England made it four wins from four European Qualifiers, but just how much is to differentiating his very best team, Gareth Southgate? What are the choice dilemmas he needs to resolve before next summer’s tournament? And who would you pick?
England followed Saturday’s 4-0 thrashing of Bulgaria on Tuesday with a win over Kosovo night, meaning they’ve scored the joint-most goals in qualifying from four matches.
Southgate has described England’s free-scoring frontline as one of the most exciting in world soccer, but their battles at St Mary’s competition demonstrated there are still concerns.
Jordan Pickford gets the No 1 place nailed down and England have a wealth of alternatives, but centre-back remains a hassle for Southgate.
Harry Maguire and Michael Keane were untroubled from Bulgaria, but Southgate is going to be worried that Kosovo, a negative ranked 121st managed to induce them numerous problems.
While Maguire was culpable for their target, fouling Vedat Muriqi in the box keane’s misplaced pass talented Kosovo their opener.
He left a mistake in the Nations League semi-final conquer to Netherlands in June and he is also fighting to hold down a spot at Manchester City, although southgate will be grateful for the return of John Stones.
It is a similar story for Joe Gomez, who has lost his place. Could Southgate use the October and November qualifiers of England to trial Tyrone Mings? Could he go back to Burnley’s James Tarkowski or even Brighton’s Lewis Dunk? one of those spots that are centre-back is up for grabs, although he seems wedded into a straight four.
With Declan Rice, Jordan Henderson and Ross Barkley beginning both games southgate used the identical three against Kosovo and Bulgaria, but there’s still a lot of disagreement over England midfield.
Rice shown promise in many of his early appearances for England and has excelled for West Ham, but his pass at the build-up to Kosovo’s second goal on Tuesday night was a reminder that he’s still learning.
Southgate does not have many alternatives for the holding role, but Harry Winks can perhaps count himself unfortunate not to have even made it. Could his passing capability give the sort of control they often lack against opposition to England? Sky Sports pundit Gary Neville described him as a”have to” for England in summer time.
Henderson and Barkley’s areas are also up for scrutiny, especially with creative talents such as James Maddison and Mason Mount waiting in the wings – not to mention .
England have while Alex Oxlade-Chamberlain supplies another option Dele Alli to return from injury, also, if it is imagination he is after, Southgate may even be tempted to have a look in a wildcard such as Phil Foden.
England are well-stocked in assault. Harry Kane, raheem Sterling and Marcus Rashford tormented Bulgaria at Wembley on Saturday, and England were more dangerous against Kosovo, when Jadon Sancho scored his first two targets that were global and came to the group instead of Rashford.
Kane along with Sterling’s locations in the team are guaranteed, but Sancho and Rashford aren’t the only ones competing for the other place in England’s attack. Southgate passed his senior debut in March to Callum Hudson-Odoi and, even he’s certain to be in the frame for the 23-man squad come while he’s out with an injury right now.
It’s a big ask for anybody else to drive their way into Southgate’s plans, but he is an admirer of Callum Wilson and he will even be keeping a close eye on Tammy Abraham, who’s already won two senior caps for England and may fetch something different to his attack.
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