I'm not convinced he won't consider Walcott as a potential 5th striker, in fairness.
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Poor old Bobby, do I gather he is not included in the squad, damn that injury that stopped his South Africa campaign.
CliveWalkerWingWizard
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We could do OK with that, especially if you swap rooney for barry/gerrard if we profgress beyond the group
SK1NT
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I know the scottish league is shit but look how well Jelovic has done for Everton...
So i shall throw the cat amongst the proverbial pigeans and suggest Gary Hooper...
I wanted to see a fresh new squad building for the future and not a load of past decade failures that couldnt do it then and cant do it now...
FFS terry
So i shall throw the cat amongst the proverbial pigeans and suggest Gary Hooper...
I wanted to see a fresh new squad building for the future and not a load of past decade failures that couldnt do it then and cant do it now...
FFS terry
Hodgson has ballsed this right up. No Micah Richards, no Peter Crouch and selecting Joleon "f***ing liability" Lescott and the absolute showers of shite that are Barry and Milner.
Actually wanted Hodgson to succeed but he has made the wrong decisions completely here. New era my arse.
Actually wanted Hodgson to succeed but he has made the wrong decisions completely here. New era my arse.
He will, yes, but that misses the point. Milner's ability to cover three positions is wasted when you go and cover them individually anyway. Another example, is that I like Baines, but you don't NEED Cole AND Baines, when you have Lescott (and at a stretch Milner) who could play left back. Its a waste of a space, which could be used for a different option in the attacking third - Zamora / J.Cole / Bent / A'Johnson.
You can never have too many options at the front. If we're 1-0 down with 15 minutes to go, having three spare full-backs and 2 spare holding midfielders is f*** all use to anybody.
Man City 3
Man U 4
Liverpool 4
Arsenal 2
Chelsea 2
Spurs 2
Others 3
None from the north-east
Lancashire 15
London 7
Sticks 1
Lancashire & London v Rest of Europe
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Ridiculous comment. First choice CB for the English champions. (high profile error on Sunday noted) he's hardly put a foot wrong all season.
Conviniently ignores the fact that none of the Man City players are FROM Lancashire, and that Carroll and Downing ARE from the NE. etc.
Er, England are in the Ukraine.
SK1NT
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#HodgsonOut apparently trending on twitter 
Kalimantan Gull
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To be fair to Downing (which most aren't 
) he played pretty well in his couple of england games, and who else is going to play wide-left? Milner didn't set it alight in the world-cup and Roy presumably wants a winger in that position.
) he played pretty well in his couple of england games, and who else is going to play wide-left? Milner didn't set it alight in the world-cup and Roy presumably wants a winger in that position.
Cannot agree with that. I would have Jagielka in the squad over Lescott any day.
Richards is first-choice RB for the English champions, surely that's a no-brainer?
keaton
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But lots of them have and they don't.
This is quite interesting The Peter Crouch Myth On Goals Scored
Kalimantan Gull
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Normally in the build up to big tournaments a few of our stars get injured - Rio/Becks/Rooney/Owen etc. This time it seems that a lot of the young-blood has got injured instead - Walker/Rodwell/Wilshere, so I guess we have to pick the old guard. and to be fair, they were the ones who qualified us, and they were going to be picked by Capello, we might as well have a smooth transition into the Hodgson era, no sense chopping everybody straight off.
John Terry though. he is really disliked in England now, no-one would mind him being dropped. In that sense its a strong decision taking him. An even stronger one would be starting with Lescott and Cahill, arguably the best two centrebacks in England today. Unlucky for Jagielka though, he was excellent just six months ago alongside Lescott, ENGLAND 1 SPAIN 0
John Terry though. he is really disliked in England now, no-one would mind him being dropped. In that sense its a strong decision taking him. An even stronger one would be starting with Lescott and Cahill, arguably the best two centrebacks in England today. Unlucky for Jagielka though, he was excellent just six months ago alongside Lescott, ENGLAND 1 SPAIN 0
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why are people moaning about downing and milner?
who would you have had instead, out of interest? or is it a case of there just not being many good english midfielders?
the biggest omission is clearly richards....best english right back
who would you have had instead, out of interest? or is it a case of there just not being many good english midfielders?
the biggest omission is clearly richards....best english right back
Marshy
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Glen Johnson over Micah Richards does my nut in....
Johnson has to be in my opinion our 4th choice right back at best
I would Say Walker ( shame he is injured ) Richards, Jones and Smalling are better than him at Right back....
Johnson has to be in my opinion our 4th choice right back at best
I would Say Walker ( shame he is injured ) Richards, Jones and Smalling are better than him at Right back....