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[Football] Will Lewis Dunk ever play for England again?
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No apologies needed - you crack on, sir!
I do love a stat to back up or debunk a theory, whether it’s mine or someone else’s!
Whitechapel
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Southgate is obsessed with having a right & left footed centre back.
It entirely boils down to that, we play a shit footballer for the national team because he's better at kicking with his left foot.
Well played. We all knew this anyway of course, but good to see facts back it up. Dreadfully sad for Lewis, can’t overstate it, it’s a short career and he deserves to be playing for his country. Or at the very least get in the squad.
And you know what the kicker is? If he had signed for Chelsea in the summer we all know full well he’d be in the squad. It’s not even a question.
That said there are some Albion fans who think he shouldn’t be in the England squad. So it’s not as cut and dried as we may think.
Seagull58
In the Algarve
Except that he isn't. He boots it into touch most of the time.
KeegansHairPiece
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Watching Mings and Stones tonight, makes you wonder if they have something on Southgate to keep getting picked!? 
albionalex
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Watching Mings and Stones tonight, makes you wonder if they have something on Southgate to keep getting picked!?
If Mings wasn't left footed, he'd be nowhere near the squad.
Farehamseagull
Solly March Fan Club
Whilst this is true, I would also say that Dunk, White and Webster still have a better left foot than Mings anyway.
He really is an absolute fraud. Has anyone on here seen a worse player play for England? I haven’t in 30 years of watching England.
Jam The Man
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I see your Mings, and raise you Carlton Palmer.
Farehamseagull
Solly March Fan Club
No, Palmer was better.
Seagull58
In the Algarve
Carlton Palmer and Jeff Thomas weren't too special. I think it was Cloughie who said "Carlton Palmer traps a ball further then I can kick it".
Let’s put it this way.
Would any of us swap Mings for either Dunk, White or Webster? I highly doubt it.
Uh_huh_him
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Or Burn even. (i suspect some on here would, but not for me Clive)
Publius Ovidius
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Paging @dr no
He didn’t come through the England yoof ranks and the manager is a palace ****....so no
He didn’t come through the England yoof ranks and the manager is a palace ****....so no
Ethelwulf
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Keith Curle and Geoff Thomas might save him from being the worst
Badger Boy
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I'd add Ostigard and Matt Clarke to our current holy trinity. Mings is a Southgate boy which is fine, but he shouldn't be picked ahead of Dunk, Webster or White in that order.
Farehamseagull
Solly March Fan Club
Keith Curle was a MUCH better defender than Mings. And no, he's worse than Thomas. Jay Boothroyd is another one that springs to mind who was totally out of his depth but I'd still say he was more deserving of a cap than Mings.
I just can't get my head around how he's anywhere near the squad just because he's left footed. It blows my mind that he's an international footballer. Most of the right footed centre backs in the PL are better than him with their left anyway.
KeegansHairPiece
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Not sure why you're picking on Mings.
I wouldn't have swap any of them for Stones either...
Dunk should be in the Euro’s squad.
He’s in the form of his life, against EPL all-comers.
Great positional sense, he sniffs out danger, impeccable concentration and THE communicator gluing the defence together.
Searing pace compensating for key weaknesses, shouldn’t be the deciding factor in selecting an international CB.
Terry, Adams, Lawrenson, Hansen and Butcher did pretty well.
He’s in the form of his life, against EPL all-comers.
Great positional sense, he sniffs out danger, impeccable concentration and THE communicator gluing the defence together.
Searing pace compensating for key weaknesses, shouldn’t be the deciding factor in selecting an international CB.
Terry, Adams, Lawrenson, Hansen and Butcher did pretty well.
I don’t care what anyone says. I genuinely think Lewis is the best pure CB who qualifies for England.
For all the jokes, Maguire is very capable, and I rate Gomez pretty highly actually. But beyond that Dunk all the way. Playing the best football of his career. A cruel travesty that’s he not one of Southgates favourites.
For all the jokes, Maguire is very capable, and I rate Gomez pretty highly actually. But beyond that Dunk all the way. Playing the best football of his career. A cruel travesty that’s he not one of Southgates favourites.