England training ahead of last 16 clash with Slovakia as changes expected to lift dour performances
27/06/2024
Blankenhain, Germany
27/06/2024
Blankenhain, Germany
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01:37Hello, are you okay?
01:39That's fine.
01:40Go on then, start on me.
01:44Oh, lovely.
01:47Lovely.
01:48Thank you.
02:10Yeah, 23 of the 26 man England squad are out there training on the grass.
02:15You can see them out there now.
02:17And it's pretty nuggie out here, we've got thunder in the air.
02:20Yeah, yeah, yeah.
02:23The start of their training camp out here.
02:2717, 16, 15.
02:32But yeah, the players that are missing, full focus, of course, we know about.
02:36There's quite a bit missing out here in Shrewsbury as well.
02:39It's a little bit surprising to see out there on the grass,
02:42but when you stand there and you're going home,
02:44there's different types of programs at the door.
02:47So, for that reason, it's a bit of a concern.
02:50If you get to Saturday, the day before the game,
02:54there are programs waiting for you.
02:56That's the problem.
02:57That will be a problem.
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07:40Paul Palmer, shall we?
07:41Because we spoke to him after the game,
07:44and in the season for Chelsea.
07:46And I think when he came off the bench
07:48in that second half,
07:49he was England's most exciting player.
07:51To the man aboard,
07:52his first experience of major international football
07:54at a tournament.
07:56And he was doing exactly what he does for his club.
07:59Nothing seemed to faze him.
08:00He was beating players.
08:01He was very well with England's other attacking options.
08:04And he has a bit of a swagger about him,
08:06which I think shows how comfortable he is
08:09and how well he's adapted to this international stage.
08:12It didn't faze him one bit, I don't think.
08:15Paul Palmer may well be the man to come in on that,
08:17to his right-hand side.
08:18Jared Bowen, of course, under option.
08:19Anthony Gordon on the left there, look.
08:21Let's talk a bit about him,
08:22because he put his first taste of tournament football
08:26the other night.
08:28And...
08:35A minute's of major tournament football,
08:36but even in that time, I think,
08:37he showed that he was trying to take on his full-back.
08:40He was trying to get in behind the Slovenian defence,
08:42something England haven't done enough in this tournament.
08:45So I think you have to consider him as an option.
08:48If Phil Foden will be with his pregnant girlfriend,
08:51we don't know any more detail than that.
08:53How much training is he going to miss?
08:55What sort of condition is he going to be in when he comes back?
08:57If he is not available or Gareth Southgate has any doubts,
09:00I think Anthony Gardner has a really good shout.
09:03Let's see if we can find Jude Bellingham, shall we?
09:05Because we can't stop talking about him.
09:07And, look, I've done a piece on the Sky Sports app
09:10about Jude Bellingham,
09:12saying that I don't think he's fully sick.
09:15And that perhaps isn't the right way of describing it.
09:18I think he's tired.
09:19I think he's struggling, in truth.
09:21Just by the three and a half foot,
09:22when we played him, he was fine.
09:24105 games in two years,
09:27that young man has played.
09:29And the mental fatigue, too.
09:31He's now part of...
09:32He's on there, too.
09:33Declan Wright, Kieran Trippier are the other three.
09:35You've got 20-year-old Jude Bellingham,
09:37who turned 21 the day before England's last 16 games.
09:40He's part of that leadership team.
09:42He's giving advice to that guy on your right there, probably mainly.
09:45If he's got any queries, any concerns,
09:47it's Jude Bellingham they will go to.
09:49I'm talking to people I've been speaking to,
09:51giving advice to some of the newbies in this club,
09:53and even players that are older than him,
09:55because it's a slightly bizarre situation.
09:57So, for me, he's been a little bit weary.
09:59I don't see any signs that he's thinking of resting him.
10:02But if you look at his stats, it's very clear that,
10:04in each of William's three games,
10:06I don't think he could play the physical, pressing game
10:10that he has categorised his entire career
10:13and has shot him through in his extraordinary season
10:15of round three this season.
10:17You would like to see him winning the ball on the left at the top.
10:20It's that sort of energetic game.
10:22I think we've seen him throwing his arms up a little bit in frustration.
10:25That's partly because of England's problems they've had with the pressing game
10:28that he's been trying to press and others haven't.
10:30But I think also it's a bit of an indication
10:32that he's not comfortable with his own physicality right down to the FA today.
10:37And he was talking about England's roots from here on in
10:40and saying, look, you can't take any game for granted.
10:42Slovakia are a real threat.
10:44And they are a threat to England in the form that they are right now,
10:47you have to say.
10:49But he's saying England are in a good place.
10:52They're ready to go.
10:53They've got no concerns about the form and fitness
10:57and in between what we're seeing in the media,
10:59what the fans are seeing on TV,
11:01what the fans are seeing in the stadiums,
11:05which is very un-England-like,
11:07and what the players themselves are feeling.
11:09Unbeaten, a win and two for all, top of the group.
11:11Comfortable, getting better all the time.
11:14Let's finish with England so well
11:16against Southgate in the last three major tournaments.
11:19We haven't noticed the absence of Harry in a while.
11:21Maybe in terms of attacking set pieces we've seen him missing,
11:25but Mark Gate, for me, has been England's best player.
11:27His understanding, his communication with John Stones,
11:30his ability on the ball, how calm he is.
11:32In his first major tournament, I think he's been absolutely exemplary.
11:36And there's so much transfer talk about him right now.
11:39With good reason.
11:40He looks an absolute class act.
11:42And he will be speaking to the media a little bit later on.
11:45We will hear from Mark Gate,
11:47and stay with us on Sky Sports News for that.
11:50It'll be really interesting to hear exactly what he has to say.
11:53Mark Gate talking to the media around 1.30 UK time.
11:57As ever, we'll bring that to you live on Sky Sports News.
12:00Go, go, go!
12:13Thank you, thank you.