At the beginning of June, England announced a 26-man squad as follows
Southgate caused an uproar as soon as he announced this list, as he brought in quite a few newcomers, and with Maguire originally tipped to be a mainstay of the national team, Maddison, and Grealish yet to be included in the big list, Southgate is now under a lot of pressure
Now England's defenders, the original Walker (Manchester City) are listed, LukeShaw (Manchester United), Stones (Manchester City), Trippier (Newcastle), Alexander-Arnold (Liverpool), Gomez (Liverpool), but this time Southgate brought in Guéhi of Crystal Palace, at Brighton, Aston Villa Konsa and Dunk of Aston Villa
At the moment, England seem to be lacking key center backs. stones could be the starter. walker has played right back as england's third center back in previous worlds, but he is now right back for man city, so another center back could be guéhi or konsa.
This would seem to suggest that the England center back should be the highest of the Stones 188. Although there are 192 center backs Dunk, he has not performed well in previous games outside of the European national team. He doesn't seem used to the national team. Using Dunk in the finals seemed impossible, but Gunkéhi was 182 and Konsa 183. in fact, the half-backs were relatively short. England are missing over 185 players at center back. In fact, even the wicketkeeper pickford is only 185, not up to the 190 or so of most keepers (Ramsdale is 188). In terms of aerial ability, England are weak on height
However, Konsa has had a great year for Aston Villa. Konsa has been a very important defender for Aston Villa at both the attacking and defensive ends of the pitch.Konsa has managed to shank 54 times and sack 28 times this season. In terms of passing, 1,953 passes is the fourth highest amongst English defenders in the Premier League and he performs well at the back as a starting point for attacks. He can play at center back and right back
Guéhi, on the other hand, has been very consistent at Crystal Palace this year, with a good ability to break the ball up in front of him.
Eberechi is the new man up front. Eze, Crystal Palace's main midfielder, has been a very versatile player in the Premier League this year. Whether it's his ability to attack on a plate, his own scoring and long range shooting, his passing and assisting in front of goal, he's been a notable player in the Premier League this season
Of all the English 'midfielders' in the Premier League this season, Eze is third in terms of scoring, behind Palmer and Foden with 11 goals. If all positional players are included, he still ranks seventh, assisting a mediocre four goals. Most of his activity was in the central area between 14 and 25 yards. In the Premier League, he is a pressure attacking midfielder
Up front, Watkins has been a surprise striker this year as well. In a whirlwind of attacking soccer at Aston Villa, Watkins went on a goal-scoring spree in the first half of the season, coming close to the magician Haaland.At the end, although he was tied for fourth in the scorers' table, he still had 19 goals to his name. It was a bumper year for him.Watkins was only 180, an average height for a forward, but he was very agile and handled his last foot well. Not only did he score 19 goals, he also had 13 assists. He is the king of assists in the Premier League this season. His split-second judgments in the box are deadly and can be intensively
In the previous England game, Southgate chose Watkins for the national team and came on first. However, the performance at that time was nothing spectacular. It seems he is still relatively new to the national team, but if he continues to bring him on this time, Southgate will obviously reuse him gradually. When harryKane is 30 years old and can be a bit injured at times, the national team needs another scorer ready to take over. At the moment it looks like Watkins will be the first choice.
England are feeling the pinch at fullback this year. Apart from Stones, there is no other stable partner in the halfback team. Perhaps an experienced walker would help in this position, and walkers on the wings could also play right back.Trippier is also a senior fullback.LukeShaw is also experienced in the left back team, but overall, England's fullback team is very small, the depth of the replacements is weak, and the defense is not particularly good
Some of England's midfielders are still few and far between. The main reason for this is that Arsenal's Rice has to support the crossbar on his own.Rice has been excellent for Arsenal this year, going from holding the ball on the back of the waist to going forward to attacking midfielder. He has good support and distribution in the half space. In addition, he has a good ability to shoot from distance, and Rice in particular has a great ability to read the game. He can control the whole Arsenal team from the spot and command him. He is a very important tower of command in the midfield. He arrived at Arsenal only a year ago. He has already become the commander of the Arsenal and future England midfield. At the moment, there is no one better than him for the England midfield
