England Euro 2020

[Bert]

I know there’s a thread for the tournament, but let’s have one specifically for England. 
 

Love a summer tournament. One we’ve actually got a good chance of winning as well. 
 

Squad announcement tomorrow. Can’t see there being any surprises. 
 

COME ON ENGLAND! 

[AKCJ]

My squad;

 

Keeper - Pickford, Pope, Henderson

Defenders - Walker, Trent, Stones, Maguire, Coady, James, Shaw, Chilwell

Midfield - Henderson, Mount, Bellingham, Rice, Grealish, Phillips

Attackers - Kane, Sancho, Sterling, Foden, Rashford, Calvert-Lewin

 

Extra 3 picks - Greenwood, Ward-Prowse, Mings.

 

Starting XI for the Croatia game (4-3-3);

Pickford - Walker, Stones, Maguire, Shaw - Mount, Rice, Henderson - Foden, Kane, Grealish

[StanSP]

13th June - England vs Croatia

18th June - England vs Scotland

22nd June - Czech Republic vs England

 

All at Wembley.

 

What's the fan situation meant to be? Percentage capacity allowed?

 

Win the Group and we play Runner-up in Group F (Hungary/Portugal/France/Germany).

2nd in the group and we play the winner of Group F

 

3rd in the group and we could face Winner of Group B, C or E.

[Unabomber]

The more successful leicester have become the less I can get behind the England team. I think it’s due to the players in the squad being those who we directly compete with in the league. They are also seriously dislikable like Mount Chilwell etc. Hopefully my mind changes once it kicks off.  

[goody2028]

That England v Scotland game will be madness. Been so long since a game against them actually meant something?

[walkerleeds]

Usual suspects in there but Coady, Dier and Trent all missing out looking at the odds. Greenwood looks like he's going with Watkins missing out too.

[Sambiasso]

 

[CosbehFox]

He’s going to make the same mistake as so many England managers before him...selecting players who are not fit and in process of recovering from injury. 
 

Save yourself the trouble of worrying about if Maguire and Henderson can make it. Pick the 24 now that realistically are going to be fit and start working on partnerships. 
 

Because of the European Cup Finals, it’s already very likely that no Man City or Chelsea players play before the tournament. 

[Duquesne Whistle]

1 hour ago, AKCJ said:

My squad;

 

Keeper - Pickford, Pope, Henderson

Defenders - Walker, Trent, Stones, Maguire, Coady, James, Shaw, Chilwell

Midfield - Henderson, Mount, Bellingham, Rice, Grealish, Phillips

Attackers - Kane, Sancho, Sterling, Foden, Rashford, Calvert-Lewin

 

Extra 3 picks - Greenwood, Ward-Prowse, Mings.

 

Starting XI for the Croatia game (4-3-3);

Pickford - Walker, Stones, Maguire, Shaw - Mount, Rice, Henderson - Foden, Kane, Grealish

Pope has already been ruled out I think.

[Duquesne Whistle]

1 hour ago, goody2028 said:

That England v Scotland game will be madness. Been so long since a game against them actually meant something?

We did play 2 qualifying games against them not long ago.

A 3-0 cakewalk at Wembley, but 2 great Leigh Griffiths freekicks had them 2-1 ahead at Hampden (in the 90th minute from memory). Kane, I think, equalised for us in injury time.

[Duquesne Whistle]

1 hour ago, walkerleeds said:

Usual suspects in there but Coady, Dier and Trent all missing out looking at the odds. Greenwood looks like he's going with Watkins missing out too.

I don't care about England like I used to, but I'd be disappointed, but unsurprised, if Greenwood is in ahead of Watkins.

Personally, I think Watkins is the better forward, albeit that he's 6 years older. At this moment in time, I'd take Watkins but I may be in the minority.

[RowlattsFox]

When did Henderson last play? I get waiting on Maguire but Henderson hasn't played for ages. I guess lack of central midfield options play into that.

 

For me I would go:

 

Pickford, Henderson, Johnstone

 

Alexander-Arnold, James, Trippier, Shaw, Chilwell 

Maguire, Stones, Mings, Keane, Coady 

 

Rice, Phillips, Bellingham, Ward-Prowse 

 

Mount, Foden, Grealish, Sancho, Sterling

 

Kane, Calvert-Lewin, Rashford, Greenwood 

 

James instead of Walker to be the right back who can third centre back option. Walker is a liability. 

Harsh on Watkins maybe but I don't see a situation where he would get on the pitch at all. At least Greenwood can play from the right where noone else wants too. 

Centre backs options are like picking one shit rather the other, but Coady will be a decent character to have around the squad. 

Centre midfield is obvious weakness but Southgate needs to play Bellingham alongside Rice. 

 

 

[RoboFox]

13 hours ago, Unabomber said:

The more successful leicester have become the less I can get behind the England team. I think it’s due to the players in the squad being those who we directly compete with in the league. They are also seriously dislikable like Mount Chilwell etc. Hopefully my mind changes once it kicks off.  

Totally agree, but it's not just that for me - it's more that England games are dross and the performances are consistently shit. I can't even bring myself to watch friendlies or qualifiers anymore. 

 

I'm hoping I'll get into the spirit of the tournament once it gets underway but because of the global situation, it also just feels a bit... meh.

[UniFox21]

Big Tournament for Southgate, we have an exceptionally talented squad and should be getting to the latter stages of this competition. Foden, Mount and Sancho have been brilliant this year and is a real forward threat we have now. 

[UniFox21]

13 hours ago, Unabomber said:

The more successful leicester have become the less I can get behind the England team. I think it’s due to the players in the squad being those who we directly compete with in the league. They are also seriously dislikable like Mount Chilwell etc. Hopefully my mind changes once it kicks off.  

I get irritated by the fact we have a set of English players performing well, who get little to no international recognition in favour of others at bigger clubs. 

[davieG]

13 hours ago, Unabomber said:

The more successful leicester have become the less I can get behind the England team. I think it’s due to the players in the squad being those who we directly compete with in the league. They are also seriously dislikable like Mount Chilwell etc. Hopefully my mind changes once it kicks off.  

Perhaps you need a Belgium Euro 2020 topic 

[Ric Flair]

Usually love international tournaments where I become hopelessly confident of England's chances but we have one of the most inept coaches in the game and a squad of players that he's proven he's prepared to ignore regardless of ability.

 

At least with Hodgson, although he did a fairly poor job he picked on the whole a decent squad and often put together a team that was about the best XI there and not horribly defensive. Southgate has the most ridiculous attackers, wingers and ACM's at his disposal and yet he'll still pick 5 defenders and 2 holding midfielders.

 

I actually despise him, he's so far out of his depth it's astonishing. If he ever pitches up as Leicester manager I'll smear myself I fish paste and jump in a piranha tank. 

[Duquesne Whistle]

Finish 1st or 2nd in the group and a probable first knock out match against France, Portugal or Germany. That's no easy path from the off.

It's says a lot when you'd probably take Germany as first sudden death opponents. I hope England avoid France, I think they give our defence a torrid time and I would be surprised if we had enough to beat them when the pressure is on.  

[Nalis]

Surely given the 26 man squad rather than the 23 its worth throwing a complete wildcard in the mix, someone who might not perform all the time but has the ability to make the game of their life. I'm thinking Saka for flair or Antonio for a head on a stick if Plan C hoofball is required late on.

[Guest ttfn]

37 minutes ago, Duquesne Whistle said:

Finish 1st or 2nd in the group and a probable first knock out match against France, Portugal or Germany. That's no easy path from the off.

It's says a lot when you'd probably take Germany as first sudden death opponents. I hope England avoid France, I think they give our defence a torrid time and I would be surprised if we had enough to beat them when the pressure is on.  

I think a lot of people are overlooking this. We’ll be out in the round of 16.

[UniFox21]

33 picked then. 

Ramsdale is a shock. 

Thank God Dier has been dropped, but Mings over Konsa isn't great

 

 

 

 

[Jimothy]

2 minutes ago, UniFox21 said:

33 picked then. 

Ramsdale is a shock. 

Thank God Dier has been dropped, but Mings over Konsa isn't great

 

 

 

 

Ramsdale isn't really a shock. He's 5th choice keeper, and with Pope out is now 4th. He won't be on the plane.

[RowlattsFox]

A real shame for White, Ramsdale, Godfrey, Ward-Prowse, Watkins, Alexander-Arnold and probably Saka. who are probably just wasting a week of their holidays. 

 

Says it all really that there is not much else other than our players outside of this group.

[UniFox21]

1 minute ago, Facecloth said:

Ramsdale isn't really a shock. He's 5th choice keeper, and with Pope out is now 4th. He won't be on the plane.

Bloody hope he isn't. 

 

1 minute ago, RowlattsFox said:

A real shame for White, Ramsdale, Godfrey, Ward-Prowse, Watkins, Alexander-Arnold and probably Saka. who are probably just wasting a week of their holidays. 

 

Says it all really that there is not much else other than our players outside of this group.

He can't leave Trent out, no way, man is in ridiculous form for Liverpool. 

JWP sits in if Henderson is out. 

[Jimothy]

Just now, UniFox21 said:

Bloody hope he isn't. 

 

He can't leave Trent out, no way, man is in ridiculous form for Liverpool. 

JWP sits in if Henderson is out. 

We aren't blessed with keepers right now. Who else would you have at number 5?