Scott Carson – Out – John Ruddy
Joe Hart – In
David Stockdale – Out – Ben Foster
Defenders
Leighton Baines – In
Gary Cahill – In
Ashley Cole – In
Phil Jagielka – In
Phil Jones – In
Micah Richards – In
John Terry – Out – Jolean Lescott
Kyle Walker – In
Midfielders
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Gareth Barry – In
Stewart Downing – Out – Leon Britten
Adam Johnson – Out – Aaron Lennon
Frank Lampard – In
James Milner – Out – Paul Scholes
Scott Parker – In
Theo Walcott – In
Ashley Young – In
Forwards
Darren Bent – Out – Grant Holt
Andy Carroll – Out – Daniel Sturridge
Wayne Rooney – In
Danny Welbeck – In
Bobby Zamora – Out – Danny Graham
We will have to see which players Roy Hodgson selects but consider this, how can players gain experience if we are unwilling to give them a try?
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Foster and Scholes have retired from international football, so probably not worth including them.
And how can you pick Daniel Sturridge, the man who has barely played or scored since Christmas over Andy Carroll, who has been playing well for his club since Christmas, especially in the last few games of the season?
Hi Dan, The premise of the article was the four reasons players could get picked for the England Squad. Playing Philosophy, Work Rate, Fitness and Form. The squad in the article was based on statistical deservedness rather than experience.
Foster and Scholes deserved to be offered a place, whether or not they chose to go.
Daniel Sturridge’s league statistics for this season are much better than Andy Carroll’s.
Carroll has only started to look like a good player in the last 3 or 4 games.
Appearances: DS – 28(2), AC – 21(14)
Goals: DS – 11, AC – 4
Assists: DS – 3, AC – 2
Shots per game: DS – 3.1, AC – 2.5
Pass Success %: DS – 81.6, AC – 64
Aeriel Duels Won per game: DS – 0, AC – 4.3
MOM: DS – 1, AC – 2
So as you can see statistically Daniel Sturridge deserves it more for the work he has done this season and tactically he would be a good choice because he can play out wide either side as well as up front.
Also I would like to add that the squad I listed wouldn’t necessarily be my favoured squad either.
Thanks for your comment anyway Dan. Lets hope that the actually squad can bring home the bacon. 🙂
We’ll agree to disagree, because ultimately, Fitness is an irrelevance to both of them, in terms of worth ethic, i think that of Sturridge could be questioned as he is fairly lazy and selfish. With regards to form, surely the form at the start of the season isn’t of importance. If you were talking about their overall performance over the season then yes, the stats do not lie, Sturridge should go. But, form is surely in relation to the last 10-15 games. I bet in that time, Carroll’s statistics would be more favourable, as this is when he has scored the majority of his goals and is one of the few times he has been given a run in the side. Tactically, his versatility is a factor, but Carroll’s presence and his style of play is also of tactical importance, given there are very few players like him, whilst we have an abundance of players in a similar mould and in similar form to Sturridge ie Walcott, Chamberlain, Lennon,Young, Dyer although I believe Sturridge to be one of the best of that bunch, his form and work ethic would drop him down the list.
With regards to this comment “Carroll has only looked good the last 3 or 4 games”, I have two issues. Surely that accentuates my argument with reference to form and secondly that is simply not true. If you have watched him since Christmas he has actually been very good in a lot of games, but a lot of his hold up play and other work go unnoticed due to his lack of goals and the fact that most people only see him via MOTD. But neither him or Sturridge are out and out goalscorers so their goals are not solely the criteria for going