England Senior Squad-general Discussions Thread

Lambert has an equal number of goals and assists (leads Southampton in that regard). I'd def bring him.

 

Well, except Moyes had a squad that won the EPL last year and Woy's managing England who, last I looked, HADN'T won a major tournament for a long time.

A defensive set-up, hitting teams on the break, isn't what yanited are about, is it.

 

We have no expectation at the wc which is nice! Hopefully we can relax and not push too hard, too early in the heat

 

Fergie knew what he was doing when he bailed on an ageing squad, many past their 'sell by' date....You should ALWAYS be the man who followed the man who followed the legend....rather than the man who followed the legend....

 

Well thanks for that. Equal number of goals to whom and assists to whom?

 

...OK...I'll take a stab at it....blokes playing for Southampton...??

 

He has an equal amount of goals and assists for himself 10 goals and 10 assists if I remember correctly. Leads his team in the latter. Only Gerrard and Suarez have more assists in the league so quite impressive I'd say.

 

Moyes never got a playing style going at man utd and for some reason insisted on changing team selection every week... he was never going to work and it was a bizarre decision to hire him in the first place.

We really need a young, vibrant manager like Rodgers. I'm getting bored of Hodgson's overly defensive tactics that lack a clear style of play.

 

He actually said in a recent press conference that he doesn't believe in styles of play or systems, or words to that effect. He's a bit of a dinosaur.

 

Yes, I agree. I never understood the constant loving of him by the media while he was at Everton.. or even the media who seemed to think he was the right choice when he was first appointed (they're changing their minds about that now, though, aren't they )

At Everton, he did a good job, not an amazing job. They would never have achieved above 5th place under Moyes and would be playing nowhere near the level of Martinez's Everton.

 

I meant Hodgson

 

The very definition of a 'poisoned chalice' that one.

 

Ahh woops

Yeah.. some of his quotes don't really make sense.. he doesn't fill me with confidence, and I hope that after this World Cup we get a new young manager in

 

Good.

 

Why?

 

Because he's not English.

 

I think Belgium is the best fit for him to be fair. They are an up and coming team with great talent. He will learn very well from the players in the squad. I couldn't ever see him represent England or Albania. He made the right decision.

 

Normally I'd agree with you but the fact is at the moment England can't afford to be picky and the other nations are doing e.g. Spain and Diego Costa.

 

If you only stick to your principles when it suits then they're not really principles. If Spain are picking non-Spaniards then at least that's one aspect of international football in which we are superior to them.

 

Here Here

 

Where, where?

 

In England, I guess...