props to alfie for constantly promoting his second channel that has 0 videos

I like how Adu catching strays for no reason has just become a tradition now

Mentioning Toney and odds in the same sentence is pretty risky.

Oi! This is HITC SEVENS not HITC Elevens. I’m telling my mum.

I’m more concerned about Alfie’s olive oil usage. €500 for a month’s supply? Is he drinking it 😭

sorry, we need to talk about my euro 2024 england squad and starting xi

Eze should be considered ahead of Rashford always when fit puts in a performance

I love that its somewhat plausible that 5 Palace players could be in the squad

NGL ive never seen grealish take more than 5 touches before he gets fouled when hes playing for England

Bowen is reason West Ham finished upper half of the table instead of relegation. He was on fire in the first half of the season. I hope he goes. He deserves it.

Surprised Marc Guehi didn't get a mention. Will be fit for the Euros and is 99 per cent making it on the plane, and has a great chance of being starting CB ahead of Maguire.

500 euros for a semi final is genuinely insane bargain prices in North America. Here, the Copa America KO games are already touching the thousands for good seats with the cheapest going at 200 minimum (these are round of 16 tickets mind you)

VfB Stuttgart finished 2nd meaning Bayern finished 3rd this season! They've been relegated twice in recent years, only narrowly surviving last season. They seem to have an interesting story ⚽️ Over to you, Alfie 👀

You have to feel for Rico Henry, considering he was probably the best English left back throughout most of last season, but did his ACL this season.

as a german, i have to say that england have an immensely talented and deep squad, and i fully agree they should be considered at least co-favourites (alongside france) for the upcoming tournament. i'd probably even root for them to finally win something after we get eliminated, were it not for the extremely toxic english fanbase and their disgraceful behaviour hosting the 2020 tournament.

Great shout on Adam Wharton. The kid is sensational. Mainoo is very good too, and breaking through at Man Utd is no mean feat, but Wharton is a much more-rounded player and doesn't get half the attention.

Spot on! Great analysis ! Love the inclusion of the two Palace players.

Chilwell hasn't been dropped at chelsea, he has been injured

Brilliant video mate. Can’t wait for the Euro’s!

I'd be surprised if Marc Guehi doesn't get picked now that he's fit again, he's been a regular in recent England squads, has already captained the U21s and Palace so you'd have to assume he's got the right mentality, and at his best he's one of the top CBs in the country

Best German players in the premier league of all time. (Day 635) I will not give up until the video is made or Alfie himself tells me to stop. Everyone else telling me that will be ignored. If you don't believe my number, just go back to the previous videos. I'm at the bottom most of the time, but I'm there.

Southgate has been playing Bowen ahead of Grealish and Rashford in recent friendlies

Thanks for the video Alfie

Chilwell wasn't dropped for cucurella, he was injured again

Alfie, small editing mistake when you're naming your prediction for Gareth's 26, when you say Joe Gomez for selected defenders but don't put him on screen 👍

No rashford no Henderson holy shit Southgate might actually try to win this

Well done Alfie enjoy the trip

Thoroughly enjoyed this. It would be amazing if you could give the other Euro favorites you mentioned (Spain France Germany) the same in-depth treatment. 😊

Would be great to see Alfie Doughty at LB. Yes he hasn't had the experience but to be a relegated team and to have 2 goals and 8 assist in the PL is Impressive and he can put a good cross in as well. (Can't see it happening though).

Looks like Southgate must have watched this video before announcing the squad

Smashed it with your predictions

It's always frustrating that someone like Rashford is likely to get into the squad above Bowen, despite the form that both players have been in this season. I don't think there's a great deal of difference between Bowen and Saka in all honesty.

100% agree with Mitchell. Should be in. Chilwell has been shocking

Trust me, he's choosing Henderson before Maino

James Tarkowski deserves a spot in the squad as well. Him and Branthwaite have one of the best defensive records in the League this season

The issue I have with giving Bellingham the Ballon d’Or, is that after scoring 17 goals in all comps by December 17th, for whatever reason, be it tactical, fatigue, whatever, he only scored 6 goals the rest of the campaign (not including MW38). I’m just not sure that what he did is worthy of a Ballon d’Or, even if England win the Euros, I think Kane is much more likely to win it than Bellingham. If Vinicius balls out at the Copa America, I could definitely see him winning it, but the amount of goals Kane scored this year may be too alluring for the voters to ignore, if England and Brazil win their tournaments

8:34 is the best laugh I've had this week 😂 Thanks Alfie.

I'm piss-pantingly excited about the Euros

Super impressive that you called it with some of the selection choices! Maybe Gareth watched this video just beforehand!

As a US fan, I think that Antonee Robinson represents our first, at least field player, they would almost for sure make an England squad if not get serious minutes if he played for England. With the key injury at his position at least.

Mad how Quansah has kept Konate (who has been selected for France) out for most of the season, yet no one talks about him being included!

“I refuse to let facts undermine my deeply held views on the culture wars” 😂😂😂😂😂

I think your spot on with Mitchell. He deserves the chance to shine

Southgate much closer to picking Alfie's squad than his own it turns out! Proof he watches the channel

Justice for Cole Palmer

Fuck i love you HITC never fail to make me chuckle

this will be on as i tidy up 💪

I would take Bowen because of his versatility and Alfie Doughty at LB

England needs himbo energy, Grealish must play

Never mind Beckham et al, THIS is Englands most golden generation. Probably on a par with that early 2000’s squad in terms of talent but without all of the ego, and much more camaraderie.

You made some good calls regarding Wharton and Bowen, over Rashford and Henderson. No Chilwell, either. Maybe ol' Gareth was watching this video?

This is the same XI as mine. However, I'm curious to see it working in a narrow 4-4-2 (so basically a 4-2-2-2). You have Bellingham up front with Kane. Chilwell plays in his preferred Wingback position to push up on the left, allowing Foden to play centrally, whilst then giving Saka room to overlap with Walker and roam as a RW. Broadly a 4-2-2-2, but basically a 3-2-3-2 on breaks and transitions.

Surprised on the absence of Eric Dier

I think there is a case for England playing 3 at the back with a pair of wing backs. While Pickford is a good goalkeeper, far better than some of the players we have had going into previous Euros, he isn't world class. And there's serious concerns over the back four. Either we're starting someone out of position, or out of form. You could essentially play all of Trippier, Walker and Arnold. It would arguably suit Mitchell a bit more playing LWB. The most obvious down side here is you would have to sacrifice someone from either midfield or further forward. But given England's potential for defensive fragility, I think there's a non-zero chance of Southgate resorting to it in the more difficult games.

No one can stop you from DREAMING! And if you are going to dream, dream BIG! And you certainly are dreaming BIG!

Do you have any plans for the 2024 Paris Olympic Games, Alfie?

Wirtz has been the best number 10 in Europe this season by almost all metrics. This Bellingham pr is actually ridiculous considering he's scored most of his goals this season playing at no 9 for Madrid. English + Madrid hype is really smth else

Henderson dropped. Wharton IN

I mostly agree with your XI, although I'm not sure about left back but then again there's no obvious solution. But I wouldn't play Gallagher in midfield, nor would I Mainoo or Wharton. I would put TAA without a doubt. He would create a great duo of midfielders with Rice, very complementary. I think he's the best solution. But the amount of great players England have at every position except center back, left back and goalkeeper is astonishing. I don't support England as I'm french, but I must say you guys have quite the squad, and I think you're the number 1 favourite ahead of Portugal and we are 3rd. It's a shame for Maddison and Sterling. They're fantastic players, but there's so much competition in advanced midfield and wingers, it's really difficult to choose. Palmer had a sensational season and was arguably among the top5 players in EPL this season, and yet he won't start. Though I wouldn't be shocked if he started instead of Saka, he's been better recently. But a manager has to keep stability.

Something that could be done to solve where Foden plays, is to do a Busquets-Xavi-Iniesta, and have Xavi be more advanced than Busquets (Bellingham and Rice), with Iniesta a bit more advanced (Foden). Who plays on the left then? Could be Grealish, could be Bowen, but Rashford just does not have the confidence needed right now to be starting games. Bowen definitely would be a nice sub for Saka, keep each other fresh, while Bowen can be an impact sub. Just my thoughts

Gordon has been fantastic all season for newcastle and honestly believe he should start on the left. Obviouly he is not better than foden but surely familiarity in the position makes sense. 21 g/a and 6 should have been 7 penalties won gets close to fodens stats.

love you mate. sometimes I feel in an international tournaments context, Turkey is like a smaller sample of England; we also always go to tournaments with the ''arguably the best generation of the country so far'', we also always have heated debates about who should make the squad and who should not for like a whole year before tournaments, we also always get very unexpected defeats and hold on to extremely unlikely chances to proceed etc. etc. On paper everything seems to favor us but when it comes to reality it's always ''oh to get out of the group as the second team we have to draw it with Poland and France has to beat Bosnia and Hungary has to concede against the Netherlands and Germany has to fart at home ground and a meteor should hit Suriname and Lithuania has to drown under floods... and it goes on and on.'' In Euro 2024 Turkey seems the second favorite of the group after Portugal, and some even say Turkey can also beat Portugal, but I'm expecting a result similar to the one you predicted for England at the beginning of the vid and I just don't get my hopes high anymore lmao.

Gomez and Konsa were a charlton youth cb pair but gomez graduated to first team very early

As a United fan, I legit would not even be disappointed if Rashford was left off the squad entirely.

I don't know, the Harry Kane curse seems like it will just make Germany ridiculously amazing out of nowhere

Another absolute beast and beauty of a video!!!!!!!!! Cracker!

Poor old Emile Heskey not even having a purple link to show that Alfie had read his Wikipedia page... Savage.

Not starting Palmer in a single one of these set ups is honestly criminal. Not saying he should definitely be starting but to not even mention the possible and have likes of Rashford mentioned in starting line up is an absolute howler.

I think this tournament will also be similar to the last few under Southgate.. Clear the grp stages comfortably, get lucky with a weaker team in the quarters and get eliminated in the semis vs a good team.. The problem is not the players, but Southgate.. he just can't tactically adapt to game situations.. so often we have seen us struggling against tough defences.. Southgate to England is what Solskjaer was to Man United.. a good man manager, who satisfies the bare minimum as a coach, has his favourites in his team who get picked regardless of form, and is tactically out of depth, relying on counter attacks and moments of individual brilliance..

Could you cover Plymouth Argyle soon please? We have had a remarkable turnaround in the last few years and would be interesting to watch because, Pieface.

yeah pretty much spot on. ❤

If Dunk gets picked ahead of Mark Guehi there is something seriously wrong.

Eze should go ahead of Gordon because he covers more positions and I feel he has more elite level quality than a one-dimensional winger. Gordon poor performance against Brazil showed he isn’t ready. Eze has more quality and potential and that is why Man City and Arsenal want him.

Alfie Doughty at left back for me. His corners and free kicks, as well as his crosses, are excellent.

The removal of Henderson, Phillips and possibly Mount as well automatically raises the overall level of the team. Regardless of whom replaces them.

personally wouldnt take toney. Don't feel like we need 3 strikers esp when Foden/Palmer etc can cover as a false 9 if somehow Kane and Watkins both get injured

This Jude PR is crazy, man stunk the pitch in 4 knockout appearances vs Bayern and City but is somehow the best number 10 🤣🤣🤣

Excellent squad picked. Better than what Southgate has decided.

Ngl, I'd go with Jamie Bynoe-Gittens instead of Rashford. Exciting young winger who deserves a big chance

It’s not coming home lads, but let’s enjoy the sun, beer and the underwhelming football and quarter/semi final exit.

Did you consider White for either 26 man squad or did you rule him out for obvious reasons?

Love you Alfie. Surprised that you would rather take the guys in good form over the generally more talented players. I've honestly never considered that strategy for a continental competition. But I don't dislike the concept in theory.

Henderson missed out, Chilwell missed out Wharton and Eze made it Alfie you're actually a genuis fella 🤯

I wasn't planning to watch another overhyped England team fail again at a major tournament for the umptieth time. I was hoping for a month's holiday in Greece. But, I'm currently skint and unemployed and as such will inevitably catch glimpses of this impending debacle.

Pope played yesterday. Pretty confident he isn't injured.

Please do a list of the Seven Greatest Playmakers of all time.

Top 7 ridiculously good squads who disappointed everybody I think of that 2007-9 Valencia with Juan Mata, David Silva, David Villa, Jordi Alba, albioĺ, Joaquin, morientes, etc, coached by Unai Emery Who finished 10th and 6th in La Liga, only getting a Copa del Rey to show for it Or that 2000-2 Brescia who with Baggio, Pirlo, Luca Toni, Pep Guardiola, and many others finished 8th and 13th in Serie A Maybe that 1998-00 inter who had R9, Baggio, Pirlo, Zanetti, bergomi, simeoni, Pagliuca, and Vieri but ended up with 8th and 4th place without any silverware to show for

kyle walker has the knowledge and experience, no need for henderson to take up a spot for someone better. If he stayed in europe and continued playing for a good club then maybe but after the move to saudi?

Just off his performances over the past 6 weeks, if I was Southgate, I think I'd risk it and take young Lewis Hall as cover at LB.

I love england tears when it does not come home

every day where i'm not topped by alfie finishes with me howling at the moon

as a Liverpool fan i would love too see Elliot at the euros this season as he has looks remarkable at times and offensively class

I don't understand people's obsession with 4-3-3. What's wrong with 3-4-2-1 which is imo the best formation for the current england team. Pickford in goal Back 3 of Walker, Stones and Maguire Attacking fullbacks: Chilwell and Trent, they're not known for defensive solidity but in attack they're brilliant. Midfield two of Rice and Bellingham (whose natural position is an 8) Front three of Kane, Foden and Palmer with the latter two being number 10s rather than wingers, these famctions will be placed on Chilwell and Trent. Why doesn't that sound more exciting than 4-3-3 that can't get the best oyt of the talent available?

That defensive right side of England is really world class 😂

Personally I’d invent time travel and stop Antonee Robinson declaring for the USA, but Mitchell is a good left back choice too.

My 11: ST: Kane LW: Foden RW: Saka CAM: Palmer CM: Bellingham CM: Rice LB: Chilwell CB: Stones CB: Maguire RB: Walker GK: Pickford

Would love to see Wharton in the squad.

My 11. See my video for my squad GK: Jordan Pickford RB: Kyle Walker CB: John Stones CB: Harry Maguire LB: Tyrick Mitchell DM/CM: Trent Alexander-Arnold DM: Declan Rice CM: Jude Bellingham RW: Bukayo Saka ST: Harry Kane LW: Phil Foden

How about Pickford Wallker Konsa Gueye Chilwell Stones Rice Bellingham Saka Foden Kane

toney has been shocking same with trippier