Should Cole Palmer start on the right instead of Bukayo Saka? Is it time to give Phil Foden the keys to the No10 position instead of Jude Bellingham? Would England look better with a more mobile striker than Harry Kane? If England keep playing as they are, the answers are academic. England’s problem at Euro … Read more
The end appeared likely nigh for Gareth Southgate’s eight-year reign at the helm before that piece of brilliance from Real Madrid superstar Bellingham that cancelled out Ivan Schranz’s first-half goal, with England then completing the most dramatic turnaround early in extra time thanks to a back-post header from captain Harry Kane. Slovakia applied a lot … Read more
Much of the Euros football experience is about re-conditioning the mind to the unique, charming phonetics of players’ names from different parts of that continent. The year-round overhyped following of just the English Premiership and the silo knowledge of one league restricts fans’ familiarity with the wider football-playing cultures of Europe. And the Euros are … Read more
Of the XI picked to start this 3-0 friendly win over Bosnia and Herzegovina, the first of two warm-ups before England fly to Germany, only goalkeeper Jordan Pickford could be sure of a starting place for the opening group game against Serbia in just under a fortnight’s time, with plenty of the rest uncertain as … Read more