The future of English football

[Oncy]

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Kelly------------Jones-------------------------------Smalling-----------------Gibbs
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Johnson------------------------------------------------------------------------Young
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Bench-Carroll, Walker, Johnson, Wellbeck etc

 

[Oncy]

[quote author=keniget link=topic=46569.msg1385833#msg1385833 date=1314181344]
Another England thread trolled by Irish posters. What a surprise.

"When was the last time you beat us?"

Embarrassing.
[/quote]Normally why i dont bother posting in them. I saw your thread and thought 'Nice' but then i saw a milli posts and thought it was going to be the same old shit.
I like it though, you are right these players are popping up everywhere. Is Connor Wickham english too? I reckon the FIFA or Uefa rules a couple of years ago meant the top teams had to start looking for English talent?

 

[Oncy]

Incidentally the FIFA rankings are out again and inexplicably (even more so than usual) the Dutch have moved ahead of World and European champions Spain becuase Spain lost to Italy and The Dutch didnt play!!!

1 Netherlands

2 Spain

3 Germany

4 England

5 Uruguay

6 Brazil

31 Republic of Ireland

55 Scotland

59 Northern Ireland

117 Wales

 

[Judge Jules]

That's what you get when you rely on raw stats alone, which is what computers do.

 

[keniget]

Those FIFA rankings are about as meaningful as Pele's greatest 100 players ever lists.

 

[Oncy]

[quote author=keniget link=topic=46569.msg1385847#msg1385847 date=1314182282]
Those FIFA rankings are about as meaningful as Pele's greatest 100 players ever lists.
[/quote]I dont think thats true mate. Its a fundamentally flawed system and we all know it, but the fact is THAT IS used for seedings. Its crazy that a stick a pin in it system has so much influence over the game.

 

[Squiggles]

I dunno, it's got Ireland's position about right.

 

[Asbo]

[size=14pt]Five Reds get England U21 call[/size] 24th Aug 2011 - Latest News

Liverpool have five representatives in the England U21 squad for games against Azerbaijan and Israel in the next fortnight.





Andre Wisdom, Jon Flanagan and Jonjo Shelvey all make the step up for the first time, while Jordan Henderson and Martin Kelly are also in Stuart Pearce's 27-man party for the Euro 2013 qualifiers.

The squad is:

Goalkeepers: Ben Amos (Manchester United), Jack Butland (Birmingham City), Declan Rudd (Norwich City).

Defenders: Nathan Baker (Aston Villa), Joe Bennett (Middlesbrough), Matthew Briggs (Fulham), Steven Caulker (Swansea City, loan from Tottenham), Craig Dawson (West Bromwich Albion), Jon Flanagan (Liverpool), Phil Jones (Manchester United), Martin Kelly (Liverpool), Kyle Walker (Tottenham Hotspur), Andre Wisdom (Liverpool).

Midfielders: Ross Barkley (Everton), Dan Gosling (Newcastle United), Jordan Henderson (Liverpool), Emmanuel Frimpong (Arsenal), Henri Lansbury (Arsenal), Josh McEachran (Chelsea), Alex Oxlade-Chamberlain (Arsenal), Jack Rodwell (Everton), Jonjo Shelvey (Liverpool).

Forwards: Nathan Delfouneso (Aston Villa), Marvin Sordell (Watford), Martyn Waghorn (Leicester City), Danny Welbeck (Manchester United), Connor Wickham (Sunderland).

 

[SummerOnions]

good stuff.

 

[ILD]

[quote author=keniget link=topic=46569.msg1385833#msg1385833 date=1314181344]
Another England thread trolled by Irish posters. What a surprise.

"When was the last time you beat us?"

Embarrassing.
[/quote]

Embarrassing? Hardly Keni, Ross often uses the above question during the international banter sessions on here. The Irish take plenty of stick during international games too. Spion and Livvy especially like getting their digs in. All in jest and we should be allowed poke fun at the England team too. I don't think any of the Irish posters are under any illusions of our own teams capabilities. Ross even hates our top scorer sure. 😉

If an Irish poster started a thread about the future of the Irish team it would also fall foul to trolling from English fans. All in the game yo.