The Road to World Cup 2026 and UEFA Nations League

[Tony Towner]

Yep, Argentina weren't a particularly good side in 86. They won it because of one man and nearly 40 years later that's still spoken about a lot

 

[Lupo]

Carsley looked a right scruff at the Villa game on Saturday evening! I thought it was just a fan at first but then realised it was him. Guess it doesn't really matter but I'm used to seeing the England manager in the crowd wearing an M&S suit and looking vaguely official!

 

[1986]

Carsley looked a right scruff at the Villa game on Saturday evening! I thought it was just a fan at first but then realised it was him. Guess it doesn't really matter but I'm used to seeing the England manager in the crowd wearing an M&S suit and looking vaguely official!

As in - you want him to look like Roberto Mancini every time ?

Southgate dressed well to be fair , but his tactics never did ( given the players at his disposal ) .

I take your point , but Managers dress differently every where you go ( on and off the pitch ) , and no one seems too bothered .

 

[Elephant Pyjamas]

Carsley putting the cones out before the Ireland game looked desperately amateur.

 

[Johnny75]

Carsley putting the cones out before the Ireland game looked desperately amateur.

Or he's just different?

Perhaps he did that to get his own mind right and give him time to think about the game without being interrupted.

Seems very dismissive to call somebody desperately amateur for doing something you think is beneath them.

 

[Elephant Pyjamas]

I don't know why he did it, but it looked desperately amateur.

 

[lemonjelly]

I don't know why he did it, but it looked desperately amateur.

did it look that way, or is that how you have chosen to interpret it?

 

[1986]

I don't know why he did it, but it looked desperately amateur.

That's very unfair I think .

Carsley might be just what England need to go that extra step . What clothes he wears or whether he carries out the balls or not is not really relevant .

 

[Elephant Pyjamas]

Do I have to say it a third time?

 

[Langers]

Do I have to say it a third time?

 

[Lupo]

As in - you want him to look like Roberto Mancini every time ?

I'm not bothered tbf, he's not my manager. Just looked a bit odd, not seen it with England 'managers' in the past

 

[BillyDee]

Managers should definitely wear suits tho

 

[1986]

Managers should definitely wear suits tho

Klopp , Pep........they never do , think Ancelotti always does wear one , Emery does too........Each to their own

 

[Deutsch Wolf]

Goalkeepers: Dean Henderson (Crystal Palace), Jordan Pickford (Everton), Nick Pope (Newcastle United)

Defenders: Trent Alexander-Arnold (Liverpool), Levi Colwill (Chelsea), Marc Guéhi (Crystal Palace), Ezri Konsa (Aston Villa), Rico Lewis (Manchester City), John Stones (Manchester City), Kyle Walker (Manchester City)

Midfielders: Jude Bellingham (Real Madrid), Phil Foden (Manchester City), Conor Gallagher (Atletico Madrid), Morgan Gibbs-White (Nottingham Forest), Angel Gomes (Lille), Kobbie Mainoo (Manchester United), Cole Palmer (Chelsea), Declan Rice (Arsenal)

Forwards: Anthony Gordon (Newcastle United), Jack Grealish (Manchester City), Harry Kane (Bayern Munich), Noni Madueke (Chelsea), Bukayo Saka (Arsenal), Dominic Solanke (Tottenham Hotspur), Ollie Watkins (Aston Villa)

 

[Trips]

Was Maguire in the last squad or is Carsely phasing him out?

 

[Deutsch Wolf]

He's injured isn't he? Wasn't in United's squad on Sunday.

 

[Trips]

No idea, I thought he'd been benched

 

[Deutsch Wolf]

Confirmed that he was just not picked as Carsley wants to play the four that we've got across the two games, and there's no point calling up someone you already know everything about to not play any minutes. Which is fair enough.

 

[Alan]

That actually seems like savvy international management to me.

 

[1986]

Confirmed that he was just not picked as Carsley wants to play the four that we've got across the two games, and there's no point calling up someone you already know everything about to not play any minutes. Which is fair enough.

What was it that Lambert famously said about Saiss...........was it ' we know what he can offer ' or something like that , and didn't play him .

Maguire has dropped I think for now , definitely is not first choice , and as a defender that might mean that you see little game time as a substitute , even if you make the squad .