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Steve McClarens First Squad
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His first squad is great, yes its only a friendly but he gone got it totally correct. Dropping aging and players who arent performing e.g. James and Campbell and dropping Beckham sends out a message to all the players. I hope that he continues how he has started.
Full Squad:
Goalkeepers:
Robinson (Tottenham), Kirkland (Liverpool), Foster (Man Utd).
Defenders:
Bridge (Chelsea), Brown (Man Utd), Carragher (Liverpool), A Cole (Arsenal), Dawson (Tottenham), Ferdinand (Man Utd), G Neville (Man Utd), P Neville (Everton), Terry (capt, Chelsea), Young (Charlton).
Midfielders:
Downing (Middlesbrough), Gerrard (Liverpool), Hargreaves (Bayern Munich), Jenas (Tottenham), Lampard (Chelsea), Lennon (Tottenham), Richardson (Man Utd), Wright-Phillips (Chelsea).
Strikers:
Ashton (West Ham), Bent (Charlton), Crouch (Liverpool), Defoe (Tottenham).
Full Squad:
Goalkeepers:
Robinson (Tottenham), Kirkland (Liverpool), Foster (Man Utd).
Defenders:
Bridge (Chelsea), Brown (Man Utd), Carragher (Liverpool), A Cole (Arsenal), Dawson (Tottenham), Ferdinand (Man Utd), G Neville (Man Utd), P Neville (Everton), Terry (capt, Chelsea), Young (Charlton).
Midfielders:
Downing (Middlesbrough), Gerrard (Liverpool), Hargreaves (Bayern Munich), Jenas (Tottenham), Lampard (Chelsea), Lennon (Tottenham), Richardson (Man Utd), Wright-Phillips (Chelsea).
Strikers:
Ashton (West Ham), Bent (Charlton), Crouch (Liverpool), Defoe (Tottenham).
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To be fair the only player he could of dropped to bring either Reo-Coker or Nolan in is Jenas, which i personally would of done because i dont rate Jenas at all but he must impress some how
i agree. joey barton should be in there too.
however if youre a man city fan, you prob seen him more times than me and in a better position to judge.
If Jenas ever plays well I have yet to see it.:grump:
Absolutely!!
I don't get why Reo-Coker wasn't picked.
I really want to know what the hell Scott Parker has done wrong. Richardson and Neville but not him, what a shocking choice.
jenas is crap, and so is Barton.
Ok granted Owen and Rooney are injured but it makes you think that without those two, our strikers look rather lame.
I want to see Theo Walcott there.
I agree. I'm not sure whether he'd be the ideal holding midfield player as he seems happier in a more attacking role, but he'd still do a good job.
It seems like blatant favouritism towards players who play for the likes of Manchester United to be honest.
He's played in all Newcastle's European matches so far although perhaps he's not back to 100% fitness - which can surely be the only reason for leaving him out of the England squad?
:rolleyes:
Why's that? Brown, Ferdinand and Richardson?
Ferdinand's world class and Brown never let United down last season when he was fit to play. Certainly better than AWOL Campbell.
And Richardson is a left footed left winger. Hard to find that kind of player. In the absence of Joe Cole, Richardson is good cover.
Not that you'd have a bias against United players I suppose?
Think through your complaint - English players from one of the top three clubs in the country (over the past four years) are included in Engliand Squad. Terrible, isn't it?
Would you complain if Jow Cole had been fit? Then you'd have Terry, Lampard and Cole in there. Of course if Ashley signs, the'd be four of them. Obviously blatant favouritism...
I don't think its favouritism exactly, but it already seems like McLaren is picking mediocre players from the big clubs at the expense of better players at smaller clubs. Richardson getting an England cap is up there with carlton Palmer getting one.
Same old same old, really.
Even though he scored twice on his debut...
He's not the best option but without COle I would put him ahead of Etherington - on the basis that I haven't seen enough of him to judge!
I think he knows how he wants to play and is picking people he knows will do the job. When Venables came in there was a Spurs link accusation.
This squad will change over time, I'm sure. There is no long term with Phil Neville.
We did pass the ball a lot better last nite than any time in the world cup. Gerrard played well on the right because Lampard wasn't getting in his way when they went forward. Hargreaves looked good. :crazyeyes
Wouldn't it be more interesting to have a look at his "missing sitters" record!!
We still can't defend set balls properly. What's up with that....
That was an acusation once levelled an Andy Cole when he played fro United, yet his goals scored colum was pretty impressive too. Point is he gets into the position and tucks a fair few away.
You can give me a striker who gets 10 chances every game, blazes nine over the bar but scores the other one anyday...
Absofuckenlutely!! :yes:
Did you see Lampard's face when he nicked that goal off the end of his boot though? Priceless