Josh McEachran

[nono 791]

hahah what a fool

[ja1 1,166]

Josh goes off. As said at HT I thought he played pretty well, seemed to work harder in defensive duties than normal.

[ja1 1,166]

No surprise they score when Josh and Nat have gone off..

But seriously. They need a half-decent manager, even without Ox, Jones, Rodwell, this team should be doing better.

However. I think people/media forget that these are the final 8 (7 if you exclude Israel) out of a 52 team qualifying stage. The likes of France and Belgium did not even make the top 8. I think England have already done well just to get there.

[Sir Mikel OBE 4,919]

We're like 4 minutes away from leaving this tournament without even scoring a goal from open play.

This is terrible.

[The Skipper 20,593]

Stuart Pearce isn't even a League One manager. England have been absolutely dire throughout the whole tournament. I'm ashamed and I'm not even English.

[LDN Blue 7,903]

Stuart Pearce isn't even a League One manager. England have been absolutely dire throughout the whole tournament. I'm ashamed and I'm not even English.

The empathy is appreciated

[Tomo 21,733]

Please please please let Pearce go back to City this summer

[The only place to be 11,313]

Stuart Pearce is an absolute joke of a coach. Can't imagine Jose or Fergie blaming the players and not defending them to the media after a match. What an absolute joke that he's u21 manager.

[Magic Lamps 11,653]

I agree. In 3-4 years he can for all we know have put on 10 pounds of muscle and be able to stand up to the physical nature of the PL. The ability is certainly there as we've seen at both youth level and under Carlo, but he needs to work hard to improve his strength and stamina to be able to play at the highest level. If he's willing to put in that extra effort, then great, I'm sure he'll be a great player for us. If he's not, then good riddance.

Actually one can easily put on 10 pounds of muslce in 3-4 months.

Josh has been by far borough's best player, it is a shame s.o. of his ability does not get a chance in the EPL

[Bosnian Blue 2,471]

Stuart Pearce is an absolute joke of a coach. Can't imagine Jose or Fergie blaming the players and not defending them to the media after a match. What an absolute joke that he's u21 manager.

You shouldn't really blame it all on Pearce, after all he didn't give himself that job. The 'bunch of twats' did.

[Tomo 21,733]

Roy Hogsdon and Stuart Pearce are the men in charge of England at the moment and preparing them for the future.

That is a truly terrifying thought.

[Blue Armour 4,278]

I have had a think about what to do with him this season and i think what he needs is to stay here, regardless of the game time he gets, his confidence looks shot to pieces at the moment, there's no one better to get that back for him than Jose Mourinho.

I read an article on Lenny Pidgely, who said despite being the 3rd choice keeper was included and made to feel part of the team as much as anyone. Im personally not giving up on Josh just yet because he has so much natural talent just needs a fair bit of fine tuning. I feel he can benefit from being part of the squad next year and getting 15-20 games under Jose, i really do.

That's what I told you at the start of last season . He should have stayed here or at least at a club with players who make good attacking runs.

Anyway, I couldn't agree more with the rest of your post. I just hope Jose can restore his confidence, cause its probably been shot to pieces after last season.

[Tomo 21,733]

Maybe England should do the bootroom approach?

Manager's go up the age groups until they find their way into the main team, it might be the first baby steps to transforming the English coaching system and prevent dinosaurs like Pearce and Roy finding themself's in the hot seat.

You can imagine Cole and Lamps having a little bit of a culture shock next season, after three/four weeks playing under the worlds best manager they then leave for a week to be managed by Roy Hogsdon. Its actually quite funny when you think about it, Its like spending three weeks in Canary Island's followed by one week in North Korea.

[Tomo 21,733]

That's what I told you at the start of last season . He should have stayed here or at least at a club with players who make good attacking runs.

Anyway, I couldn't agree more with the rest of your post. I just hope Jose can restore his confidence, cause its probably been shot to pieces after last season.

tbh if our manager doesn't have a track record of giving players extreme confidence i would say give Josh another loan, but i really feel Jose can get something out of him.

[CHOULO19 24,332]

He's played more than 10 minutes, lol.

No he hadn't before today. He came on in the 79th min against Italy and did not feature against Norway. That's why I was implying that your comment about him doing badly in this tournament before this match was unfair.

[Start 22]

No he hadn't before today. He came on in the 79th min against Italy and did not feature against Norway. That's why I was implying that your comment about him doing badly in this tournament before this match was unfair.

I'm still right then, you said 10 minutes. He came on in the 79th, that's 11 minutes. Plus added time. :eyebrows:

[CHOULO19 24,332]

Was thinking about Josh today. I think it is best that he stays with first team next year and is given some chances in the cups, but would loaning him to Vitesse be such a bad thing? It would certainly suite him better than the Championship. The Eredivisie is the type of fast tactical league that would be perfect for someone like Josh.

[Blue Gino 377]

I like Josh and wanted to see him in the squad but it's looking bleak for him especially if the Van Ginkel deal happens, wether that's followed by a loan or not. Where does Josh even fit in anymore? Certainly not in the attacking midfield where Marin can't even get a sniff, and not in CM where there's Oscar, KDB, Lampard and Ramires. Unfortunately for Josh he hasn't earned the plaudits that Chalobah has and he's slowly fading away from sight. Yes I watched him all season at Boro and Leadbitter was preferred more at CAM and Josh was pushed farther back and even asked to help out the fullbacks which did nothing to put his passing ability on showcase. He's not the flashy type but he would have been a bigger help if Mowbray played him at CAM with his passing range, especially with club in freefall mode in 2013. Being benched at Swansea was kind of understandable at the time but having Leadbitter preferred by Mowbray did him no good.