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Paul Ince of all players has labelled Woy Hogdsons continued omission of Mark noble from the England Squad as "An absolute joke".
Following yet another passion fuelled, energetic, in your face performance from the Captain the the defeat of Spurs, the clamour for including Mark in the squad for Euro 16 is getting louder with every passing game.
Now no one more than Mark splits opinion on the Org and those debates are well documented throughout, however, from a personal POV his omission would probably see the final nail in the coffin for me watching England in major tournaments.
I gave up many years ago watching England friendlies and qualifiers. The continued baffling decisions by a succession of overpaid numpty's to include players not fit to lace the boots of past and many present quality players did it for me.
But the continued failure of England in major competitions, no more so than our woeful performance in the last WC really is sucking the last of the passion out of International football for me. The ridiculous, continued comments by the press and players that they could actually win one of these is nothing short of hilarious given our almost guaranteed failings. Yet the manager and previous managers continued with the same players game after game, qualification campaign after qualification campaign, tournament after tournament almost defied logic.
With the Euro's just around the corner and after a Premier League campaign that has had me jumping out of bed in the early hours more than most in recent years, I was actually looking at the Euro summer as the perfect opportunity to catch up on some sleep. The clash with Wales is probably the only game that may have me waking in the early hours, UNLESS, one of our own is finally included. And he's earned a shot I feel. I can't think of too many English midfielder's who drive on their teams more than Mark. Sure he's got his shortcomings but sometimes the difference between winning and losing is passion.
It's time for Roy to wake up and smell the coffee on this one and if he doesn't well, I'll be sleeping like a baby and not worrying how Engerrrland will be going.
I see that M2 Never thought I
I see that M2 Never thought I'd see the day that i agree with what Ince has to say
I maybe be alone, but I'm
I maybe be alone, but I'm actually pleased, selfishly, that they don't get picked. This summer all of the top four and Liverpool players will be off to the Euros, no time off, no time to rest those niggles. On the other hand Payet, Lanzini, Antonio, Reid, Nobes, Cresswell, Tomkins, Sakho, Obiang, Carroll, Adrian, all, who my imo are the core of our success, will have a lovely injury free rest. The only one who will go will be Ginge, hopefully for him, but I think he'll be used more as cover next season now that Oxford and Ogbonna are doing the business. So although I am a patriot, "f" Roy and the old boys at the FA. Let them take all of our competitors best players, knacker them out, get them injured and lose on pens in the 1/4s, dejected. Let us come back fresh and go up another level.
Good post more2
Good post more2
annoying
for noble because he is playing the best football of his career but when you hear this morning that woys looking at the kid rashford who has played twice for manure and done well you get a general idea of whats going on at the F.A.
all the fuss over rooney and oh unless he is fit and in form woy wont pick him well that's bo**ox everyone knows unless he has both legs amputated he's a shoe in.....we wont win the euros the usual suspects will be picked we will get through the group and then knocked out and then come the excuses our seasons to long players tired and carrying injuries why pick them then? because we had to take a risk because of who those players are and so it goes on...cynical yes but tell me its not true...I wont waste my time on the competition be to busy enjoying the nice weather hopefully and maybe a little holiday which would be a first for many a year
The value of playing for
The value of playing for England is now like representing The Dog and Duck on a Sunday morning. I't laughable. I really hope Noble gets a call but the FA or as I call them the Sweet FA are a laughing stock. Cant be bothered to watch them anymore, in fact, if the Antiques Roadshow is on I'll watch that instead, reckon Woy should be on that, he's 3 days younger than God.......
Yeah!
When Moses parted the Red Sea he found woy fishing on the other side ;)
Also woy is waiting on the
Also woy is waiting on the progress of luke shaw,so he's gonna bring someone who hasn't played in six months, to the Euros,when he could give cresswell a look in
I've given up on internationals and world cup
I can't really see the point of it anymore. Selection and scheduling are nightmares, teams don't have cohesion, the style of play and the pace is always way below what you see in the premier league. What's there to see? I'd much rather see Noble score on one of those 25 yard piledrivers. Soon it's going to happen and WHOAH, we will be singing his praises.
Once again I seem to be the
Once again I seem to be the only one who thinks England look better than they ever have and these days very difficult to beat. Only Roy's persistance with Rooney and Milner spoil it. 100% record in Euros so far despite the opposition being poor (which is the same in all the groups for the top teams) we had the best record with mainly new faces and youngsters! I have seen England fail many times as managers lose their intelligence and basically try tactics that wont work instead of using the methods they were employed for!!!
Roy is different he plays to not lose and win if possible knowing his team are not the best and his record in Europe with nearly a dozen teams/countries is pretty good!!!
The group looks good foe England and progression will be tight but don't be surprised to see England just go that little bit further this time! I wont be!
Im sorry but we look poor. We
Im sorry but we look poor. We don't play well against teams that can barely make it in the top 100 of world rankings
100% Should be in the team
At the very least he has to be given a chance everyone else has been.
Roy Hodgson is starting to loose my respect, Noble is consistently good but the old man prefers injured players who are coming back and may or may not be in form.
Ridiculous.
Any manager that's willing to
Any manager that's willing to consider including a youngster from man united that has played just 2 games in the premiership and a crock from Arsenal who has spent most of the season out injured is a Fool. Play the right in form players for the system not players just because they play for the so called fashionable clubs
No
Not good enough boys.
Put your clarets to one side.
Then, the harder part, is put your England prejudices aside.
How long have we done well? I mean West Ham? Consistently?
Let that sink in.....
Our team and Mark Noble is very, very good.
When you do it week in week out....then let's talk.
I love us.
Don't come back with Cleverly and blah blah. We know that DNA. Let's just leave, man up and concentrate on us being "not" a flash in the proverbial.
Marks man enough.
Roy's a nice guy.
We'll be Ok.
Wasn't marks time.