Will we qualify for the CL?

[Bent Neilsens Screamer]

Gibbs White back for Forest. That is good news for when they meet Bournemouth last day.

And hopefully keen to show that he should be in the World Cup squad.

It’d be crazy if he’s not in the squad, he should be really starting considering all the competition in that position has been underwhelming.

[Dave]

Gibbs White back for Forest. That is good news for when they meet Bournemouth last day.

And hopefully keen to show that he should be in the World Cup squad.

It’d be crazy if he’s not in the squad, he should be really starting considering all the competition in that position has been underwhelming.

It's definitely an interesting conundrum for the "you should pick the best team based on their club form" crowd.

[brontebilly]

Was it Hodgson who tried that for England before? Went with club form players from likes of Liverpool and it was a disaster. At least Southgate and Tuchel recognise you have to make a team out of the players. Form comes and goes. Not sure if leaving Foden at home counts as much of a statement, or TAA for that matter, but Tuchel is going to leave some better individuals at home. MGW is a very good player, tactically flexible and was mismanaged by some clown managers this season. He's in far better form than Rogers for some time.

[Bent Neilsens Screamer]

Gibbs White back for Forest. That is good news for when they meet Bournemouth last day.

And hopefully keen to show that he should be in the World Cup squad.

It’d be crazy if he’s not in the squad, he should be really starting considering all the competition in that position has been underwhelming.

It's definitely an interesting conundrum for the "you should pick the best team based on their club form" crowd.

Probably should be in the international thread but it’ll be Interesting to see what he does as some of the competitors for central attacking positions are seriously underperforming for a variety of reasons, Palmer, Foden, Rogers and Bellingham. He’ll definitely pick the latter two, possibly all four but wouldn’t be surprised if one of either Palmer or Foden miss out, probably Foden and MGW comes in.

[KingstandingVilla]

West Ham are playing two teams who should see Spurs as rivals and should lose on purpose. Spurs are playing two teams who should see Spurs as rivals and will be motivated to beat them.

With Millwall having to ply their trade in the championship for another year.. West Ham in the the relegation spot..does anyone else see West Ham getting two wins and some dodgy VAR to keep them up? I'm sure the authorities don't want West Ham v Millwall next year, but will the London media darlings Spurs be sacrificed to stop Hammers and Wall playing each other.. Gonna be an interesting week or two.. I see Chelsea beating Spurs and Spurs drawing with Everton.. West Ham beating a lacklustre Newcastle and Leeds folding on the last day to send Spurs down.

[Brazilian Villain]

With Millwall having to ply their trade in the championship for another year.. West Ham in the the relegation spot..does anyone else see West Ham getting two wins and some dodgy VAR to keep them up? I'm sure the authorities don't want West Ham v Millwall next year, but will the London media darlings Spurs be sacrificed to stop Hammers and Wall playing each other..

I suspect that you may be overthinking it.

[Beard82]

Was it Hodgson who tried that for England before? Went with club form players from likes of Liverpool and it was a disaster. At least Southgate and Tuchel recognise you have to make a team out of the players. Form comes and goes. Not sure if leaving Foden at home counts as much of a statement, or TAA for that matter, but Tuchel is going to leave some better individuals at home. MGW is a very good player, tactically flexible and was mismanaged by some clown managers this season. He's in far better form than Rogers for some time.

TAA  is a strange player - talented but I cant ever think of seeing an england team against decent oposition that he made better.  Plus you have to deal with teh fact the whole media call him Trent - like his the neighbours boy

[brontebilly]

Was it Hodgson who tried that for England before? Went with club form players from likes of Liverpool and it was a disaster. At least Southgate and Tuchel recognise you have to make a team out of the players. Form comes and goes. Not sure if leaving Foden at home counts as much of a statement, or TAA for that matter, but Tuchel is going to leave some better individuals at home. MGW is a very good player, tactically flexible and was mismanaged by some clown managers this season. He's in far better form than Rogers for some time.

TAA  is a strange player - talented but I cant ever think of seeing an england team against decent oposition that he made better.  Plus you have to deal with teh fact the whole media call him Trent - like his the neighbours boy

It's an odd one. International football can involve a lot of playing against teams that drop deep and surely TAA would be ideal in such games as an extra ball player. Or even if you need to open up the game he's a great sub to have. It's not as if there's prime Walker, James or even Trippier there for competition. Logic suggests better to be looking at him in the squad than looking for him. But managers like to make examples at times.

The worst thing a manager can do is try to squeeze a player in I guess and upset the balance of the team. Southgate's gamble playing TAA in midfield was crazy, that might work once but eventually will be found out. That's my fear with Lindelof in midfield. Worked v Forest, hopeless v Burnley but could be badly exposed next Wednesday.

[Percy McCarthy]

No Reece James? Is that who you mean? Why not?

[paul_e]

On the 'pick on club form' ting I think the reason that argument exists isn't so much that players in top form get ignored but rather that England have historically been a harder squad to get out of then into for a lot of the players. so someone like Foden gets to 50 caps despite maybe having 2 or 3 decent performances in that time.

Dropping TTA is, in that regard, a positive for me because he hasn't played particularly well for England and he's barely playing at Real so keeping him in the squad is based on reputation more than anything else and that's exactly what creates the argument.

I'd take MGW ahead of Foden, keep Palmer in as a penalty taker if nothing else, I'd take Rogers because despite the frustration at times he's had a very good season and he's equally good at 10 or on the left and I'd take Bellingham but I'm not sure I'd start him at 10, he's been playing deeper this season for Real and I think he's a better player there, despite getting less goals/assists as a result. That does create a problem in those spots though with Rice and Anderson also to try to fit in, but between the 3 I think we can create a solid platform for the players in front.

[Dave]

Dropping TTA is, in that regard, a positive for me because he hasn't played particularly well for England and he's barely playing at Real so keeping him in the squad is based on reputation more than anything else and that's exactly what creates the argument.

I'm fairly indifferent to whether he gets picked or not, but he's started pretty much every game for Real since early February. It's also not as if England are blessed with a surfeit of right-backs at the moment to pick ahead of him.

[Somniloquism]

That's my fear with Lindelof in midfield. Worked v Forest, hopeless v Burnley but could be badly exposed next Wednesday.

I suspect it worked via Forest defensively as they play with the full backs giving width and are more central in midfield where Burnley had the two wingers doing it all out wide. Also doesn't help that we dropped two bollocks for the goals for Burnley where we made no mistakes against Forest.