The last time the English football team did anything
significant was during Euro 1996 when they reached the semi-finals and even
managed to finish 3rd. Since then English football is on a downhill
and despite good young talent coming through during the 90’s the national team
has repeated failed at both European and World stage. England failed to qualify
for the 2008 Euro while the team has not passed the quarter-final stage of a
World Cup since 1990. This is the team which is ranked #4 according to the FIFA
rankings!
The team is good but then it lacks the punch when it comes
to the big stage. Germany’s average team age during the 2010 World Cup was 25
while England’s was 28.7. Well traditionally a footballer’s peak years are
between 28 to 32 especially when you are a defender or a mid-fielder but
England’s performance during the World Cup was pathetic! The heavy drubbing
received at the hands of Germany should have been the last straw but we still
see the same old faces taking field. Thanks to injuries, England has fielded
guys like Tom Cleverley, Jack Wilshere and Jordan Henderson. An English team
without the likes of John Terry, Joe Lescott, Frank Lampard, Gareth Berry &
Steven Gerrard will not do worse than the current team with the so-called
superstars!
If the current team takes field, there is no chance that
England can win against the likes of Spain, Germany and Netherlands. Well it
will struggle even against the likes of France, Italy & Portugal. The time
has come for English football to drop the so-called superstars who are better
off playing for their clubs rather than play for England.
This English team may not win the Euro 2012 but then they
would definitely fight harder and come the 2014 World Cup, they will be in a
much better shape.
Goalkeepers: Joe Hart, Ben Foster and Scott Carson
Defenders: Kyle Walker, Rio Ferdinand, Phil Jones, Chris
Smalling, Gary Cahill, Ashley Cole, Phil Jagielka and Kieran Gibbs
Midfielders: Jack Wilshere, Stewart Downing, James Milner, Ashley
Young, Adam Johnson, Scott Parker, Tom Cleverley and Jordan Henderson
Forwards: Wayne Rooney, Theo Walcott, Andy Carroll and Danny
Welbeck
1 comments:
Many will still call them a shitty team .. they can be the BEST, they hav potential, the old guard shud humbly leave .. had only Brian Clough coached the Eng team then along with Peter Taylor .. ppl wud hav been swearing by the names of English players ..
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