The Next England Squad

Kimbo wrote:

will.i.glenn wrote:

Kimbo wrote:The commentators were wanking themselves silly over Gerrard last night. It's so transparent, they hype him up for playing well against this pub side, but when he looks out of his depth against a decent side, a half decent side, or Scotland, then they say nothing. Gerrard will go through his entire England career without ever being scrutinised.

It's so transparent Kimmy  

I don't know how true it is though. 

Gerrard is regularly England's best players. 

When he is out of his depth, it's often the case that he's not the only one, and not the worst. 

It's so transparent, to what end? 

Anyway, that's not what I came on here to talk about.

I'm wondering why, if Welbeck is so important, did he need to play against Moldova?

Did geriatrics Gerrard and Lampard both need to play, so close to such an important game?

If Ashley Cole is important enough to take off at half time to avoid him getting booked, why did he need to play at all? This is the only position where the backup is as good as the first choice.

For all Hodge Podge's supposed dedication to the future, he ignored all the youngsters in a game where he could have afforded to give them a run out, with the bonus of keeping the senior citizens fresh for Tuesday.

Here's a game where Henderson, Wilshere and Cleverley could have started; rather than waiting for them to be needed in an emergency situation; we could have blooded them together in an easy competitive fixture. 

It's so transparent

It depends on where you get your opinions really. Townsend loves him, but on the newcastle forum I post on he is seen as a joke for England. I certainly don't see him as regularly being one of Englands best players myself.

The transparency is about certain English players having their reputations protected, I don't know why. Gerrard isn't the only one, Rooney gets away with it, Terry and Beckham always got away with it aswell.

will.i.glenn wrote:Just as frustrating is that he hasn't called anyone else up, so our options are Lambert and Defoe. Were Crouch, Agbonlahor, Fraizer Campbell, Jay Rodriguez, Darren Bent etc considered? They may not be world beaters, but they're getting a lot more football than Jermaine Defoe and would surely be a better option than sticking Chris Smalling up front, which is where we're headed.

christmasborocooper wrote:We just saw why Gerrard shouldn't be "unleashed at centre half".

debaser wrote:

will.i.glenn wrote:Just as frustrating is that he hasn't called anyone else up, so our options are Lambert and Defoe. Were Crouch, Agbonlahor, Fraizer Campbell, Jay Rodriguez, Darren Bent etc considered? They may not be world beaters, but they're getting a lot more football than Jermaine Defoe and would surely be a better option than sticking Chris Smalling up front, which is where we're headed.

indeed. I read some bizarre comment he made where he didn't want to call up an extra player who was only going to be cover :scratch: He's gonna be looking stupid if Lambert gets injured after 5 mins.

Kroos wrote:it`s like bolton vs. stoke

COTR wrote:Luxembourg 3-2 Northern Ireland

Luxembourg are ranked 140th in the world - one behind Afghanistan - and tonight is their first win at home since 1972.


A proud moment to be Northern Irish

COTR wrote:Luxembourg 3-2 Northern Ireland

Luxembourg are ranked 140th in the world - one behind Afghanistan - and tonight is their first win at home since 1972.


A proud moment to be Northern Irish

debaser wrote:Kyle Walker has definitely looked like our danger man all match - in the most-likely-to-fuck-up sense.

that was fortunately deflected wide 'cause I think it was going in otherwise.