{"id":202794,"date":"2026-01-06T10:49:12","date_gmt":"2026-01-06T10:49:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/dailytalks.org\/?p=202794"},"modified":"2026-01-06T10:49:12","modified_gmt":"2026-01-06T10:49:12","slug":"the-great-number-nine-decline-why-englands-striker-pool-has-run-dry","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/dailytalks.org\/?p=202794","title":{"rendered":"The great number nine decline \u2013 why England\u2019s striker pool has run dry"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>By Martin Graham \u00a0 Thomas Tuchel\u2019s most recent England selection has underlined a growing issue \u2014 the lack of English center forwards. Harry Kane remains the lone specialist striker in the 25-man squad, a worrying sign ahead of next summer\u2019s World Cup. The situation is partly influenced by fitness setbacks&#8230;<br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/www.myfootballfacts.com\/articles\/the-great-number-nine-decline-why-englands-striker-pool-has-run-dry\/\" class=\"button purchase\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Read More<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>By Martin Graham \u00a0 Thomas Tuchel\u2019s most recent England selection has underlined a growing issue<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":202795,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[43],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-202794","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-health"],"featured_image_urls":{"full":["https:\/\/dailytalks.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/202794-the-great-number-nine-decline-why-englands-striker-pool-has-run-dry.jpg",800,600,false],"thumbnail":["https:\/\/dailytalks.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/202794-the-great-number-nine-decline-why-englands-striker-pool-has-run-dry-150x150.jpg",150,150,true],"medium":["https:\/\/dailytalks.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/202794-the-great-number-nine-decline-why-englands-striker-pool-has-run-dry-300x225.jpg",300,225,true],"medium_large":["https:\/\/dailytalks.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/202794-the-great-number-nine-decline-why-englands-striker-pool-has-run-dry-768x576.jpg",640,480,true],"large":["https:\/\/dailytalks.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/202794-the-great-number-nine-decline-why-englands-striker-pool-has-run-dry.jpg",640,480,false],"1536x1536":["https:\/\/dailytalks.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/202794-the-great-number-nine-decline-why-englands-striker-pool-has-run-dry.jpg",800,600,false],"2048x2048":["https:\/\/dailytalks.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/202794-the-great-number-nine-decline-why-englands-striker-pool-has-run-dry.jpg",800,600,false],"chromenews-featured":["https:\/\/dailytalks.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/202794-the-great-number-nine-decline-why-englands-striker-pool-has-run-dry.jpg",800,600,false],"chromenews-large":["https:\/\/dailytalks.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/202794-the-great-number-nine-decline-why-englands-striker-pool-has-run-dry-800x575.jpg",800,575,true],"chromenews-medium":["https:\/\/dailytalks.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/202794-the-great-number-nine-decline-why-englands-striker-pool-has-run-dry-590x410.jpg",590,410,true]},"author_info":{"display_name":"Jonathan Jeriah","author_link":"https:\/\/dailytalks.org\/?author=1"},"category_info":"<a href=\"https:\/\/dailytalks.org\/?cat=43\" rel=\"category\">Health<\/a>","tag_info":"Health","comment_count":"0","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/dailytalks.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/202794","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/dailytalks.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/dailytalks.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dailytalks.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dailytalks.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=202794"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/dailytalks.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/202794\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dailytalks.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/202795"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/dailytalks.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=202794"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dailytalks.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=202794"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dailytalks.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=202794"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}