I just hope that we are more upset about this than Dunk himself. He must wonder just what the hell he has to do. Easy for me to say but if it had been me as this stage in my career I would have told him to stuff it and have a few days R&R And make sure I was ok for my club.
The only frustration is that Rice is dropping too deep. He needs to push on a little and put a bit more faith in the centre backs’ abilities to retain possession and ping those first time passes through the Jock defence.
I’m not saying Walker shouldn’t be playing - he is the best right back we have. My point is that England managers should have more of a professional relationship with their players. Walker’s comment inferred that they are friends away from the squad. That is unhealthy as he may be more likely to...
Walker quoted this morning as saying “Me and Gareth have a good relationship off the field.”
England managers should have No relationship with players off the field. No wonder it’s the same of lot getting caps.
Hopefully it will be an opportunity for Lewis to talk to the idiot and suss out if it‘s worth his while hanging around for a second cap. He could be having a few days off instead of playing Southgateball in training, though I suspect the faint chance of getting some game time is worth his while.
Perhaps when he used to have a bit of form but do me a favour, the guy is an accident waiting to happen. He’s been rumbled at club level. Now we have the England manager taking yet another punt - it’ll end in disaster for them both.
I suspect that Dunk sees playing for England as the ultimate dream of a professional footballer so I’m not surprised by him hanging in there for this opportunity to show the world just how good he is. Yes, he is probably knackered but for him on a personal level he’ll want to grab this...