So it's been announced...England's 23-man squad for the World Cup finals. And obviously Fab and I (that's Mr Capello to you) had differing ideas of who should stay and who should go!
Walcott is the big surprise, especially as he was deemed good enough to go to Germany 4 years ago by Sven even though he had never played a Premier League game for Arsenal at the time. Now with 4 years playing experience behind him, the 'Fabster' thinks he's not quite making the grade. Personally he runs a bit hot and cold for me, but I probably would have had him on the bench instead of Mighty Mouse - Wright Phillips.
So how did my predictions fare? Bent, Huddlestone, Dawson, Warnock, Carrick, Milner, Heskey - Well only 3 out of my 7 got the red card, so pretty poorly if truth be told... We'll see who was right, I hope it's Capello!
Goalkeepers: Joe Hart (Manchester City), David James (Portsmouth), Robert Green (West Ham).
Defenders: Jamie Carragher (Liverpool), Ashley Cole (Chelsea), Rio Ferdinand (Manchester United), Glen Johnson (Liverpool), Ledley King (Tottenham), John Terry (Chelsea), Matthew Upson (West Ham), Stephen Warnock (Aston Villa).
Midfielders: Gareth Barry (Manchester City), Michael Carrick (Manchester United), Joe Cole (Chelsea), Steven Gerrard (Liverpool), Frank Lampard (Chelsea), Aaron Lennon (Tottenham), James Milner (Aston Villa), Shaun Wright-Phillips (Manchester City).
Forwards: Peter Crouch (Tottenham), Jermain Defoe (Tottenham), Emile Heskey (Aston Villa), Wayne Rooney (Manchester United).
The players come from just 8 different teams, and all players play in the English Premier League. Spurs and Chelsea supply the most with four players each...
Aston Villa - 3
Chelsea - 4
Liverpool - 3
Manchester City - 3
Manchester Utd -3
Portsmouth - 1
Tottenham - 4
West Ham - 2
One thing to note - out of the supposed 'big 4', not one Arsenal player - Thanks for helping develop the English game Mr Wenger!
Walcott is the big surprise, especially as he was deemed good enough to go to Germany 4 years ago by Sven even though he had never played a Premier League game for Arsenal at the time. Now with 4 years playing experience behind him, the 'Fabster' thinks he's not quite making the grade. Personally he runs a bit hot and cold for me, but I probably would have had him on the bench instead of Mighty Mouse - Wright Phillips.
So how did my predictions fare? Bent, Huddlestone, Dawson, Warnock, Carrick, Milner, Heskey - Well only 3 out of my 7 got the red card, so pretty poorly if truth be told... We'll see who was right, I hope it's Capello!
Goalkeepers: Joe Hart (Manchester City), David James (Portsmouth), Robert Green (West Ham).
Defenders: Jamie Carragher (Liverpool), Ashley Cole (Chelsea), Rio Ferdinand (Manchester United), Glen Johnson (Liverpool), Ledley King (Tottenham), John Terry (Chelsea), Matthew Upson (West Ham), Stephen Warnock (Aston Villa).
Midfielders: Gareth Barry (Manchester City), Michael Carrick (Manchester United), Joe Cole (Chelsea), Steven Gerrard (Liverpool), Frank Lampard (Chelsea), Aaron Lennon (Tottenham), James Milner (Aston Villa), Shaun Wright-Phillips (Manchester City).
Forwards: Peter Crouch (Tottenham), Jermain Defoe (Tottenham), Emile Heskey (Aston Villa), Wayne Rooney (Manchester United).
The players come from just 8 different teams, and all players play in the English Premier League. Spurs and Chelsea supply the most with four players each...
Aston Villa - 3
Chelsea - 4
Liverpool - 3
Manchester City - 3
Manchester Utd -3
Portsmouth - 1
Tottenham - 4
West Ham - 2
One thing to note - out of the supposed 'big 4', not one Arsenal player - Thanks for helping develop the English game Mr Wenger!
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