JuicyHam Posted September 22, 2019 Share Posted September 22, 2019 1 minute ago, Ansem said: Non-commital is a nice way to say England hasn't called yet WestHamCanadianinOxford 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
WestHamCanadianinOxford Posted September 22, 2019 Share Posted September 22, 2019 (edited) 5 minutes ago, Ansem said: No commitment news is good news. Was okay today, very good one on one against Salah and others but rushed his passing at some key moments. Edited September 22, 2019 by WestHamCanadianinOxford Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kadenge Posted September 22, 2019 Share Posted September 22, 2019 Watched Tomori play 90 vs Liverpool. He is very solid for a 21 yr old CB, but would not have been able to prevent the 2 moments of madness from our RB at the GC. If not for those 2 plays we would have been in the Semis. Our back 4 will only be as strong as our weakest link and needs to collectively get stronger for us to move to the next level. Teams will exploit the weak link like Haiti did. Tomori is not the magic bullet Dicdan 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lansdude Posted September 22, 2019 Share Posted September 22, 2019 We're in a weird position of hoping he'll be good, but not THAT good. We need CONCACAF good, not UEFA good. Addona 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SpursFlu Posted September 22, 2019 Share Posted September 22, 2019 A 21 yr old CB who starts for Chelsea kinda feels like a magic bullet. We do play in Concacaf Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
toontownman Posted September 22, 2019 Share Posted September 22, 2019 1 hour ago, JuicyHam said: Non-commital is a nice way to say England hasn't called yet Sounds like a public come and get me plea for a call up. The reality is as you say. Cant believe we havent made overtures. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bertuzzi44 Posted September 22, 2019 Share Posted September 22, 2019 I assume Herdman approached him about the USA games? He is Canada eligible, would be crazy not to. Chad_Impact, johnyb and Addona 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
WestHamCanadianinOxford Posted September 22, 2019 Share Posted September 22, 2019 (edited) 6 minutes ago, toontownman said: Sounds like a public come and get me plea for a call up. The reality is as you say. Cant believe we havent made overtures. I could be wrong but, as I have said before, I don't think England need to chase him if that is what he wants. Maguire, for instance played okay today, if a little fouly, despite his team looking pretty bad (I may have added the last sentence for purely personal reasons.) Edited September 22, 2019 by WestHamCanadianinOxford toontownman and Obinna 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dyslexic nam Posted September 22, 2019 Share Posted September 22, 2019 21 minutes ago, Bertuzzi44 said: I assume Herdman approached him about the USA games? He is Canada eligible, would be crazy not to. Despite ever-present ideas about CSA incompetence, I refuse to believe they are so inept that they wouldn’t make their interest known through some channels. SpecialK, Chad_Impact and Dicdan 2 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
baulderdash77 Posted September 22, 2019 Share Posted September 22, 2019 (edited) If there was ever a time for someone to ride in from the sunset, now against the US would be a great time. Our best defender is suspended and Tomori would instantly elevate us. Edited September 22, 2019 by baulderdash77 Time not tome. SpecialK 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Shortdutchcanuck Posted September 23, 2019 Share Posted September 23, 2019 Beat the Americans back to back, Tomori gets excited and joins the youth movement. Easy peasy. SpecialK 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
toontownman Posted September 23, 2019 Share Posted September 23, 2019 5 hours ago, WestHamCanadianinOxford said: I could be wrong but, as I have said before, I don't think England need to chase him if that is what he wants. Maguire, for instance played okay today, if a little fouly, despite his team looking pretty bad (I may have added the last sentence for purely personal reasons.) Doesnt mean he isnt hoping to put some pressure on by saying he has options. Think he is taking tammys lead and while he shouldnt be expecting a call he will have some decisions to make likely sooner than later. If the interest from England isnt high or a call up imminent and Nigeria/Canada are making him feel wanted it could make the difference. He is at least 8 or 9th on the depth chart but what he has going for himself is playing for a London club and a top 6 team which will likely put him ahead of a few better players at other clubs. England certainly dont have any reason to rush though. He isnt considered a standout prodigy. I dont see the FA gift wrapping him for us like the SFA did with Arfield. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Shway Posted September 23, 2019 Share Posted September 23, 2019 57 minutes ago, Shortdutchcanuck said: Beat the Americans back to back, Tomori gets excited and joins the youth movement. Easy peasy. The same youth movement that has England eyeing Euro 2020? Dicdan 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chad_Impact Posted September 23, 2019 Share Posted September 23, 2019 The fact that he's open to it is interesting. Get Drake to call him up 😉 WestHamCanadianinOxford 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bison44 Posted September 23, 2019 Share Posted September 23, 2019 17 minutes ago, Chad_Impact said: The fact that he's open to it is interesting. Get Drake to call him up 😉 Didnt work so well with Kawhi though. Cross your fingers. Chad_Impact 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
toontownman Posted September 23, 2019 Share Posted September 23, 2019 Don't need Drake. Just send Herdman in for one of his face to face motivational, persuasive talks... MtlMario, Chad_Impact and Shway 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
VinceA Posted September 23, 2019 Share Posted September 23, 2019 One thing that helps is that he is boys with a number of the other U18s that he played with for Canada. So he knows them and wouldn't be in an unfamiliar place. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Corazon Posted September 23, 2019 Share Posted September 23, 2019 (edited) On 9/22/2019 at 2:20 PM, Ansem said: When he states "...the last international break I didn't get called up to anyone. Next one maybe we'll see." He has to be referring to England as I am confident CSA has reached out to explaining that he would be our #1 CB for now and future immediately if he joined. This to me unfortunately makes me think he is referring only to England and awaiting the call from them. His statement explains that "he didn't get called up by anyone". I can only hope the CSA isn't this negligent. If Chelsea didn't have a transfer ban, he may have been loaned back out but unfortunately or fortunately (depending how you look at it) he has taken his opportunity well at Chelsea. I wouldn't be surprised if the call comes sooner than later. I just hope he doesn't rush into making a decision this early. Edited September 23, 2019 by Corazon Shway and johnyb 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Shway Posted September 23, 2019 Share Posted September 23, 2019 ... Rush, as is in commit too early to England. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dyslexic nam Posted September 23, 2019 Share Posted September 23, 2019 (edited) I hope these flags are not in order of preference, but... Edited September 23, 2019 by dyslexic nam Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
WestHamCanadianinOxford Posted September 23, 2019 Share Posted September 23, 2019 I choose to remain positive (or am a bit masochistic) because I enjoy watching this. Maybe part of it is Frank and Chelsea struggling even a little. But I take not ruling us out a good sign and a goodish for us/bad sign from an England perspective is his club record so far. Chelsea have no clean sheets including the 4 full games he has played. In the league, they have the 3rd worst goals against. Half of the games were before he began starting but it is still 2 goals in every game after. Real quick, I count 13 English centre backs that are under 30, have played as much or more than Tomori, and whose team do not give up 2 goals a game. 5 of the 13 are from teams that are ahead of Chelsea on points. The 13 includes 4 of the 6 recent England call-ups. costarg, Addona and gator 2 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
VinceA Posted September 23, 2019 Share Posted September 23, 2019 2 hours ago, Corazon said: When he states "...the last international break I didn't get called up to anyone. Next one maybe we'll see." He has to be referring to England as I am confident CSA has reached out to explaining that he would be our #1 CB for now and future immediately if he joined. This to me unfortunately makes me think he is referring only to England and awaiting the call from them. His statement explains that "he didn't get called up by anyone". I can only hope the CSA isn't this negligent. If Chelsea didn't have a transfer ban, he may have been loaned back out but unfortunately or fortunately (depending how you look at it) he has taken his opportunity well at Chelsea. I wouldn't be surprised if the call comes sooner than later. I just hope he doesn't rush into making a decision this early. I think you're giving the CSA way too much credit XD Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
toontownman Posted September 23, 2019 Share Posted September 23, 2019 To be fair to the CSA (yes I'm not sure why either), a call up would be official. He is pretty blatanty holding out for England, as he would being a solid part of the U21s. I am sure we have sent and will send out feelers to him but it's quite likely he hasnt been officially called up by anyone as why would we or Nigeria eat the rejection. Obviously there hasnt been any encouragement that a call other than by England would be seriously considered. It's s friendly reminder to England he has options. Likely an empty threat for now. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Macksam Posted September 24, 2019 Share Posted September 24, 2019 I hope JD goes to Chelsea next season and influences Tomori to join us...if it isn't already too late. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Norrin Radd Posted September 24, 2019 Share Posted September 24, 2019 58 minutes ago, Macksam said: I hope JD goes to Chelsea next season and influences Tomori to join us...if it isn't already too late. I hope he's heading there next week. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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