AyeDubbleYoo Posted October 31, 2016 Share Posted October 31, 2016 On the radio at the weekend they actually used the term 'auxiliary left back' about the Palace game. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Scoot Posted October 31, 2016 Share Posted October 31, 2016 Wonder if Townsend is MASSIVELY regretting his decision yet then? Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
AyeDubbleYoo Posted October 31, 2016 Share Posted October 31, 2016 Probably not, he's already made the England squad. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
afar Posted October 31, 2016 Share Posted October 31, 2016 Poor Townsend will be playing left back in the new year, when the amazing alan has a brain wave. He's so going to ruin another promising career isn't he ? It's amazing how the bloke is still in employment, those little runs of 3 or 4 wins always seem to save him and pull the wool over peoples eyes, his mismanagement of players is second to none. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
afar Posted October 31, 2016 Share Posted October 31, 2016 Wonder if Townsend is MASSIVELY regretting his decision yet then? I have no doubt he will next season if we go up, in fact I would not be shocked in the slightest if he's back in a Necastle shirt come the start of 2017/18. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
AyeDubbleYoo Posted October 31, 2016 Share Posted October 31, 2016 Wonder if Townsend is MASSIVELY regretting his decision yet then? I have no doubt he will next season if we go up, in fact I would not be shocked in the slightest if he's back in a Necastle shirt come the start of 2017/18. I hope we don't buy him, he had his chance. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
NG32 Posted October 31, 2016 Share Posted October 31, 2016 Poor Townsend will be playing left back in the new year, when the amazing alan has a brain wave. He's so going to ruin another promising career isn't he ? It's amazing how the bloke is still in employment, those little runs of 3 or 4 wins always seem to save him and pull the wool over peoples eyes, his mismanagement of players is second to none. Aye, he always gets little runs that keep his head above water and people seem to ignore or forget about his massive losing streaks. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
themanupstairs Posted October 31, 2016 Share Posted October 31, 2016 the interviewer asked why he left Townsend on the bench then? "Well - Andros wants to play on the right but I have got Wilf playing well there so I am going to have to look at that"! Doubly delicious. Could've been tearing up the division here and learning from Benitez instead. Idiot Don't blame Townsend for wanting to get back into the premiership to help his England aspirations, but Palace and Pardew or us and Rafa? He deserves all he gets from that choice, he only had to ask ffs. That is skewed logic IMO. Rather than worry about which club he plays for, maybe he should care more about playing 90 minutes week in week out and improving himself as a footballer, so that, not only does he get an England call-up, but be one of the first names on an England team sheet. Imagine moving to Crystal Palace for ambition. Fuck off Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
AyeDubbleYoo Posted October 31, 2016 Share Posted October 31, 2016 Thing is, if you're in the Championship it doesn't matter how many minutes or how well you're playing. Is Shelvey going to get called up this season? Of course he had to leave if he wanted to play for England immediately. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
ujpest doza Posted October 31, 2016 Share Posted October 31, 2016 Thing is, if you're in the Championship it doesn't matter how many minutes or how well you're playing. Is Shelvey going to get called up this season? Of course he had to leave if he wanted to play for England immediately. Why? Plenty other players have played for England over the years while playing in the 2nd tier. Trevor Brooking and Steve Bull are 2 that come instantly to mind. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
AyeDubbleYoo Posted October 31, 2016 Share Posted October 31, 2016 OK, if Trevor Brooking made it. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hanshithispantz Posted October 31, 2016 Share Posted October 31, 2016 Townsend hasn't been selected again because he's at Palace instead of us. He'll lose his place if Pardew keeps working his magic though, something which was obvious before he went. Shelvey was miles away from the England squad last year. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
NEEJ Posted October 31, 2016 Share Posted October 31, 2016 2 players from absolute yonks ago. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
AyeDubbleYoo Posted October 31, 2016 Share Posted October 31, 2016 Townsend hasn't been selected again because he's at Palace instead of us. Well, he has. At the level of he's now playing in the PL and before he wasn't. Obviously if we had stayed up this wouldn't apply. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
mrmojorisin75 Posted October 31, 2016 Share Posted October 31, 2016 2 players from absolute yonks ago. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Interpolic Posted October 31, 2016 Share Posted October 31, 2016 Townsend was finally getting a run in the team at a decent club after years on the bench or out on loan, was always a risky move for him. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wullie Posted October 31, 2016 Share Posted October 31, 2016 Thing is, if you're in the Championship it doesn't matter how many minutes or how well you're playing. Is Shelvey going to get called up this season? Of course he had to leave if he wanted to play for England immediately. Why? Plenty other players have played for England over the years while playing in the 2nd tier. Trevor Brooking and Steve Bull are 2 that come instantly to mind. :lol: Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hanshithispantz Posted October 31, 2016 Share Posted October 31, 2016 Townsend hasn't been selected again because he's at Palace instead of us. Well, he has. At the level of he's now playing in the PL and before he wasn't. Obviously if we had stayed up this wouldn't apply. He was picked for the squad when he was with us and narrowly missed out on the Euros. He'd have been picked again whether he was at Palace or not, nothing to suggest otherwise. England managers overlooking the Championship happens but Townsend was hardly a 'Championship player', he'd have been down here at most a year and is known by just about everyone in the country. It's not like Lewis Dunk or Tammy Abraham who'll be completely ignored until they get into the Premiership. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Disco Posted October 31, 2016 Share Posted October 31, 2016 Pretty sure Small Heath and Burton Swifts had a couple of representatives in the early England-Scotland clashes too. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wullie Posted October 31, 2016 Share Posted October 31, 2016 The list of lower league players picked to play for England in recent years is very small. There's been a fair few goalkeepers have made squads but of the outfield players to have been picked, most got a couple of caps at most - Zaha, Nugent, Bothroyd. I think they're the last three, and before Nugent in 2007, you have to go back to Mackem Gray in 1999. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Varadi Posted October 31, 2016 Share Posted October 31, 2016 2 players from absolute yonks ago. I think you'll find the point has been proved Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hanshithispantz Posted October 31, 2016 Share Posted October 31, 2016 http://www.newcastle-online.org/nufcforum/avs/avatar_854_1477931055.gif Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bimpy474 Posted October 31, 2016 Share Posted October 31, 2016 'Trevor Brooking and Steve Bull are 2 that come instantly to mind.' When you have Alzheimers. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mikky Posted October 31, 2016 Share Posted October 31, 2016 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
STM Posted October 31, 2016 Share Posted October 31, 2016 Brooking and Bull. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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