Jacob Ramsey - Gone

[Monty]

It's not anti-Villa, it's just general slobbering sycophancy towards the Well Famous.

[tomd2103]

Not saying Jacob Ramsey should have been picked, but the inclusion of Conor Gallagher is inexplicable.

[Vegas]

Not all about stats but this season:

Ramsey: 6 goals 6 assists (34 games)
Gallagher: 3 goals 1 assist (33 games)

[Vegas]

And while we’re on the subject, Mason Mount 3 goals, 3 assists, 33 games (although a fair amount as sub I think)

[ChicagoLion]

Southgate sticking to picking players that are playing for their clubs and in form then.
He really is a twat.

[Drummond]

Southgate sticking to picking players that are playing for their clubs and in form then.
He really is a twat.

You see we really can agree on something!

[Mister E]

If Mings had been left out, I would been buying into the narrative a bit more. England U21's have the European Championships this summer and having Ramsey and Archer being key players in that tournament will do them better than if Ramsey was chucked on for a few minutes in a game that was already won.

Good point

[eamonn]

Mason, Gareth and Lampard are in a bizarre  love triangle, it's the new order of things.

[jwarry]

Mason, Gareth and Lampard are in a bizarre  love triangle, it's the new order of things.

Shouldn’t that be Gareth Mounts Lampard then?

[Monty]

Pretty funny given that Mount wants to leave.

[not3bad]

I'm in two minds. On the one hand, it's nice to have the record for number of internationals. On the other, if a Villa player's in the side I start caring about them doing well. No Villa players (who should obviously all be in the starting XI and filling the bench, including the non-English ones) at least means I can just watch for the football and not give a stuff about the result.

Why is life so hard?

I always think if our players aren't getting call ups playing for us they are more likely to want to move to a club where they will.  It's a double-edged sword, but in the main I'm in favour of them getting called up.

The trouble is then they are being tapped up by other clubs "teammates" or, more recently, being convinced to move clubs by the national manager.

Yes. I can imagine Joe might have a few career recommendations for JJ.

[Smirker]

Class again.

He's getting better and better.

[edgysatsuma89]

Gallagher's better.

[eamonn]

Great birthday for him - should have scored at least once for the icing on the cake. Still, he can still fit his candles on the top.

[Tony Daleys Shorts]

Tremendous today, tremendous the last few weeks, what a superb player.

Only going to get better with age and under the tutelage of a genius.