From: Mark [mailto:[email protected]] We know what we get with Hodgson...a team that finishes 31st out of 32 World Cup qualifiers. It's shameful and a complete failure. There is no other way to spin it.
Spin it is the right word, Mark - by what rationale do you spin it to rank England 31st out of 32 ? > From: Ian Murray <[email protected]> > I like Roy though am concerned that he's become a bit of a media yes man. > The red tops picked the squad for Brazil. Who would you have picked instead, Ian ? Every outfield player in that squad plays for a club that finished in the top 8 in the Premiership and the keeper plays for the champions. Bottom line is we are not a top side at world level and have only been so from 1966-70. > I'm not optimistic we'll ever do a Germany though. > I couldn't ever imagine an England team smashing Brazil 7-1 away in a World > Cup semi final. Nobody, not just England, in the history of international football has ever done 'a Germany' - can anyone think of a result that was more staggering than Tuesday night ? > From: [email protected] > Interestingly I heard the German team had 700+ caps between them but the > average age is 24/25. Average age of the German squad is 26.3 years old, just 0.3 years older than England. The team that played on Tuesday are just over 300 years old between then, so their average age is nearer 28 than 27. Neuer 28 Lahm 30 Hummels 25 Howedes 26 Boateng 25 Schweinsteiger 29 Khedira 27 Kroos 24 Muller 25 Ozil 25 Klose 36 > From: Ed Morrish <[email protected]> > Obviously Gerrard's time is up - there's no way he can play CL football and > It'l football at his age He doesn't have to Ed - if Woy wants to keep him for Euro 2016 he can miss the qualifiers, cos now that 24 nations make it to the finals there's no need for England to do anything except pick young players to give them experience for upcoming tournaments. My England team for the Switzerland qualifier in a couple of months would be a 4-2-3-1: Hart Walker Cahill Stones Shaw Ox Wilshere Sterling Rooney Walcott Sturridge Lallana and Barkley as creative alternatives. > If you look at the semi finalists is there anyone who would displace their > own players for an English one ? Even Cahill is miles better than Ron Vlaar ! _______________________________________________ Leedslist mailing list Info and options: http://mailman.greennet.org.uk/mailman/listinfo/leedslist To unsubscribe, email [email protected] John 'Grampa' Sykes Rest In Peace old lad 28th Oct 1938 - 12 Nov 2013 MARCHING ON TOGETHER
