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We know that England are only going to bring in Conor Gallagher but fans in the Mailbox would like to see Anthony Gordon and Adam Wharton.I’m a long-time Southgate defender. I have biases as a USian, and the one in play here is that I would worship anybody that got the USA to a World Cup semi-final during my lifetime. But I’ve just about changed my mind on ol’ Gare.
Southgate should have been thinking since last Thursday about how to win the final fixture and secure first in the group, which from my reading of the bracket offers. Whether Gordon is a part of that plan or not, some trust is absolutely required on the manager’s part. In these days, where professional sports follow the Clive Woodward 1% mantra, it seems bizarre that a player like Kane would play when not 100% fit. Otherwise, why bother focusing on the 1%? So either he is fit enough and not putting an effort in or, as he has intimated, doesn’t know what he’s doing, or he is playing partially fit when he should be putting his hand up and letting Watkins or Toney or even Palmer replace him.
Seems if you are going to play Trips then play Gordon ahead of him – it’s almost like they play together at club level and have some idea where each other will be.. Busquets is, for my money, the greatest defensive midfielder* of the past twenty years or more. It wasn’t just his reading of the game, being positionally sound, but his ability to move from under pressure to finding thirty yards of space with one drop of the shoulder. His close control was exceptional and he was a dirty bastard too. Xavi and Iniesta will always be the stars in that midfield but without Busquets they wouldn’t have flourished quite so well..
Kroos, Pirlo, Xabi Alonso Modric, Xxavi, Busquets, Jorginho, Kante are all known for their brains on the pitch and are all elite winners, when you think of Rice, do you think of his brains? England has Wharton, why has he not played? ..and if he was not going to play, why drop Maddison or Henderson . Play Wharton as a 6.
What’s funny about the clamour is how it reminds me of Brexit. Everyone knows what a Brexit is but everyone’s version of Brexit is different. This means that when people get a Brexit and it’s not a representation of a utopian Britain then it was the wrong Brexit. Leaders are wrong, man on the street was right. Same with the England XI.
I watched them again last night, after the Spain thrashing, and they’re atrocious. It’s not the coaching, it’s the complete absence of quality players. Looking through their team, there’s only Donnarumma, Bastoni and Barella that would get in the England team, and the latter two only because they’re our weakest areas. Beyond that, there’s not a single player that would even make our squad. Ditto France.
Reading Twitter , forums, newspapers and the like I have seen us accused of cheating, fraud, money laundering collusion and worse, so let’s be clear.
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