England National Team

[Audrey Horne]

Still in shock about MGW

[Evertonfc15]

Still in shock about MGW

that lad should be a given for england - he is just what we need
minimum in the squad at least
Tuchel just not interested
and out of palmer foden etc MGW is the guy we have missed out on here
AND
i would have deffo taken Maguire for experience and goalscoring opportunities on set pieces

[TheRam]

He would have played about 50 minutes in total and done nothing.

Hes not troubling Rodgers or Bellingham.

[AjaxAndy]

Watched something talking about the England squad and why he's not picked certain players. As @TheRam says MGW wouldn't have got any game time.

We have Bellingham who is better at all the same stuff, then Rodgers who runs beyond the striker, and Eze who is a different profile as well.

It's about balance and options, not just picking multiple players who offer the same thing. It's the right way to do it imo and the opposite of Southgate who just tried to shoehorn in the best 11 players regardless.

[Audrey Horne]

Hendo starts

[Cereal Killer]

That’s an abomination of a line up

Keeping the World Cup opponents completely clueless to what we’ll actually play

[Audrey Horne]

That’s an abomination of a line up

Keeping the World Cup opponents completely clueless to what we’ll actually play

Second half will be totally different team

Just to get some minutes for everyone he said.

[StirlingBlue]

Clearly there’s a chance of Henderson seeing some actually pitch time in the World Cup then

[Goaljira]

This is boring.

[Cereal Killer]

This is boring.

“We’ll be fine with the heat”

20mins in and everyone is fucked

[blueToffee]

It's just a friendly, etc etc but this is pretty much exactly what I expect from this team in this heat. It's almost attritional football.

[The Doc]

I'd love to see a measure of the calories wasted by Ngumoha doing stupid pointless stepovers everytime he gets the ball, for it to mount to nothing.

[Shogun]

What? He's not in the squad is he? Why is he playing?

[Audrey Horne]

What? He's not in the squad is he? Why is he playing?

4 players are there instead of the arsenal lads just to have fun squad to train with or something.

[Evertonfc15]

Watched something talking about the England squad and why he's not picked certain players. As @TheRam says MGW wouldn't have got any game time.

We have Bellingham who is better at all the same stuff, then Rodgers who runs beyond the striker, and Eze who is a different profile as well.

It's about balance and options, not just picking multiple players who offer the same thing. It's the right way to do it imo and the opposite of Southgate who just tried to shoehorn in the best 11 players regardless.

i can see where u are coming from - and makes sense
but
if Saka got injured for example - MGW can be there as a direct replacement and play in his best position