I would have taken, and played, Cashley Cole. He's a better player than Baines. It doesn't matter that he isn't starting at Chelsea as that doesn't necessarily mean he's not good enough for England. I wouldn't have taken Jones, Smalling or Welbeck.
I wouldn't have played Rooney. Ian Sent from my iPhone > On 10 Jul 2014, at 19:49, "Alan Edgar" <[email protected]> wrote: > > 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 _______________________________________________ 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
