International Matches - September 2019 and October 2019

MrsGrey

This discussion was created from comments split from: The 'Couldn't think where to put this' thread part 2 or 'does my comment merit a NEW THREAD?'.

OldCastleSwift

How is Jesse Lingard still getting called up for England?

But good to see Deccers there again :clap:

OldCastleSwift

And Oxlade-Chamberlain straight back in :hmm:

MrsGrey

Dekkers :clap:

BubblesNeverDies

When is his name going to morph into Desmond? And then from there into Issy or Rae or even Lite. :biggrin:

Hamstew

Apparently Grady has been called up to U21 squad

Yeoldhammer

England Starting Line up ?


Pickford


Trent / Gomez / Maguire / Chilwell


Mount / Henderson / Maddison


Sancho / Kane / Sterling

OldCastleSwift

Rice, surely

alderz

I'd be a little surprised if both Maddison and Mount started, so I reckon you'll be 10/11 on that

Yeoldhammer

don't think he will start Rice

OldCastleSwift

Depends what formation he plays, I guess. 4-2-3-1 and I'd imagine Rice and Henderson would be the two, with Sancho, Sterling and possibly Barkley behind Kane.

Brother_Sledge

At least he can't get injured on the bench - can he ? :pray:

grey_til_I_dye

Wan-Bisaka got injured in training...

epsom_bubbles

Any connection between the boss, and one of the scorers for Italy. Unless Pellegrini is a 'Smith' type name :doh:

MrsGrey

Hamstew said:

Apparently Grady has been called up to U21 squad

Although doesn't seem to be featured in the match day squad. :puzzled:

Hamstew

Rice starts

Hammerwombat

And praise from Roy Keane!

Yeoldhammer

Expect a few changes for the Kosovo game, whom look the most dangerous opponents in the group. But you would expect England to blow them away like they have with every other team so far especially at home.

I'd be surprised if we don't qualify with 2 games to spare. Which would give Gareth a nice tester for a lot of younger players / U21s he might want to give a shot.

Kuchinghammer

Banana skin ahead: as a very new footballing nation, Kosovo are going to be playing out of their skin (sorry) and won't be easy to break down. A core of experience needed to keep everyone focused.

Cuz1

Rice keeps his place in the England team

Lukerz

Rice will be in that side for many years to come

Cuz1

here’s hoping but in football you never know

baracks_a_hammer

Lukerz said:

Rice will be in that side for many years to come

Especially so if we accept the (alleged) £90m for him from Man U in January

Cuz1

They could have Sanchez for £9 and save themselves some cash

baracks_a_hammer

Fascinating reading re: Kosovo

There are a whole slew of countries around the world who do not actually recognise Kosovo as a country - the main reasoning being that its universal Declaration of Independence was considered contrary to international law.

Countries such as Spain, Greece, Israel and India on that list.

OldCastleSwift

There's some pig-ignorant people out there. Not news in itself I know, but reading through some of the comments on Twitter about Rice is gear-grindingly painful;

'not creative enough',

'what does he have that Maddison and Mount don't?'

'not exactly pulling up trees for the Hammers'

:doh:

OldCastleSwift

What was that from Keane?!

IronHerb

That's why Rice plays for England. He breaks up the Kosovo attack and we go up the other end and score. :bowdown:

Vorselaarhammer

I thought Rice was in the team to score goals...

Muppets....

OldCastleSwift

He's been brilliant. Great defensive work and keeps the ball moving.

Won't get the headlines, but he's a very important cog in this team now.

IronHerb

Sterling is showing world class form. Brilliant. (And yes I know it's Kosovo).