England World Cup Squad

Maguire also takes a good pen.

 

From the BBC article.

Expected to be included:

• Watkins
• Toney
• Burn
• Jordan Henderson
• Stones
• Madueke
• Mainoo
• O'Reilly
• Quansah

Expected to miss out:

• Foden
• Palmer
• Maguire
• Gibbs-White
• Shaw
• Hall
• Colwill
• Tomori
• Maguire
• Wharton

Based on all of this the squad looks like

• Keepers - Pickford, Henderson, Trafford
• Defenders: James, Livramento, Konsa, Guehi, Stones, Quansah, O'Reilly
• Midfielders: Mainoo, Henderson, Anderson, Rice, Rogers, Bellingham,
• Wingers: Rashford, Gordon, Saka, Madueke
• Strikers: Kane, Watkins, Toney

That leaves 2 spaces, one should be a left back so likely to be one of Lewis-Skelly or Spence. For the other my guess is Bowen or Eze based on who's left.

 

A recall for Trent? Surely can’t pick Spence. Could be a Championship player on the plane. Bowen also!

 

BBC have updated the article with Eze expected to be added along with one of Lewis-Skelly, Alexander-Arnold or James Garner.

Goalkeepers: Jordan Pickford (Everton), Dean Henderson (Crystal Palace), James Trafford (Manchester City)

Defenders: Reece James (Chelsea), Tino Livramento (Newcastle), Marc Guehi (Manchester City), Ezri Konsa (Aston Villa), John Stones (Manchester City), Jarell Quansah (Bayer Leverkusen), Nico O'Reilly (Manchester City), Dan Burn (Newcastle)

Midfielders: Declan Rice (Arsenal), Elliot Anderson (Nottingham Forest), Jude Bellingham (Real Madrid), Jordan Henderson (Brentford), Morgan Rogers (Aston Villa), Kobbie Mainoo (Manchester United)

Forwards: Harry Kane (Bayern Munich), Ivan Toney (Al-Ahli), Ollie Watkins (Aston Villa), Bukayo Saka (Arsenal), Noni Madueke (Arsenal), Marcus Rashford (Barcelona), Anthony Gordon (Newcastle), Eberechi Eze (Arsenal)

It has to be Lewis-Skelly or Alexander-Arnold as it would be big risk to go with 3 full backs especially when Livramento and James have had a lot of injury issues this season.

 

No Harry Maguire, Adam Wharton, Jarrod Bowen, Morgan Gibbs-White, Cole Palmer or Lewis Hall in England's World Cup squad?

Instead Dan Burn, Jordan Henderson, Jarell Quansah, Noni Madueke & John Stones make the cut? As well as Toney who scores goals in the god awful standard Saudi league.

Tuchels had a shocker for me. So many unfavoured or out of form players on that plane. Stones has barley kicked a ball, Burn cant get in the team, Madueke has had a shocking season.

 

It's so deflating when we see names like Henderson selected when in form and much better players like Wharton and MGW are left out. It just feels like the same old, same old failed approach of yesteryear.

I get Madueke, maybe, as he's done well for Tuchel but the others you mention really shouldn't be anywhere near the squad.

 

It's just a bad way to try get the country in the mood. MGW has the most goals and assists of any Englishman in the PL, really weird you dont have someone who has been playing well all season at least in the team. Henderson hasn't even been playing well for Brentford, it's a shambles he is going. Apparently it's because he's a leader..... i'm not being funny but there's probably 10 players at a guess in that 26 who have previously or are captains of teams excluding Henderson, how many leaders are needed?

Dan Burn struggles for minutes at Newcastle, Maguire is probably on his best for as a United player. That ones weird. Madueke, i'm sorry but there's no way he can go if a call up is based on merit. The lad is hopeless this season, Bowen should be on that plane ahead of him 1000% but he is clearly a favourite, and Palmer over both. And Toney, WTF are they thinking unless we are literally keeping a guy on the plane for a shootout. I thought it would be a MGW or Eze shootout but MGW has had the far better season and even if it's a form thing, he is on way better form. Even if he thinks Eze can be a gamechanger, i dont know what thats based on? Eze's PL record in his 10 sub apps is 0 goals and 1 assist in 251 mins, 0 goals and assists coming off the bench 4 times in the CL. His only goal off the bench this season was against Mansfield.

 

Sounds like Lewis-Skelly is taking that last spot

 

Sky were saying Lewis-Skelley, BBC were saying Spence..... and now everyone is saying Spence.

WTF even is this squad. Henderson with 38 minutes under his belt since march is in. Stones who is made of biscuits is in. Toney scores goals against the middle eastern Guiseley teams and he is in. Madueke falls over his own shadow and he is in. Dan Burn is there for his funky dance.

 

I just struggle to see a world where Tuchel uses 3 strikers in a game? He is known for just sticking to his tactic, if we are losing he might sacrifice his 10 for Watkins, maybe, but if you are losing and need a moment our best two goal threats are probably Bellingham and Kane, so who goes off for Watkins? The downgrade is such a steep drop.

If we need a goal, it's more likely and Anderson type goes off for Watkins and Rice sits with Bellingham still pushing forward, maybe Rogers goes on one wing to cut in. It just feels a really weird set of backups to me.

 

Stones last played 90 in the league on the 31st August. He's started a couple of cup games since then but it's a ridiculously low amount of football to be then going into a major tournament.

 

Toney is just such a left field one. He's played 7 minutes for Tuchel and had 2 touches in the Senegal loss. I just cant see what he sees in Toney as someone who can change a game. Unless Kane is literally going off everytime we go 2-0 up. Tuchel has tried Rashford, Foden, Gordon, Solanke all as other striking options during his spell, all who are very different profiles to Toney, so it's not like Toney easily slides into what Tuchel wants from his 9.

Bowen or Palmer over Madueke is such a weird one too, i have no idea how that lad is in there. Saka has been a bit injury prone for a few seasons now, I cant believe he is thinking Madueke is the next best options on the right.

Henderson is the biggest head scratcher, i have seen ZERO other people think he deserves a slot in that team other than Tuchel. He's only played 57% of available minutes for Brentford, he's hardly their leader who gets them over the line, he's not been on the pitch for nearly half the season.

 

If you're Maguire, Tomori, even Chalobah, Colwill is coming back, all 4 were probably more deserving certain of Stones but Burn as well. He's had a rough season and Newcastle and has been dropped but still gets in. Really weird.