We struggle enough with the Ladder when we're just trying to guess what the England manager thinks; now we're trying to guess who the England manager is...
The England Ladder is dead, long live the England Ladder.
The World Cup is gone, and just like that we throw our attention forwards 18 months to the Euros and try to work out what the England squad might look like by then. It’s always impossibly hard –, Callum Wilson didn’t make the 50 which is the latest in a long line of times we’ve regretted our commitment to the Phil Neville bit – but this one especially so.
Call it getting our excuses in early if you like, but it’s tricky enough to do this when you’re trying to get inside the head of a manager you’ve spent six years getting the hang of. Now we’ve got to try and also factor in a) the percentage chance of Gareth Southgate staying on as England manager and b) who might take over if he does depart.
This list is going to be even wronger than usual in a few months, is what we’re saying here. But anyway, knock yourselves out…Got a precious half-hour off against Wales once top spot in the group was all but assured but that was the only time Gareth Southgate felt comfortable not having Rice on the field. To be honest, even then we were a bit unsure about it.
. In the 4-3-3 with which England ended the tournament he looks more likely to usurp Jordan Henderson in the middle three rather than any of the more forward positions, but we kind of like that. We would not be at all afeared if a Rice-Mount-Bellingham engine room is England’s medium-term midfield future.England went into a World Cup quarter-final with Kieran Trippier as their first reserve left-back. Please get and remain fit, Ben. Cheers.
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