- Aug 25, 2006
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This story from bbc caught my attention:
http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/football/7372163.stm
Bascially says that Capello doesn't know why English players don't perform well for their country and says that there aren't enough good players to choose from.
What a load of rubbish. There are plenty good players to choose from, the problem is choosing the right ones.
For example, Lampard plays very well for Chelsea but very badly for England, but is always picked, going back a bit (Last World cup) Sven couldn't decide on a striker to go with Rooney, despite Darren Bent being the second highest goalscorer in the league after Henry two seasons running!
We need to play the right players in the right positions, and not accomodate 'big name' stars just for the sake of it.
If that means a midfield of Barry and Hargreaves instead of Gerrard and Lampard then so be it, if it means Pennant playing RW or Dawson in at CB then lets flippin well do it, stop fannying around with players who just don't perform in an England shirt and then site back and wonder why.
http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/football/7372163.stm
Bascially says that Capello doesn't know why English players don't perform well for their country and says that there aren't enough good players to choose from.
What a load of rubbish. There are plenty good players to choose from, the problem is choosing the right ones.
For example, Lampard plays very well for Chelsea but very badly for England, but is always picked, going back a bit (Last World cup) Sven couldn't decide on a striker to go with Rooney, despite Darren Bent being the second highest goalscorer in the league after Henry two seasons running!
We need to play the right players in the right positions, and not accomodate 'big name' stars just for the sake of it.
If that means a midfield of Barry and Hargreaves instead of Gerrard and Lampard then so be it, if it means Pennant playing RW or Dawson in at CB then lets flippin well do it, stop fannying around with players who just don't perform in an England shirt and then site back and wonder why.