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"England Squad Named for Argentina"

Robinson (Tottenham)
Green (Norwich)
James (Man City)

Neville (Everton)
Young (Charlton)
Bridge (Chelsea)
Konchesky (West Ham)
Ferdinand (Man Utd)
Terry (Chelsea)
Campbell (Arsenal)
King (Tottenham)

Beckham (Real Madrid)
Gerrard (Liverpool)
Lampard (Chelsea)
J Cole (Chelsea)
Wright-Phillips (Chelsea)
Jenas (Tottenham)
Smith (Man Utd)
Carrick (Tottenham)

Owen (Newcastle)
Rooney (Man Utd)
Defoe (Tottenham)
Crouch (Liverpool)

Bloody hell Sven, why do we have makeshift defensive midfielder Alan Smith in there instead of Scott Parker? Christ, that really, really irritates me. Seriously, what more can he do? He is vastly more talented in that position that Smith could ever hope to be.

Blank wrote:
> It's rubbish, because Beckham isn't even the same type of player as
> Ronaldinho/Aimar/Riquelme. That's like saying "Sure John Terry
> is good, but Adriano is better" - on what basis can you make a
> comparison?

Did you even read the whole article?

He never compared beckham to any of those players. He just said Theres better players in the argentina squad.

Ronaldinho/Aimar/Riquelme only came into it when he was mentioning lampard.

How come it's in Geneva anyway?

It's rubbish, because Beckham isn't even the same type of player as Ronaldinho/Aimar/Riquelme. That's like saying "Sure John Terry is good, but Adriano is better" - on what basis can you make a comparison?

alot said for one so young. Its all true though :)

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Mav wrote:
> Sure, Carragher let Henry past him once, but look at how he handled
> Shevchenko in the CL final

Ah, you didn't see the first half then.

And Carrick is better than Hargreaves and Parker. King for England.

Henry can do that to any defender on his day. As a manager you just have to make sure you have sufficient ability in your back line to marshall someone like that most of the time, win the majority of the challenges - make the statistical choice. But players like Henry are special because their identity goes beyond the numbers, and sometimes they'll do something nobody can plan against.

Sure, Carragher let Henry past him once, but look at how he handled Shevchenko in the CL final, and Baros, Phillips and Angel last weekend. He makes up for his lack of pace by expert positioning and a wonderful reading of the game.

I went off the rails a bit there, and I appreciate you weren't actually having a go at Carragher, but it made me think that from last season he's surely done enough to be considered over Campbell. We all know what Campbell is capable of, and his experience is certainly valuable, but playing him regardless of his injury-troubled season when Carragher had such a good one sends out the wrong message. It's certainly a little tragic that when England's centre-back pairing is consdered, Carragher isn't even mentioned in the same breath as Rio, Sol and JT. Whether this is down to simple unappreciation or his own versatility, picking the team on form last season, most would say that Carragher and Terry were the standout choices.

Fair play to carragher, wins so many last ditch challenges by diving in.

but he looked like such a mug when henry done him in that 4-2 hammering at highbury.

I'd still have Carragher ahead of King in my back four, and to be fair Lil Bro did say that Henry did nothing, which clearly he didn't.

See, listen to one of the many Rudds. They know their stuff. Good footballing family.

Except that Carrick isn't as good as Parker or Hargreaves in the holding role.

How can Sven play King in midfield and not Carrick whens hes been playing so well for spurs and king is playing in defence? Sven has his lil pals he likes and thats it, like smith. Parker should be at least in the squad if not playing.