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The England team v Republic of Ireland has now been named.
Lee Carsley taking charge of his first game, having been promoted from the Under 21s.
These next ten weeks set to see whether he gets the job on a permanent basis, as surely it is now his to lose.
The FA having bottled it when it comes to naming Gareth Southgate’s replacement, refusing to name Lee Carsley, or anybody else, as permanent boss,, instead giving it to Carsley on an ‘interim’ basis, when in reality clearly a six game interview.
These next 10 weeks seeing all six Nations League group matches (dates below) played out and so long as England do the business on the pitch, then it appears obvious that Lee Carsley gets the job on a permanent basis.
With England facing Greece, Finland and Republic of Ireland, home and away, surely it is his for the taking.
The first indication of course is now, in terms of the players that Lee Carsley sees as the ones he can best rely on, with the naming of this England team v Republic of Ireland, kicking off at 5pm.
England lining up with:
Pickford, Alexander-Arnold, Maguire, Guehi, Colwill, Mainoo, Rice, Gordon, Grealish, Saka, Kane
England confirmed schedule to end of 2024:
Saturday 7 September – Republic of Ireland v England
Tuesday 10 September – England v Finland
Thursday 10 October – England v Greece
Sunday 13 October – Finland v England
Wednesday 14 November – Greece v England
Saturday 17 November – England v Republic of Ireland
This is the September 2024 international schedule for Newcastle United players:
Thursday 5 September
Azerbaijan 1 Sweden 3
Alexander Isak on fire in this Nations League match. Scoring the first two goals and then bizarrely denied his hat-trick.
Alexander Isak winning the penalty but instead of the Newcastle United striker taking the spot-kick to finish off a great personal match, it was Gyokeres who took the 80th minute spot-kick to put Sweden 3-0 up. The home side getting a consolation goal late on.
Estonia 0 Slovakia 1
Martin Dubravka getting a morale boosting clean sheet as the Newcastle United number two keeper helped his country to an opening Nations League group win, the winner coming on 70 minutes.
Friday 6 September
France 1 Italy 3
A stunning international comeback for Sandro Tonali.
France taking the lead after only 12 seconds but the Newcastle United midfielder superb, as he and his international teammates came back and blew the home side away in Paris. A very much deserved win for Italy and this Nations League victory set in motion with a stunning equaliser on 30 minutes, a sublime flick by Sandro Tonali followed by an arguably even better volley from Dimarco.
Uruguay 0 Paraguay 0
A great result for Miguel Almiron and his teammates in this World Cup group qualifier against the team that is second top. Paraguay restricting Uruguay to just one effort on target and Miggy playing 82 minutes before becoming one of a number of players subbed off late, as the visitors ran the clock down.
Brazil 1 Equador 0
A massive result for Bruno Guimaraes and his Brazil teammates, after they had lost their last three World Cup group qualifiers.
Ecuador had lost only one of their last five group qualifiers and were a tough nut to crack in a very dour defensive contest. Only five efforts on target between the two teams and Brazil winning thanks to a shot by Rodrygo on 29 minutes that deflected past the visiting keeper and went in off the post.
A good shift from Bruno in his more defensive midfield role than we see for Newcastle United, good to see the Brazil boss looking after him, as Bruno was one of a couple of players taken off after 62 minutes, leaving their teammates to see out this dour victory.
Northern Ireland U21s 0 England U21s 0
A drab game in Ballymena ended goalless, Newcastle United’s Lewis Hall coming on in the 69th minute of this U21 Euros group qualifier.
Turkey U21s 0 Republic of Ireland U21s 1
A really good result for the Republic of Ireland in this U21 Euros group qualifier, winning with an 84th minute goal. Newcastle’s Alex Murphy not in the matchday squad though, for unknown reasons.
Iceland U21s 4 Denmark U21s 2
It only took Will Osula 16 minutes to open the scoring in this U21s Euros group qualifier, however, the home side bouncing back to win 4-2 in the end.
Saturday 7 September
Republic of Ireland v England (Nick Pope, Tino Livramento, Anthony Gordon) Nations League
Sunday 8 September
Sweden v Estonia (Alexander Isak) Nations League
Slovakia v Azerbaijan (Martin Dubravka) Nations League
Monday 9 September
Israel v Italy (Sandro Tonali) Nations League
England U21s v Austria U21s (Lewis Hall) U21 Euros group qualifier
Tuesday 10 September
England v Finland (Nick Pope, Tino Livramento, Anthony Gordon) Nations League
Paraguay v Brazil (Bruno Guimaraes, Miguel Almiron) World Cup group qualifier (UK time, kick-off early hours of Wednesday)
Denmark U21s v Czech Republic U21s (Will Osula) U21s Euros group qualifier
Republic of Ireland U21s v Latvia U21s (Alex Murphy) U21 Euros group qualifier

 
