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 jimruss  Sidcup 15 Mar 18 2.25pm |
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Goalkeepers Jack Butland - Stoke City Defenders Ryan Bertrand - Southampton Midfielders Dele Alli - Tottenham Hotspur Strikers Marcus Rashford - Manchester United Strange squad from Southgate. 4 keepers, Hart shouldn't be near the squad. Can someone tell me how Henderson, Livermore, Lallana and Welbeck are there?
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| EverybodyDannsNow SE19 15 Mar 18 2.45pm |
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Originally posted by jimruss
Goalkeepers Jack Butland - Stoke City Defenders Ryan Bertrand - Southampton Midfielders Dele Alli - Tottenham Hotspur Strikers Marcus Rashford - Manchester United Strange squad from Southgate. 4 keepers, Hart shouldn't be near the squad. Can someone tell me how Henderson, Livermore, Lallana and Welbeck are there? You have to remember it's a 27 man squad, whereas the WC will be 23, so no doubt we'll lose one of the keepers. The keeper spot is pretty wide open now, so maybe he just wants to have a look at them all. Henderson is easily in our top 3-4 central midfielders; I don't particularly rate him, but we're so short of options, it's inevitable he will be in. The others are all weaker picks, but I'm struggling to think of any viable alternatives - be interested to hear who you think should be in instead? Overall, I think it's quite encouraging - shown he is prepared to look outside of the big teams; Mawson and Tarkowski have had good seasons, and Cook is an exciting prospect who's starting to settle in the top flight.
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| jimruss Sidcup 15 Mar 18 2.51pm |
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Originally posted by EverybodyDannsNow
You have to remember it's a 27 man squad, whereas the WC will be 23, so no doubt we'll lose one of the keepers. The keeper spot is pretty wide open now, so maybe he just wants to have a look at them all. Henderson is easily in our top 3-4 central midfielders; I don't particularly rate him, but we're so short of options, it's inevitable he will be in. The others are all weaker picks, but I'm struggling to think of any viable alternatives - be interested to hear who you think should be in instead? Overall, I think it's quite encouraging - shown he is prepared to look outside of the big teams; Mawson and Tarkowski have had good seasons, and Cook is an exciting prospect who's starting to settle in the top flight. I guess that's the problem isn't it, we are so short on options. I agree there are a few encouraging additions but some of the squad is just same old and so average. I guess that's sort of where England are now, we're just another average national side.
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| Stuk Top half 15 Mar 18 2.58pm |
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Originally posted by jimruss
Goalkeepers Jack Butland - Stoke City Defenders Ryan Bertrand - Southampton Midfielders Dele Alli - Tottenham Hotspur Strikers Marcus Rashford - Manchester United Strange squad from Southgate. 4 keepers, Hart shouldn't be near the squad. Can someone tell me how Henderson, Livermore, Lallana and Welbeck are there? Was about to reply the same before I spotted that. I can't answer your question though, no idea how any of them have been picked apart from maybe Welbeck with Kane being injured.
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| EverybodyDannsNow SE19 15 Mar 18 2.59pm |
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Originally posted by jimruss
I guess that's the problem isn't it, we are so short on options. I agree there are a few encouraging additions but some of the squad is just same old and so average. I guess that's sort of where England are now, we're just another average national side. I'm quietly optimistic about the next few years - the team should have an opportunity to develop without some of the pressure heaped on the 'golden generation', and in Ali, Rashford, Sterling and Kane I think we have four of the best youngsters we've produced in at least a decade. If we can build a solid enough side behind those four in attack, I think we could be a handful.
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Frickin Saweet  South Cronx 15 Mar 18 3.55pm |
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either way we can write off the WC this summer - the Russians will make it a very uncomfortable experience for us on and off the pitch
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| scuffy orpington 15 Mar 18 4.51pm |
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Agreed. Lingard also has been exceptional this year and I could see him becoming a Originally posted by EverybodyDannsNow
I'm quietly optimistic about the next few years - the team should have an opportunity to develop without some of the pressure heaped on the 'golden generation', and in Ali, Rashford, Sterling and Kane I think we have four of the best youngsters we've produced in at least a decade. If we can build a solid enough side behind those four in attack, I think we could be a handful.
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Pussay Patrol  15 Mar 18 9.02pm |
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Without Kane there's no goalscorer, just 3 pacy forwards, no number 10?
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| EverybodyDannsNow SE19 15 Mar 18 9.31pm |
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Originally posted by Pussay Patrol
Without Kane there's no goalscorer, just 3 pacy forwards, no number 10? Jamie Vardy isn't a goalscorer? Ali and Lingard are both number 10s (if we play a system that needs one), and you still have Sterling, Lallana, Ox and Wilshere all capable of playing there.
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| CPFC_1905 15 Mar 18 9.55pm |
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Henderson?
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| Pussay Patrol 15 Mar 18 10.28pm |
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Originally posted by EverybodyDannsNow
Jamie Vardy isn't a goalscorer? Ali and Lingard are both number 10s (if we play a system that needs one), and you still have Sterling, Lallana, Ox and Wilshere all capable of playing there. neither of whom could trap a bag of cement
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| scuffy orpington 16 Mar 18 2.15pm |
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Can't understand why Shelvey isn't in there.
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