16 Jun 2023 20:26:32
Trent starting in midfield for england! pretty interesting.

{Ed025's Note - its a bit of a headless chicken role for me dean, neither one thing or the other and it might be ok against crap like malta but against a decent team it seems a waste mate..

1.) 16 Jun 2023
16 Jun 2023 21:26:12
Goal and an assist, not to shabby, bear in mind harry Maguire is playing.

2.) 16 Jun 2023
16 Jun 2023 21:57:13
Did trent play as a 'geniune' midfield? In a midfield 3?

3.) 16 Jun 2023
16 Jun 2023 22:07:22
Digger it was a 4-2-3-1. He started as the number 10 and then when Eze came on he dropped into the double pivot. Looked better as the 10, but to be fair the game had gone stale by the time he dropped into midfield. Did enough in the first 30 minutes alone to be man of the match though in my opinion. A glimpse of what could be, maybe.

4.) 16 Jun 2023
16 Jun 2023 22:10:37
Did you watch the game.

5.) 16 Jun 2023
16 Jun 2023 21:55:36
Respectfully Ed I think trent has to have as little to do with defending as possible, I have always thought a free role, the old coutihno role or midfield is where he will flourish .

{Ed025's Note - the jury is still out for me hailstones, he was looking for the show stopper pass all the time and it never came off very much mate, wasted a lot of ball and its ok against rubbish but you cant be the big i am against quality teams or you will get found out..

6.) 16 Jun 2023
16 Jun 2023 22:35:22
Cheers mk. I'd like to see liverpool play him in midfield but I think we guna stick with him as an inverted fb.

{Ed025's Note - i think MK was watching some different game digger, or that the reflection of his trent posters were distorting the real game mate..

7.) 16 Jun 2023
16 Jun 2023 22:51:28
He definitely has trent posters on his wall 25. Haha.

{Ed025's Note - and a trent tattoo on his arse no doubt john.. :)

8.) 16 Jun 2023
16 Jun 2023 23:14:01
Your right ed025 mate Trent can’t defend ghee can’t attack or link the play, if he has a good game it’s only down to the opposition being poor, he’s big grades and the jury is out on him. He ain’t never going to win anything with the suite of his swede he really needs to knuckle down and graft to get to the highest level. Might be an idea him watching some clips of Seamus Coleman to see how’s it done.

Jesus Christ Ed025 I love you to bits man but sometimes I think you’ve been shoehorned into this to wind people up ?.

{Ed025's Note - i actually think hes talented DTD but i dont know where he fits in, is he a defender?, a wingback?, or a floating creative midfielder?, im not sure klopp or the wally in the waistcoat does either mate, give him an actual position and see where it takes him i say..

9.) 16 Jun 2023
16 Jun 2023 23:34:19
Digger, I'd prefer him to stay as an inverted fullback myself. Or similar to how Stones plays for City. On the night Trent was the best of a bad bunch. Saka and Trent were the only England players who showed up to be brutally honest. Everyone else did nothing or had nothing to do. And after 30 minutes Trent and Saka started cruising too which made it a very hard watch. Probably due to the heat, weak opposition and these games comically coming after a long season when the players should be on holiday. It was a very poor Malta team against an England team who couldn't be bothered but Trent and Saka were the difference before it went completely flat. Ignore Ed025, he's just being bitter ?.

10.) 16 Jun 2023
16 Jun 2023 23:49:43
Trent is such a bad defender that we only won the league, Champions League, World Club Cup, FA Cup, League Cup and Charity Shield with him playing at right back.

11.) 17 Jun 2023
17 Jun 2023 00:23:54
Totally agree ed but I feel he is now wasted at rightback as he is getting skinned, then there's a backlash that he can't defend which is definitely his weak point and has cost us this season on a few occasions. As you said he has to show it consistently and against top sides, his probing from the middle is promising and let's see how it plays out .

12.) 17 Jun 2023
17 Jun 2023 01:30:52
Trent should be telling Southgate to eff off . Never watched it don’t care, who was playing. Read double pivot and inverted was enough for me to p. my pants.
God help us footy is going to become like choir practice.

13.) 17 Jun 2023
17 Jun 2023 06:18:49
Midfielders have to be able to win back possession too. They also have to maintain possession until the opposition makes a mistake or commits themselves.

Trent as a midfielder? He has a lot to learn in my opinion.

14.) 17 Jun 2023
17 Jun 2023 07:17:07
Ed025 but the fact you’ve just suggested he can play a number of different positions on the field doesn’t that say something also? It’s an opinion game everyone is entitled to. I’m not sure what he has to do to get plaudits from some people.

{Ed025's Note - he can play numerous positions DTD (im not saying hes good at them) but he needs to define a position for me mate, great crosser of a ball so maybe wide right i would suggest but of course Saka owns that for england, he seems to be trying too hard and at times and for me looks lost in the middle of midfield, wand of a right foot but positionally all over the gaff or is that just me?..

15.) 17 Jun 2023
17 Jun 2023 08:18:04
Ed25. I bet ye mk doesn't have as many trent posters as I do. .

{Ed025's Note - each to his own Digger, my posters have always contained pictures of naked women mate.. :)

16.) 17 Jun 2023
17 Jun 2023 08:24:26
I think I could play in midfield for England against Malta and do a job tbh. Tho I’m Welsh so I’d refuse the call and be getting the runaround by Armenia instead.

17.) 17 Jun 2023
17 Jun 2023 08:43:54
Ok Ed025 so he can play a number of positions for club and country. Has won every major honour at club level, has developed from a young boy try to apply his trade. Scores, assists for fun right up there with anyone else yet to you he isn't good at any position, he is a big head and looks lost on the field.?!

Have a great day weekend mate.

{Ed025's Note - i just dont get all the hype mate, had an awful time last season at full back so to appease him was moved to midfield where he done ok without having an actual role, if Alisson has a drop in form maybe he will fancy a go in goal and no doubt his managers will kow-tow just to get him in the team, you have a good weekend yourself my friend, by the way its fine to disagree on things..

18.) 17 Jun 2023
17 Jun 2023 09:08:28
?. On a sidenote ed25 why didn't u tell us u where starting for ireland last night? I'm sure eds and posters wouldve watched. it was only at kick off time when I seen lineup with smallbone in it I realised. ?.

{Ed025's Note - you would not like it on your nose for a wart Digger.. :)

19.) 17 Jun 2023
17 Jun 2023 09:11:24
Daretodream, don't mind Ed25. He is just pulling our legs. He did the same thing with Gini and Bobbie thru-out their time here saying on the forum how poor he thought they were and all that whereas on the podcasts, he had nothing but great things to say about both players esp. with Bobbie who he adores. Sssh, don't tell anyone.

I don't pay attention to all the smoke he is trying to bring up about Trent. He has confessed that even tho, Trent had a poor seasons by his very own high standards, he is still one of the best RB's on the planet. His own words.

{Ed025's Note - thats not true oli, attacking wise when you were flying a couple of years back he was very good, but never the best RB on the planet mate, you have to be decent in the air and be able to tackle for that..

20.) 17 Jun 2023
17 Jun 2023 10:31:52
He is Englands best player.

21.) 17 Jun 2023
17 Jun 2023 11:23:30
???.

22.) 17 Jun 2023
17 Jun 2023 11:36:23
you could make an argument that TAA would be the only current Liverpool player to play in a Man City team.

23.) 18 Jun 2023
18 Jun 2023 11:40:50
Only TAA? You think Guardiola wouldn't take Salah and Diaz? ?.

24.) 18 Jun 2023
18 Jun 2023 11:41:48
Ed25, there you go again trying to deflect.

{Ed025's Note - i never deflect oli i tell it how i see it mate, i dont see things through tinted glasses if thats what you mean..