Mole_Toonfan Posted February 10, 2012 Share Posted February 10, 2012 Bent is a great goalscorer. Goalscorers are pointless at international level because they dont participate in the build up and you just get outmatched in midfield. Not all goalscorers but the one likes Bent and Hernandez are pointless. I'd go with Hart Richards Smalling Jones Cole Wilshere Parker Cleverly Sturridge Rooney Ox Form and fitness permitting ofcourse, btw dont rate Cahill and Cole will be very difficult to replace long term; quite frankly dont see anyone ready to step into his rather large shoes. BTW Jones hasnt impressed me that much either but i dont rate anyone below Smalling and Jones, the quality of CB's are poor imo. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
ponsaelius Posted February 10, 2012 Share Posted February 10, 2012 He's not even a great goalscorer. Misses loads of chances and needs pens to boost himself up to the 15 goal mark every season. England have had plenty of great goalscorers over the years who have struggled to forge careers at international level, the fact somebody as poor as Bent is a shoe in for squads is awful. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sima Posted February 10, 2012 Share Posted February 10, 2012 Wolves v West Brom (1330 GMT) This is an interesting one - Wolves had a good result last week at long last when they beat QPR, while West Brom seem to pick up the majority of their points on the road. Wolves had to wait a long time to return to winning ways in the Premier League and maybe the ball will start to run for them a little bit now. They have had some bad news that Emmanuel Frimpong is out for so long with a knee ligament injury but I think having Kevin Doyle back scoring goals is very important for their survival. The thing with Wolves boss Mick Mcarthy last week was that he gambled. When he made his substitution to bring Doyle on at half-time against QPR, it was an attacking change and it gave them more of a cutting edge. Maybe he will be thinking about doing that more often now. It is going to be Wolves' home form that keeps them up and this is definitely a home game they would look at as a must-win. Prediction: 2-0 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Super Duper Branko Strupar Posted February 10, 2012 Share Posted February 10, 2012 I may be seeing something no one else has but I've think Jones has been bloody brilliant when at centre back this season for Man Utd Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest kingdawson Posted February 10, 2012 Share Posted February 10, 2012 Bent is a great goalscorer. Goalscorers are pointless at international level because they dont participate in the build up and you just get outmatched in midfield. Not all goalscorers but the one likes Bent and Hernandez are pointless. I'd go with Hart Richards Smalling Jones Cole Wilshere Parker Cleverly Sturridge Rooney Ox Form and fitness permitting ofcourse, btw dont rate Cahill and Cole will be very difficult to replace long term; quite frankly dont see anyone ready to step into his rather large shoes. BTW Jones hasnt impressed me that much either but i dont rate anyone below Smalling and Jones, the quality of CB's are poor imo. That's a nice team. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
jdckelly Posted February 10, 2012 Share Posted February 10, 2012 I may be seeing something no one else has but I've think Jones has been bloody brilliant when at centre back this season for Man Utd yes I think your on your own there because whenever I've seen him he's been a big liability at cb for Man U Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sifu Posted February 10, 2012 Share Posted February 10, 2012 Jones has been, at best, average at CB this season. He's still young though so has plenty of time to learn and develop. Smalling has been somewhat better but he's also far from the finished article. I'm pretty sure that in the future, the first choice CB partnership for England will be Jones-Smalling but think the Euros will be too soon for them (I reckon the time to implement such a partnership should be after the Euros actually). Having said that, doesn't look like we have many options at CB. Perhaps give the likes of Dawson, King (unlikely due to his knee), Cahill, Lescott and Jagielka runouts? Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mole_Toonfan Posted February 10, 2012 Share Posted February 10, 2012 Jones has been, at best, average at CB this season. He's still young though so has plenty of time to learn and develop. Smalling has been somewhat better but he's also far from the finished article. I'm pretty sure that in the future, the first choice CB partnership for England will be Jones-Smalling but think the Euros will be too soon for them (I reckon the time to implement such a partnership should be after the Euros actually). Having said that, doesn't look like we have many options at CB. Perhaps give the likes of Dawson, King (unlikely due to his knee), Cahill, Lescott and Jagielka runouts? I probably agree, my post was mainly seen as the long term but not necessarily on just the Euros but having said that Cole would'nt be there but quite frankly i cant think of any LB...... Infact id put Cole in a wheelchair over the likes of Baines and Gibbs, hoping for the countries sake that someone comes along and proves the likes of me wrong...... As the Euro's go i question who from that team would be ready..... Jones and Smalling are not ready imo and neither is Ox as great as he's done so far i question whether he's ready for the very top level..... Obviously there are question marks of Wilshere and Cleverly's fitness. I personally would right off the Euro's totally, and just build for 2014 and beyond. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sifu Posted February 10, 2012 Share Posted February 10, 2012 Jones has been, at best, average at CB this season. He's still young though so has plenty of time to learn and develop. Smalling has been somewhat better but he's also far from the finished article. I'm pretty sure that in the future, the first choice CB partnership for England will be Jones-Smalling but think the Euros will be too soon for them (I reckon the time to implement such a partnership should be after the Euros actually). Having said that, doesn't look like we have many options at CB. Perhaps give the likes of Dawson, King (unlikely due to his knee), Cahill, Lescott and Jagielka runouts? I probably agree, my post was mainly seen as the long term but not necessarily on just the Euros but having said that Cole would'nt be there but quite frankly i cant think of any LB...... Infact id put Cole in a wheelchair over the likes of Baines and Gibbs, hoping for the countries sake that someone comes along and proves the likes of me wrong...... As the Euro's go i question who from that team would be ready..... Jones and Smalling are not ready imo and neither is Ox as great as he's done so far i question whether he's ready for the very top level..... Obviously there are question marks of Wilshere and Cleverly's fitness. I personally would right off the Euro's totally, and just build for 2014 and beyond. I'd definitely have Cole at LB for the Euros and beyond too. Not only is he England's best option for LB these days, he has also been England's most consistent performer for the last 10 years or so (still a c*** though). The likes of Baines and others are decent enough backups but they're simply up to Cole's level (yet). If Oxlade-Chamberlain continues to perform well for Arsenal (he has looked really promising from what I've seen), can definitely see him being picked for this summer's squad. Might even have a chance of starting imo, could even take Walcott's place - Theo's career/development has somewhat stalled. Hmmm. Mind you, I'm foolishly holding out hope that all is not lost with the Euros for us this summer Btw, I do like the look of your long-term line up. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
mrmojorisin75 Posted February 10, 2012 Share Posted February 10, 2012 noone fancy adam johnson? johnson, rooney, sturridge front three for me Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sifu Posted February 10, 2012 Share Posted February 10, 2012 Completely forgot about Johnson. Can certainly do a job for England on the right/left. Just wish he was playing regular football at club level! Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mr. Snrub Posted February 10, 2012 Share Posted February 10, 2012 Rooney Johnson Sturridge Wilshere Gerrard Parker Cole Jones Lescott Richards Hart Is what i tihnk England should go for. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
mrmojorisin75 Posted February 10, 2012 Share Posted February 10, 2012 agreed, there's goals in that team man Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Skeletor Posted February 10, 2012 Share Posted February 10, 2012 Rooney Johnson Sturridge Wilshere Gerrard Parker Cole Jones Lescott Richards Hart Is what i tihnk England should go for. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mole_Toonfan Posted February 10, 2012 Share Posted February 10, 2012 Johnson is good but extremely inconsistent for my liking, id rather put my trust in Ox long term as i think he has the capability to be more consistent and IMO more talented..... He will definitely be around the squad but starter in 2 years time? unless he leaves City iam not seeing it. I like Messi's team and its more realistic for the Euro's than my team is BTW speaking about Johnson, another Johnson ( Glen) has impressed me greatly recently and not just at RB either at LB aswell maybe he's the answer to Cole long term. Never thought id say that even 6 months ago. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cronky Posted February 11, 2012 Share Posted February 11, 2012 Hart Johnson Smalling Jones Cole Wilshere Barry Gerrard Young Rooney Welbeck Really unsure who to go for as CB, so chose a club combination that's an investment into the future. Young Oxy to make the squad, and possibly the team because I doubt that Wilshere will be ready. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Si Posted February 11, 2012 Share Posted February 11, 2012 Rooney Johnson Sturridge Wilshere Gerrard Parker Cole Jones Lescott Richards Hart Is what i tihnk England should go for. Spot on that. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
David28 Posted February 11, 2012 Share Posted February 11, 2012 Just read that on bbc. Think he's spot on with that. From Joshua Cardiff: "Harry has taken this Spurs team as far as they can go, players will leave at the end of the season, Adebayor will return to City. This is the perfect time to quit and a win-win situation to become England manager, bomb out of the Euros, claim there wasnt enough time, win it and return as a god." Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sifu Posted February 11, 2012 Share Posted February 11, 2012 Rooney Johnson Sturridge Wilshere Gerrard Parker Cole Jones Lescott Richards Hart Is what i tihnk England should go for. Spot on that. Looks good for this summer's Euros Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
SUPERTOON Posted February 11, 2012 Share Posted February 11, 2012 Rooney Johnson Sturridge Wilshere Gerrard Parker Cole Jones Lescott Richards Hart Is what i tihnk England should go for. Spot on that. Smalling should be the first defender on there. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
OzzieMandias Posted February 11, 2012 Share Posted February 11, 2012 Shearer talking sense about all this: http://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/0/football/16996060 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
MW Posted February 13, 2012 Share Posted February 13, 2012 Russian club Anzhi Makhachkala have accepted the resignation of head coach Yuri Krasnozhan, paving the way for a possible approach for former England manager Fabio Capello Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fenham Mag Posted February 13, 2012 Share Posted February 13, 2012 Harry Redknapp has said Scholes should be going to Euro 2012 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
MW Posted February 13, 2012 Share Posted February 13, 2012 i think hes looked class since returning tbh Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
gbandit Posted February 13, 2012 Share Posted February 13, 2012 Scholes is the best passer of the football in the league still. Silva and Modric have better movement off the ball and with it but for just straight passing, Scholes is still the best in my opinion. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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