EURO 2024

I'm definitely in the pro Southgate camp, but I'm really scratching my head why there isn't a single fit Left Back in a squad of 33 players?

Maybe Shaw is nearer to fitness than we think..
Hope so!
 
I wonder if Gareth might consider a bit of copy and paste from Pep/City and set up in a 4-1-4-1 formation, with Stones stepping into midfield alongside Rice when we have the ball and the full backs playing a bit more narrow (i.e. 3-2-4-1 in possession). I'm not convinced he will, but it could help solve the problem of no left footed left back/a centre back playing LB.
 
WilliamMunny said:
I wonder if Gareth might consider a bit of copy and paste from Pep/City and set up in a 4-1-4-1 formation, with Stones stepping into midfield alongside Rice when we have the ball and the full backs playing a bit more narrow (i.e. 3-2-4-1 in possession). I'm not convinced he will, but it could help solve the problem of no left footed left back/a centre back playing LB.
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Would suit us i think, considering Walker is the RB and he doesn't bomb forward much anymore and the Left back is likely to be Gomez or Trippier
 
Looking at the squad our left back options are the main concern. Shaw is knackered and surely isn’t match fit. Trippier has had a terrible season. Surprised he hasn’t gone with Tyrick Mitchell OR even Lewis Hall. Appreciate he’s not played much.

I don’t see Maddison and Toney getting in the main squad. Both have had bad seasons and out of form.


Southgate seems reluctant to go to Italy and watch Tomori and Loftus-Cheek. Both have had brilliant seasons.
 
I agree with some of the comments. The lack of options/cover at LB if Shaw doesn't make it, is a little worrying.

Shaw is a huge jigsaw piece in this puzzle too.

If Shaw is fit, it allows us to play Foden LW, as we all know Shaw would hold the width, allowing Foden to drift inside where he's at his best - similar to his position v Belgium in last England match.

This would also allow us to play a more defensive minded CM (TAA/Wharton/Gallagher etc) alongside Rice, to allow Jude be more 'free' - where he is best.

If Shaw doesn't make it, then it would likely be Trippier at LB and he won't hold the width at the same level Shaw would, so we would need to tweak the team and I think the tweak would need to be - dropping Jude to play alongside Rice. Foden behind Kane, and then bringing Gordon at LW to hold the width - allowing Foden space for him to do his magic.
 
Marvanelli said:
I agree with some of the comments. The lack of options/cover at LB if Shaw doesn't make it, is a little worrying.

Shaw is a huge jigsaw piece in this puzzle too.

If Shaw is fit, it allows us to play Foden LW, as we all know Shaw would hold the width, allowing Foden to drift inside where he's at his best - similar to his position v Belgium in last England match.

This would also allow us to play a more defensive minded CM (TAA/Wharton/Gallagher etc) alongside Rice, to allow Jude be more 'free' - where he is best.

If Shaw doesn't make it, then it would likely be Trippier at LB and he won't hold the width at the same level Shaw would, so we would need to tweak the team and I think the tweak would need to be - dropping Jude to play alongside Rice. Foden behind Kane, and then bringing Gordon at LW to hold the width - allowing Foden space for him to do his magic.
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Can’t disagree with any of that really.

I agree, Trippier and Foden on the left wouldn’t feel right.
 
Diego said:
It’s a great option no doubt. But anyone who seriously thinks Foden shouldn’t be starting shouldn’t be and won’t be taken seriously.
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I agree we start Foden, win the first two games and rest him for Palmer in the third. bring him back for knockouts and use palmer late on as a sub when foden is knackered
 
Here are the squads named so far.

Group A​

Germany Provisional Squad:

Goalkeepers:
Oliver Baumann (Hoffenheim)
Alex Nubel (Stuttgart)
Manuel Neuer (Bayern Munich)
Marc-Andre ter Stegen (Barcelona)

Defenders:
Waldemar Anton (Stuttgart)
Benjamin Henrichs (RB Leipzig)
Joshua Kimmich (Bayern Munich)
Robin Koch (Eintracht Frankfurt)
Maximilian Mittelstadt (Stuttgart)
David Raum (RB Leipzig)
Antonio Rudiger (Real Madrid)
Nico Schlotterbeck (Borussia Dortmund)
Jonathan Tah (Bayer Leverkusen)

Midfielders:
Robert Andrich (Bayer Leverkusen)
Chris Fuhrich (Stuttgart)
Pascal Gross (Brighton and Hove Albion)
Ilkay Gundogan (Barcelona)
Toni Kroos (Real Madrid)
Jamal Musiala (Bayern Munich)
Aleksandar Pavlovic (Bayern Munich)
Leroy Sane (Bayern Munich)
Florian Wirtz (Bayer Leverkusen)

Forwards:
Maximilian Beier (Hoffenheim)
Niclas Fullkrug (Borussia Dortmund)
Kai Havertz (Arsenal)
Thomas Muller (Bayern Munich)
Deniz Undav (Stuttgart)

Scotland Squad:
To be announced...

Hungary Squad:

Goalkeepers:
Denes Dibusz (Ferencvaros)
Peter Gulacsi (RB Leipzig)
Peter Szappanos (Paks)

Defenders:
Botond Balogh (Parma)
Endre Botka (Ferencvaros)
Marton Dardai (Hertha BSC)
Attila Fiola (Fehervar),
Adam Lang (Omonia Nicosia)
Willi Orban (RB Leipzig)
Attila Szalai (Freiburg)

Midfielders:
Bendeguz Bolla (Servette)
Mihaly Kata (MTK)
Milos Kerkez (Bournemouth)
Laszlo Kleinheisler (Hajduk Split)
Adam Nagy (Spezia Calcio)
Zsolt Nagy (Puskas Akademia)
Loic Nego (Le Havre)
Andras Schafer (Union Berlin)
Callum Styles (Sunderland)

Forwards:
Martin Adam (Ulsan Hyundai)
Kevin Csoboth (Ujpest)
Daniel Gazdag (Philadelphia Union)
Krisztofer Horvath (Kecskemet)
Roland Sallai (Freiburg)
Dominik Szoboszlai (Liverpool)
Barnabas Varga (Ferencvaros)

Switzerland Squad (Preliminary)

Goalkeepers:
Yann Sommer (Inter Milan)
Yvon Mvogo (Lorient)
Gregor Kobel (Borussia Dortmund)
Marvin Keller (Winterthur)
Pascal Loretz (Luzern)

Defenders:
Ricardo Rodriguez (Torino)
Fabian Schar (Newcastle United)
Manuel Akanji (Manchester City)
Nico Elvedi (Borussia Monchengladbach)
Silvan Widmer (Mainz 05)
Kevin Mbadu (Augsburg)
Ulisses Garcia (Marseille)
Cedric Zesigner (Wolfsburg)
Leonidas Stergiou (Stuttgart)
Aurele Amenda (Young Boys)
Albuan Hajdari (Lugano)
Bryan Okoh (Red Bull Salzburg)

Midfielders:
Granit Xhaka (Bayer Leverkusen)
Xherdan Shaqiri (Chicago Fire)
Remo Freuler (Bologna)
Denis Zakaria (Monaco)
Michel Aebischer (Bologna)
Fabian Rieder (Rennes)
Uran Bislimi (Lugano)
Ardon Jashari (Luzern)
Filip Ugrinic (Young Boys)
Vincent Sierro (Toulouse)

Forwards:
Breel Embolo (Monaco)
Steven Zuber (AEK Athens)
Ruben Vargas (Augsburg)
Renato Steffen (Lugano)
Noah Okafor (AC Milan)
Zeki Amdouni (Burnley)
Andi Zeqiri (Genk)
Dan Ndoye (Bologna)
Kwadwo Duah (Ludogorets)
Joel Monteiro (Young Boys)

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Group B​

Spain Squad:
To be announced...

Croatia Squad (Provisional):

Goalkeepers:
Dominik Livakovic (Fenerbahce)
Ivica Ivusic (Pafos)
Nediljko Labrovic (Rijeka)

Defenders:
Domagoj Vida (AEK Athens)
Josip Juranovic (Union Berlin)
Josko Gvardiol (Manchester City)
Borna Sosa (Ajax)
Josip Stanisic (Bayer Leverkusen)
Josip Sutalo (Ajax)
Martin Erlic (Sassuolo)
Marin Pongracic (Lecce)

Midfielders:
Luka Modric (Real Madrid)
Mateo Kovacic (Manchester City)
Marcelo Brozovic (Al Nassr)
Mario Pasalic (Atalanta)
Nikola Vlasic (Torino)
Lovro Majer (Wolsfburg)
Luka Ivanusec (Feyenoord)
Luka Sucic (RB Salzburg)
Martin Baturina (Dinamo Zagreb)

Forwards:
Ivan Perisic (Hajduk Split)
Andrej Kramaric (Hoffenheim)
Bruno Petkovic (Dinamo Zagreb)
Marko Pjaca (Rijeka)
Ante Budimir (Osasuna)
Marco Pasalic (Rijeka)

Stand-by:
Borna Barisic (Rangers)
Duje Caleta-Car (Lyon)
Kristijan Jakic (Augsburg)
Dominik Kotarski (PAOK)
Toni Fruk (Rijeka)
Marin Ljubicic (LASK)
Igor Matanovic (Karlsruhe)
Niko Kristian Sigur (Hajduk Split)
Petar Sucic (Dinamo Zagreb)

Italy Squad:
To be announced...

Albania Squad:
To be announced

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Group C​

Slovenia Squad:
To be announced...

Denmark Squad:
To be announced...

Serbia Preliminary Squad:

Goalkeepers:
Vanja Milinkovic Savic (Turin)
Predrag Rajkovic (Majorca)
Dorde Petrovic (Chelsea)
Aleksandar Jovanovic (Partizan)

Defenders:
Strahinja Pavlovic (RB Salzburg)
Nikola Milenkovic (Fiorentina)
Milos Veljkovic (Werder Bremen)
Srdan Babic (Spartak Moscow)
Uros Spajic (Red Star)
Strahinja Erakovic (Zenit)
Nemanja Stojic (TSC)
Jan Karlo Simic (Milan)

Midfielders:
Sasa Lukic (Fulham)
Nemanja Gudelj (Seville)
Nemanja Maksimovic (Getafe)
Ivan Ilic (Torino)
Sasa Zdjelar (CSKA Moscow)
Srdjan Mijailovic (Red Star)
Sergej Milinkovic Savic (Al Hilal)
Dusan Tadic (Fenerbahce)
Samed Bazdar (Partizan)
Aleksandar Cirkovic (TSC)
Lazar Samardzic (Udinese)
Veljko Birmancevic (Sparta Prague)
Filip Kostic (Juventus)
Filip Mladenovic (Panathinaikos)
Matija GlusceviZ (Radnički 1923)
Andrija Zivkovic (PAOK)
Mijat Gacinovic (AEK)
Nemanja Radonjic (Majorca)

Forwards:
Aleksandar Mitrovic (Al Hilal)
Dusan Vlahovic (Juventus)
Luka Jovic (Milan)
Petar Ratkov (RB Salzburg)
Mihailo Ivanovic (Vojvodina)

England Squad Preliminary

Goalkeepers:
Dean Henderson (Crystal Palace)
Jordan Pickford (Everton)
Aaron Ramsdale (Arsenal)
James Trafford (Burnley)

Defenders:
Jarrad Branthwaite (Everton)
Lewis Dunk (Brighton)
Joe Gomez (Liverpool)
Marc Guehi (Crystal Palace)
Ezri Konsa (Aston Villa)
Harry Maguire (Manchester United)
Jarell Quansah (Liverpool)
Luke Shaw (Manchester United)
John Stones (Manchester City)
Kieran Trippier (Newcastle)
Kyle Walker (Manchester City)

Midfielders:
Trent Alexander-Arnold (Liverpool)
Conor Gallagher (Chelsea)
Curtis Jones (Liverpool)
Kobbie Mainoo (Manchester United)
Declan Rice (Arsenal)
Adam Wharton (Crystal Palace)

Forwards:
Jude Bellingham (Real Madrid)
Jarrod Bowen (West Ham)
Eberechi Eze (Crystal Palace)
Phil Foden (Manchester City)
Jack Grealish (Manchester City)
Anthony Gordon (Newcastle)
Harry Kane (Bayern Munich)
James Maddison (Tottenham)
Cole Palmer (Chelsea)
Bukayo Saka (Arsenal)
Ivan Toney (Brentford)
Ollie Watkins (Aston Villa)

​

Group D​

Netherlands Squad Provisional

Goalkeepers:
Justin Bijlow (Feyenoord)
Mark Flekken (Brentford)
Bart Verbruggen (Brighton & Hove Albion)
Nick Olij (Sparta Rotterdam)

Defenders:
Nathan Ake (Manchester City)
Daley Blind (Girona)
Virgil van Dijk (Liverpool)
Denzel Dumfries (Inter Milan)
Jeremie Frimpong (Bayer Leverkusen)
Lutsharel Geertruida (Feyenoord)
Matthijs de Ligt (Bayern Munich)
Ian Maatsen (Borussia Dortmund)
Micky van de Ven (Tottenham Hotspur)
Stefan de Vrij (Inter Milan)

Midfielders:
Ryan Gravenberch (Liverpool)
Frenkie de Jong (Barcelona)
Teun Koopmeiners (Atalanta)
Tijjani Reijnders (AC Milan)
Marten de Roon (Atalanta)
Jerdy Schouten (PSV Eindhoven)
Xavi Simons (RB Leipzig)
Quinten Timber (Feyenoord)
Joey Veerman (PSV Eindhoven)
Georginio Wijnaldum (Al-Ettifaq)

Forwards:
Steven Bergwijn (Ajax)
Brian Brobbey (Ajax)
Memphis Depay (Atletico Madrid)
Cody Gakpo (Liverpool)
Donyell Malen (Borussia Dortmund)
Wout Weghorst (Hoffenheim, on loan from Burnley)

France Squad Provisional

Goalkeepers:
Alphonse Areola (West Ham)
Mike Maignan (AC Milan)
Brice Samba (Lens)

Defenders: Jonathan Clauss (Marseille)
Ibrahima Konate (Liverpool)
William Saliba (Arsenal)
Jules Kounde (Barcelona)
Theo Hernandez (AC Milan)
Ferland Mendy (Real Madrid)
Benjamin Pavard (Bayern Munich)
Dayot Upamecano (Bayern Munich)

Midfielders:
N'Golo Kante (Al-Ittihad)
Eduardo Camavinga (Real Madrid)
Adrien Rabiot (Juventus)
Antoine Griezmann (Atletico Madrid)
Aurelien Tchouameni (Real Madrid)
Warren Zaire-Emery (Paris St-Germain)
Youssouf Fofana (Monaco)

Forwards:
Kylian Mbappe (Paris St-Germain)
Bradley Barcola (Paris St-Germain)
Ousmane Dembele (Paris St-Germain)
Kingsley Coman (Bayern Munich)
Marcus Thuram (Inter Milan)
Randal Kolo Muani (Paris St-Germain)
Olivier Giroud (AC Milan)

Poland Squad:
To be announced...

Austria Squad:
To be announced...

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Group E​

Ukraine Squad:

Goalkeepers:
Andriy Lunin (Real Madrid)
Anatoliy Trubin (Benfica)
Heorhiy Bushchan (Dynamo Kyiv)

Defenders:
Yukhym Konoplia (Shakhtar Donetsk)
Valeriy Bondar (Shakhtar Donetsk)
Mykola Matvienko (Shakhtar Donetsk)
Oleksandr Tymchyk (Dynamo Kyiv)
Vitaliy Mykolenko (Everton)
Maksym Taloverov (LASK)
Illia Zabarnyi (Bournemouth)
Oleksandr Svatok (Dnipro-1)

Midfielders:
Taras Stepanenko (Shakhtar Donetsk)
Oleksandr Zubkov (Shakhtar Donetsk)
Heorhiy Sudakov (Shakhtar Donetsk)
Andriy Yarmolenko (Dynamo Kyiv)
Volodymyr Brazhko (Dynamo Kyiv)
Mykola Shaparenko (Dynamo Kyiv)
Serhiy Sydorchuk (Westerlo)
Ruslan Malinovskyi (Genoa)
Mykhailo Mudryk (Chelsea)
Viktor Tsyhankov (Girona)
Oleksandr Zinchenko (Arsenal)

Forwards:
Artem Dovbyk (Girona)
Roman Yaremchuk (Valencia)
Vladyslav Vanat (Dynamo Kyiv)

Reserves:
Dmytro Riznyk (Shakhtar Donetsk)
Danylo Sikan (Shakhtar Donetsk)
Vladyslav Kabayev (Dynamo Kyiv)
Vladyslav Buyalskyi (Dynamo Kyiv)
Denys Popov (Dynamo Kyiv)
Yehor Yarmoliuk (Brentford)

Slovakia Squad:
To be announced...

Belgium Squad:
To be announced...

Romania Squad:
To be announced...

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Group F​

Portugal Squad:

Goalkeepers:
Diogo Costa (Porto)
Jose Sa (Wolves)
Rui Patricio (AS Roma)

Defenders:
Antonio Silva (Benfica)
Danilo Pereira (Paris St Germain)
Diogo Dalot (Manchester United)
Goncalo Inacio (Sporting)
Joao Cancelo (Barcelona)
Nelson Semedo (Wolves)
Nuno Mendes (PSG)
Pepe (Porto)
Ruben Dias (Manchester City)

Midfielders:
Bruno Fernandes (Manchester United)
Joao Neves (Benfica)
Joao Palhinha (Fulham)
Otavio Monteiro (Al Nassr)
Ruben Neves (Al-Hilal)
Vitinha (PSG)

Forwards:
Bernardo Silva (Manchester City)
Cristiano Ronaldo (Al Nassr)
Diogo Jota (Liverpool)
Francisco Conceicao (Porto)
Goncalo Ramos (PSG)
Joao Felix (Barcelona)
Pedro Neto (Wolves)
Rafael Leao (AC Milan)

Czech Republic Squad:
To be announced...

Georgia Squad:
To be announced...

Turkey Squad:
To be announced...
 
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As others have already said, I feel Southgate is taking a huge risk selecting Shaw as the only natural LB in the squad - he wasn't even deemed fit enough to make the Utd bench for their last game of the season. I'd have been against him selecting Shaw as the only LB even if he was fit, so it seems even crazier when you consider he's currently unfit.

Even if Shaw is able to get back to full fitness in time to play, there's still always a good chance he could pick up an injury during the tournament. I can see us ending up with either Trippier or Gomez filling in at LB.

I also feel Solanke can feel a little hard done by not to be selected. He's had a cracking season and Toney has been out of form, although I do rate him, so I can understand why Southgate has selected him.
 
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