Foreverinbluedreams wrote:Alioune DVToure wrote:Rashford, Wilshere and Delph are lucky to have made the cut. Noble, Defoe and Carroll are unlucky not to have made the cut.
My impression is that, all in all, it's quite an exciting, ballsy young squad with plenty of pace and self-belief, and one which is free from the burden of hype which has doomed past England teams. If we win the group, who knows how far we can go?
The biggest problem - and one which nobody seems to have picked up on - is what the fuck we do if one of Smalling or Cahill gets injured. A back five of Hart-Clyne-Smalling-Cahill-Rose is fine but the defensive options beyond that are appalling.
Appalling is a bit harsh. Is there that much of a drop in quality to the second string?
Walker, Dier, Stones, Bertrand
Yep. I'm not happy with the thought any of those players starting a game in those positions. The full-backs if need be, but preferably not. At least Forster in a safe pair of hands on the bench.
I would've sacrificed one full-back (probably Walker) and taken either Shawcross or Jagielka as back-up.