Agreed, but i am very confident they can both be successful at championship level. If we can keep them until falmer, they will lead us all the way to the prem!!!! No pressure.
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Will Tommy Elphick get a U21 call up
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Agreed, but i am very confident they can both be successful at championship level. If we can keep them until falmer, they will lead us all the way to the prem!!!! No pressure.
Bluejuice
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Don't forget though, when Harding got his call ups we were still seen as a nation incapable of producing left backs.
Centre backs are supposedly our forte so I would've thought the selectors would be scouring the Premiership and Championship long before they had any scouts watching little old Brighton.
Of course I'd love to see him get the honour and wish him every bit of luck in achieving greatness. Notably however, he was quoted in the weekends Sports Argus as saying that receiving the captains armband for your home town club was the greatest honour he could imagine. So either he puts less impetus on international football or he's just not thinking about it.
Centre backs are supposedly our forte so I would've thought the selectors would be scouring the Premiership and Championship long before they had any scouts watching little old Brighton.
Of course I'd love to see him get the honour and wish him every bit of luck in achieving greatness. Notably however, he was quoted in the weekends Sports Argus as saying that receiving the captains armband for your home town club was the greatest honour he could imagine. So either he puts less impetus on international football or he's just not thinking about it.
Uncle Buck
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Not sure Elphick will get near the under 21's. He has been a revelation this season and deserves the praise. However he does lack a yard of pace, his positional play generally makes up for this, but at a much higher level it might be an issue.
Lynch is the far more likely one, he is quick, left footed (still a rarity), actually has decent distribution, however is also prone to silly mistakes (a bit like Ferdinand in the past).
Lynch is the far more likely one, he is quick, left footed (still a rarity), actually has decent distribution, however is also prone to silly mistakes (a bit like Ferdinand in the past).
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Mendoza
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Because of his birthday, he cannot play in the Euro 2008 Championships, and there is only 1 more qualifying game before he turns 22.
Mean he will only be available for 3 friendlies and the qualifier against Portugal at most?
Mean he will only be available for 3 friendlies and the qualifier against Portugal at most?
At last, some common sense. As has been said many times on NSC, especially by Gavin or whatever his real name is, this division is toilet.
Also don't forget one of his ex managers was the England U21 manager at the time as well.
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Id like to think he would get called up bu cant see it happening.
I actually think that Joel is the one who would called up rightly or wrongly
I actually think that Joel is the one who would called up rightly or wrongly
Have people already forgotten that the fact Harding (and Hinshelwood warming the bench for 1 game) only made the u21's due to Peter Taylor's influence. As much as Tommy Elphick deserves it the national team don't look that far down the league anymore.
Wasnt the manager a local?
Not if you're 20, no.
I agree with those that think that Lynch has the greater POTENTIAL.
Elphick has been brilliant though, but will not play for the u-21s as they will not look at league 1*
*except possibly at MASSIVE clubs like Leeds.
Elphick has been brilliant though, but will not play for the u-21s as they will not look at league 1*
*except possibly at MASSIVE clubs like Leeds.
No, not really.