leader in my eyes anyway - basic, northern scuttler. As if Kane and Bellingham give a flying fuck what that hypocritical, Geordie maggot has to say…. Fuck off HendoOh like Hugo Loris you mean....yeah captain of the world champions. It does not merely translate in this way. We have had the 'benefit' of Hendersons leadership at many tournaments including one on home soil. Your seriously over-rating his importance at International level. Its all about opinions mine is he is done and should be dispensed with. As someone pointed out it had already started then Southgate froze, as is his want. By all means keep doing the same thing and hoping for a different result there's an axiom about that. We won't win anything with Southgate's Henderson Maguire and Tripper contributing I 100% certain.
Not similar to King at all. He had an unfortunate degenerative joint injury that couldn’t be helped, just unfortunate genetics.James is such a sad case. Perhaps the best right back in the world on pure talent, the defending of Walker and the attacking of Porro but he can only play a few games a season, like a new Ledley King.
Chilwell and Shaw we just have to hope at least one of them is fit.
Your strongest
1Pickford2TAA3Walker4Stones5Chilwell6Gallagher7Rice8SakaFoden9Bellingham10Rashford11Kanelineup code[lineup] Pickford TAA Walker Stones Chilwell Gallagher Rice Saka/Foden Bellingham Rashford Kane [/lineup]
France’s strongest
1Maigan2Pavard3Konaté4L.Hernandez5T.Hernandez6Tchouameni7Rabiot8DembeleComan9Griezmann10Mbappe11Giroudlineup code[lineup="away"] Maigan Pavard Konaté L.Hernandez T.Hernandez Tchouameni Rabiot Dembele/Coman Griezmann Mbappe Giroud [/lineup]
FA apparently 'worried for Southgate a future' amir Man United interest.
What a load of bollocks - if Southgate goes to Man United he will last 6 months at most.
He knows that, we know that, the entire world knows it.
Not even Rashfords mum would pick him over Foden. Don’t talk utter garbageYou can pick your preferred defenders but I think the six ahead of them should look like this;
Holding Mid - Rice
CM - Bellingham
CM - Maddison
LW - Saka
RW - Foden
ST - Kane
That is six outstanding players, all can score a goal, all can create a goal at any level.
Some may prefer Rashford to Foden, no problems there either but I do think Foden at his best is better
I think with TAA in the team, you could have both him and Stones step into that space with Walker’s pace to cover.Not convinced it’ll work. That’s two box to box types who love to cover ground. We definitely need someone who prefers the ball at feet and is very technically comfortable trying to slow things down and play in front of the back 4.
Mainoo is in that vein but probably way too early for him. Without that we will have to rely on blood and thunder and getting it to the forwards quickly to make the difference. It can work but you won’t have balance.
I think with TAA in the team, you could have both him and Stones step into that space with Walker’s pace to cover.
However if you play slab head there then that won’t work.
I’d still pick that midfield against most teams. People want Bellingham in midfield and that’s far more unbalanced!