Anthony Gordon on England squad knitting together

Bike now you've been really lucky haven't you? The last time I went over a handle boss I mean I was 8 not 23 like like you, but I broke my arm. You've been really lucky. You could have suffered serious damage potentially yeah, I could have actually with the speed I was going and I was actually going down a hill so I could have ended up anywhere. Funnily enough, I was on a golf course and managed to lavel on land on the only bird gravel there was. So I was surrounded by grass and end up laving landing on the gravel. So really lucky in someone instances and unlucky in some others and on the on the football as well. Just choppers inside your frustration because you know, guys at home, certain parts of the media have been screaming for you to come on. Were you screaming inside to get on? It took you the best part of three games to get there. I'll always be like that that that's just the way I am not that's me mindset. I think frustration's probably the wrong way. It's more of a want to want to play and want to perform on a bigger stage and that's just comes from me self belief. I feel like I can impact any game in a positive way. So a lot of people have used frustration in the past week or so about about me minutes, but I think that's that's the wrong word. Thanks, Greg. Andy Dunn. Hi, Anthony, just on that, you mentioned that self belief there and clearly, clearly it's a good thing you're not short of self belief but hasn't been any stage in your career when you have doubted yourself. You may be early on when it didn't go up, go off greatly at Newcastle. Has there been any time when you've doubted yourself that you're going to get to this sort of level? Yeah. Similar to what I said before, Everyone doubts himself. Everyone doubts himself. No. Before every training session, before every game. But it's noticing when you doubt yourself and realising that, you know, you're having a war in your head and it's not really real. You're good enough to do anything. There's been plenty of time. Sure. In my career, you know, I went alone in Preston and didn't didn't play a minute really. There's plenty of times I have it and I couldn't breakthrough. Obviously we started Newcastle wasn't great. But that's that's the key part of any any good, like good, good athlete really is that you're resilient and you can come back from things like that. OK, Dave. Hi Anthony. It feels like everyone's just waiting for this team to click, especially in an attacking sense. In your opinion, what needs what needs to sort of spark that click and how have you guys sort of worked? So how what have you discussed with that in mind? It's difficult to say one thing really. I think, you know, our team just has to come together. It has to perform when when the pressure's high. And you know what, now we're into the knockout stages. So there's no more next game next year. We have to get, but now we really have to step up and and be the team we can be. And that's on us. You know, we're the ones on the pitch, we're the ones who can make an impact and change things. So I think that as players, you've got to take responsibility and accountability. Do you feel that sort of do or die pressure can actually be harnessed in quite a good way? Yeah, that's good. That's what football's about. That's why you want to be in these these games because the pressure is the highest. And if you win these games, you know that that's where that feeling is that we chase every day. So I think that's a positive. OK, Paul. And then Charlie Anthony. Ezri Konza said yesterday that if you score, you might do a a bike ride celebration. Is that something that you've Is that, is that true? Has he been egging you out to do that? No, He's just sprung that on me. I'll put them stabilized next to the pitch. Maybe you can take credit for the celebration. I'll do it, though. I will do definitely a bike celebration if you're sure. You got me Weird. Yeah. And just on the sort of level of competition that that's in the forward places, do you all, do you all sort of help each other out is how, how does that sort of competition work that it doesn't tip over into anything sort of, I want him to fail because I could could play. Can you talk a bit about the, the balance that that maybe goes on there? Well, the reality is we play a team sport. So I think if you think like that, you're not going to get too far. It's a team sport and everyone has a role within that. I have a different role at my club than I than I do here. Obviously I've played, you know, every game this year for for Newcastle, but it's about knowing your role and trying to be the best you can possibly be in that role. So every day in training I'm trying to be the very best I can be to one, give the manager a headache and two, push the lads in my positions and that's making me better whilst also making them better because they've got a key performance to to stay in the team. Charlie, there's obviously been a huge debate at home over who could come in and who should come in and you're obviously featuring quite highly on it. Does it feel a bit surreal that, that, you know, back home there's this big debate, you know, get, get in playing, get him started. When you think maybe three years ago at the last EUR, you obviously were much younger. But all of a sudden, you know, a lot of people in the country, on the phone, insurance, on TV and radio just talking about you. How does that feel? Yeah, good. That's what I want. I think 6 months ago would have been crazy because I think the opinion of of me compared to now is very different. But I've worked hard to, to be in this position and that's what I want. I want people to be calling for me because like I said before, that's what I'm doing in training. I'm, I'm giving me very best to, to cause headaches for, for selection. And that's, that's all I can do. The rest is, is out of my control. I'm Fisher manic. Hi, can I just ask about Luke Shaw, who we've not seen any yet. How's he looking in training? Have you kind of come up directly against him and that kind of thing? He's progressing really well actually, especially in the past week or so. I think he's been involved in in every session. He's a good lad, he's a very professional and there was never any doubt that he'd be fit at some point. It was just about, you know, making sure he was right. And I was injured at the start with him. So I've seen his RIAB and he'd done it all to a very high standard and now I've seen the results of that. OK guys, we'll end it there. Thanks for your time. Thanks guys. I.