Segun Oluwaniyi Posted November 10, 2010 Share Posted November 10, 2010 Simpson has played five decent or good halves of football this season. I am not overly impressed at this point. I am not the biggest fan of Williamson either, tbh. I find him to bit clumsy at times. Decent player though. Probably better than Sol and Steve. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
wormy Posted November 10, 2010 Share Posted November 10, 2010 Andy Carroll, Mike Williamson and Danny Simpson could arguably be justified England call ups. Genuinely wouldn't be surprised to see Willi in there if he keeps this up. Just the many years of playing in the Premiership and the 'couldn't get a game for Pompey' stigma. But he's definitely been up there in terms of performers so far. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
madras Posted November 10, 2010 Share Posted November 10, 2010 Andy Carroll, Mike Williamson and Danny Simpson could arguably be justified England call ups. Genuinely wouldn't be surprised to see Willi in there if he keeps this up. Just the many years of playing in the Premiership and the 'couldn't get a game for Pompey' stigma. But he's definitely been up there in terms of performers so far. williamsons problem is that being on form int the prem means little on the international stage. he;s shaping up to be a very good prem centre half, i think he'd get murdered in international or european football. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
KaKa Posted November 10, 2010 Share Posted November 10, 2010 Andy Carroll, Mike Williamson and Danny Simpson could arguably be justified England call ups. Genuinely wouldn't be surprised to see Willi in there if he keeps this up. Just the many years of playing in the Premiership and the 'couldn't get a game for Pompey' stigma. But he's definitely been up there in terms of performers so far. williamsons problem is that being on form int the prem means little on the international stage. he;s shaping up to be a very good prem centre half, i think he'd get murdered in international or european football. My statement was largely based on the players currently being picked for England. The three I've mentioned are at least as good as some of them if not better. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Stephen927 Posted November 10, 2010 Share Posted November 10, 2010 Carroll is the only player out of them who is England quality. Players ahead of Williamson: Rio JT Jagielka Cahill R Johnson Players ahead of Simpson: Richards Johnson Simpson has a chance because of the lack of good RB's but he's not near good enough. Much prefer Glen Johnson there. Simpson might be marginally better defensively but Johnson is the better all round player. Lets not get carried away cos Danny has had a few good games since his return. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ryan_Taylor Posted November 10, 2010 Share Posted November 10, 2010 Carroll is the only player out of them who is England quality. Players ahead of Williamson: Rio JT Jagielka Cahill R Johnson Players ahead of Simpson: Richards Johnson Simpson has a chance because of the lack of good RB's but he's not near good enough. Much prefer Glen Johnson there. Simpson might be marginally better defensively but Johnson is the better all round player. Lets not get carried away cos Danny has had a few good games since his return. Same Richards who hasn't played under Capello? Simpson for England! Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
AyeDubbleYoo Posted November 10, 2010 Share Posted November 10, 2010 Only having two players ahead of you, one of whom can't defend and the other the manager obviously doesn't rate, is a pretty decent position to be in IMO. Especially for a player of Simpson's young age. (I'm not saying he's international class, but we can only pick from the players available) Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Stephen927 Posted November 10, 2010 Share Posted November 10, 2010 It's not a problem with Capello rating Richards, it's just that we've had Wes Brown, Johnson, and Carragher playing there. 2 of those have retired from international football, and with Richards in good form this season thus far he's got a good chance of being picked. Johnson will always be ahead cos of his attacking qualities, Capello favours attacking full backs. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
nobby_solano Posted November 10, 2010 Share Posted November 10, 2010 Carroll is the only player out of them who is England quality. Players ahead of Williamson: Rio JT Jagielka Cahill R Johnson I'm probably being really thick here, but who is R Johnson? Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
khay Posted November 10, 2010 Share Posted November 10, 2010 Roger, Birmingham defender. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Stephen927 Posted November 10, 2010 Share Posted November 10, 2010 Carroll is the only player out of them who is England quality. Players ahead of Williamson: Rio JT Jagielka Cahill R Johnson I'm probably being really thick here, but who is R Johnson? Birmingham centre half, one of the main reasons they did so well last year. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
nobby_solano Posted November 10, 2010 Share Posted November 10, 2010 ah right, can't say i paid much attention to the premier league last season which is probably why the name seemed unfamiliar Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
steve_69 Posted November 10, 2010 Share Posted November 10, 2010 ah right, can't say i paid much attention to the premier league last season which is probably why the name seemed unfamiliar To be honest, I think Williamson is every bit as good as Cahill and Johnson. I think he needs a bit longer in the Premier League before he's worthy of a call-up but if he keeps playing as well as he has been, he should be in with a shout Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Stephen927 Posted November 10, 2010 Share Posted November 10, 2010 Williamsons test will come when he doesn't have Coloccini alongside him. That partnership has been huge for us this season. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Super Duper Branko Strupar Posted November 10, 2010 Share Posted November 10, 2010 Williamsons test will come when he doesn't have Coloccini alongside him. That partnership has been huge for us this season. Rights Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Colocho Posted November 10, 2010 Share Posted November 10, 2010 Andy Carroll, Joey Barton and Danny Simpson could arguably be justified England call ups. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
afar Posted November 10, 2010 Share Posted November 10, 2010 Andy Carroll, Mike Williamson and Danny Simpson could arguably be justified England call ups. Genuinely wouldn't be surprised to see Willi in there if he keeps this up. Just the many years of playing in the Premiership and the 'couldn't get a game for Pompey' stigma. But he's definitely been up there in terms of performers so far. williamsons problem is that being on form int the prem means little on the international stage. he;s shaping up to be a very good prem centre half, i think he'd get murdered in international or european football. TBH, I thought the exact same thing when he made the move up to the prem from the champ, I was conviced he would be found out fast because of his lack of pace, but he's certainly proved me wrong there. The international stage though may be a step too far. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ronaldo Posted November 10, 2010 Share Posted November 10, 2010 Williamsons test will come when he doesn't have Coloccini alongside him. That partnership has been huge for us this season. Rights Arsenal in the league cup and Derby (a) last season are two examples. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheGuv Posted November 10, 2010 Share Posted November 10, 2010 Williamsons test will come when he doesn't have Coloccini alongside him. That partnership has been huge for us this season. Rights Arsenal in the league cup and Derby (a) last season are two examples. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Stephen927 Posted November 10, 2010 Share Posted November 10, 2010 We're talking England credentials so that's one top flight game he's played without Coloccini. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
oldtype Posted November 11, 2010 Share Posted November 11, 2010 http://www.mirrorfootball.co.uk/news/Fabio-Capello-has-put-Newcastle-right-back-Danny-Simpson-on-his-England-radar-ahead-of-the-friendly-against-France-article625609.html Actually getting the call alongside Carroll apparently! Capello reads N-O too shocker! Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Newcastle Fan Posted November 11, 2010 Share Posted November 11, 2010 Won't be long before Nolan makes it there as well Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ash Posted November 11, 2010 Share Posted November 11, 2010 If he actually does make the England squad, I'll be awaiting my call-up too. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Optimistic Nut Posted November 11, 2010 Share Posted November 11, 2010 Won't be long before Nolan makes it there as well Top Premier League scorer in England call-up? People whinged at Capello for not picking in form players, we have 4 or 5 of the most in form English players in the league, so why not? I personally think it's a bollocks way of picking a national side mind, if Germany had done that then Klose & Podolski wouldn't have been at the World Cup. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
AliGupter Posted November 11, 2010 Share Posted November 11, 2010 Won't be long before Nolan makes it there as well Top Premier League scorer in England call-up? People whinged at Capello for not picking in form players, we have 4 or 5 of the most in form English players in the league, so why not? I personally think it's a bollocks way of picking a national side mind, if Germany had done that then Klose & Podolski wouldn't have been at the World Cup. Got to be national team form and club form, can give the players with good club form the opportunities in the national team alongside the players who consistently perform for the national team, if this happened then people like Lampard and SWP wouldn't get near the squad, which is what is needed... Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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