England winger Anthony Gordon recounts bicycle ride crash

This affect how you play at all. So we went on. It was meant to be a recovery bike ride. It was lovely day and I was going down the hill. I tried to take a quick video for me family just to show them what I was doing. And then before I knew it, I was face first into the floor. I've got a few grazers. Yeah, but it's not only a few cuts, it's not and and painful. Was it not a case that you used the wrong brake or you you pressed the turbo button or something? Yeah. So the electrics are obviously a lot faster than normal bikes. And in England, the the front brake is on the right hand side. So here I tried to press the left just to slow like and then next minute it's it's not slowed down. It's fully come to the stop. And I haven't I've gone 10 feet in the air. CHIM first and what happened next were did you have to go and see the medical team or what was the reaction from the next of the squad? I just carried on. I just finished the bike ride and then when I got when I got back to the the camp, obviously I had to put the stuff on it, which absolutely stung us. That was the worst bit. But to be fair, no one's seeing me thankfully and I definitely didn't press press records on. There's some positives to come from here. Are you going to bring to the side what qualities? I think my main strengths are I'm very direct. I'm, I'm obviously quick. So I know I'm, I'm a nightmare for anyone, anyone that I play against and I'm, I'm positive. You know, every time we get the ball, I always try and make something happen. I'm I'm not, I'm not a very safe player. I'm always going for it. I'm always trying to put people on the back foot. I think with the players we've got likes of H, you like to drop deep. I think I add sort of a different element to, to the team. And do you feel that there are places in the team up for grabs or do you think the manager's got a set idea of what his starting 11 is and he'll only use you as an impact substitute? I'm not too sure. I think that's probably a better question for the manager. And it's out of my control. I can only control sorts of what I what I can control. And that's giving me best every day and trying to cause as many problems for him when it comes to selection as as I possibly can. And when or if I'm needed, I'll be, I'll be more than ready. And what you need to do to break into that starting 11. No, I'm not that guy to be honest. I just like to to give me best and like I said before, control the controllables. I think if I've trained to me very best of my ability and do the best I can every day, that that's my way of sort of giving him a headache in terms of selection and the rest that I can't control. And Gareth has spoken about the reaction to the team and saying it's made an unusual environment. Have you been aware of it? Do you come off social media during tournaments or is it not something that affects you? No, to be honest, I don't really care about stuff like that. Actually think of it in a positive way. It's like if people are, you know, being negative, it's only because they expect a lot from you, which, you know, is, is a positive thing. So if we want that to start, we just need to perform and and, you know, give people what they want to see. And Anthony, hi. Can I just throw a couple of stories of privilege? It defines who you can become. Yeah, I've said that a lot actually on on this camp to the staff when I've spoke about sort of the media surrounding the team. I'm reading a book from Dan Carter at the minute and that's actually cool to users in the book. So that's been on my mind a lot. And like I said before, pressure is a privilege because it means people are expecting things from you, which in return means they think you've got the what you do. Yeah, the Valve, because Valve, because the top guy obviously played with him for a year and a half now. He's been really important for Newcastle and he's again top guy, top goalkeeper. I hope he loses in the game, but Slovakia, a good team, you know, very organised, a lot of threats on the counter attack. They have some direct players and some very experienced players at this level as well. So it'd be a really difficult game. You know, we're preparing for that. Thank you. Thank you, Faye. And then across the chat, bro, nice to see you. Nice to see you. And on Martin did was it made you want it? Yeah. I don't think I needed any opportunity to make me want it even more. I'll always be ready. Like I said, that I can only control so much and that's that's everything I do every day. And I try and push the lads who are playing as best as I can when I train. And then when I get on, I'm trying to I'm trying to stay on. I'm not trying to come off. And the next match I'm obviously I'm playing to basically start the next game. That that's me mindset. And you talked about your direct style. How much does that help, particularly playing against the the teams that do play with such a low block? Yeah, I think it does because it brings a sense of like unpredictability. I win a lot of fouls and stuff and it can, you can put teams on the back foot and that's just the way I play football. That works for me, that that's the way I feel, feel best playing. And again, like I said before, I know how hard I am to play against. I can feel it. I know people don't like playing against me. So it's worked for me and I'm going to carry on doing it.