Cardonalj
Central Defender
i hate the usa kits. only one i like is maybe the4 collared white one.
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Steeeeed
Winger
Southampton.
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West Winger
Guest
A midfield including Colback and Delph will have the opposition shitting themselves.
bagpiperay
Striker
The demise of England goes on!
Doberman
Striker
Midday Sun Englishman
Striker
Yep, the whole set up is a joke.
Maravilla
Striker
To be fair there were a lot of good English strikers to choose from when Phillips was at his peak, the Bent saga was a disgrace though.
alicante mackem
Striker
Phillips for at least one season was IMO the most prolific goalscorer in the Premier and he barely got a sniff for England.
RodneySAFC
Winger
Try Europe! The man could have scored 50 and he'd still not played more!
alicante mackem
Striker
He should have signed for the Ginger Pirlo's lot.
He got a few games and wasn't he behind Shearer and Owen, with others like Fowler and heskey to compete with.
alicante mackem
Striker
He was, the argument is maybe he shouldn't have been.
Scotsmackem
Striker
Sun tan
They absolutely did not get a fair crack of the whip in the England squad. And Bent was specifically told by Capello to leave Sunderland if he wanted to continue to make the squad.
walesie
Striker
Not according to Jimmy Bullard
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/sport/fo...League-Fabio-Postman-Pat-Capello-England.html
They were proven top class forwards it was always going to be difficult to dislodge them. He never really did it in his limited chances either.
I've just realised I'm agreeing with you not disagreeing
Father Jack Hackett
Striker
Yet that prick Greg Dyke singled us out for criticism regarding signing foreign players.
The FA and England can fuck off
The FA and England can fuck off
Bear
Striker
He should have been in every squad and first sub to be brought on for Shearer or Owen in competitive games. As it was he got the meaningless friendlies that featured all the other fringe players the England manager doesn't really want in his squad, that meander and go nowhere, instead of a run with the squad building up an understanding with Shearer, Owen, Beckham and Scholes.
Contrast that with Peter Crouch. Never a central player in the England squad until Liverpool sign him. Then he is instantly picked for every England squad for 12 months, and gets 12 consecutive caps. For 12 months he fails to score but gets more familiar with the squad and the level, and starts getting goals. Even then he still only scores against the minnows like Trinidad.
If you're not in the top four teams plus Liverpool and Spurs, you may have a total of 45 minutes in the "let's sub the whole team and watch the entire match go off the boil phase of a friendly.
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