A look back at last week’s England winners and losers… Winners Jadon Sancho In a week that saw his old youth team coach compare him to Neymar, Sancho produced an inspired 32 minute appearance to help Dortmund to a 3-1 win. With the game at 1-1 Sancho delivered a perfect cross fit Marius Wolf to […]
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England’s weekly winners and losers: Week 4
Which players advanced their England cases ahead of the international break… England’s Winners and losers: Week 3 England’s Winners and losers: Week 2 England’s winners & losers: Week 1 Winners Kyle Walker Wow! The only place to start is with Walker and his goal of the season contender. A sumptuous strike ensured City beta Newcastle […]
England’s Winners and losers: Week 3
Our weekly look at this weeks winners and losers is headlined by two World Cup centre backs experiencing contrasting fortunes. England’s Winners and losers: Week 2 England’s winners & losers: Week 1 Winners Harry Maguire The man who can do no wrong! Maguire scored a 92nd minute winner with a scuffed shot from distance and […]
England’s Winners and losers: Week 2
Winners Harry Kane At the 15th time of asking Kane has popped his August cherry! The England skipper has put to bed one of football’s weirdest statistics and can now plot his course to another Golden Boot. James Maddison In the winners list for the second week in a row, Maddison opened his Leicester account […]
England’s winners & losers: Week 1
With a new club season upon us, here’s our weekly form check on England hopefuls… Winners Luke Shaw He scored his first goal! It seems the love/ hate relationship between Shaw and Jose Mourinho is all hearts and roses. Shaw was stout in defence, overlapped well and came up with a neat finish to secure […]
England’s Late Preseason winners & losers
The Premier League kicks off on Friday, so with renewed interest in the national team who’s going into the new season on a high… Winners Phil Foden We can all stop praying for Jack Wilshere’s glass ankle, hurrah! Foden was outstanding as City claimed the Community Shield with a comfortable win over Chelsea. Foden looks […]
England’s Early Pre-season winners and losers
Pre-season is far from done with the Community Shield set for Sunday, so with the World Cup stars still absent which England hopefuls have stood out? Winners Emile Smith-Rowe (Arsenal) The breakout star of this Preseason. His touch and technique have led to comparisons to a young Jack Wilshere (hopefully minus plonker tendencies) and he […]
World Cup Countdown: This weeks English winners & losers
As I was ill last week I’ve rolled this into 2 weeks of winners and losers Winners Jadon Sancho We start with the man who made a bit of history this week- Sancho became the first English player ever to score for Borussia Dortmund. Sancho curled home a beautiful shot from 16 yards out and […]
England’s winners and losers Premier League week 5
Winners Jamaal Lascelles 2 goals in 2 games and leading a stiffening defence. Young and improving and a team captain. England call up next month? John Stones It’s been some week for Stones. He doubled his career goal tally on Wednesday and another excellent ball playing display on Saturday. Now he just needs to do it […]
England’s winner and losers Premier League Week 2
Winners Phil Jones Who’d have thought it, Phil Jones has been excellent this season. Fitting neatly into Mourinho’s land of the giants Jones has benefited from his manager’s unwillingness to trust new boy Victor Lindelof. He’s kept 2 clean sheets almost got a goal and has yet to do anything clumsy or stupid. Yet. Harry […]