England and the World Cup continue to dominate the Mailbox ahead of the last domestic weekend of football, with James Maddison being cast as the new Kinky/Grealish.
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James Maddison is just Kinky
Maddison is enjoying what is affectionately known as the Kinkladze effect. A player that looks quality amongst average, and well below average, teammates.
Kinkladze looked like a world-class player amongst the dross then at City. However, his career practically ended when he moved on to “bigger and better things”.
Grealish is experiencing similar things currently.
Players either sink or swim at elite levels and elite clubs.
No player is considered great until they are at an elite club playing at the elite level.
So all the clamour and hype for Maddison is disproportionate, but it is sadly what we do in this country.
Build a player up to the heavens, and then crash them to the ground when they don’t reach the heights that we alone expected them to achieve.
For what it is worth. I like Maddison. Good, not great, player. But, as is usual in this country, not deserving of the sword of Damocles that we have placed him under.
Paul King, Manchester
He won’t play anyway
It’s very sweet everyone is getting excited about the possibility of Maddison pulling the strings for England, it takes me back to the Euros when everyone was excited about what Sancho, Saka, Foden, Grealish, Rashford and Mount (ok nobody was excited about Mount) could do…. The simple fact is that if Southgate plays 5-2-3, which it looks like he will, then essentially Maddison, Rashford, Foden, Grealish, Mount and Saka are all competing for one single position up front with Kane and Sterling. I hope I’m wrong but Maddison is more likely to get 10 minutes across the whole tournament than he is to start a game.
Ian (BRFC)
Mental maths
The World Cup final kicks off on the 18/12 at 15:00.
We’ll have 11 players on the pitch
18 + 12 + 15 + 11 = 56.
2022 – 56 = 1966
It’s Coming Home!
Dale
Will a boycott survive England doing well?
How many fans will return to watching England games as we progress through the tournament?
Well, I’m boycotting this World Cup. I said I would boycott Russia 2018 and didn’t – but this one is far easier to avoid due to the timing of games.
As for your question, Jim, you seem to have forgotten about Eric Dier’s inclusion in the squad. I don’t even think England are getting out of the group.
Graham Simons,…
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