A Scott for Turner, Carney for Clarke, and Chapman for White are the only important changes from the last squad.
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I'll be surprised if we get three full games out of Chapman, and he hasn't selected any midfielders who could switch with her without forcing the rejigging of the midfield roles. So it is possible he has Bassett in mind for DM rotation. Her playing there isn't a solution to our imminent problem in that position because she is no younger than any of our other existing options, but she can at least do it in the immediate.Guest wrote:What if Bassett playing in midfield like she did against BH is now permanent? DM out > Bassett moves up > Flaherty in. That could have already happened. And no forward will have been sacrificed in the process.
I'm not surprised his thinking here is go as strong as possible and hope to make it look like we belong in the company of the opposition.Guest wrote:I was surprised that he picked A. Scott and Stoney over Turner/Harris or another midfielder and Rose/Bonner. This would have been a good time to give experience to younger players. Saw the USA v Canada game and it was exciting to see such young players given the opportunity to play in important matches, disappointed that Sampson isn't willing to even name them in his squad let alone play them.
So it is possible he has Bassett in mind for DM rotation.
Her playing there isn't a solution to our imminent problem in that position because she is no younger than any of our other existing options, but she can at least do it in the immediate.
I should have said disappointed instead of surprised. In the World Cup Stoney was hardly used at all and A. Scott was used sparingly. I understand Sampson wanting to go over to America with a strong squad to show we "belong" but based on their usage in Canada I wouldn't say either of those players were indispensable. Why not give valuable tournament experience to a youngster or fringe player that could be used more in the Euros. I don't buy they add experience because their are numerous players on the squad who have a lot of experience now. Sampson needs to look more towards the future now that his contract has been extended.I'm not surprised his thinking here is go as strong as possible and hope to make it look like we belong in the company of the opposition.
This is my view on it also. He is persisting (maybe persisting is too harsh a word?) with players who are not only coming up on retirement soon who may not make it to the Euros but who he has also shown little interest in lately. It's one thing to carry on using somebody whose clock is running out but it's another thing entirely to, after overlooking them recently, bring them back for this cup only to discard them again afterwards. Unless he is planning on getting significant minutes out of them - which would be odd considering he hasn't been interested in doing that - their inclusion and cameos could be better used giving their imminent replacements a taste of things to come.Guest wrote:I should have said disappointed instead of surprised. In the World Cup Stoney was hardly used at all and A. Scott was used sparingly. I understand Sampson wanting to go over to America with a strong squad to show we "belong" but based on their usage in Canada I wouldn't say either of those players were indispensable. Why not give valuable tournament experience to a youngster or fringe player that could be used more in the Euros. I don't buy they add experience because their are numerous players on the squad who have a lot of experience now. Sampson needs to look more towards the future now that his contract has been extended.
I know it's early days still but Notts appear to be using Bassett in midfield now? Either out of necessity because they have no midfield or because Bradley is finally back and needs to be accommodated. Maybe both. Either way, if they keep her there it wouldn't be that strange for Sampson to also simultaneously shift her position as a result.Guest wrote:If this true, than he should have recalled Asante, she's more familiar with that role and Basset could stay back with Houghton since they make such a good pairing ... I was disappointed that the only newish, young midfielder called up was an attacking one. I wonder if they are grooming Moore for the DM spot and Williams going to Arsenal was for her to "train" Williamson for her spot? If so both Moore and Williamson need to be consistently called up and played in these positions during the qualifiers or we could be in real trouble after the Euros in the midfield.
But if Moore is fit
I haven't seen our travel plans mentioned anywhere. But whatever they are their time frame is far from ideal. The disadvantage is at least somewhat limited by way of France and Germany also having to go stateside as well so it's not like we're the only one for who jetleg will be a factor.Guest wrote:Does anyone know when the squad is meeting up and flying over to America? Sampson claimed one of the reasons they lost the pre World Cup friendly to Canada was jet lag and they were down right terrible in October against China for apparently the same reason. I wonder if Mark is going to forgo pre-meeting at St Jame's Park and flying to America over the weekend and do the pre-meeting over there?
We travelled to China on Oct 19th and played games on the 23rd and 27th. So we have a couple of extra days to acclimatise this time around and presumably less travel time as well. I can't remember the dates of us leaving for Canada and playing that friendly against them but I do remember Sampson said jetlag was an issue.Guest wrote:We're definitely flying out tomorrow. So assuming we also get there tomorrow it means we play on the 6th day after arriving. Anybody know how that compares to our other recent long trips?
Anybody know how that compares to our other recent long trips?
What disappointed the most about the China game was the sloppy play by the established players in that game both goals lay squarely on their shoulders. If the senior players continue that way during this tournament it will look even worse for England. Especially with the USA, France and Germany starting to revamp their squads with the next generation while England is desperately holding on to all of their thirty plus year olds.We should not be seeing the sloppy play we saw in China.
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