England Senior Squad-general Discussions Thread

Yes, it was a monumental ********-up between him and Hennessey. Which is a pity because he was the best Palace-player on the pitch before. Otherwise Duncan Watmore's cameo was more than encouraging (Barry posted some stats of it in the U21's thread).

 

Yeah its was a good cameo by Watmore, very direct with his running caused Palace a few problems. It is a bit weird with him though, I think someone on here compared him to Jamie Mackie and can understand the comparison as when he runs he looks somewhat awkward and out of control but its deceiving as he does have good control and has far more talent than someone like Mackie.

 

So that's it for taking Jack Grealish to the Euros (which would have been premature anyway).

 

I've never had much time for Grealish. In fact, I'll be content never to hear of him again.

 

Given his attitude problems, he should perform on 150% in the near future, in perhaps the worst team of the league. I would have thought the Euros had been too early for him anyway, but now it's almost mission impossible.

 

Na, this should be the making of him .

Hopefully he'll sort himself out and play out of his skin for the rest of the season ..

 

Oh yeah. Another shockingly embarrassing miss from Lingard last night - after the balls-up with the lob in the previous game.

 

That makes two then as Sterling missed an absolute sitter as well!

 

It's what he does, I guess.

lol

 

So Sturridge is injured AGAIN and been sent for a scan! Good God, maybe he should just retire!

 

It's always a gamble to predict which youngsters will make it, but still interesting to see a Guardian journo's England squad for the 2014 WC. While we have a young squad now, not exactly happened for the most of them:

Team for 2014
Joe Hart (Manchester City); Martin Kelly (Liverpool), Chris Smalling (Manchester United), Phil Jones (Manchester United), Kieran Gibbs (Arsenal); Jack Rodwell (Everton); Tom Cleverley (Manchester United), Jack Wilshere (Arsenal), Josh McEachran (Chelsea); Wayne Rooney (Manchester United), Andy Carroll (Liverpool). Subs: Frankie Fielding (Derby County), Micah Richards (Manchester City), Conor Coady (Liverpool), Jack Robinson (Liverpool), Ravel Morrison (Manchester United), Theo Walcott (Arsenal), Connor Wickham (Sunderland).

 

I do find it most odd how delicate so many players appear to be. I felt obliged years ago to send a note to Sturridge (and Welbeck and maybe Wilshere) advising taking an "aggressive course" of silicon supplements for a lengthy spell (and then a maintenance dose) to see if it may have a preventative effect in some cases.

Trouble is I suffer from the debilitating condition known as chronic procrastination. Or lazyarseitus as some doctors call it. Perhaps someone else will pick up the baton. .

 

I'm afraid it might have to come to that. Ever since last season his body has been so brittle.

 

There you have. Vardy scores his 11th straight goal, which breaks the BPL record.

That's all great, but I hope he can transcend that into the England squad. One thing for sure is that we have some seriously inform strikers.

 

Interesting to see Klopp suggesting very publicly that 'players' have to realise the difference between 'pain' and ' serious pain

 

This is one incident where I can see how a player could really lose his rag over a comment like that.

 

Most discs fans I know want him gone now ... £150,000 a week for what !?

If he isn't robust enough to handle training sessions how's he ever gonna be a threat in competitive matches for more than a week or two .. I read somewhere that his father had a history of injuries so maybe he's probe to fitness problems

 

Think Sturridge should move abroad. He's not gonna last in the BPL tbh.

 

Paul Parker was saying yesterday ( when Rooney was subbed off ) that his legs have done an awful lot of mileage over the years as he started playing regularly at such a young age ... maybe his legs are going all at once like Gary Neville did .

Parker also said that a few years ago Rooney was carrying United but now it's the other way around ...

 

Who was it that was raving about Danny Rose a few days ago ??

I don't rate him at all ...... anyways he's having a nightmare against Chelsea at the moment ... I don't think he's managed to find a team mate with a pass so far and has kicked the ball out of play with two ' passes' and could easily have been sent off for repeat offending , he's also given a senseless free kick away and nearly hurt Hazard in the process .

 

More than likely sendorange who thinks this Tottenham side are better than 1970 brazil

 

And no one will notice just how embarrassingly bad his English grammar is.

 

I quite like him as a commentator though.