Foden & Grealish on the bench?! The big England XI debate - Plus: SkySports.com's readers' XI revealed
Sky Sports Premier League Podcast
Sky Sports
4.0 • 760 Ratings
🗓️ 11 June 2021
⏱️ 52 minutes
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Summary
In part one, Rob brings us all the latest insight from St George's Park, while the panel run through the formation and defence
In part two (22:31), it's all about the midfield and forward line. Is there a chance Rashford and Sterling start over Foden and Grealish? And should England look to play two defensive midfielders in the knockout stages?
And in part three (42:27), the SkySports.com readers' XI is revealed, and both Nick and Gerard pick their surprise impact player from England's squad.
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| 0:34.1 | Hello and welcome to the Sky Sports Football Euros podcast. |
| 0:38.2 | We've been made to wait, haven't we? |
| 0:39.5 | But finally, finally, Euro 2020, midway through 2021 is here. |
| 0:45.5 | You've read the previews, you've rewatched the classic games. |
| 0:48.5 | You've probably had three lines whirring through your head for days on end now |
| 0:51.6 | because England get their tournament underway on Sunday |
| 0:54.2 | afternoon as they take on Croatia looking to avenge that semi-final defeat back in 2018. |
| 1:00.5 | Now, you promised yourself that you wouldn't get your hopes up, but with a tag of second |
| 1:04.3 | favourites and a depth of young talent in the squad, not seen for a very long time, you're |
| 1:10.2 | just letting yourself believe, aren't you? But with |
| 1:12.5 | that squad depth comes selection issues. Just who starts in that crucial first game? Well, |
| 1:18.4 | it's no easy task, but that is exactly what we're going to solve in the next hour or so. I'm |
| 1:24.1 | Jasper Taylor, alongside me to try and solve that is skyspots.com senior |
| 1:29.3 | football writer Gerard Brand, SkySports feature writer Nick Wright, and one of our England |
| 1:34.4 | reporters this summer at Sky Sports News, Rob Dorset. And Rob, as I look at you now recording |
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