Burnwinter Yeah. Gordon and Taa can't even get minutes. White being in the squad will just be a waste of time. Compare that to how DLF used Spain squad. Almost everyone got meaningful minutes.
Talking about RBs, thought Cavajal was absolutely brilliant again. A RB that is so technically good he can play anywhere and excel. He was inside, outside in the passing lanes, inverting and overlapping. Singlehandedly stopped many England counters as well and when you watch from a vantage point you can see how fast he reads the game before the move develops. And every interception or headers is nicely passed to his teammate to retain possession. Clutch RB.
JazzG Contrary to this, actually I feel Mainoo did as well as he could. He had no support most of the time but was the only Eng mid to be able to bypass Spanish press and be physically strong enough to roll them at times. The way Southgate uses Bellingham renders him very ineffective, a few tekkers aside he mainly just fell for fouls easily. Rice was extremely limited, many times there are passing options but he either goes sideways or sometimes even goes back. He's a pure DM at 6. Huge contrast from even Zubimendi.
Just realised the only other nations to win all their matches without pks is Brazil 70 and 02.
Meanwhile England... these are the only top 10 nations they beaten for the past 2 decades. Don't let the luck of draw fool you. Southgate is absolutely awful.