Football Daily | England’s World Cup squad, leaks and comical takes from the hard-to-please

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In a ceremony carrying all the suspense of the official ribbon-cutting of a supermarket that has been open to shoppers for three months, journalists dutifully convened at Wembley on Friday to confirm that the England Geopolitics World Cup squad leaked into the public domain on Thursday was definitely the same as the one that was actually picked. Having been “exclusively” revealed by various hacks, Mr 15%s, Harry Maguire and assorted members of his family, the most contentious decisions appear to have been those made by Thomas Tuchel to leave Maguire, Cole Palmer and Phil Foden at home. “I’ve been left shocked and gutted by the decision,” parped the Manchester United defender, who had been told he was no higher than fifth in the centre-back pecking order. “Absolute [sic] disgusted,” clucked his mum on a Social Media Disgrace, before one of his brothers also joined the pile-on.

It is Thursday evening (BST) and Big Website has a story about how Harry Maguire, Phil Foden and Cole Palmer et al have been left out of England’s GWC squad to be announced on Friday morning by Thomas Tuchel. Such prescience could be extended to announcing the competition winners and free up a month of football-watching and ultimate disappointment when England don’t win” – Nigel Sanders.

Is anyone else sick of seeing photos of Andy Burnham out running in his vintage Everton shirt? If so, he’s got a lot of work to do to unite the Hafnias and the Hafnia-nots” – Phil Taverner.

With so much of the news coverage featuring the tree which is of insufficient girth to conceal a Southampton intern, I’m concerned that it might become a place of pilgrimage for Middlesborough fans should they win the playoffs, and that might provoke disgruntled Southampton supporters to do a ‘Sycamore Gap’ job on it. Time for a tree preservation order before the coach excursions start arriving” – Kev Dwyer.

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