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“I’m glad Southgate has chosen what I think is his best XI,” says Hubert O’Hearn. “Please, no insult is intended towards Mason Mount – zero percent – and I’m all for giving youth a chance, but we have to stop giving caps to all lads who have a run of three good matches in their first year in the top division. I’d frankly make it a rule that a player has to have played all the top six (or five if the player is on a top six side) at least once, just to see how he operates against teams brimming with full internationals. Make sense?”
I don’t really agree with that. For one, he’ll have had tougher games with Derby than he will with England. I know what you mean about getting too giddy about young players – Theo Walcott going to
Germany, for example – but I don’t think Southgate has been guilty of that. And experiences like Friday, in what was a can-afford-to-lose game, will accelerate Mount’s development. My opinions are not those of Guardian Media Group, etc, etc. 7.02pm BST
Trent Alexander Bruyne “Southgate has made how many changes and he still can’t find room for Trent Alexander-Arnold?” sniffs Philip Riston. “Makes no sense to me.”
I’d probably play Alexander-Arnold but there’s very little between him, Trippier, Walker and Wan-Bissaka.
England don’t cross the ball as much as
Liverpool either, and that’s his biggest strength. That said, he had an absurdly good game against Switzerland in the summer. I can see all sides!