As the 2012 European Championships loom closer, the usual questions starts flying around... Can
England win it? How far can they go? Is this finally the year?
The emergence of this fresh batch
of youngsters has stirred an excitement amongst England supporters, with the
likes of Jack Wilshere, Danny Welbeck, and Phil Jones; amongst many others,
who are consistantly impressing for their clubs. It appears England have a
bright footballing future ahead of them.
However, with the current
rigid management techniques Fabio Capello has demonstrated in his
time as England manager perhaps 2012 isn't the year and the wait will go on.
Perhaps the FA will finally
realise the answer to England's disappointing decade will be found as
close to home, as one of our very own, English, premier league
managers.
A manager who has the courage to
drop the big names, who have failed to perform for their country and have
showed that they are no longer enthusiastic and proud to participate
at an international level. Someone such as Harry Redknapp or Alan Pardew.
With this, a fearless selection of
rejuvenated talent, who can clear the smog surrounding the
current England squad and emerge in the elite of the international
teams and finally challenge once again for the world cup in Brazil 2014.
Don't get me wrong, I will be
jumping on the band wagon when it gets to
the Championships next summer and I'm not writing off our chances completely.
After the 1-0 victory over the world champions
at Wembley last Saturday, there was a flicker of hope, with some
of the younger players shining through when offered a chance. But 3 days later
it was like someone had flicked a switch and it was back to the boring negative
football Fabio Capello is so fond of.
However, the dogged, determined performance of Scott Parker
showed perhaps that it isn’t the age of the player, but the amount of experience
at international level. Scott Parker played how you would expect a fan to play,
with the pride, passion and excitement that is required to play for your
country. The main reasons holding back England’s performances may be a lack of
desire from the players and a loss of pride and desire that they would show
when performing for their clubs.
My idea of the perfect England squad looks like this:
Hart
Richards Cahill Smalling
Jones
Young Wiltshire
Rodwell A. Johnson
Wellbeck
Rooney
Subs: Cleverly, Sturridge,
Gibbs, Foster, Jagielka, Walcott, Parker
Feel free to comment below
with your ideal England line up.
I reckon at lot of the poor performanacess are down to them playing 95% of the time for their club, so their true loyalty lies there. A shame really. I think most fans would put their club before their country, and I guess the players sense that too.
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