I Don’t Normally Do This……….

[9goals2hattricks3pen]

Before the 2018 World Cup I said I could never envisage England winning a WC in my lifetime the number 1 reason being a total lack of creative midfielders. Our midfielders in 2018 Dier, Lingard, Dele Ali, Henderson, Loftus-Cheek.

Now we have an embarrassment of riches in the likes of Madison, Foden, Grealish, Eze.

I would like to see Southgate send out the message 'We believe we have the best players in the World' and do away with the second defensive hard working mid fielder; leave that to the excellent Rice. Pair one of the above with the world's greatest No10 Bellingham.

We might just scare the others to death!

[SwedishBaggie]

Most countries (exception might be Greece winning the EC, for instance) that have won the WC or EC the last 20-30 years have had top world class offensive players, such as:

Zidane, Henry, Iniesta, Xavi, Ronaldo, C Ronaldo, Rivaldo, Özil, Messi, Pirlo and more.

With all due respect: I can’t really put Maddison, Grealish, Saka, Eze and more in the same category. Not yet, anyway.

[9goals2hattricks3pen]

Most countries (exception might be Greece winning the EC, for instance) that have won the WC or EC the last 20-30 years have had top world class offensive players, such as:

Zidane, Henry, Iniesta, Xavi, Ronaldo, C Ronaldo, Rivaldo, Özil, Messi, Pirlo and more.

With all due respect: I can’t really put Maddison, Grealish, Saka, Eze and more in the same category. Not yet, anyway.

Agree 100% that is the quality of those greats are all but essential to win the WC or the EC. Would you disagree we already have 2 in Bellingham and Kane? I think Saka is already there too.

Maddison, Grealish, Eze, Foden are tearing it up in the toughest league in the world. To different extents all of them have imo opinion either been under used or badly used (Maddison played for 30 mins as a sub and then had to wait 3 years for his next cap and got played as a winger)

I think Southgate should use these games coming up to see which of those 4 would be best in a front 5 with Bellingham, Kane, Saka, Rashford .

That's a positive move and this is what most England fans want and fail to get from Southgate.

PS. As a final thought are any of the usual of European football winners flush with world class players right now? France yes but the other 'big 3' all struggling for form right now