Toondes wrote:Magdia wrote:
Alli has been in and out of form but he can boss some of the best midfields in Europe on his day and Henderson has been quality for years now. Pretty much what Colly has said, how can you leave mainstays from two of the best teams in the country out? You can't even if you are bias towards Shelvey like we are.
Didn’t realise Tottenham won the league ?
Also I don’t think Alli has been in good form at all . Don’t get me wrong he’s a very good player but on form alone ( which is how an international team should be picked) he has been no better than Shelvey.
Apologies, I'm not sure which Man City player I substituted in there...
Regardless though, Alli has had a poorer season than the outstanding one last year, but he's hardly had a bad year. Shelvey has blown hot and cold up to that amazing run of form following the embarrassment of Burnley away, and that's ignoring any potential slips in terms of discipline or just plain concentration. First half of the season if you left him on after 60 minutes he was an utter liability, going into his pointing routine while wandering about doing nothing of note.
That said his play since then has been outstanding, and I'd have liked to have seen him go, but certainly not at the expense of Alli, who let's not forget a) doesn't play in Shelvey's position anyway, and b) has a good partnership with our best centre forward since Shearer.