England have a great draw to reach the last 8 but at that stage they should get destroyed by either Brazil or Germany.

I think its a coinflip between them and whoever they play on group H.

Loftus Cheek not getting nuff respect.

If England beat the teams they should then put up a brave heroic loss to the first proper team they play, that will be a great tournament for England.

That team is hilariously bad

is Lascalles legit? has to be better than Cahill anyway




Mustafi as defender of the year ... this seems less legit

though Pope in net should make TP happy

spicy take: England will win a shootout this summer and make it to the semifinal, where they will get thrashed by one of the really good teams #langer

I think whoscored overrates goals and "successful actions" (tackles/passes completed), but something harder to quantify (being way out of position or beaten to a ball) aren't really taken into account, so that explains Mustafi.

yes. he should be playing in a top6 team next season. athletic, beast in the air and pretty comfortable with the ball.

The opta team looks legit, even just putting a best team together. You put in vvd or vert and you can’t argue with it.

I like Lascelles but isn't he flattered somewhat by playing in a defensive team? If he moves up to the top6 he's going to have a hell of a lot less protection.

Think Conte defensive is well over played.

He has set up a bit negatively in some games, but any team that routinely fields Moses and Alonso as wingbacks cant really be that defensively orientated, not in terms of TSO buspark or even in absolute terms imo.

Chelsea might not be balls to the wall attacking as Liverpool and City, but that does not make them absolutely defensive.

Indeed the whole point of Conte's system is to be able to move the bus onto the field, then drive it off, then maybe drive it back on.

Not like TSO where it is driven on and does not move, indeed maybe another bus is driven on.

He has experimented with quite a defensive MF this season, but one thing is obvious with Conte, and that is that he quite rightfully does not trust our defence so has to compensate. Chelsea have shipped a lot of goals this season.

Monreal must make any pl team of the year team imo

Has Rüdiger been that good? Around these parts he's often not taken that seriously because he looks kinda uncomfortable with the ball.

My mind will never stop instantly thinking vvd is van de vaart

Well, it's ver hard to look past Boateng and Hummels.

ccv and winks contracts extended today, davinson sanchez' yesterday

everton will be paying the following people over the the next 12 months:

roberto martinez (£3.3m)
ronald koeman (£5.7m)
fat sam (£6m)
new guy

stands to reason that david unsworth wasn't due much when he was moved out of the manager position, otoh its everton so he most likely negotiated himself an eight figure payout

They are also paying (or going to be paying) Watfords compensation to Marco Silva.

Nice that CCV is only 20 years old..I thought he was a few years older..

Ranieri next season, nailed on. Big name, not all that, has won the league, out if contract, Premier League experience.

Would be the best hire you could hope for so for that reason it will probably go pearshaped.

Lol

How many current England players get in a combined 2006/2018 XI?



imo Robinson/Pickford/Butland is a toss-up as is Walker/Neville so that's one player (Walker > G. Nev as a wing back).

Ferdinand/Terry/Cole are locks/

Hargreaves was really good and definitely makes it.

Kane over Joe Cole obviously.

Three from Sterling/Beckham/Gerrard/Lampard is tough (Scholes was retired).

So Kane definite, goalie/Walker/Sterling maybe?

How could anyone have Walker over the best English RB the premier league has seen?

Walker can't defend ffs.