England - Euro 2021 Discussion | FA chairman: Southgate to be offered new contract until Euro 2024
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It's mostly good, don't go overboard. I can see 2 players I would want changing in the first 11.
I'm guessing Sterling got in because he got an MBE. Southgate wasn't even playing him before the tournament, so why now?
Grealish is good but ffs sake over reaction much? This is just the first game of a tournament.
Trippier only ever played LB 4 times in his career…..
Id understand if we had injuries but both Shaw and Chilwell are in form.
Just seems like a completely stupid decision
Id understand if we had injuries but both Shaw and Chilwell are in form.
Just seems like a completely stupid decision
And the toughest game in the group. You play your best team.
Two goalkeepers on the bench and Sancho not in the squad 
Shaw is better in 1v1s surely
He’s going to get fecking hammered by the press if it backfires.
Let's wait and see what happens eh before we condem Gareth and his team.
He has selected a team specifically for this opposition.
He knows exactly how his players are feeling and performing.
Give the guy a chance.
Mings in pressure situations… scores for Croatia
And the most important. TJB is absolutely right IMO.
Yes he is. Much better.
Maybe he’s trying to lose it so we finish second and get a slightly easier game.
If we’re playing for set pieces then surely Grealish is our greatest asset to win free kicks no?
he is playing now, this is a team only from the rest
Trippier has also been playing in a five-man defence at Atletico, so his defensive abilities haven't been as tested.
The friendlies if that's what you mean aren't much of an indicator, many big players missed those games because of their involvement in European competitions. Sterling pretty much won us every qualifier game throughout the last 12 months despite a mediocre season for City.
No, he's right. It's atrocious. It's probably enough to beat Croatia which will make Southgate look vindicated but let's be clear here, it will be DESPITE Gareth Southgate not because of him. The centre of England's entire spine looks awful, even down to the goalkeeper.
Daft thing to say.
Exactly this.
Southgate is beyond hopeless and out of his depth. I hope England crash out in the group stage.
It’s the two keepers on the bench thing that’s got me. No sancho.
no grealish, trippier are left back.. it’s just bizarre.
no grealish, trippier are left back.. it’s just bizarre.
Yes certainly but there might be other mitigating factors for the selection today like injury, fitness, fatigue, mental readiness etc. This on paper is nowhere close to England's best team if all conditions are ideal but the ruckus in here is over the top really.
Poor team selection that likely won't be punished.
If you're an England fan you'd want Southgate to get some cop on before the first knock-out game though.
If you're an England fan you'd want Southgate to get some cop on before the first knock-out game though.
But, he has been awful this season. It is really weird not playing him in the preparation games, and then throwing him into the hardest game in the group.
I would understand more if this was Czech Republic or Scotland.
Might as well not have played any friendlies in all honesty. They told us nothing and many of the actual team didn’t even play. Not to mention the injuries.
I think he's required to have two goalkeepers on the bench, though I may be wrong.
I agree if he always knew he was going to drop him for the first game, knowing Shaw’s character, it probably wasn’t worth bringing him. Especially if Chilwell comes in for the next game. I think that’d do serious damage to Shaw’s confidence, which was flying high this season.
I think he’s great and absolutely would’ve started him this game, but I just think it’s fair to point out a lot of players have struggled to bring their best form to the English team, and he has some of the qualities that make him most susceptible to it.
It’s not outside the realms of possibility he showed signs of that in training. But even in that case I’d have played Chilwell. Trippier is a bit baffling to me.
Completely agree. The worst thing is, it's probably good enough to win on talent alone but let's be clear Southgate is a meme at this point
Isn't it normal to have a substitute keeper ??
I have not written that. Do not put words in my mouth. But sometimes it's the manager's dispositions
There’s two on the bench. Not one. Two.
Mings, Sterling and Trippier.
BONKERS!
BONKERS!
Shaw “I can understand you missing out, but how the hell have I”
Mings, Trippier, Phillips, Pickford are all very questionable. Mings shouldnt even have been there, there are much better English CB's. Rice and Phillips is the most non footballing duo there is at the Euro's, McFred level. It is absolutely shocking.
Sterling is a no, but I guess he has proved his worth somehow.
Sterling is a no, but I guess he has proved his worth somehow.
No United players starting is a great result, need them fresh for next season.
Gareth: "You're not the boss of me"
More like "luke we both know Jose paid him not to play you but wtf have I done !!!"