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Statman Dave and Nieve Petruzziello join Smithy & Joe on Saturday Social this week. With the Euros just around the corner, we’ve tasked our guests with choosing which England players they would like to see in Gareth Southgate’s 23-man squad for this summer’s tournament.

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Saturday social brought to you by EA Sports FC with PlayStation 5 welcome back to Saturday social where Joe and I are joined by statman David NE who could not be separated at BGE first ever tie you both look gutted with yourselves from that tiebreak question I think it

Was that last question wasn’t it we let ourselves down there collectively but we’ll come back stronger you say collectively it brings us perfectly onto our next section because we are going to talk England now and perfect timing because we’ve been sent the New England kits they are the Home and Away kits

That England will be wearing when they bring it home it’s coming home Joe it figures crossed fig crossed as you can see the uh table has been taken over by magnets right now because what we’re going to be getting our guest to do is build out their full England 23 man

Squad now importantly this isn’t what you think Gareth Southgate will do this is what you would do so we’re not making a prediction here we’re picking our own 23 man England squad yeah I think it’s important to reference as well we asked for both Neeve and Dave’s 23 there was

Quite a lot of differences actually so you’ve got to come to agreement any disagreement Joe and I will decide based on the best argument so it’s up to you so let’s start with the keepers uh three Keepers is there anyone nailed on that you think you both think has to be on

I’m guessing pford is both yeah I think I think pford yeah definitely straight nailed on England’s number one for the first game Dave for you I would personally play ramsdale um through just having a play are you saying you start ramsdale I would start ramsdale because

Of I think his his ability on the ball is slightly ahead of Jordan pford and I think from the team that the squad that I’ve built is very ball focused and ball heavy and I think that’s the only reason I don’t think pickford’s that bad on the

Ball but I think ramsdale is probably a little bit of level above the only issue you got with that is obviously ramsdale has not been playing this season six Premier League appearances which is why Jordan pford would get the the Run ahead of from a goalkeeping perspective I’m

Just talking from a full a football perspective in a sense of if england was set up the right way you look very surprised it’s just it’s not even on my plane he not even there I actually think though whatever you think in terms of the second third goalkeeper in terms of

The first goalkeeper I think he’s disrespectful to suggest anything other than pford and what he’s done for us in the last three major tournaments he is he is fantastic and nine clean sheets across 19 games in major tournaments yeah yeah always brilliant is it in English I I think it’s pretty nailed on

Pi will be number one so who who are the other two then that that you can well sounds like you can’t agree on well yeah so you and ramsdale which I think is totally fair to want ramsdale out there I just think to have ramsdale and Nick

Po is a slight risk considering Nick Pope with him dislocating his shoulder and ramsdale with his lack of game time as well to have two goalkeepers with that lack of game time there is a little bit of a risk so I’ve got a bit of an alternative in Jack butland who has

Played loads of games he’s been brilliant he’s I think he’s been really overlooked because he doesn’t play in the Premier League um but he’s been absolutely brilliant he’s involved in a title race he’s been great in Europe and he deserves to be considered the most clean sheets of any goalkeeper that’s

English 17 I I think the only issue there is obviously Nick Pop’s not played not played as much as pford this season but he’s got the best stats in terms of post shot expected goals which really takes in consideration where the shot comes from where it goes in the goal and

The saves he’s made so he’s better than PP he’s better than ramsdale over the last two seasons so for me he’s the best goalkeeper goalkeeper so I would put him if you want a goalkeeper I’d go with pford if you want someone wants to play

Out from the back I go with ramsdale so what let’s agree with you agreeing on Pope did you say then as a as a three I think Pope definitely but then it’s I I I do think they valid point in terms of the injuries and that’s a really important side of of International

Football if you Keepers you know you lose two keepers that’s a bit concerning so we can you know if if if Jack brin’s a big one then that’s all right we’ll take a step back and go let’s go but and ramell then as a bit of a yeah I mean I

If Nick po does come back uh in April and he’s absolutely fine he has to be there I mean the for he was in pop was in PRI inj been Lu with injury for perspective but they rul that until April following surger on a shoulder injury that was sustained

Ining crossy does he brilliant yeah let’s okay so you’re Nick out yeah Nick Pope misses out if his if his shoulders not right but I think he’d be in there if fingers cross fingers crossed fingers cross fit right so Defenders so how many are we going with Defenders wise

Cuz obviously it’s up to you how many yeah I’ve gotten four center backs um one left back and then two right backs so you’ve gone seven okay yeah so I’ve gone seven overall um so that includes Jared branway I think you know player that has to be there and I agree I think

He should probably start I think his Mobility is something that is very very good I think he’s really good in the air I think he’s got a lot of quality about him and with the the team that I was building out I’d like to see the lights

Of Levy Co will go as well and someone like ezri coner and the reason why i’ I’d select these three players in terms of why they’d fit into this England team is I think one of the big stats I look at when looking at Center ARS how they

Deal with dribblers so when they’re osed these three uh in the top five of the Premier League ezri Conor has won 90% of the tackles against dribblers he’s played right back at times that’s very very good for an International Tournament so having you know a back

Three or a back four that includes these guys plus Jon Stones is Jon Stones you nailed on J Stones number one he’s he’s so so good and I think his devel tactical development has been so interesting he’s had 13 touches per 90 in the attacking third which is in the

Top 1% of center backs in Europe the guy is incredible so I’m trying to build a defense to allow him to do that similar to a Manchester City where you’ve got like a Nathan a you’ve got Ruben Diaz you’ve got an aanin there where you’re playing Stones being a free play playing

Right back playing Center back and then you have three defenders in there and I’d also put in someone like Joe Gomez who I think his versatility for Liverpool has been humongous this season played left back right back Center back only verg van Dykes won more aerial

Jeweles as a percent five that is yeah this is I feel like this is an excessive amount of center backs um I think some of these play players whilst I agree with so I think Jared branway is one I agree with left footed get him up showed

So much for everon this season not made his debut yet for England of course so no he’s certainly the future the future of England though I’d have him there I in an in an Ideal World on paper of looking how he’s performed you would perhaps want him to start but actually being

Realistic personally I think Harry McGuire needs to go so that that’s that is the problem what I brought before in terms of being able to defend One V one I think is not is is one of Harry McGuire’s weaknesses you’d say in terms of his agility and his mobility and if

You look at the top Nations they’ve got very very fast mobile forwards K mbappe is just a prime example of that Jamal moala could be another one that’s got that speed it’s got that agility that England are going to have to deal with in a really really big game 1 V one at

Times well we have seen him at Major International tournaments partner with Jon Stones you think of Eur 2020 only two goals conceded in the entirety of the tournament and both of them were from set play so there is a partnership did we win those tournaments we didn’t

But I the France game is a prime example of that of just absolute speed moani us man demele killing mbappe where you need mobile players in that game that was one of a few UND you also need experience though and all of those center backs that

You’ve got there to me don’t have enough experience to be relying on them for this tournament I think if you look at the history books you look at Euro winning Center back Partnerships you look at bonucci and Kini uh you know po um Ramos we need center backs who know each

Other’s game They Know Each Other’s strengths and weaknesses and realistically Maguire when he went to the World Cup for example he was more out of favor at Club level than what he is now you know he’s put in some good performances for Manchester United stones and Maguire they know each other

They they get on well on the pitch I he has to be there I just think you can’t play a high line with Harry McGuire I think that Manchester United have shown that and it’s broken United’s pressing structure with Rafael Varan with Harry MaGuire with you know um Johnny Evans

And that is a big big problem this England team needs to be aggressive it needs to have youth in it from a defensive perspective and I do think that’s a big big thing and throwing in throwing in someone like an EZ coner or Levy cwell or Joe Gomez just Qui would

All three of those be above the ezri Conor’s in there because Ben White’s unavailable for selection would you select Ben White though like Ben White would be Absolut number one Ben White has been so good in recent weeks he’s playing invert he’s playing in Midfield he’s doing what Jon Stones is

Doing so having that ability to have two players that can do that 100% Ben White so ezri coner as much as I think he’s amazing and love him I think he play multiple positions could be someone that we put to the side going to have going

To have to make a decision then is there a balance where one of d goes and then maybe Maguire goes as well yeah but I feel we can’t have all three of these I would say personally Maguire and Gomez because that way you’ve got Maguire and Stones who have played together over a

Number of tournaments you’ve got bran F who offers that agility as left footed who can sort of come in if Maguire is not good enough and then you’ve got Gomez as the uh substitute for stones can’t believe we’re getting rid of ly corwell come back we can always come

Back at the end and move things around because sometimes you decide you want to have more Defenders at the end or more midfielders so are there any other that for now we look at the fullback well because obviously so many right backs yeah should do right backs first you

You’ve got Trent you’ve got trippier the sort of standout you imagine I would probably go Trent Alexander Arnold and Kieran trippier Kieran trippier most assist of um any Defender no hang you wouldn’t take take car Walker so car Walker’s getting B on the side day you wouldn’t take KY Walker I’m trying to

Build out a defense that has got center backs in it in a sense of moving away from from certain ideas the reason why I think he does that for City doesn’t he he does do that for City we have to move on from my squad

Was a youthful squad for the future um I think Kieran Tripp’s Tripp is like 32 in it but I think with with with his delivery the reason why I’ve got Alfie DWI in the squad as well is so you can change up the game plan in

A sense of you got two full bucks that can cross doubting 257 crosses going into the box to be fair Joe and I have mentioned Alfie Dy on this show sung his Praises before but but just to get this straight in the fullback era you would take Alfie dy

Over Kyle Walker KY Walker’s the right back we’re talking about fullback so that that’s Tripp can play both for example Tri can play both but you look at his I think if one of the first times he played for England at left back he’d made like two three

Club I just I feel this is a practical joke I feel like someone’s going to come out and say surprise this is just a joke the whole time I can’t understand why car walk is not there I just can’t get my head around it and also so you

Wouldn’t take Ben chah wouldn’t I’d take alfid D over Ben Chell right now and I’m just going to bring one more name to the discussion here Luke Shaw we’re not take you’re not going to take Luke Shaw who has been England’s outstanding leback despite injury problems at nearly every

Single tournament so good under Southgate don’t get me wrong you know L if Luke Shaw goes I’ve got no problem with that I just think there’s a bit of a risk taking Ben cherwell and Luke Shaw so you would rather take cherwell than Shaw I I would take one of them either

Way I think is not you know it’s F I’ll be on the fence about it I just think they’re both injury concerns who’s whoever’s the most sharp should go whoever’s the most fit should go and and you would take dy over both CH and I just think injuries is a big thing I

Think Luke shaes is he gonna if he’s back then yeah of course but I think he’s back after the international break Alfie Dy delivery from wide areas simp there’s a simple reason so you can change the game plan you can play with two forwards and just cross the ball

Into the box it gives England a bit of adaptability that they haven’t had in tournament we agre who you agree on Trent’s got there right obviously and you both got trippier am I right thinking it’s your squad but I believe Tri as so you’ve got two left back two

Right back goes Trent goes a Defender not midfielder hear because we’ Trent into the Midfield bracket that any number 10 so the other Defenders you want to pick you got Stones brre Maguire Gomez Trent trippier Walker looks like surely yeah surely walk pleading with you because not only do I think how ER

Should go he should also start for goodness sake no you see I wouldn’t wouldn’t be starting him in my side but you can put him in we can put him in being real I think he was most one of our most important players so and left back you’ve got another surely you’re

Going to have to take one left back one of Ben Chell Dy or sha yeah I’m happy to take I I just wasn’t aware that Luke Shaw would be Avail would he back after International break he is back Luke Shaw goes him 100% yeah definitely one day

Alie we’ll get you in Alfie one day okay let’s put him up so is nine Defenders but we could potentially have Trent in the Midfield Ro as well right so it it kind of worked let’s go into the Midfield Ro then is there any we can

Just get rid of straight away just up there Dave please tell me you’re taking Jude Bellingham Jude bellingham’s part of this youthful refin that we’re going down the line car walk I don’t know where we’re going please tell me yeah Jude Bellum is what 20 goals and nine assists unbelievable yeah incredible and

Again I think that you might be playing him deeper in this England side as a box to box midfielder versus playing him a High because of the attacking talent that England has got so just getting another body in there would be really good but Jude Bellingham is he been

Incredible he’s in terms of attacking Midfield has most goals in Europe can I ask NE quickly um everyone talks about de R Jud Bingham and who is the third player that Partners him it’s a debate no everyone knows those tool start I don’t think anyone can agree on who the

Other third player is because we’ve got so much strength and depth who would you start as your third midfielder in that three personally I think there’s a really good shout for Conor Gallagher because I it’s not necessarily about who is the best best third option the best

Player it’s about who will balance them out the goal is to get the most out of Bellingham is to allow him to run into the box if he wants to without any sort of danger that will’ll leave ourselves exposed so you want someone who is tenacious who is willing to put in that

Leg work uh on the transition and I think Gallagher will do that for us Curtis Jones is another alternative as well for that someone who is willing to balance that Midfield out and I don’t think Dave no I’m not taking any of those guys as much as play in there as possible so

Like not shaking your head for for the number 10 for to join those two guys in Midfield I’d go one of Phil foden or Madison James Madison or k Palmer and at the moment I would play K Palmer Ser think that we are going to we’re not

Going to be vulnerable at all if you’re putting in one of those players alongside rice and B but that’s why we played Four Center back that’s why we were playing really defensively One V one very very good at the back I think that England needs to go down that line

Of being more like Manchester City in that sense of being super super dominant having like a Midfield that’s more two3 eight in there hence why I think you know if if we look at someone like Phil foden whether we put him in the forward line or the Midfield line he has to be

There right he’s another one Absolut TA in so we throw him in there in terms of you know he’s changed statistically takes a lot more shots only taken three shots fewer than Harlem this season and his you know goals for man city has gone from 12% to 21% in terms of how many

City have scored in the Premier League Phil foden has to be in the team somewhere and what’s difficult is I think sack has got to be in the team as well right from the start so sck in there is he hangang would put I would put both of these there though I would

Fur up the pitch too so what about James Madison then you mentioned him just briefly there rice Bellingham Madison yeah I’d love to see that I think he’s got real quality his only the only concern would be the the injury side of it uh you know four goals and seven assists in the

Premier League this season the fewest fewest minutes to get to that over 10 goal involvement in the league you know look at his shot creating creating actions per 90 of the league like he’s got he play the month in his first month it’s just working out how you you build

It with Madison in there and I don’t know whether I’d rather have James Madison or Cole Palmer than maybe a Conor Gallagher or Curtis Jones but you can’t compare the two in my opinion they’re totally different players and I just think we’re going to be so vulnerable if we set out with those

Three players you talk about being like Manchester City but we haven’t got defensively in my opinion the team to be able to play like that I think it’d be so naive to do that you look at the players who have really helped us in the past like Calvin Phils who might not be

Necessarily a standout player on his own but he suited that system so much because you’ve got to be able to bring out the most of the other players and we are not going to bring out the most to Bellingham if he has to play with Madison in that Midfield and Madison

Would go 100% but I think you need a midfielder next to them who is going to balance the team out enough and and for me that is Curtis Jones Conor Gallagher that could be for example Trent moving into Midfield yeah that could be that could be as in like you could have a

Back back four four with Trent moving from right back into Midfield so you have that balance so you’ve got you got Dean rice and Trent Alexander Arnold as you double pivot your two 10 in a sense or the two eights would be Bellingham and Madison or Bellingham and foden and

The shape would just look a little bit different I think one of England’s problems I think we’ve we we always play this water carrier I don’t think we need we’ve got so much attacking quality could score in so many different ways I don’t know if we necessarily we need a

Water car what do what do we think happens that’s all pray it doesn’t but if Dean Ry gets injured no so far I’m looking at that I’m thinking there’s nobody on there five at the back Dy comes in but let let’s be realistic because I think at the moment there’s no

Deep flying option in there that’s why I brought a little kobby along with me to the to the party so you would take kobby I take kobby because I think he’s got a lot of uh ability he’s got a lot of skill and I think he could play multiple

Roles in Midfield and I think that sixth position as you mentioned is is a whole I think we’ve seen him for Manchester United already he can play that role he can play as an eight I think he’s better as an eight ultimately but yeah I listen such a talented player I’m not

Going to object to it personally I just think it’s quite a lot to put on a player straight away if I’m being totally honest and I think it’s a really good point about Declan rice you know we could be in a real situation if something was to happen to him but that

Is why I would take Curtis Jones and Connor Gallagher because it is all about having those different options in the field but could you could you imagine a system let’s say R got injured where a Curtis Jones or a Gallagher is playing as a as a six but then I wouldn’t want

To put that on him on May I wouldn’t want to that pressure on him we seen do for United though when when casemiro’s been injured we’ve seen him I mean at the weekend against Liverpool droing to to effectively worth putting out as well de Rice’s records with is

Fantastic that was very danger should we should we just talk about who’s nailed on and then we can talk about the definit so you definitely want Gallagher oh 100% yeah gager gager go for you I wouldn’t again I think there’s loads of 10 I think that Gallagher is the best as

A we should we see who’s nailed on even in the forward positions and then we can work out how many places are left so obviously Harry Kane goes Hur Kane Harry breaking records in the bundes Lea striker in the in in the world football at the minute he goes who else is

Watkins yeah I think he’s most goal involvement in Premier League 26 Watkins surely Cole Palmer is at this stage of now on isn’t he both of your squads Cole Palmer yeah forward yeah he’s in Squad so that leaves you think we need to take three Strikers I’ve seen

A lot of people suggesting in Ian is that a necessity when you’ve got K and you’ve got Watkins as a backup I’d also look at Tony’s what four goals in 10 games since he come back yeah he’s not played as well as he played last season

He’s got to look he’s a different option and I think that that’s the reason why Dy and trippo would come up you put balls into the box and Tony’s in there you got tactical flexibility there when chasing a game which I think is important but then you look at someone

Like Dom sanki right who’s playing some of the best football of his career that that is a back to goal Striker that could do a similar job maybe not as physical but good so that’s the the the question mark whether you go with Tony the physical option or you could bring in

Another player jar Bowen oh 100% Jared Bowen the thing is with Ivan Tony for me is for him to actually be on that pitch what you would need is something to happen to Harry Kane something to happen to Ole Watkins for him to actually be someone who would play so you’ve got to

Think about when you would need them and I think there’s more instances where you would need some of our more more Midfield options 100% which is why Conor Gallagher has to we do see that rotated quite a lot in the past don’t we with G we’ve seen in wide AAS you know Sterling

Rashford sacka phone Gish they are used a lot I know what NE saying though down the middle it’s it’s Harry Kane or someone for 10 minutes towards the end of the game so you wouldn’t take three strikers for that reason effectively I think you’ve got three players

Left options so you’re a bit light in the Midfield there’s a lot of work for Rice Jude and mads doing at the minute I mean they got it’s only a few games you could put Trent in maybe if you put Trent into that Midfield one now then that gives you another option Midfield

And it means that you’ve got you know eight Defenders do you do either of you take this man here A lot’s been spoken about Calvin Phillips is he on either of your lists no no not on the plane for you same with Jordan Henderson I presume Jord Henderson same Jord Henderson no

However conik ala Marcus rashford has to be there full stop absolutely has to be there I think I think he can play multiple positions and was England’s best player at the last tournament I’d rather take Anthony Gordon than rashford the thing is though we’ve got we’ve got time left in the

Season if rashford ends this season brilliantly he will go because of what he’s already done for England you know he will earn that however as it stands I personally think Anthony Gordon offers more than Marcus rashford no I can’t agree with that 30 plus goals for Manchester United last season that was

Literally a season ago he’s not been in the greatest form but he’s starting to get back into form and I think he’s an explosive player at International level that you’ve got to play international football is more about an individual in a sense and B that type of caliber

Player rashford’s got that ability to create something out of nothing score a goal Off the Bench it would be great value when players are tired and if we’re not taking Tony as a forward we need to have another foot player that capable of playing as a number nine yeah

Watkins another number nine also Anthony Gordon would I think could play well down the middle but also on the left as well let jar bow has spent majority of this season at West H playing through the middle scoring like 18 odd goals so great for he could play as a number nine

In there two is there a w you could take both or you don’t think you need that many wide players and forwards mid we’ve got so many we’ve got who else we need another midfielder as well you’re not taking Henderson you’re not taking Phillips is there another midfielder

You’re you’re putting in one of Curtis Jones I think I think Phil foden and you haven’t got kobby yeah but Phil foden for me you can’t put him in Midfield because it’s just I think it just it makes us too vulnerable so I wouldn’t even consider him as the Midfield option

I’d consider him as a forward option so I would keep him him there and I’ll would be looking to put someone here just to balance that team out cuz that is such an attack-minded team want to score some goals in this tournament but then we also bance both do you take Conor

Gallagher who you want and do you take Marcus rashford and there you another two players is is that a balance what about may get get get pushed pushed to the side I think I think I’d rather have Mayo in terms of his quality and what he

Could bring to the England team in a deeper position than both of those two I think Curtis Jones has shown I’d rather have Jones and Gallagher in that sense of if you want to replace deeper player to to get on the ball and control things got three spots left and there’s four

Magnets so I think Marcus rashford has got to go right he has to I don’t I think that’s put his foot down okay rashford that he has to D Dave is absolutely if I’m willing to allow if I’m willing to allow rashford I think that we’re going to bring ality then

Yeah no but what that should allow is me to have at least one of these two because I want both of these you pick one I’d go I’d go Curtis Jones over Gallagher I think if it wasn’t for injury Curtis Jones would nailed on but because of these recent injuries it’s

Been really unfortunate for him uh I think he offers again a lot of balance to the Midfield but I so that’s it with gager that’s about Tony and you want and Tony when would he play When would he actually play there is more of a situation where he will play he could

End up starting that leaves one spot between cobby and Conor con we’re bringing him back so you want to go Connor you want to go I’d say I’d say Tony just as a as a different option isn’t neither we’ve got a lot of no Sterling no GRE

The other names you not got Jack Gish down when was the last time he played yeah he has been inj yeah say being realistic think about depth for a second aan Tony that’s not where we need depth we need depth Midfield one of hav’t got a deep player really

Just i’ go Mayo over okay there we go so that I believe that’s 23 is that 23 Joe there is confirmation of the 23 man England squad let us know what you think of that some big names omitted