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Wednesday 16 May 2012

What does this selection say about the state of English football?

The announcement of the England squad for the European Championships is interesting in the forwards section.
Wayne Rooney (Man United) - suspended for first few games of Championships which means England will rely on two of the following:
Danny Welbeck (Man United) - only recently second striker at club, started 25 games (plus 7 as sub), scored 10 goals
Andy Carroll (Liverpool) - until last few weeks horrendously out of form, started 25 games (plus 16 as sub) and scored 8 goals
Jermain Defoe (Tottenham) - third choice strike, started 15 games this season (plus 16 as sub) and scored 14 goals

Not exactly awe-inspiring is it?

2 comments:

Anonymous said...

Only to be expected though, when the Premiership is stuffed full of the finest footballers from around the world (with a few notable exceptions who play in Spain). There simply isn't enough room for them to develop their skills at the top level.

Anonymous said...

Only to be expected though, when the Premiership is stuffed full of the finest footballers from around the world (with a few notable exceptions who play in Spain). There simply isn't enough room for young English players to develop their skills at the top level.