Wilshere has made 38 appearances this term. Rose has 10 by comparison. I would fully expect Sessegnon to be an international within 4 years..you saying Young will be playing in 40 degree heat at 36 years old? Its a waste...we wont win so we should be planning for the future. Brazil/Germany/France would laugh at your short termism.Mbappe..Dembele..Neymar..Ronaldos of this world were playing full international in their teens.
Talk about assumptions.
My short termism?
Where on this thread have I applauded the including of players like Young or Welbeck?
But there is a happy medium.
You don't have a straight choice between short term older players and children.
I agree that the likes of Welbeck are too old and shouldn't go. I even think squad players like Wiltshire shouldn't be going when their future prospects are not great.
But that doesn't exclude me from saying that Sessegnon is too young. He is a kid. He's the same age as Appiah.
You accuse me of short termism but want the inclusion of a child based on ONE season in the second tier. Sessegnon couldn't tear Derby apart under pressure but you think he'll have an impact against Belgium?
Maybe he would, but I'm really not sure what the month away from home and training for his club (and recuperating from a massive season) for the sake of a few minutes (if that) is going to do him. Training with his Fulham team mates, hopefully for his first PL season and getting proper conditioning work done is going to be more useful to him than being in a Russian hotel with a bunch of mid-late 20's millionaires for a month in the off chance that we are desperate enough to throw him on for a few minutes.
It's all well and good to think you are being dead progressive by clamouring for a child to be included in the squad, but what you are doing is having the exact same knee jerk reaction to an exciting young player that the media have destroyed young players with for years