Graham Leeder 🔰

Still angered by this...

@piersmorgan Best ever squad in Europe...

@pinkun Schwartau or Ahmed??

@henrywinter Chelsea need the players more than they need this charlatan Rosenior

Strong leadership by Chelsea to omit Enzo Fernandez for next two games. Unlikely to have played in the first, Port Vale in the FA Cup, but dropping him against Manchester City in the Premier League is significant. Chelsea need the points to get back in the Champions League positions. Enzo is a winner and productive (8g, 3a in 30 PL this season). But his exclusion is clearly the right decision. Enzo’s flirtation with Real Madrid was disrespectful to Chelsea fans, team-mates, head coach, staff, sporting directors and board. He’s vice-captain. He's captain in the absence of Reece James and certainly hasn’t behaved like one. Some of Enzo’s frustration about the club’s direction is understandable but it’s unprofessional and unhelpful to state it publicly. Liam Rosenior is under enough pressure without dressing-room unrest/division. Enzo has also criticised underperforming team-mates like Filip Jorgensen against PS-G. All a bit rich: Enzo kept giving the ball away against Everton (still had two shots well-saved by Jordan Pickford). Opportunity for Cole Palmer at 10 v City? Palmer is not in the best of form, is better floating inside from the right with the ball, and is a different type of 10 to Enzo. Chelsea have options with Enzo dropped. They have enough wingers (Estevao, Neto) to cover Palmer moving inside. They have enough midfielders with Andrey Santos/Romeo Lavia although Moises Caicedo is far from his peak form. A booking against City (the 32nd PL fixture so two-game ban for 10th booking applies) would see Caicedo miss Manchester United at home and Brighton away. Chelsea discipline needs addressing more broadly. Rosenior says he has spoken to Marc Cucurella about his comments in an interview with The Athletic. Cucurella praised Rosenior but questioned why Enzo Maresca was eased out. Should he have been punished by club, too? He wasn’t indulging in transfer speculation as Fernandez was. His comments were actually sensible (a new manager really needs a pre-season etc). And, of course, as one Chelsea fan observed, Cucurella is difficult to drop as no quality replacement at left-back. A final thing on Enzo… would he actually get in Real Madrid’s team? Would Kylian Mbappe welcome the Argentinian who mocked the Frenchman and his team last year? #CFC

@ScotlandNT In my day they had dalglish,mccoist mcavennie,archibald,sharp,nicholas,speedie,sturrock,McClair...at the same time.....

Welcome to the Scotland International Roll of Honour, Lyndon Dykes 📜 👏 #CIVSCO

🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿WC '26 Squad. Pickford,Henderson,Trafford..James,TAA,Livremento,O'Reilly,Hall..Guehi, Stones,Konsa,Maguire..Rice,Anderson,Wharton..Bellingham,Palmer,Rogers,Foden..Saka,Madueke,Rashford,Gordon,Eze..Kane,Watkins

@henrywinter Worrying signs that Tuchel is going to be a problem...

If England are without Kane at any point at the World Cup (God forbid) … why not try out now a real No 9 like Solanke, rather than a false one like Foden (who’s better elsewhere)? Or look at Rashford or Gordon, who can both play through the middle. #ENG

@henrywinter Got off scandalously lightly after the Iceland debacle...

… it’s been a decade since Hodgson left the England job, looking totally drained at 68. But Bristol City will be his fourth job since. Short-term role at the club but long-term passion for the game. Column. 2/2 open.substack.com/pub/henrywinte…

Roy Hodgson’s enduring love of the game, and especially being back on the grass and coaching, should be celebrated… 1/2

@henrywinter Who's making up these subs rules???

England and Japan can each make up to 11 subs. Second half will be like Piccadilly Circus. #ENG

@pinkun @NorthernIreland @Cymru Blackburn manager releasing a player back to help beat a relegation rival???.

#NCFC defender McConville one of a @NorthernIreland quartet released back to their clubs. Not involved in Tues friendly against @Cymru 🔰No mention of any injury issue

@henrywinter Bellingham needs to be a box to box '8' in the mould of bryan robson or gerrard, alongside Rice....allowing Palmer to play as the '10'

England are not in the class of France, Argentina or Spain. But they do have some exceptional talent. Jude Bellingham and Harry Kane are world class. So is John Stones - at his best. Trent Alexander-Arnold is world class - in possession. Declan Rice is having the season of his life. There are more reasons to be positive going into this tournament than negative. But England have to be bold and play to their strengths.  Imagine if England were bold and, if all fit, went into the World Cup… Pickford; Alexander-Arnold, Stones, Guehi, O’Reilly; Anderson, Rice; Saka, Bellingham, Gordon; Kane.  Stones would have some covering to do of Alexander-Arnold when he raced upfield. Bellingham gets heavily scrutinised but he’s a big-game player, a winner and used to pressure at Real Madrid. He has to start. England also have an exceptional head coach in Thomas Tuchel who can make the right changes at the right time. England have a chance of progressing to the quarter-finals of the World Cup and then anything’s possible. But only if they are bold. Not gung-ho. But bold. Risk/reward. #ENG

@FootballInT80s Was it an 'error' ??!?

On this day in 1992: An error of judgement from Liverpool goalkeeper, Bruce Grobbelaar leads to a lovely goal from Sheffield United’s Brian Deane just before half time. The Blades win 2-0 with the striker grabbing another goal in the second half.

@dan_brigham 'image' ?!?

Honestly can only feel sorry for Ipswich fans right now. Overnight, their club has destroyed its image, with their leadership opening their arms to the UK’s foremost bigot. And for what?

@johncrossmirror Now picking a player who walked out of a world cup ahead of TAA. His face must really not fit. You journos need to find out why??!?

Ben White called up to England squad

@henrywinter If Alex-arnold can't get in when Reece James is injured...his face clearly doesn't fit

No Watkins, Trent, Shaw. Maguire, Mainoo, Calvert-Lewin, Solanke, Tomori return. Steele, Garner called up. Very significant squad, 35 names, World Cup 26 comes from this. #ENG

@FootballCliches @CDEccleshare @D_C_W Will pundits continue to trot out the "the carabao final will have a phsycological effect on the winner/loser" line ,now arsenal are 8 points clear?

Recording FOOTBALL CLICHES with @CDEccleshare & @D_C_W on Monday... Let's have your questions, observations, pleas for football-linguistic investigation, footballers' names in things & anything else at all for the Adjudication Panel Cheers!

@OAAFC1895 Its a dressing room..not a hospital

The Grimsby fans was class today their players and staff not so much! The state they left the changing rooms 🤦‍♂️😢

@__scottsaunders The signs were all there at what a prick he is at Hull

“My players wanted to be around the ball, to respect the ball” What kind of nonsense did I just hear?

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