You can’t move for those telling the England manager who ‘has to start’ when the truth is that all of those attacking players - Rashford, Foden, Saka, Sterling, Grealish - are vital, whether they start or finish.
Date published: Wednesday 30th November 2022 2:28 -You can’t move for those telling the England manager who ‘has to start’ when the truth is that all of those attacking players are brilliant and vital…
Those quotes are from Jermaine Jenas – presenter of The One Show and very much not a manager – but it would be unfair to linger too long on him because the sentiment is being repeated on TV screens and websites by legions of fans and pundits. From Alan Shearer to Brian that works in the butcher’s and has ‘never liked Raheem Sterling’, the equation is simple: Phil Foden and Marcus Rashford must start against Senegal because Phil Foden and Marcus Rashford scored against Wales.
He knows. Rashford and Foden impressing against Wales does not override or overwrite Saka and Sterling playing well against Iran just over a week ago. There is no league table of England’s wide forwards pinned up on Southgate’s ‘Live, laugh, love’ corkboard and if there were, it would not be ranked purely on goals.
By Sunday night we will have endured five full days of ‘who should start?’ when the answer that nobody wants to hear is ‘it doesn’t really matter’. What is arguably more important is ‘who should finish?’ because in 100-minute games in this bizarre mid-season tournament, this is more than ever about squad management.
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