They're all clearly VERY good centre-backs, and there's not much between them at all. I think the key with White is that his ceiling is undoubtedly higher than the other two, primarily due to being that bit more mobile and therefore better suited the high line that the likes of Man City &...
Course - I'd not even factored in the injury doubts! (or United players)
Does sort of point towards White and co. getting a run out in the friendlies for the sake of numbers if nothing else.
That's what I initially assumed but the absence of all the City and Chelsea players along with hearing Naylor talking on a podcast just now has thrown me.
Agree though that it wouldn't make much sense to have the culled 7 playing in "preparation games" for a tournament they won't be at.
Can anyone help me get my head round the 33 to 26 man squad cull in relation to next week's friendlies? The squad is due to be cut to 26 on 1st June, then we have preparation games vs Austria on Weds 2nd and Romania on Sunday 6th.
Given a load of City and Chelsea players aren't available due to...
I think it's more the overly simplistic notion (on here, generally) that we can reinvest any money we receive for Biss solely in attack and not feel his absence due to the likes of Moder and Caicedo potentially stepping up. There's a reason we're very likely to receive bids of upwards of £40m...
Anyone else been noticing more of the mad ball-catching abilities of late that Glenn Murray alluded to in that 5live interview? Shots that would force most keepers into at least a 'parry then smother' he seems to pluck out the air and retain in his magnet-like gloves as if they were absolutely...
Agreed, back to his ball-carrying, ambipedal best by the closing stages of the game. Gives us a bit more balance I feel when he's on the left side of that central defensive trio.
Also what makes them think these 5 qualifying teams will just happily accept their one-off invitation to join the elite for a season before being excluded again? (As they were excluded originally from the founding 15) You'd have to also assume the likes of Bayern, Dortmund and co would once...
To be fair Tyler did mention about us missing the natural width of Lamptey and March at least once last night, but you're right it was a complete afterthought compared with how often they mentioned Everton's injury woes.