Gareth Southgate's Euro 2024 to-do-list: Start James, play Maddison and find Kane's successor
It wasn’t just that England’s World Cup 2014 team performed poorly, but that the squad was ageing, containing underperforming or over-the-hill senior players who had caused a disconnect between a national football team and its public. That had only got worse after the exit to Iceland in 2016. England didn’t just need a new manager, they needed a new culture.
In the space of 12 months, Southgate gave senior debuts to 12 players, some of whom have formed the backbone of the last half decade: Harry Maguire, Jordan Pickford, Kieran Trippier. Inevitably, those debutants have slowed down in number, as Southgate worked out his preferred players and then picked some of the youngest squads in England’s history. Since the beginning of 2021, England have only handed out 13 new caps.
But it’s not the number of caps that is most interesting. Of those 13 debutants, none have gone on to make more than seven senior appearances. On average, they have three caps. Some have simply fallen by the wayside . Others are still part of the senior setup but firmly reserves . But nobody since Kalvin Phillips and Jude Bellingham, who debuted in November 2020, have forced their way into the first team on a regular basis.
But then this is no surprise. One of the indirect results of the Uefa Nations League formation is the absence of international friendlies during which international coaches are more likely to blood new talent. The Nations League provides competitive football against opponents who are roughly of the same quality – you are incentivised to pick your best starting XI.
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