roseboy64
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All of them have had at least two good games.
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*Official* England Squad Thread
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Neil Pickup
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This is why statistics are bad.
marc71178
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Does Carrick making a forward pass to a team-mate now count that game as being good then?
He's the most anonymous footballer I've ever seen (or not as the case may be)
Matteh
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As are the two players that play in his position and in exactly the same way.
I wouldn't have taken Walcott to the WC, he seems to have lost confidence so that now when he gets the ball he can't make up his mind what to do with it.
At least with Lennon you know he has that confidence and SWP as an impact will outpace any left back even if he's too intent on running with the ball he runs it out for a goal kick everytime.
Cole > Johnson so much. If it was a WC2012, then I'd probably think the other way around, in that it's a touch too early for Johnson and Cole has something like the Ronaldo 'arrogant class skill' that no other English player has.
Scaly piscine
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Chalk > cheese so much.
Matteh
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Pretty much. Is certainly the more useful out of the two non-football related items.
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Lets face it,whoever we pick isn't going to be good enough to win us the tournament anyway as we just don't have the class to win it.As soon as we meet a top side like Spain we will get hammered as they will pass us off the park and we'll be chasing shadows.
No doubt we will not get far enough to meet them as we will lose on penalties in the quarters.
As for what he did pick,slightly surprised at Warnock over Baines but hopefully it won't matter anyway if Cole is fit.Walcott is the big shock but he has hardly played all season and you can't live off a great game 18 months ago,then again Barnes managed a career off one.
No doubt we will not get far enough to meet them as we will lose on penalties in the quarters.
As for what he did pick,slightly surprised at Warnock over Baines but hopefully it won't matter anyway if Cole is fit.Walcott is the big shock but he has hardly played all season and you can't live off a great game 18 months ago,then again Barnes managed a career off one.
BoyBrumby
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Don't actually have a huge issue with Theo missing out, myself. He's lightening, yes, but the end product is regressing, if anything. Taking SWP ahead of Johnson peculiar tho. Wright-Phillips's touch is genuinely woeful for a supposed international player. My guess is that he's perhaps optimistically seen as a third right back.
Warnock getting the reserve LB gig without playing a minute against Mexico or Japan mildly odd too; Baines effectively played himself out of the squad, it seems.
Warnock getting the reserve LB gig without playing a minute against Mexico or Japan mildly odd too; Baines effectively played himself out of the squad, it seems.
BoyBrumby
Englishman
Possibly, actually. Makes it all the more baffling then. Would've thought Johnson's cack-footedness would've got him the nod if nothing else.
Furball
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He's the best player England have when it comes to ball retention for starters. The fact that I'm saying that speaks volumes for how bad England's midfield is.
sledger
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Kind of hard to lose the ball when you're passing it back to the defence all of the time tbh.
Furball
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Better than the patented Stevie G aimless Hollywood pass.
flibbertyjibber
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Not for long as as soon as Gerrard gets it he goes for that Hollywood pass and we lose it.
roseboy64
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SWP's always been decent for England is why he's got in. Don't think it's about being backup RB. It's that he's always looked decent if anything and provided an impact from the bench. If Walcott's not going to start you'd want someone who's dependable on the bench and he gives that.
Cole's bit of energy against Japan probably sealed his ticket.
Baines apparently homesick and the pressure got to him apparently. Sucks for him.
Cole's bit of energy against Japan probably sealed his ticket.
Baines apparently homesick and the pressure got to him apparently. Sucks for him.