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« on: April 04, 2017, 08:10:25 AM »
Unusual approach to squad selection is getting some media attention - Aluko not happy. I'm all for the manager having final say on how he runs it so to that extent it's his call but I can't help feel if Southgate did this with the men he'd be absolutely slaughtered in the media.
It does seem that England women are moving even further towards being a closed system from youth level upwards and now right through to the tournaments. The FA England DNA stuff has been written off for the men but maybe this is a kind of experiment where they feel they can almost bring up players in a style of play and almost create a parallel Team England with their own style of physical conditioning, tactics, psychology etc.