Qatar World Cup 2022. Argentina v France

[Cjay]

When is England squad announced?

Thursday

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If Southgate picks players on form not reputation then Raheem Sterling, Jack Grealish, Kalvin Phillips, Harry Maguire and Jaden Sancho should be nowhere near the squad.

James Maddison, Bukayo Saka, Jude Billingham, people like that should.

Cb worries me most of all.

[Jaydog]

Maddison not certain to be picked! In the form he’s in.
Would be typical of Southgate tbh

[mentalcase]

Will Kalvin Phillips make it?

I kinda hope he does...and Tyler Adams destroys him. But that's me, I'm petty...

Me too , but don't think he's fit enough.

[whiteswan]

Me too , but don't think he's fit enough.

I think Pep is putting him on the bench for the cup match this week, but Pep has said he still may not play him

[Byebyegeegee]

First of all, the fact that the World Cup is being held in Qatar is a disgrace. This decision was very obviously based on corruption and a lot of the decision makers at FIFA, the crook Sepp Blatter and his unspeakable criminal cronies will have made an awful lot of money out of that deal and have never been properly investigated, let alone brought to justice, for it. The whole thing just stinks!

Having said that, I’ve always supported England and, occasionally over the years, I’ve had hopes that they might even have a chance of winning something, which of course hasn’t happened since I was just turned 9. But this time England have a dearth of really good quality players and, in my opinion, don’t have a hope in hell of winning it. We’ll be lucky to get out of the group stages, and if Southgate and his players insist on that absurdly pointless knee taking malarkey at the start of games in order to virtue signal their support for whatever woke dogma is currently fashionable, then I probably won’t mind if we don’t make the knockout stages.

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Denmark squad

Big Rasmus is in.

[mentalcase]

Denmark squad

Big Rasmus is in.

So is Jon ass Wind

[1964white]

Everton striker Dominic Calvert-Lewin’s hopes of making England’s World Cup squad are in serious doubt after Toffees boss Frank Lampard said he was unlikely to be fit for the club’s final game before the tournament starts.

Calvert-Lewin was hoping his return to fitness after a knee injury at the start of the season could give him an outside chance of making Gareth Southgate’s squad. But after suffering a hamstring injury in the defeat by Leicester on Saturday, the 25-year-old was not included in the squad which lost at Bournemouthon Tuesday nightin the Carabao Cup.

And Lampard said after the defeat he would be “surprised if Calvert-Lewin was fit [for Bournemouth] on Saturday.”

The Everton manager added: “We’re waiting on more news from a specialist.”

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Another Bambi.

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AUSTRALIA

Goalkeepers: Mathew Ryan (FC Copenhagen), Andrew Redmayne (Sydney FC), Danny Vukovic (Central Coast Mariners)

Defenders: Aziz Behich (Dundee United), Milos Degenek (Columbus Crew), Thomas Deng (Aibirex Niigata), Joel King (Odense Boldklub), Nathaniel Atkinson (Hearts), Fran Karacic (Brescia), Harry Souttar (Stoke City), Kye Rowles (Hearts), Craig Goodwin (Adelaide United)

Midfielders: Aaron Mooy (Celtic), Jackson Irvine (St Pauli), Ajdin Hrustic (Hellas Verona), Bailey Wright (Sunderland), Cameron Devlin (Hearts), Riley McGree (Middlesbrough), Keanu Baccus (St Mirren)

Forwards: Awer Mabil (Cadiz), Mathew Leckie (Melbourne City), Martin Boyle (Hibernian), James Maclaren (Melbourne City), Jason Cummings (Central Coast Mariners), Mitchell Duke (Fagiano Okayama), Garang Kuol (Central Coast Mariners)


COSTA RICA

Goalkeepers: Keylor Navas (Paris St-Germain), Esteban Alvarado (Herediano), Patrick Sequeira (CD Lugo)

Defenders: Francisco Calvo (Konyaspor), Juan Pablo Vargas(Millonarios FC), Kendall Waston (Saprissa), Oscar Duarte (Al-Wehda), Daniel Chacon (Colorado Rapids), Keysher Fuller (Herediano), Carlos Martinez (San Carlos), Bryan Oviedo (Real Salt Lake), Ronald Matarrita (Cincinnati)

Midfielders: Yeltsin Tejeda (Herediano), Celso Borges (Alajuelense), Youstin Salas (Saprissa), Roan Wilson (Grecia), Gerson Torres (Herediano), Douglas Lopez (Herediano) Jewisson Bennette (Sunderland), Alvaro Zamora (Saprissa), Anthony Hernandez (Puntarenas FC), Brandon Aguilera (Nottingham Forest), Bryan Ruiz (Alajuelense)

Forwards: Joel Campbell (Leon), Anthony Contreras (Herediano) Johan Venegas (Alajuelense)



JAPAN

Goalkeepers: Eiji Kawashima (Strasbourg), Daniel Schmidt (Sint Truiden), Shuichi Gonda (Shimizu S-Pulse)

Defenders: Hiroki Sakai (Urawa Red Diamonds), Miki Yamane (Kawasaki Frontale), Ko Itakura (Borussia Monchengladbach), Takehiro Tomiyasu (Arsenal), Maya Yoshida (Schalke 04), Shogo Taniguchi (Kawasaki Frontale), Hiroki Ito (VfB Stuttgart), Yuto Nagatomo (FC Tokyo)

Midfielders: Junya Ito (Stade de Reims), Ritsu Doan (SC Freiburg), Wataru Endo (VfB Stuttgart), Hidemasa Morita (Sporting), Ao Tanaka (Fortuna Dusseldorf), Daichi Kamada (Eintracht Frankfurt), Takefusa Kubo (Real Sociedad), Takumi Minamino (AS Monaco), Kaoru Mitoma (Brighton & Hove Albion), Gaku Shibasaki (Leganes), Yuki Soma (Nagoya Grampus)

Forwards: Takuma Asano (Vfl Bochum), Daizen Maeda (Celtic), Ayase Ueda (Cercle Brugge), Shuto Machino (Shonan Bellmare)


CROATIA

Goalkeepers: Dominik Livakovic (Dinamo Zagreb), Ivica Ivusic (Osijek), Ivo Grbic (Atletico Madrid)

Defenders: Domagoj Vida (AEK Athens), Dejan Lovren (Zenit Saint Petersburg), Borna Barisic (Rangers), Josip Juranovic (Celtic), Josko Gvardiol (RB Leipzig), Borna Sosa (Stuttgart), Josip Stanisic (Bayern Munich), Martin Erlic (Sassuolo), Josip Sutalo (Dinamo Zagreb)

Midfielders: Luka Modric (Real Madrid), Mateo Kovacic (Chelsea), Marcelo Brozovic (Inter Milan), Mario Pasalaic (Atalanta), Nikola Vlasic (Torino), Lovro Majer (Rennes), Kristijan Jakic (Eintracht Frankfurt), Luka Sucic (Red Bull Salzburg)

Forwards: Ivan Perisic (Tottenham), Andrej Kramaric (1899 Hoffenheim), Bruno Petkovic (Dinamo Zagreb), Mislav Orsic (Dinamo Zagreb), Ante Budimir (Osasuna), Marko Livaja (Hajduk Split)



SWITZERLAND
Goalkeepers: Gregor Kobel (Borussia Dortmund), Philipp Kohn (RB Salzburg), Jonas Omlin (Montpellier), Yann Sommer (Borussia Monchengladbach)

Defenders: Manuel Akanji (Manchester City), Eray Comert (Valencia), Nico Elvedi (Borussia Monchengladbach), Ricardo Rodriguez (Torino), Fabian Schar (Newcastle United), Silvan Widmer (Mainz)

Midfielders: Granit Xhaka (Arsenal), Edimilson Fernandes (Mainz), Fabian Frei (Basel), Remo Freuler (Nottingham Forest), Ardon Jashari (Luzern), Fabian Rieder (Young Boys), Xherdan Shaqiri (Chicago Fire), Djibril Sow (Eintracht Frankfurt), Renato Steffen (Lugano), Denis Zakaria (Chelsea), Michel Aebischer (Bologna)

Forwards: Breel Embolo (Monaco), Christian Fassnacht (Young Boys), Noah Okafor (RB Salzburg), Haris Seferovic (Galatasaray), Ruben Vargas (Augsburg)

[andrewjohnsmith]

If Southgate picks players on form not reputation then Raheem Sterling, Jack Grealish, Kalvin Phillips, Harry Maguire and Jaden Sancho should be nowhere near the squad.

James Maddison, Bukayo Saka, Jude Billingham, people like that should.

Cb worries me most of all.

Must include Ben White. Even though he's been playing RB for Arsenal, looks one of the best options for England at CB.

[Chilli D]

Us and USA will qualify from the group but neither will win it.
I'm looking forward to seeing the USA team after getting my wrists slapped by Black Hills Paul. Sounds like they've got a good squad.
Only a handful of teams have a realistic chance of winning it - France, Germany Belgium, Spain, Brazil, Argentina and I suppose England.

[Chilli D]

Tyler Roberts omitted from Wales World Cup squad.
Dan James included though.

[Cjay]

France

Wales

[mentalcase]

Shame for young Mes, experience at that tournament would do him no harm at all, even though he wouldn't get a game.
Not surprised at all regarding roberts James is only in for his past experience and pace.

[BlackHillsPaul]

USA squad just announced. Brenden Aaronson and Tyler Adams on are it. (No surprise)

[mentalcase]

Would anyone be shocked if Harrison was included in the England squad ?

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USA team

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Would anyone be shocked if Harrison was included in the England squad ?

Don't think he is eligible for the Lionesses tbf.