Grealish

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Originally Posted by WanChaiMiller

Ramsey didnt drop Greaves. Greaves was injured and Hurst the replacement. Although, by the time of the final, I think Greaves was fit again.

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I seem to remember that Greaves was fit for the semi final v Portugal but Alfred stuck with the Hurst and Peters connection due to their club link.

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Originally Posted by Grist_To_The_Mill

I seem to remember that Greaves was fit for the semi final v Portugal but Alfred stuck with the Hurst and Peters connection due to their club link.

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I stand corrected.

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Originally Posted by gru

What I meant Southgate he's like Warney plays safe. Sometimes you've got to give younger players the chance. Grealish is 25 so if he's not ready now will never be. Alf Ramsey dropped Greaves & his replacement Hurst went a long way to England winning the world cup.

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Southgates squad for the current internationals

Tammy Abraham 23 - 4 caps

Trent Alexander-Arnold 22 - 12 caps

Harvey Barnes 22 - 1 cap

Dominic Calvert-Lewin 23 - 2 caps

Ben Chilwell 22 - 11 caps

Joe Gomez 23 - 11 caps

Ainsley Maitland-Niles 23 - 2 caps

Mason Mount 21 - 9 caps

Marcus Rashford 22 - 39 caps

Declan Rice 21 - 10 caps

Bukayo Saka 19 - 1 cap

Jadon Sancho 20 - 14 caps

Harry Winks 24 - 7 caps

Reece James 20 - 2 Caps

Add to that Phil Foden 20 - 1 cap and Mason Greenwood 19 - 1 cap

I would say that that represents possibly the most youthful squad ever announced by an England manager.

Remind everyone again that the reason that Grealish doesn't get selected is because he is only 25 and that Southgate doesn't select youth because he 'plays it safe'.

You might want to add to that lot, Dean Henderson, as he's only 23 and of late Jordan Pickford 26 is becoming somewhat calamitous in goal of late.

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Originally Posted by Grist_To_The_Mill

I seem to remember that Greaves was fit for the semi final v Portugal but Alfred stuck with the Hurst and Peters connection due to their club link.

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..and possibly due to him taking revenge for Greaves inferring he was a 'gyppo' due to his poor upbringing?

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Originally Posted by CAMiller

..and possibly due to him taking revenge for Greaves inferring he was a 'gyppo' due to his poor upbringing?

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Wouldn’t have helped XD

Another factor could have been Greaves’ lack of enthusiasm in training and his lower physicality than Hurst. Games up to the semi finals had been a bit “robust” so maybe Alf considered Hurst to be a better choice than Greaves

Also in the semi final England were playing Portugal and Alf knew that they would have to keep Eusebio quiet which meant Charlton would play deeper thus resorting to more of a long ball game, again Hurst was better suited for that style.

Fantastic research. Especially Greaves lower level of physicality. Where did you copy that from?