Are England ready for the World Cup? Questions remain for Southgate

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🗓️ 27 September 2022

⏱️ 37 minutes

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Ian Irving is joined by the Athletic's Jack Pitt-Brooke and Oli Kay to reflect on Monday night's 3-3 draw at Wembley between England and Germany. It was a spirited comeback for Gareth Southgate's side but big question marks remain over the inclusion of Harry Maguire, whether Foden fits into this system, whether Bellingham has nailed down a starting berth, whether Saka should start, and why Trent Alexander-Arnold is seemingly out in the cold, to name but a few. All these issues and more discussed, plus JPB and Oli pick their starting XIs for England's opening world cup encounter against Iran. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:00.0	The Athletic.
0:04.0	After their nation's league relegation last Friday, England and manager Gareth Southgate had 90 minutes to convince us they weren't sleepwalking towards World Cup humiliation.
0:13.6	It's connected now by the Kiosaka.
0:16.6	That's brilliant play.
0:17.6	Oh, 2-2!
0:19.6	What a finish!
0:20.6	Mason Mount for England. Yeah, they squeeze all the excitement into about 12 minutes in the end, didn't they?
0:28.0	But the draw against Germany brought goals at last, but maybe as many questions as answers. England correspondent
0:34.7	Jack Pitt Brooke and senior writer Ollie Kay are on hand to answer those questions.
0:39.7	I'm Ian Irving and this is the Athletic Football Podcast.
0:43.4	So much to dissect then, including Harry McGuire's night of course, but let's start with something a little bit more
0:53.7	positive Jude Bellingham has surely cemented his place for the World Cup Jack
0:57.3	isn't he? I think he cemented his place in the team. Probably the best thing about
1:01.8	this break for England these two games.
1:03.6	He hadn't really played well for England in a big game before then.
1:06.6	I thought he had some good moments in Milan on Friday and then I thought he was fantastic last night.
1:10.8	The way he takes the ball under pressure moves it forward you know kept
1:14.0	England on the front for a second half really really good performance.
1:16.8	Ollie totally agree he's been in the squad for a while and he's and he's done well
1:20.9	and everybody can see that the talent that he has and everybody's excited by him.
1:25.6	It wasn't always easy to see where he was going to fit in, how he was going to fit in as a regular
1:30.5	starter or as a starter initially at the World Cup Cup but I think we all saw it last night.
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