I can't be bothered to go down the, I can't believe the middle three that idiot Roy is playing tonight issue. Suffice to say we may as well lose tonight than go to another major tournament with a 36 year old Lampard and a 34 year old Gerard. The mind truly does boggle at the midfield selection for tonights game and part of me does think that this idiot manager needs to be exposed for his obvious lack of knowledge and courage.
But anyway, with my United head on Carrick should walk away now. He is totally appreciated here and this coming back in to the England fold plea by Roy has been a total waste of time. With all due respect Carrick is the best holding midfield player in the country, and that fact is born out by performance, statistics and anything else his doubters want to throw at him.
If he can't get a game in a crucial qualifier where a disciplined educated holding midfielder is essential then he will never get a game.
May as well walk away from this inevitable car crash while he can.
Retire from international football Carrick
posted on 10/9/13
let's play worse players and lose so we don't have to moan about the same old players
we'll have new players to moan about this way
posted on 10/9/13
Back to the point though.
Should Carrick call it a day and retire now?
Clearly Roy has backed down on the key role he was offering to bring Michael back in and Carrick is not an impact sub type of player.
From a United view I don't see any future in these call ups for Michael and knowing he is a confidence player I can see these bench warming trips being nothing more than a frustration.
posted on 10/9/13
Some of us agree with the selections. Some of us don't
Don't blame the players though. All of them want to represent us and for me, we should be getting behind them. (If you are an England football fan that is)
I too think Carrick should be playing ahead of Lampard, by some distance too but Roy sees it differently and it's hardly Lampard's fault tbh
To broaden it even more, The FA clearly do not expect us to do anything in Brazil so why are we even bothering with the older generation? It's a pointless exwecise unless, Roy want to use experience to get there so that he can start given the younger new generation WC experience in Brazil
Unfortunately though, I do not for a minute that is his plan I and fully expect to see Lampard/Gerrard/Milner on the plane and playing too
I'm just surprised he hasn't brought back Barry and Parker
Like I said though, the players on the pitch don't pick themselves so I'll support them for sure and punch the air if we score, no matter who scores it
posted on 10/9/13
comment by Tricky Trees (U15924)
posted 51 minutes ago
Back to the point though.
Should Carrick call it a day and retire now?
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I would if I was him
No point he and Clevs turning out for friendlies just to be dropped for qualifiers and tbf to Clevs, he was easily the best midfielder on display v Scotland
posted on 10/9/13
Lampard. The selection of him with Gerard is a joke. A bad joke we have endured for over a decade now.
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You have to be an idiot of the highest order to think that Gerrard anmd Lampard will work.
Four different managers have now tried this combination with failure every time.
posted on 10/9/13
An idiot or Rob. Who is off on his normal routine of filling the board with nonsensical articles.
Spot on Macca. I think people lose sight of the fact that Cleverley has played nearly all recent games for England and has played all United games. On form, youth and suitability to what is required tonight he too should play over Lampard.
posted on 10/9/13
comment by Tricky Trees (U15924)
posted 22 seconds ago
An idiot or Rob. Who is off on his normal routine of filling the board with nonsensical articles.
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Thanfully I don't get to see Robbs articles.
posted on 10/9/13
An idiot or Rob. Who is off on his normal routine of filling the board with nonsensical articles.
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And yet those articles get the sensible people talking while this article is full of comments from you just talking rubbish and insulting people.
posted on 10/9/13
On form, youth and suitability to what is required tonight he too should play over Lampard.
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We have seen the folly firsthand our selves of opting for experience over youth in big games, especially if you carry too many oldies.
posted on 10/9/13
At the moment, I don't see Clevs as anything like a world beater. Far from it
But, his recent form for England has been good, and regarding tonight, are we really expecting England to put in a technical possesion based game or be defensive?
Clevs workrate alone will be a big miss for England tonight. One of the strongest parts of Tom's game for me is that he is always available and looking for the ball
Still, with it being Lamps 100 cap, let's hope he has a great game and England win