Tim Spiers

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2,293 appearances 13 recordings 2 series first heard Jun 2026 last heard 6 Sep

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The Athletic FC Podcast · Why are England struggling to convince? · 28 Jun 2026 podcast

And I think from the evidence of England's three matches...

they desperately need him to step up and be that player.

Because other than him and Kane, everyone else is sort of underwhelmed in attacking areas, I think.

You know, you say Gordon, Saka, Madweke, Rashford have all underwhelmed to an extent.

Bellingham and Kane are the only genuinely two world-class players that England have.

I think we're seeing that now.

And if they can step up, then yeah, England still have a chance of doing something decent in this tournament.

And they're both looking really good form to me.

I think the only player I'd try to really get in that 11 would be Morgan Rodgers.

I don't know if he can sort of work on one of the two.

I felt like Kane and Bellingham both really got in his space last night.

You know, Kane obviously comes deep and Bellingham was really pushing forward.

I didn't think Rodgers really had the chance to shine.

But Madweke, I feel he's better off the bench.

Saka just doesn't look fit or sharp to me.

And I'm not sure how he gets that sharp.

I feel like he's just going to have a tournament where he just sort of trundles through at sort of 6, 7 out of 10 sort of level.

I wonder if you can squeeze in Rodgers on the right just for something a bit different.

No, that's a really good point.

And, you know, Cape Verde in the last 32 is not going to perhaps offer a huge amount more evidence in that regard.

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