Really?

And even if so, does one game warrant an international call up?

What about the handful of great games Andros has put in... ?

RLC really a better footballer than Andros?

Would be better for everyone if he stayed with us and trained.

Absurd he's being called up.

Half think its Southgates way of sticking his fingers up at Wilf.

I mean FFS... If ever someone should have had a call up. And now we're throwing caps out to kids when they haven't even a season of pro football under their belt and have done NOTHING in that time.

Stopped watching England a while back and now i know why.

Wait next someone will say we're building for the future....

So basically this lad whos done nothing, has been picked to be the future..

Is this the only football team in the world where you don't have to earn the shirt?

Give me strength....

Sorry for the rant but i just find it ridiculous...

Did loftus cheek even touch the ball today. I dont remember the commentators calling his name out. I could be wrong as was in the pub ( noisy and d runk)

COYP

I'm sure you're right, its just a friendly and he wants to have a look at some youth.

Still personally i think its wrong to give caps out in such fashion.

Instead of looking at players playing well - such as townsend, he's simply picking up the list of kids who are meant to be future prospects. Yet they actually done nothing yet...

Townsends England future.... OVER.

True, that's why they were very happy when Lallana came along and could keep that possession. I thought we'd see Shelvey with Lallana injured.
A very important factor in Spain's and Germany's successes at world level has been because their players are very good with the ball. English players are faster and stronger, but technical know-how has proven superior. Just look at what midgets like David Silva, Iniesta, Xavi or David Villa have accomplished with the national team.
In Spain, they train the kids since 12-13 years to mostly work with the ball.
You just can't train Nathan Redmond or Michael Antonio the same thing at 25 or 26. I like fast players, but England needs some balance

That does surprise me somewhat, though. It's not necessarily the case that the best players will get caps; players will be passed over because of politics, team fit, experience in a particular system, etc. Wilf probably didn't fit because he wouldn't have been comfortable with the slow, plodding, pedestrian rubbish that England prefer to play, or more charitably that they didn't want to play quick football on the break. If we were Wales or Scotland any reasonable selection would have to be based on the best players and the best team. But if you're England you can muck about more, I suppose. The French have been doing this for years: they wouldn't select Cantona, for example.

Edited by chateauferret (09 Nov 2017 11.30am)

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