England World Cup Squad

[Freddeno]

Sterling, lallana, alli, redmond, gray, murphy bros, grealish among others

 

[Tredman]

Grealish....

 

[Nando]

Redmond really isn't very good. Saints fans hate him.

 

[Deutsch Wolf]

Gray is shite as well.

 

[Tony Towner]

Are we letting the Murphy brothers slide then?

 

[YoungWolf]

I like Gray. The others nowhere near good enough but we have plenty of good attacking talent

Hopefully Sancho gets a run of games at Dortmund again now he is fit. He’s brilliant. Hudson-Odoi too at Chelsea

 

[Deleted Cyber]

I've raised the question before. Name me the Championship clubs (let alone Premier League) who would possibly view Gareth Southgate as an upgrade on their current manager. Probably count them on the fingers of one hand.

To me Southgate is the classic yes man for the FA. Nothing more than that. Tactically inept, inflexible with players, full of media soundbites and wil;l have a list of excuses already written for why we are shit at the world cup or a list of reasons why he and his team are the only reasons why we did well. Mans an absolute prick.

 

[Tyrannosaurus Dan]

I still can't believe we are heading to a World Cup with Southgate as manager.

I'm torn between wanting England to do well and dreading that we fluke a Wales/Coleman style run to the knockout stages and he ends up being seen as a half decent manager. I don't think I need to worry too much about that though judging by the players he is planning to pick.

 

[Langers]

I've raised the question before. Name me the Championship clubs (let alone Premier League) who would possibly view Gareth Southgate as an upgrade on their current manager. Probably count them on the fingers of one hand.

I think you're right. If you added his name to the potential list of Reading managers, it really isn't a stand out. And that list includes Steve Cotterill, Nigel Pearson, Phil Parkinson. With the exception of Cotterill who is just a berk, I wouldn't put Southgate in a higher class than the others.

Southgate is about as exciting and inspiring as Ryvita.

 

[Tyrannosaurus Dan]

That's harsh on Ryvita tbf.

 

[Langers]

That's harsh on Ryvita tbf.

It's not. I hate the stuff. And like Southgate, suffering it once every 4 years is still too much.

 

[Deleted Cyber]

It's not. I hate the stuff. And like Southgate, suffering it once every 4 years is still too much.

One is dry,dull, brittle, unpaleatable , the other is ryvita

 

[Deleted Cyber]

jack wilshere is made of biscuits.

 

[Tyrannosaurus Dan]

It's not. I hate the stuff. And like Southgate, suffering it once every 4 years is still too much.

Given the choice, I'd rather spend 90 minutes eating Ryvita than watch Southgate's England.

 

[Langers]

Given the choice, I'd rather spend 90 minutes eating Ryvita than watch Southgate's England.

I know this is the internet, but you can go too far.

 

[Jinky]

Our 'squad' is shit, but our starting 11 has some potential (if Kane is fit). The problem is, with Southgate in charge, we won't get anywhere near our potential best.

 

[b3h]

I doubt I'll watch it. I don't have any interest in it any more which is a bit sad really.

 

[Trips]

There is some potential in the first XI with the likes of Kane, Alli, Sterling, Stones, Walker to have a pretty good side. As Jinky has said (urgh, agreeing with Jinky) the squad is awful. I can't remember a time when we have had such poor quality in the centre of midfield. Oh for the days of the Gerrard/Lampard/Scholes conundrum

 

[Banjo]

For the uninitiated, what formation does Southgate prefer? There *must* be some English CMs around who are better than Jake Livermore.

 

[Deutsch Wolf]

He's committed to going three at the back already.

In view of that I think we'd be better going with three in midfield and two up top. We'll probably actually go 3-4-2-1, so it'll be a midfield pair.

Dier and Henderson will likely be first pick in CM which equals zero creativity.