“I’d be SHOCKED if we didn’t win it” 😲 | Merson on England’s potential EURO 2024 candidates

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The Soccer Special panel discuss Gareth Southgate’s tough decision ahead as he picks his potential England candidates ahead of EURO 2024.

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no he hasn’t and that it’s that’s Gareth it’s about timings there still another 100 days so there’s another still two and a half months of the season to go foot form changes very quickly you know rashford goes and scores 10 in 10 in the last 10 games rashford plays I mean at the moment as we talked today you’d find it impossible to leave the lad out you would find it impossible I’m a massive fan of his Bellingham for me him and bell and and play and then you worry about it from there you know we were talking earlier and Matt’s right you know you probably you have to play two holding Midfield players cuz the defense is not good enough and that’s right what he’s saying there but if if you’re going to have two holding Midfield players playing with the defense as well you got to have ex youve got to have extraordinary Talent going forward because you’re taking an extra player out of that attack so you got to have the extraordinary and them two are extraordinary you’re talking you know they’re worldclass players in my opinion you know if you picked a world class 11 tomorrow morning around the world them two are in the team so if they’re in that team they got to be in the England team CU we haven’t won anything so they got to be in it so you know that’s the way I look at and then you you know you throw sacker into that I personally think he’ll play sacka on the right foden on the left Kane up front Belling him in the hole and then I think he’ll have rice and and another whoever that be enderson or Phillips and then he’ll go you know you just go and do what you want to do I mean look at that I mean 30 and 20 and 40 and 18 140 and 18 you’d be a worldclass center forward at foden you know one every two games I mean you you buy anybody for 100 million for that and this lad 30 and 20 I mean it’s just extraordinary you know you know we you seen Weird Science you know if you if you if you went to build a footballer he’s Who You’d build he is he’s Who You’d build I mean look at he’s like he’s got everything the lad’s got absolutely everything the only thing that get in can get in in his way of being the best player to play in the in the world is him that’s all that can stop him no one else he’s the only one that can stop and for me his attitude looks right you know his parents everything you hear about him he spot on you as I say him and foden you how do we not win the Euros I honestly I I I’d be shocked if we didn’t win it it’s an unbelievable time for English Midfield players though is it when you look at Dean rice you’re talking about Bellingham being the Tot but Dean rice is now showing that he can be that as well he’s playing a bit higher for it he’s not just pigeon hold as this defensive Midfield player at the moment but he can sit there and do that he can do that he’s got great defense Instinct but he can get forwards and link up and score goals and get in the Box as well you know I think Midfield we have got an amazing array of talent and we got like if we are losing a football match God forbid we’re not you can just go R you sit in front of the back three even take Maguire off put kle walker back there as a two put two w two two fullbacks on like Trent Alexander or ree James or Cher well and then put people you got foden on the pitch you got I I just don’t see how we don’t win it i’ I’d be shocked I don’t want to put pressure on Gareth but I’d think this would be a failure if we didn’t win it I I really would I don’t see anybody who lives with us France have got probably two players that would get in our team maybe three if that you know but by that I don’t you know Germany no you know I I just yeah I can’t no sorry Gareth we win it there we are sorry Mike drop we’re done um yeah to what extent though Joby you know I’ve Heard lots of people say you know and Merc has been wa and lcal about the the quality of the players we got that you know he’s got to find a way to get all his best players in that starting 11 with tournament International Football how much is it about having your your best players in or play into a system that he’s tried and trusted I think that’s the big big question Jules and I think that’s the hard decision because we’re probably sitting here you know as fans of the England team going right you get foden in that team however it happens you get bellham in that team and you almost probably start from that point and build around that cuz you want your best players in we know you know and you have to take into account how how well we’ve done in tournament Football under G Southgate and that system’s been such a big part of that been really interesting hearing Jon Stones talking about how meticulous they are with the plan and all the players knowing exactly their role in that team and that structure is absolutely huge for Gare Southgate and this current group so I think that will be really the the motivating factor in terms of what 11 players get picked it’s not going to be perfect but I just feel at this moment in time aodin has to be in there I think he’s more flexible can play on that left hand side Bellingham for me has to play in that 10 position because that’s where he’s at his best and then to enable that you have your two sitters to to protect that back four which needs protection at times particularly against the better teams I think when you look at the group stages and you see those games you want us to go and be really aggressive and really offensive because if those players are anywhere near their levels they go and blow all those teams away I think it’s when you get deeper into the tournament against the two or three best sides the France is that maybe tactically you got to be a little bit cuter what about that back four that needs protecting as Jo J puts it I mean I know 100 days to go till the Euro starts this is where we all start trying to guess our starting els for England I saw Danny Mills do one on Sky Sports news earlier Matt and at Center back in his starting 11 he’s got Jared branway now arguably Everton’s best player this season breakthrough season uh as never Tony and I’m I’m all for it but is is he ready to start for England I I think it’s it’s a big step um he’s showing Amazing uh potential and he’s in great form you know the the challenges that he’s putting in the the mobility that he’s showing is is is is up there with the best performances at the moment in the Premier League he’s getting a lot of opportunities to do it so he’s getting to Showcase those skills I think it’s a it’s a different game on International level where the game’s dead quiet for an hour you don’t have much to do and there’s one or two little moments that you just have to be right it’s a it’s it’s a different feel to the game but he’s showing that the workload that he’s having to cope with and how he’s doing it in in the moment he just naturally he’s even sticking one in the top corner so yes he’s in great form but it’s very late to start incorporating somebody into that and and gareth’s Hyper of manager that he likes to kind of go with players that he knows and he’s shown that all crossbow he’s very loyal to the players that have done well for him with England and he’s willing to kind of Overlook the domestic form to go with that and it’s worked for him to a degree so incorporating a young player at the moment I think there’s definitely going to have to be one I thought he was going be Levi cwell last season I thought he was excellent at Brighton it’s been tricky at Chelsea it’s been a little bit unsettled hasn’t quite found that form but he’s a left footer very comfortable with the ball so there’s going to be one of the center backs going to have to come out and and grab that shirt because it’s it’s there for [Music] [Music] someone [Applause]