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Our Internationals 2022/23

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On 27/03/2023 at 09:24, davieG said:

https://www.independent.co.uk/sport/football/james-maddison-england-leicester-b2308327.html

 

James Maddison is the brilliant player England don’t need
Maddison produced a lively show on his first start for England in their win over Ukraine but his talent remains surplus to a manager with so many attacking options to choose from

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Sometimes a scenario perfectly fits a player, and on 36 minutes, James Maddison received the ball in England’s half and spun away from his marker into space. As the Ukrainian defenders retreated, the Wembley pitch yawned open in front of him and for the first time in the match – his first start for England – Maddison had a canvas on which to create.

He surged forwards while surveying his options. Directly ahead was Harry Kane, but the pass would need to be carefully threaded through Ukraine’s centre-backs. To his right was Bukayo Saka, lurking on the shoulder of his full-back ready to burst into space. Maddison continued towards the box at full tilt and began shaping his body to pass right, but just as he did so the ball lodged under his feet, and the momentum escaped. Barely a minute later, as if to illustrate how it should be done, Kane dropped deep and swept a pass out to Saka before racing into the box to score England’s opener.

This was by no means a microcosm of Maddison’s performance, which was mostly bright and sometimes crafty, playing in a free-ish role on the left side of a front three. At one point he tied Ukraine’s Taras Stepanenk in knots with a series of head-spinning Cruyff turns, and he produced another clever piece of footwork which sent Roman Yaremchuk down the Bakerloo Line before lashing the subsequent shot a little too high.

His goals and assists for Leicester are the output of someone who can play at a higher level and Southgate was certainly impressed with his “personality” for England. “He found the spaces well and he had a super game,” the manager said.

Yet it was a moment which pointed to part of the reason why Maddison has had to wait until 26 for his first England start, and why he has not appeared for his country in the three-and-a-half years since his only previous international cap. The bald truth is that Gareth Southgate doesn’t really need him. Maddison is in constant competition with a raft of other left-sided attackers like Raheem Sterling, Marcus Rashford, Jack Grealish and Phil Foden. And here, on a night when injuries had cleaned out most of them and presented a rare chance to play, it was not Maddison but Kane who best executed the job of the roving No 10.

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Maddison’s talent is refined but his qualities are not necessarily unique when compared with the sum of the parts around him. Saka was outstanding whether stretching the game on the touchline or coming infield, from where he scored England’s majestic second goal. Jude Bellingham provided creative impetus and guile from midfield. Chilwell overlapped down the left and Kane linked play dropping deep. And so Maddison felt like a nice option to have – a smart touch here, a jinking turn there – without providing an essential ingredient.

None of this is Maddison’s fault. He is the victim of a common curse of international football where talent comes in uneven piles. Southgate has a similar problem in the opposite corner of the pitch where he could pick four right-backs and still leave out the one playing for the Premier League leaders right now, Ben White. The inverse is also often true: Spain’s World Cup-winning side of 2010 relied on the functional Joan Capdevilla at left-back by virtue of the defender being one of the few left-footed options with a Spanish passport at the time.

Whereas England are overflowing with attacking stock right now. Maddison may get more chances after what he described as his “second debut”, and perhaps on this performance he should. Certainly his England hiatus feels a little wasteful. But Southgate has strong loyalties with Sterling and will find it impossible to ignore the form of Rashford should his flow of goals continue into the next round of international games in June. A lot can change by then, but it would take a seismic shift for England to be in real need of the neat and tidy touches of James Maddison, a sublime and surplus talent.

Why does he compare him to a load of left sided attackers when that’s not his position? Southgate shoehorned him there on Sunday but it’s not his preferred or best role 

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1 hour ago, CosbehFox said:

Why does he compare him to a load of left sided attackers when that’s not his position? Southgate shoehorned him there on Sunday but it’s not his preferred or best role 

Reporter makes it sound like Kane or Saka never misplace a pass or get the ball stuck under their boot. Trying to find fault and daming him with faint praise

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54 minutes ago, Harpenden Fox said:

Caglar playing for Turkey vs Croatia. Not good enough for our bench. Very very bizarre

It’s going to hurt when he absolutely smashes it at athletico and we have to listen to all the rave reviews of a masterclass in the champions league. He’s the type of player that will blag it for 2 years and get a majour move 

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I know there aren't any Leicester players involved, but Christ almighty, that second Scotland goal just makes me despair even more as to how our style of play has been utterly ruined in the past few years.

That's a "classic" Leicester goal, scored against a team that used to exemplify everything good about possession-based football, but now a shadow of their former selves as tiki-taka has been worked out, and with them struggling to adapt their game accordingly.

The world of football has moved on, we were at least partially responsible for it with our title win, and those clinging to a possession-centric game are the dinosaurs. High press, absorb pressure and counter with pace. It's not rocket science.

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A few of our current squad really need the summer to 'kick-start' their careers, in particular Soyuncu.

 

Feels like he's been left out to dry for too long.

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Todays Results - Tuesday 28th March

 

EURO Qualifiers:

 

Danny Ward (7.6 + clean sheet - 90 mins) - Wales 1-0 Latvia

 

Caglar Soyuncu (6.9 - 90 mins) - Turkey 0-2 Croatia

 

AFCON Qualifiers:

 

Papy Mendy (5 mins) - Senegal 1-0 Mozambique

 

Friendlies:

 

Wout Faes (7.7 - 90 mins) - Belgium 3-2 Germany

 

Timothy Castagne (7.7 - 90 mins) - Belgium 3-2 Germany

 

Dennis Praet (unused sub) - Belgium 3-2 Germany

 

Luke Thomas (6.1 + penalty conceded - 62 mins) - England U21 1-2 Croatia U21

 

U19 EURO Qualifiers:

 

Ben Nelson (unused sub) - England U19 2-0 Turkey U19

 

CONCACAF Nations League:

 

Deniche Hill - Bermuda vs Haiti - still to be played

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15 minutes ago, FoxesWalk said:

 

Farquad looking decent here

He does look good in that compilation and did a lot right vs Croatia, but he also probably could have done better on their first goal (got caught between 2 players and ended up picking up neither, and then didn't block the shot that went in) and played the two attackers onside in their 2nd (although, it was a mistake from his team mate that gave possession away cheaply, so he didn't have much time to step up - not really his fault). 6/10 performance, really. Faes done better across his 2 international games, in my opinion. 

 

Still shouldn't be behind Amartey in the pecking order, though. 

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43 minutes ago, Pete52 said:

He does look good in that compilation and did a lot right vs Croatia, but he also probably could have done better on their first goal (got caught between 2 players and ended up picking up neither, and then didn't block the shot that went in) and played the two attackers onside in their 2nd (although, it was a mistake from his team mate that gave possession away cheaply, so he didn't have much time to step up - not really his fault). 6/10 performance, really. Faes done better across his 2 international games, in my opinion. 

 

Still shouldn't be behind Amartey in the pecking order, though. 

Not really fair to compare him to Faes as he's hardly played.

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https://www.lcfc.com/news/3486118/maddison-called-up-for-england?fbclid=IwAR3yFlc16MLmIMmgYmPZ1z7plHbvFC17VYTAsAnjCv_Bx5iDE08lUkibP6c&lang=en

 

Maddison Called Up For England
INTERNATIONALS

Leicester City midfielder James Maddison has been named in the latest England squad.
- James Maddison has been called up for England's senior squad
- The Leicester City midfielder has two Three Lions caps to his name
- Luke Thomas is also in the England Under-21s group

Maddison has netted 10 goals for the Club in 2022/23 and has two senior Three Lions caps to his name. 

Gareth Southgate's men will take on Malta in Ta' Qali on 16 June (7:45pm kick-off) before hosting North Macedonia at Old Trafford on 19 June (7:45pm kick-off).

Both of those matches are qualifiers for UEFA EURO 2024 in Germany, with England having already taken a maximum six points from earlier clashes with Italy and Ukraine. 

Luke Thomas, on the other hand, has also been selected by England's Under-21s side for a pre-UEFA U21 EURO 2023 training camp at St. George's Park.

All times BST.

 

 

 

Of course Maddison may not be 'ours' by then.

 

 

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