It’s Malta and North Macedonia. You could call up 23 fellas from Vannarama conference and thrash them tbh.
Wonder if we’ll get another pre-match interview with Henderson about how he’s actually the greatest guy ever, you just don’t understand him.
Wouldn’t be surprised if we lose to NM, prompting a national debate which unsettled the team with our best chance in decades. Panicked last minute changes to the team, to placate the vocal minority, lead to being dumped out at the first knockings, and The Sun and certain sections of social media blames the player with the darkest skin. It’s at tale as old as time.
Next euro should be the last tournament for some English players like Wilson, Watkin, Maguire, Trippier and Walker, their experience starts to matter very little to the overall squad
Death, taxes and Jordan Henderson getting called up
I am outraged that [Insert name] wasn’t included, he has been so good recently for [Insert midtable club]!
It’s such a myth that Southgate doesn’t like calling up mid table players. Look how many Chelsea and Manchester United players are in the squad.
Tbf until recently Lewis Dunk and Brighton could have filled those gaps. I think his performances have justified that reaction.
If Man City signed Dunk and banished him to the reserves for a season, he’d be starting for England. The sad fact is that being associated with a “big 6” team is just far more valuable to Southgate.
While the rest will do them a world of good so in a sense I’m relieved. But Longstaff, Willock & Gordon have been robbed by pensioners in Saudi & bench warmers ffs.
Jude has a dislocates shoulder leave him alone waistcoat man, you already qualified
Curtis, Gomes,Gordon and Gibbs-white were all so good in the u21s euros and now they are not eligible for the youth teams. Isn’t it sensible to give any of them a callup atleast against malta or north macedonia rather than calling up players with no gametime? Also Gordon is performing way better than rashford.
There’s a theory Southgate wants to win EURO 2024 and then quit on a high so isn’t doing any groundwork for beyond that.
But even if that was true, there are some older selections in the squad who aren’t better than the younger players coming through in the here and now.
Jones is out injured until after the break anyway
No mention of Palmer?
May I be the first to BOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO for Henderson?
Maguire Phillips and Henderson 😴😴
Philips and Henderson ffs man hahah
Apart from JWP, there aren’t really many other options. In my opinion, Gallagher isn’t up to it either.
In reality, in the Euros we will play with Rice, Bellingham and one other so won’t be too bad.
Gallagher’s been very good this season
I think Jones could do a bit of a Hendo role - seems more solid defensively and is pretty press resistant
Gallagher has absolutely been good enough this season imo. Chelsea has been in abit of a state but every time I’ve seen him he hasn’t been the problem.
If you’re gonna play some who usually don’t get a chance can you at least mix it up with some of the usual starters.
Throwing 11 players in who’ve never played together isn’t really a fair representation of what they potentially could offer
No Anthony Gordon seems really harsh and I’m not even a Newcastle fan.
Glad he’s getting rest tbh, he’s looked dead on his feet the last couple games. If he keeps playing this well, his time will come
He’ll be with the U21s rather than getting a rest I should think.
Yeah he wasn’t particularly fluid vs Dortmund but no really was for Newcastle. Apart from livramento, he looked good.
You can just copy-paste your rants from October lads, no changes
You’ll need to CTRL F Maguire and replace it with Rashford though given their respective forms… funny how things change in football.