The College Dropout Posted August 23, 2013 Share Posted August 23, 2013 Seems like being a decent TV pundit gets you a job in the FA Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mole_Toonfan Posted August 27, 2013 Share Posted August 27, 2013 Goalkeepers: Fraser Forster (Celtic), Joe Hart (Manchester City), John Ruddy (Norwich City). Defenders: Leighton Baines (Everton), Gary Cahill (Chelsea), Ashley Cole (Chelsea), Phil Jagielka (Everton), Glen Johnson (Liverpool), Phil Jones (Manchester United), Chris Smalling (Manchester United), Kyle Walker (Tottenham Hotspur). Midfielders: Ross Barkley (Everton), Michael Carrick (Manchester United), Tom Cleverley (Manchester United), Steven Gerrard (Liverpool), Frank Lampard (Chelsea), James Milner (Manchester City), Raheem Sterling (Liverpool), Andros Townsend (Tottenham Hotspur), Theo Walcott (Arsenal), Jack Wilshere (Arsenal). Forwards: Jermain Defoe (Tottenham Hotspur), Rickie Lambert (Southampton), Wayne Rooney (Manchester United), Daniel Sturridge (Liverpool), Danny Welbeck (Manchester United), Ashley Young (Manchester United). One of the better squads in a while IMO. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
SEMTEX Posted August 27, 2013 Share Posted August 27, 2013 Wait. There's another England game soon? Fuck off. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dave Posted August 27, 2013 Share Posted August 27, 2013 Same old shite and big club bias. Smalling and Sterling ffs. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Neil Posted August 27, 2013 Share Posted August 27, 2013 Big deal about Lambert getting picked last time out and no-one blinks about some of the shite from the "big" clubs getting picked time and time again. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Neil Posted August 27, 2013 Share Posted August 27, 2013 Really hope Barkley gets a chance. Genuinely think he's that good, albeit I wonder if he'll get a chance again in the future if he doesn't happen to perform. i.e. hope we don't do the usual thing of thinking he's a world-beater and anything other than such a performance means he's not that good. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
triggs Posted August 27, 2013 Share Posted August 27, 2013 A thing that strikes me about England for the last while is that if a player, especially young players have two or three good games in a row they get into the squad. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jack Flash Posted August 27, 2013 Share Posted August 27, 2013 Barkley ffs. 1 goal and he's in the national team. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Beren Posted August 27, 2013 Share Posted August 27, 2013 Sterling Joke. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mole_Toonfan Posted August 27, 2013 Share Posted August 27, 2013 Same old s**** and big club bias. Smalling and Sterling ffs. Aye lets gloss over the fact that Ruddy, Barkley, Townsend, Forster are in there Anyway who would you prefer over them? i'm quite happy with the squad picked if i'm honest. Some young talented players who are performing are getting their chance at last. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dave Posted August 27, 2013 Share Posted August 27, 2013 Barkley ffs. 1 goal and he's in the national team. At least he's playing. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jack Flash Posted August 27, 2013 Share Posted August 27, 2013 Ashley Young. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
BrettNUFC Posted August 27, 2013 Share Posted August 27, 2013 Barkley, Townsend and Sturridge have started the season well, fair play to them for getting the nod, rather we picked players in form than just based on their name and reputation. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mole_Toonfan Posted August 27, 2013 Share Posted August 27, 2013 Ashley Young. I agree on that one should be nowhere near the squad tbh, but in the main this is much better than usual boring shit. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
SEMTEX Posted August 27, 2013 Share Posted August 27, 2013 Has Sterling been playing? Also, is Milner ever going to start a game for Man City again? Will it make a difference? He'll still probably get in the England squad. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
KDT Posted August 27, 2013 Share Posted August 27, 2013 Hope Townsend hasn't got a Kirkland type bet on. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Beren Posted August 27, 2013 Share Posted August 27, 2013 Has Sterling been playing? Also, is Milner ever going to start a game for Man City again? Will it make a difference? He'll still probably get in the England squad. He retired during the summer, but Hodgson couldn't be bothered to revisit more than four or five of the squad places this time around. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest orang Posted August 27, 2013 Share Posted August 27, 2013 Saw on Match of the Day last night that Ross Barkley, Daniel Sturridge, and Danny Welbeck were all singled out for glowing assessments from the pundits. Both Oxelaide Chamberlain and Henderson appeared to have good games as well, judging by the coverage, and I do rate Wilshire and Sterling. Is the above evidence of the media's tendency to show bias towards English players, or is the immediate future not as bleak as some people tend to make out? Time for a bit of bias from myself, but Barkley was the best player on the pitch on Saturday. More impressive than Baines, Fellaini, Pienaar, Mirallas, or any Norwich player. Superb composure on the ball, played like a seasoned pro and a f***ing class goal. Yeah, a few errors but they came through a drive and ambition to make things happen, and something he'll - at this rate - pick up very fast. Delighted he looks like he's finally getting a consistent chance. Something he didn't get under Moyes. Wasn't he only playing becasue Gibsion was injured? Or is he now first choice pick? That remains to be seen, but he surely impressed him immensely. This however led to Fellaini playing deeper, as TCD mentioned, which hampered us greatly. So there are some bits to fit in the jigsaw yet. But individually he looked a class above nearly everyone on the pitch. Not bad for 19. Yeah, he's also about 18 months behind on his development due to those injuries too. Easily the best from the academy since Rooney. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mole_Toonfan Posted August 27, 2013 Share Posted August 27, 2013 Has Sterling been playing? Also, is Milner ever going to start a game for Man City again? Will it make a difference? He'll still probably get in the England squad. Why does it make a difference? they are in because we don't have much talent and they are clearly better than most. Its not like the whole squad are getting in based on rep is it? Heck Sturridge has to score score 12 in 16 games for Liverpool to get in ffs. Its easy to say this and ignore completely the amount of players are getting in due to good performances. I'll ask you the same question i asked earlier.... who do we have playing week in week out who is better than Milner and Sterling? Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
BrettNUFC Posted August 27, 2013 Share Posted August 27, 2013 Has Sterling been playing? Also, is Milner ever going to start a game for Man City again? Will it make a difference? He'll still probably get in the England squad. Why does it make a difference? they are in because we don't have much talent and they are clearly better than most. Its not like the whole squad are getting in based on rep is it? Heck Sturridge has to score score 12 in 16 games for Liverpool to get in ffs. Its easy to say this and ignore completely the amount of players are getting in due to good performances. I'll ask you the same question i asked earlier.... who do we have playing week in week out who is better than Milner and Sterling? I'd say someone like Nathan Redmond deserves a call up over Sterling. Has been looking decent for Norwich and not in the press for assaulting women and at least is playing games. Sterling has only created headlines for the wrong reasons so far yet still gets picked, just think it's poor myself, should be players in the squad who deserve it and have earned their opportunity. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
SEMTEX Posted August 27, 2013 Share Posted August 27, 2013 Players I would prefer in the squad to Raheem Sterling, some of which are playing week in week out, some of which are far more promising, some of which are English male humans who are less of a cunt: Caulker, Lescott, Shawcross, Zaha, Jonjo Shelvey, Adam Lallana, James Ward-Prowse, Luke Shaw, Wayne Routledge, Carl Jenkinson, Leon Osman, Gabriel Agbonlahor. And half of these are shit. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jack Flash Posted August 27, 2013 Share Posted August 27, 2013 Nolan has scored 53 goals since he joined us and can't even get in the squad Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
SEMTEX Posted August 27, 2013 Share Posted August 27, 2013 Nolan has scored 53 goals since he joined us and can't even get in the squad Lob him on my list too. Probably top of this list too. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Beren Posted August 27, 2013 Share Posted August 27, 2013 Agbonlahor is a very good shout IMO. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mole_Toonfan Posted August 27, 2013 Share Posted August 27, 2013 Agbonlahor is a very good shout IMO. Aye forgot about him fair play. Players I would prefer in the squad to Raheem Sterling, some of which are playing week in week out, some of which are far more promising, some of which are English male humans who are less of a c***: Caulker, Lescott, Shawcross, Zaha, Jonjo Shelvey, Adam Lallana, James Ward-Prowse, Luke Shaw, Wayne Routledge, Carl Jenkinson, Leon Osman, Gabriel Agbonlahor. And half of these are s***. Are Caulker, Lescott and Shawcross better than the CBs called up though? Zaha, Ward Prowse and Shaw are in the U21 squad as is Redmond as it goes. I agree on Routledge ( at least until the likes of Zaha and Redmond are ready) and Lallana, as for Jenkinson i'm not sure he's any better than the ones called up and we can't put that down to big club favoritism as he plays for Arsenal. So that's 3 players(Routledge, Lallana and Agbonlahor) that maybe should have been called up over Milner, Sterling and Defoe. But still in the main at least in my opinion, the squad is a good one and one of the better ones in recent times with a lot of performing talents getting their chance. Also i'm sorry but Nolan isn't better than any of the midfielders called up. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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