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1 hour ago, Mantis said:

Taking only two out and out strikers would be **** stupid. Although that's Southgate.

Two players for every position is the norm, and Rashford can cover there. It ain't that stupid tbh especially when you have Kane.

26 minutes ago, Zatman said:

Welcome Sol Campbell

Scary thing is I'd actually take him over Southgate

The timing of that tackle by Konsa on Doku

2 minutes ago, omariqy said:

What’s with the Toney v Watkins agenda? I would imagine both will get in the squad and both can bring different things to the tournament.

He'll surely take just two strikers, and the second one never gets a minute with Kane around anyway.

The sigh of relief when GS finally goes will be immense. Not quite as immense as when Steven got sacked though.

Part of me thinks I'd take Bowen to the Euros for his directness, but if it's him or Palmer, Palmer all day. Palmer is much more effective against a low block.

23 hours ago, HanoiVillan said:

I will admit I am, to a certain extent, playing devil's advocate, because the cosy consensus in this thread irritates me. But I will absolutely fight to the death that **** third place playoffs don't matter, and that including friendlies in a manager's record is bullshit. 

They do matter though, because he's never instilling the mentality that we can beat these sides. We just collapse/bend over to most strong opposition.

Even when we beat that weak Germany side, Muller missed a golden chance and it was practically a home game for us.

I'd take Mainoo, don't care how young he is. He's much better on the ball than Gallagher.

13 minutes ago, Vive_La_Villa said:

So is he still playing for Jamaica?

6 minutes ago, StefanAVFC said:

His treatment of Grealish clearly shows he has/had an issue with Villa tbh.

Nah, clearly shows nothing. But if anything, I'd say he had an issue with Grealish from their U21 days, not with Villa. But I think it was just as likely Southgate being stubborn and/or clueless. Along the lines of thinking, Jack doesn't play for a top four/six club, he can't be that good. That's how much of a basic thinker GS is.

I used to take WhoScored seriously, not anymore...

https://www.instagram.com/p/C4-3sxjtYCI/?igsh=MW1qZXpibTV2amN6aA==

Hojlund ahead of Watkins

1 minute ago, cheltenham_villa said:

tactically i agree, personally i really dont believe any of the BS around bias and team selection. I dont think he hates villa, every message board in the country has a thread where they are astonished that X player has not been selected and believe GS has an agenda.

Personally i think its a tough job, no longer dominated by the best managers in the country and he bases selection on performance, suitability, player personality, flexibility a whole range of things.

I think Ezri and Ollie are both in a great position to be selected for squad that will only have 23 players in it. 

I don't think he hates Villa either - but I do think he's clueless.

2 minutes ago, Jas10 said:

It’s often the case really… maybe some of our players aren’t quite as idiotic as many seem to enjoy making out

I don't know - did you see the Matty Cash and Ollie 30 seconds game?

1 hour ago, Jas10 said:

 

 

 

Zero problem with anything he has said… do believe is future is back in Italy but hopefully he can contribute and help us out for the rest of the season. Opportunities and time has been limited imo.

Good luck to him.

He speaks very maturely and intelligently. Seems his actual character is far away from the one that's sometimes portrayed.

10 minutes ago, cheltenham_villa said:

an obvious point but it is the media that has suggested Ollie is now out based on one appearance. Not Southgate.

Hes made 10 appearances under Southgate and has been on the periphery of the tournament squads over the last few years.

Safe to say Southgate gives him more of a chance that the narrative suggests

Fair point. I always think the worst when it comes to GS, he'll never make me think otherwise.

3 hours ago, JPJCB said:

The media coverage has been ridiculously harsh on Watkins with lots of narrative coverage suggesting that it was practically his fault that England lost and that he’s missed his one chance to go to the Euros. The team was crap as a whole and created next to no chances. And it’s a bold move in any case to ignore the top goal scoring and assisting Englishman in the PL this year 

I dont mind Toney as a player- he’s a reliable scorer and has decent link up play. But he’s a piece of work who was rightly banned from the game for fraudulent behaviour and has a history of unsavoury incidents. As an England fan, I don’t want to see anyone with that sort of personality near the team. Watkins of course is almost diametrically opposite and has a very good character. It’s odd since I’d previously thought Southgate valued these sorts of things but obviously not 

I cannot stand Toney as a person so agree completely with you.

It shows how weak/clueless Southgate is though - basing his selections off one-off 90 minute performances instead of being certain of the type of forward he wants to take and making it work.

PS - why does it really matter anyway? Kane will play the full 90 every game unless injured.

14 minutes ago, Delphinho123 said:

Can't believe he's done the dirty on me. I've been nothing but supportive since he joined and this is how he repays me. 

Trying too hard

8 hours ago, paul514 said:

Lay off the crack then, that valuation has no grounding in reality for a home grown player in his mid 20's that is proven Premier League quality.

How much you reckon he'd go for then Einstein?

38 minutes ago, Zatman said:

He has and I think the new guy has been critical of Cash for not speaking Polish

Can't find anything on that

11 minutes ago, MaVilla said:

thats a weird one, isnt the guy he is competing with, playing at championship equivalent level or something?

Looks like they played three at the back the other day with Frankowski of RC Lens at right wing-back.

31 minutes ago, chrisvilla4 said:

Cash is a right back for a current top 4 side. We'd get 25 mil no problem.

He's rotated with Konsa there, often not starting the bigger games when everyone's available, and he's not first choice for Poland either.

I'd say we'd get £20m at the most for Cash.

The Atletico links were how long ago now? He's been OK lately but I'd say his rep generally has gone down since then. He's even lost his starting spot for Poland.