England vs Romania (friendly) 06/06/21 - 17:00 UK time

[Badgers]

One of the debating points when the squad was named was the inclusion of four right-backs.

England are well blessed in that position, even with Alexander-Arnold dropping out - Kieran Trippier won La Liga with Atletico Madrid, Kyle Walker won the Premier League with Manchester City and Reece James won the Champions League with Chelse

Southgate may choose to bring in Southampton's James Ward-Prowse, who many felt was unlucky to be left out, or Jesse Lingard, who played on Wednesday night and was involved in the goa

Southgate has three quality right-backs in the squad already, and they are versatile, so that maybe leaves him room for manoeuvre further forward in midfield.

Trent Alexander-Arnold: England right-back ruled out of Euro 2020

Trent Alexander-Arnold is out of Euro 2020 after a scan reveals the injury sustained against Austria is a thigh tear.

www.bbc.co.uk

#TrentOut but there is a few RB options...
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[Pickman's model]

never mind the rb options, have they practiced penalties? you'd hope, under southgate, the answer to that would always be a resounding 'yes'. anyway, my prediction, england 2 romania 1

 

[Badgers]

never mind the rb options, have they practiced penalties? you'd hope, under southgate, the answer to that would always be a resounding 'yes'. anyway, my prediction, england 2 romania 1

Get Milner in

 

[not-bono-ever]

Romania are shite

 

[editor]

Romania are shite

Yeah should be an easy win, even for England.

 

[Pickman's model]

Romania are shite

you'd certainly hope so.

 

[Monkeygrinder's Organ]

Uninspiring 1-0 win all the way.

 

[Badgers]

Uninspiring 1-0 win all the way.

Kane ankle goes and the hope is over?

 

[Monkeygrinder's Organ]

Kane ankle goes and the hope is over?

No way - tape him up and get him back out there with one foot dangling off. Sorted, hope lives on.

 

[Pickman's model]

Kane ankle goes and the hope is over?

kane ankle goes in the romanian penalty box, england get a highly dubious penalty and someone else knocks it in while sir harry kane is carried off the pitch, his foot and career in tatters.

 

[not-bono-ever]

Pray for the foot of Kane

 

[Badgers]

#weareallkanesfoot

 

[two sheds]

kane ankle goes in the romanian penalty box, england get a highly dubious penalty and someone else knocks it in while sir harry kane is carried off the pitch, his foot and career in tatters.

five minutes after he's backed into someone who's coming in for a header, causing said player to topple over land on his neck and be carried off or play on Bert Trautmann style.

 

[Monkeygrinder's Organ]

Uninspiring 1-0 win all the way.

Should have had a few quid on that. Except you can't bet on uninspriringness.

 

[Badgers]

#istillbelieve

 

[editor]

Sigh

Romania’s players agreed to take the knee for the first time at the Riverside Stadium as a gesture of solidarity with their English hosts. As loud, angry boos rang out around the ground the Romanians must have wondered what they’d stumbled into here. What kind of weird, contorted, backwards kind of country is this England anyway? Didn’t they used to be someone? Welcome to England 2021. Divided, belligerent, set against itself – and reduced now by the formalities of a football match to debating the idea of “Englishness” until it falls apart at the seams.

But the public booing of a simple anti-racism gesture is a shameful, hurtful act. Doing so to young men, your own players, who are regularly racially abused is doubly shameful. Pretending this has something to do with “keeping politics out”, or that creeping “Marxism” is a threat to your way of life in Britain (Conservative majority: 83) is cowardly and disingenuous.

Pretending that booing England is about ‘keeping politics out’ is cowardly | Barney Ronay

The shameful and hurtful act of England’s own fans booing in response to taking the knee before the Romania game only adds to the fraught buildup to this summer’s Euro 2020

www.theguardian.com