I blame Blackburn for our national footballing demise .... Walker bought the title and led to the floodgates of buying players from all over the world to achieve greatness and leave the home-grown left behind
Many years of damage done ..
Yes he is taking a bunch of youngsters but don.t forget they have won 2 World cups between them, whereas the last bunch could not beat Iceland, a country with the population of Cardiff. So good on him.
Im starting to come round a bit more to Southgate's style and what hes trying to do with the squad. Im even ok with Cahill getting a place as his experience could count for something in a relatively young and inexperienced squad.
But Welbeck is a poor choice especially as Lallana has missed out, and going back to experience again I think Defoe would have been a better choice as a striker. Failing that, even Carroll would offer a better threat in the air.
Robert Green should have been on standby