Saints in the England Squad

[TWar]

5 hours ago, Saint Keef said:

If it was a World Cup just for full-backs, we'd win it.

TTA, James, Trippier, Walker, Shaw, Wan Bissaka, KWP, Livramento, Chilwell, Cresswell, Lamptey to name 11 off the top of my head - there's bound to be others.  All very good attacking options and just shows how important "attacking" full-backs are in the current game. Of course, they'd have to be managed by Stuart "Psycho" Pearce. 

England could make a decent 11 out of just right backs

Walker (played in goal for City once)

Justin Wan-Bissaka Trippier

Livramento Trent Maitland-Niles KWP

James Tavanier Lampety

Bench: Godfrey, Ben Johnson, Ayling, Baldock, Clyne, Kenny, Ward, Fredericks, Chambers

[trousers]

[SNSUN]

3 CBs at home? Southgate, the Hassenhuttl of national football. 😀

 

...and RWB isn't KWP's strongest position so hopefully he isn't ripped to shreds by the media if he doesn't have a great game.

[davefizzy14]

Go on Kyle hope Prowsey and Fraser come on later too.

[SNSUN]

Stones injured in the warm up so White comes on. Another Saints link however tenuous

[DT]

Cannot understand how Mount starts ahead of JWP. Except Chelsea, obvs. Always felt Mount is overrated

[Streaky]

5 minutes ago, DT said:

Cannot understand how Mount starts ahead of JWP. Except Chelsea, obvs. Always felt Mount is overrated

Slightly different player but would like to see prowsey a little further forward with his range of passing. Dont think mount should be starting right now, his form has fell off a cliff.

[LiberalCommunist]

A mexican wave. So glad I'm watching F1.

Even with multiple red flags I know its better than that shite......

[SNSUN]

Ooh shot from KWP

[Lighthouse]

12 minutes ago, LiberalCommunist said:

A mexican wave. So glad I'm watching F1.

Even with multiple red flags I know its better than that shite......

This circuit’s a farce. Can’t go ten minutes without a heavy impact and a red flag. The F2 earlier was ridiculous.

[trousers]

Great interception there from KWP

[SNSUN]

1 minute ago, trousers said:

Great interception there from KWP

The assist to the assist.

[DT]

Three subs. Mount stays on. And how does Henderson still play for England. Big club shite

[DT]

Treats Ward Prowse pretty shabbily tbh

[trousers]

1 minute ago, DT said:

Treats Ward Prowse pretty shabbily tbh

Or... He's planning on giving JWP a full game on Tuesday?

[Lee On Solent Saint]

4 minutes ago, trousers said:

Or... He's planning on giving JWP a full game on Tuesday?

That will be more likely. Give the big club players a longer rest

[Toussaint]

I didn’t see the game, how was KWP?

[Kenilworthy]

13 hours ago, Toussaint said:

I didn’t see the game, how was KWP?

Thought he did ok. The ball didn't often get played to him on the right in positions where he could do anything and Gallagher was often crowding him out. England though were very poor and the referee /VAR awarded the win thanks to a joke penalty for handball.

[Tank]

12 minutes ago, Kenilworthy said:

Thought he did ok. The ball didn't often get played to him on the right in positions where he could do anything and Gallagher was often crowding him out. England though were very poor and the referee /VAR awarded the win thanks to a joke penalty for handball.

they can't seem to be able to differentiate between the ball hitting the hand [arm] or the hand hitting the ball. Players are aiming the ball to purposely hit the hands of defenders.

[Dman]

21 hours ago, DT said:

Treats Ward Prowse pretty shabbily tbh

I can’t see how he gets into this England team tbh. I can’t see him going to Qatar, unless there are injures. 
 

[Dman]

6 hours ago, Kenilworthy said:

Thought he did ok. The ball didn't often get played to him on the right in positions where he could do anything and Gallagher was often crowding him out. England though were very poor and the referee /VAR awarded the win thanks to a joke penalty for handball.

I thought he was in the main pretty negative. Always passing backwards and safe rather than driving forward as he does for us. 
 

Of course, that could be the way Southgate has instructed him to play. 
 

Pretty untested defensively. 

[Toussaint]

1 hour ago, Dman said:

I thought he was in the main pretty negative. Always passing backwards and safe rather than driving forward as he does for us. 
 

Of course, that could be the way Southgate has instructed him to play. 
 

Pretty untested defensively. 

Sounds very likely 

[trousers]

[Dark Munster]

Let's hope an Ivory Coast defender can chop down Grealish in JWP territory.

[igsey]

Zaha saw Prowsey's name on the team sheet and pussied out.

[tajjuk]

How when we have a country full of right backs are we playing a centre-back there? 

[trousers]

JWP having a decent game so far 

[Saint_clark]

25 minutes ago, tajjuk said:

How when we have a country full of right backs are we playing a centre-back there? 

Bizarre isn't it. Not like he needs to see if he can cover a shortage of right backs with a CB. 

Prowsey barely put a foot wrong, some really good passing. Sterling looked a lot better when he came off the right wing. 

Not too impressed with Mitchell, seems unsure what to do when he has the ball.

[trousers]

KWP coming on

[trousers]

Penalty.... JWP...?

Edit: nope, defender got the ball first 

Edited 29 March, 2022 by trousers

[Jimmy_D]

Think that'll be overturned...

[whelk]

When did they stop becoming Ivory Coast?

[Jimmy_D]

What a ball that was from KWP to Grealish in the build up to the penalty shout though

[SNSUN]

Close long ranger from JWP

[Jimmy_D]

KWP almost too good there, no one else gambled on him being able to get that cross in

[trousers]

Ivory Coast miss a sitter 

[beatlesaint]

Got to say, although I’m biased, but I don’t think KWP is doing himself any harm here whatsoever. Looking very good again.

[trousers]

Gallagher on for JWP

[trousers]

1 minute ago, beatlesaint said:

Got to say, although I’m biased, but I don’t think KWP is doing himself any harm here whatsoever. Looking very good again.

Agree. Gives the impression he's been playing at international level for years

[Jimmy_D]

Just now, beatlesaint said:

Got to say, although I’m biased, but I don’t think KWP is doing himself any harm here whatsoever. Looking very good again.

He's unlucky that there's so many players already in front of him, he'll have to be absolutely immense AND have a couple of the players ahead of him fall off a bit for Southgate to make the decision to change the established players.

[trousers]

1 minute ago, Jimmy_D said:

He's unlucky that there's so many players already in front of him, he'll have to be absolutely immense AND have a couple of the players ahead of him fall off a bit for Southgate to make the decision to change the established players.

Hopefully the fact he's as comfortable playing left back as he is right back will stand him in good stead. Effectively frees up an extra squad selection slot for Southgate if he picks a player who offers such versatility. 

[trousers]

Not capitalising on having an extra man for over half the game. I thought it was only Saints that did that...

[egg]

7 minutes ago, beatlesaint said:

Got to say, although I’m biased, but I don’t think KWP is doing himself any harm here whatsoever. Looking very good again.

Yep, although Foden is doing his best to ignore him at every opportunity. 

[beatlesaint]

He does like taking a lot of right backs to a tournament tho does Southgate so fingers crossed 🤣

[beatlesaint]

1 minute ago, egg said:

Yep, although Foden is doing his best to ignore him at every opportunity. 

Greedy little bastard 

[John Boy Saint]

2 minutes ago, egg said:

Yep, although Foden is doing his best to ignore him at every opportunity. 

Fodon is resembling a pause button nearly every time he gets the ball

[trousers]

I think Kane has touched the ball about 4 times since he's come on

[Saint_clark]

Poor from England the last 20 minutes. Players screaming for it in the wide positions then when they get it just immediately going backwards without looking for a forward option. Playing it so conservative in a friendly V 10 men.

[trousers]

Great play from KWP there

[Saint_clark]

Ffs, that'll keep Mings in the squad for a while.