[Football] Jude Bellingham

[Machiavelli]

Just magnificent. For me, the most exciting prospect since Gascoigne and potential to be our best of all time.

I've done this before, but he's way better than Gascoigne. He's 20. He's got 30 caps. And he's already dominating the stage.
What were Gascoigne's key stats in Italia 90, when he was 23? Did he do much at other tournaments? This is Bellingham's second tournament in which he's shown he's right up there.
For me, there's no comparison.

 

[LamieRobertson]

Exceptional

 

[zefarelly]

On another level to every single other England player

I think he's playing on another level . . .because he hasn't been brainwashed by PL and Ingurland . . . .

 

[DJ NOBO]

Mason Mount has more England caps than Jude Bellingham.
That is all.

 

[dwayne]

Exciting. Hopefully he can pull out these performances in the big games.

 

[trueblue]

I've done this before, but he's way better than Gascoigne. He's 20. He's got 30 caps. And he's already dominating the stage.
What were Gascoigne's key stats in Italia 90, when he was 23? Did he do much at other tournaments? This is Bellingham's second tournament in which he's shown he's right up there.
For me, there's no comparison.

I didn’t say Gascoigne was better. I said Bellingham is the most exciting prospect since he came on to the scene

 

[Weststander]

I've done this before, but he's way better than Gascoigne. He's 20. He's got 30 caps. And he's already dominating the stage.
What were Gascoigne's key stats in Italia 90, when he was 23? Did he do much at other tournaments? This is Bellingham's second tournament in which he's shown he's right up there.
For me, there's no comparison.

Gazza was also brilliant. The self inflicted injury took away a year or two, he lost some pace, but his attacking skillset was sublime. The only England player in my lifetime who ran entire games from centre midfield.

Throughout the 90’s countless times he was MOTM against all opposition. I worked with a large group who went to almost every England game 1989 onwards (no Spurs fans) for a decade, they just kept saying the same thing … Gazza ran England games, head and shoulders above everyone else on the pitch.

 

[Farehamseagull]

Thank f*** we’ve got this genius. Under Dweebgate we’ve got nothing else.

 

[tstanbur]

Probably Michael Owen.

Rooney was better than Owen. Watch the Rooney Euro 2004 doc on iPlayer. He was the best player in the team aged 18 and all the other established stars (Owen, Beckham, Lampard, Gerrard etc) knew it.

 

[Weststander]

Rooney was better than Owen. Watch the Rooney Euro 2004 doc on iPlayer. He was the best player in the team aged 18 and all the other established stars knew it.

Both great, from a very early age. For about 7 years Owen scared defences shitless for club and country. Ballon d’or winner, 40 goals in 89 caps, including against the big guns.

Rooney was unplayable in 2004, then that unlucky foot injury, the key moment for us.

 

[WhingForPresident]

He'll surely be the most successful English player of all time. Proper generational talent. Real will be scary with him, Valverde, Tchouameni, Camavinga, Vinicius, Rodrygo and Mbappe.

 

[Doc Lynam]

We sold Moses to Chelsea for more than Jude to Madrid, base fee. It’s not just smoke about how brilliantly we’re run as a club.

 

[AZ Gull]

We sold Moses to Chelsea for more than Jude to Madrid, base fee. It’s not just smoke about how brilliantly we’re run as a club.

And made a great prophet.

 

[Berty23]

I thought Bellingham was absolutely brilliant first half and some flashes in the second half. My one word of caution is whether we are developing another Gerrard and Lampard situation. Foden looked a peripheral figure in that game because Jude wanted the ball the whole time. I spotted a couple of ocassions when Foden waved his arms about annoyed.

The like the same pockets of space and if Southgate is not going to play Bellingham alongside rice rather than Trent then I don’t think Foden should be in the side. I think we would be more threatening with Gordon or Eze on the left.

I would prefer Foden at 10 with Jude more like an 8.

 

[WhingForPresident]

I thought Bellingham was absolutely brilliant first half and some flashes in the second half. My one word of caution is whether we are developing another Gerrard and Lampard situation. Foden looked a peripheral figure in that game because Jude wanted the ball the whole time. I spotted a couple of ocassions when Foden waved his arms about annoyed.

The like the same pockets of space and if Southgate is not going to play Bellingham alongside rice rather than Trent then I don’t think Foden should be in the side. I think we would be more threatening with Gordon or Eze on the left.

I would prefer Foden at 10 with Jude more like an 8.

TAA at DM didn't work. I think Rice and Bellingham deeper with Foden in front of them makes more sense for the Denmark game personally.

 

[hart's shirt]

Based on that game alone, England will go as far in the tournament as Bellingham is able to take us.

Let's hope he stays injury-free.

 

[theboybilly]

Cole Palmer’s father, Carlton.

Not Barry Bannen?

 

[Seagull on the Hill]

When was the last time we could say that? Geoff Thomas?

Whenever I see his name I am reminded of a shot he took in an England international that ended near the corner flag!
The commentator's response was "Oh that was woeful"!

 

[Herr Tubthumper]

As an aside to his on pitch prowess, Bellingham comes across as such a likable, grounded and eloquent young man.

 

[Happy Exile]

As an aside to his on pitch prowess, Bellingham comes across as such a likable, grounded and eloquent young man.

That's one of the things that most amazes me. At 20 I would have struggled to say anything remotely intelligent about most things even if I'd spent time studying them and had absolutely zero expertise in anything. Yet he's managing to not only be an elite sportsman at 20 but also articulate and smart and able to give really good interviews that aren't sanitised to nothingness.

He also allegedly upset Mason Greenwood by telling him what he thought about him so he's got that going for him too.