Re: the England U21 side to take to the Euros in the summer
For me you have to balance up sending your best team with rewarding the guys who have taken you there. The likes of Sterling, Wilshere, Chamberlain & Jones have played absolutely no part in helping this group qualify, and it wouldn't send a great message to the others coming through if they were to be shunted out at the last minute in favour of these guys who have already made the step up, had plenty of international experience at senior level and arguably don't stand to gain all that much from parachuting into this tournament. Kane, Shaw & Barkley on the other hand are either on the fringes of the senior team or have only just made the step up from the U21s, and would be served well by the experience of this tournament.
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Jenkinson-Chambers-Stones-Shaw
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--------Barkley----Hughes----------
---Berahino---Kane-------Ibe-------
Bond, Flanagan, Garbutt, Blackett, Keane, Dier, Shelvey, Carroll, Chalobah, Forster-Caskey, Lingard, Redmond, Zaha, Ings, Bamford, Wickham
Southgate could easily take a side like this; stacked with quality young players, the vast majority of whom have top flight experience, and expect to do fairly well in the summer in my opinion while also giving international experience to the players that need it.