opinions4u Posted May 16, 2012 Share Posted May 16, 2012 I'd have had Carrick and Micah Richards in there. England squad for Euro 2012: Goalkeepers: Joe Hart (Man City), Rob Green (West Ham), John Ruddy (Norwich) Defenders: Glen Johnson (Liverpool), Phil Jones (Man United), John Terry (Chelsea), Joleon Lescott (Man City), Gary Cahill (Chelsea), Ashley Cole (Chelsea), Leighton Baines (Everton) Midfielders: Theo Walcott (Arsenal), Stewart Downing (Liverpool), Alex Oxlade-Chamberlain (Arsenal), Steven Gerrard (Liverpool), Gareth Barry (Man City), Frank Lampard (Chelsea), Scott Parker (Tottenham), Ashley Young (Man United), James Milner (Man City) Forwards: Wayne Rooney (Man United), Danny Welbeck (Man United), Andy Carroll (Liverpool), Jermain Defoe (Tottenham) Standby players: Jack Butland (Birmingham City), Phil Jagielka (Everton), Jordan Henderson (Liverpool), Adam Johnson (Manchester City), Daniel Sturridge (Chelsea). Disappointed not to have got a spot myself. Downing picked ahead of me. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GlossopLatic Posted May 16, 2012 Share Posted May 16, 2012 The only reason I can think that Downing is going is that he is the only winger we have who is left footed but I would have taken Sturridge over him as we are taking 4 strikers and Sturridge can play wide or up top yet we have 3 players who can play wide left in Young, Milner and Oxlade Chamberlain. Crouch should have gone over Carroll aswell. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stevie_J Posted May 16, 2012 Share Posted May 16, 2012 I'd have had Richards, Johnson and Sturridge in. Jack Butland as stand-by keeper is an odd one. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
opinions4u Posted May 16, 2012 Author Share Posted May 16, 2012 Ruddy was on the bench for Everton when we beat them. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rudemedic Posted May 16, 2012 Share Posted May 16, 2012 There's been a lot of fuss about Rio not being picked, some eejits on Sky Sports News were saying that its for non-footballing reasons, that is BS for me. He has only picked 3 CBs and Jones, Rio has not been better than Cahill or Lescott this season and, whilst I wouldn't have picked him, he hasn't been as good as Terry either. I'm surprised he's only gone with 4 forwards but Walcott, Young, Gerrard and the Ox could all play as a forward if necessary. Like many I wouldn't have picked Downing and would have picked Richards. I'm not sure who I would have picked instead of Downing probably Sturridge but I'd have picked Richards instead of Johnson. Butland has been chosen as Stand-by GK as he's one for the future. In some ways it won't matter as the only way we will get out of our group is if Joe Hart plays all the games. The odds have got to be pretty decent that we loose someone to injury before the tournament starts though. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Roger Ritchie Posted May 16, 2012 Share Posted May 16, 2012 Richards will have to be upset with that. Could understand if they left him out for Walker. He is a better player than Johnson. Might be looking at a move as he isn't playing enough. Quick £21m transfer will see us right. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JoeP Posted May 16, 2012 Share Posted May 16, 2012 (edited) The only reason I can think that Downing is going is that he is the only winger we have who is left footed but I would have taken Sturridge over him as we are taking 4 strikers and Sturridge can play wide or up top yet we have 3 players who can play wide left in Young, Milner and Oxlade Chamberlain. Crouch should have gone over Carroll aswell. Scores one of the goals of the season against the Premiership Champions, yet isn't even on standby. Has also played less games than Carroll yet scored more goals. Bit of a joke, really.. Holt should also have been picked ahead of Carroll. Also wouldn't have picked Terry ("innocent until proven guilty" etc. aside, I bet there are a lot of people who don't feel comfortable offering their support to him). Hasn't Jones also been highlighted on MOTD a couple of times as putting in some stinker performances, particularly going forward? Generally, a completely dull selection - thought with Capello gone, we might have a few interesting additions. The only one that's interesting is Downing, but not in a good way. The victory over Sweden in the friendly showed glimpses of excitement - can't see this lot producing any interesting football at all. We'll be home before the postcards. Edited May 16, 2012 by JoeP Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Roger Ritchie Posted May 16, 2012 Share Posted May 16, 2012 If you are picking Carroll to be the big strong lad up fron you may use in certain games you might as well have picked Holt. At least his head never goes down and he carries on working. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hometownclub Posted May 16, 2012 Share Posted May 16, 2012 (edited) TBH I prefer Carroll over Crouch and definately over Holt, if I were taking one big striker then Carroll would be the one. Not really any big surprises, Richards will be disappointed and I would definately have taken him for his versatility as well as preferring him to Johnson. Downing is there entirely on the basis of being our only left footed wide player IMO, would have been Sturridge in his place for me. Pleased to see Oxlade-Chamberlain in there, definately one for the future. Edited May 16, 2012 by Hometownclub Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mikejh45 Posted May 16, 2012 Share Posted May 16, 2012 Like most others on here, I wouldn't have picked Downing who goes missing if he can't beat the full back for pace. I would have still preferred Fedinand to Terry as the latter will now be targetted after his dumbass sending off against Barcelona. Besides that he is dogsh*t against pace and his positional sense is awful.....I've always thought his saving grace has been his performances against big, thick centre forwards (and there won't be too many of those in the Euros) where he can mix it and also the fact he puts his body on the line. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
leeslover Posted May 16, 2012 Share Posted May 16, 2012 There's one donkey who seems to have escaped any criticism - I wouldn't take Gerrard either. Very interesting article about the Scousers with and without him last season, I'm sure I read a similar stat from years back, possibly enough after the CL season when everyone was sucking his sausage. And he's a prick. http://www.guardian.co.uk/football/blog/2012/apr/10/the-question-steven-gerrard-liverpool Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Roger Ritchie Posted May 16, 2012 Share Posted May 16, 2012 I wouldn't have taken Ferdinand. There are English centrebacks in the MUFC set up that Fergie prefers to him. I think his best days are past. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stevie_J Posted May 16, 2012 Share Posted May 16, 2012 Like most others on here, I wouldn't have picked Downing who goes missing if he can't beat the full back for pace. I would have still preferred Fedinand to Terry as the latter will now be targetted after his dumbass sending off against Barcelona. Besides that he is dogsh*t against pace and his positional sense is awful.....I've always thought his saving grace has been his performances against big, thick centre forwards (and there won't be too many of those in the Euros) where he can mix it and also the fact he puts his body on the line. Terry's a complete bell end. But, if we're going to do well at this tournament, I think he'll be a big part of it. For my money, he's the best defender we've got. One selection I've not seen questioned at all is Welbeck. He works like a trojan, no question, but I'm still not totally convinced of his quality. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Crusoe Posted May 16, 2012 Share Posted May 16, 2012 (edited) On another board I post to there was a thread where each poster could nominate one player to swap out and one to swap in. This is what the squad ended up being (a couple of the choices down to what the injury speculation was at the time): Carson Hart Ruddy Baines Cole, A Richards, M Walker Cahill, G Lescott Jagielka Terry Barry Oxlade-Chamberlain Jarvis Lampard Sinclair Carrick Young Hooper Defoe Sturridge Welbeck Rooney Edited May 16, 2012 by Crusoe Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JoeP Posted May 16, 2012 Share Posted May 16, 2012 Forgot about Carson (although is he injured? WBA had some complete muppet in goal instead at the weekend....). He'd have been straight in ahead of Green. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
steveoafc Posted May 16, 2012 Share Posted May 16, 2012 Terry's a complete bell end. But, if we're going to do well at this tournament, I think he'll be a big part of it. For my money, he's the best defender we've got. One selection I've not seen questioned at all is Welbeck. He works like a trojan, no question, but I'm still not totally convinced of his quality. +1.........If you're only taking 4 strikers then i'm not sure he'd be one of my choices, still got a lot to prove imo. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Zorrro Posted May 16, 2012 Share Posted May 16, 2012 Carson plays in Turkey. Are you thinking of Ben Foster? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JoeP Posted May 16, 2012 Share Posted May 16, 2012 Carson plays in Turkey. Are you thinking of Ben Foster? That's the fella.... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
opinions4u Posted May 16, 2012 Author Share Posted May 16, 2012 Foster has said he doesn't want to play for England. So he can f*** right off! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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