Articles tagged with "squad-selection"
Posted on: England World Cup Team Blog by Will | Jun 25th, 2008
Hello everyone I am Will. Thanks to Daryl's kindness, I will a second blogger for the greatest team ever: England NT. Whenever England lose I ...
Posted on: UEFA Euro 2008 Championships by Ian Rose | Jun 24th, 2008
Among the various bits of spam in my inbox this morning, there were of course a number of messages touting the next big thing in ...
Posted on: England World Cup Team Blog by Matthew | Feb 6th, 2008
The media is out in force covering tonight's game, and we have a (preliminary) squad for tonight's match:
Goalkeeper: David James (Portsmouth)
Right Back: Wes Brown (Man ...
Posted on: England World Cup Team Blog by Matthew | Jan 31st, 2008
Something just struck me about the whole "Beckham dropped" story. David Beckham was in Brazil today, promoting one of his soccer academies. Why would Brazilian ...
Posted on: England World Cup Team Blog by Matthew | Jan 31st, 2008
Fabio Capello's first England squad selection is out, and it's everything I'd hoped it would be. Here's my position-by-position analysis:
Goalkeepers:
Scott Carson - Aston Villa
David James ...
Posted on: England World Cup Team Blog by Matthew | Jan 30th, 2008
Beckham all the way...
The Guardian: "Look, Fabio: he really, really wants his 100th cap. And here's a video of him holding an African baby with ...
Posted on: England World Cup Team Blog by Matthew | Jan 29th, 2008
Scott Carson should be Fabio Capello's number one. Hands down, no question. And he should be in goal against Switzerland next month. Here's Carson talking ...
Posted on: England World Cup Team Blog by Matthew | Jan 28th, 2008
Several newspapers are reporting today that England manager Fabio Capello will not name David Beckham in his squad for England's upcoming friendly match against Switzerland. ...
Posted on: England World Cup Team Blog by Matthew | Dec 7th, 2007
Not a huge amount going on in the England camp at the moment - just lots of speculation about the new manager. The Times has ...
Posted on: England World Cup Team Blog by Matthew | Nov 28th, 2007
Part II of my statistical analysis of Peter Crouch takes a look at his European record, and reveals that conventional wisdom on the player is ...
Posted on: England World Cup Team Blog by Matthew | Nov 25th, 2007
I just finished writing a comment in response to one of my readers (Jeff) calling into question my description of Peter Crouch as a "perpetual ...
Posted on: England World Cup Team Blog by Matthew | Nov 21st, 2007
First up: Croatia.
Croatia:
Goalkeeper: Stipe Pletikosa, a regular in the Croatian national team and the first-choice goalkeeper since the 2002 World Cup (although he was injured ...
Posted on: England World Cup Team Blog by Matthew | Nov 20th, 2007
Steve McClaren still won't reveal his starting 11 for tomorrow's match against Croatia, but that isn't going to stop me speculating.
Goalkeeper: The Times is reporting ...
Posted on: England World Cup Team Blog by Matthew | Nov 20th, 2007
Football365.com columnist John Nicholson thinks that the FA should create a new Championship team - England FC - made up entirely of young English players, ...
Posted on: England World Cup Team Blog by Brian Caudell | May 26th, 2007
Steve McClown showed his true colors once again by recalling David Beckham today, after ceremoniously booting him off in his initial takeover of the team. ...
Posted on: England World Cup Team Blog by Daryl | Nov 10th, 2006
Steve Mac has named a humungous 28 man England squad for the friendly against Holland. He know you can only play 11 at a ...
Posted on: England World Cup Team Blog by Daryl | Nov 9th, 2006
Hopefully Steve Mac will wield his axe, chop a few big names down to size, and add some fresh blood when he names his England ...
Posted on: England World Cup Team Blog by Daryl | Oct 27th, 2006
According to The Independent, Stevie Mac is having informal dinner meetings with all the England players to discuss what went wrong against Croatia (and Macedonia), ...
Posted on: England World Cup Team Blog by Daryl | Oct 13th, 2006
Steve McClaren has hinted that Theo Walcott could get another go in the senior team in one of the two friendly games before Euro 2008 ...
Posted on: England World Cup Team Blog by Daryl | Oct 5th, 2006
Rumours are circulating that England will line up in a 3-5-2 against Macedonia, with Stewart Downing missing out. More here.
It will probably look like this:
GK: ...
Posted on: England World Cup Team Blog by Daryl | Oct 2nd, 2006
In form Everton striker Andy Johnson has dropped out of the England squad with a hamstring injury, so Charlton's Darren Bent has been called up ...
Posted on: England World Cup Team Blog by Daryl | Oct 2nd, 2006
Steve McClaren says he twice asked Paul Scholes to come out of international retirement, and has twice been told thanks, but no thanks. The red-headed ...
Posted on: England World Cup Team Blog by Daryl | Sep 29th, 2006
Steve McClaren has announced his England squad for the Euro 2008 qualification double-header against Macedonia (October 7th, home) and Croatia (October 11th, away).
Rooney is ...
Posted on: England World Cup Team Blog by Daryl | Sep 25th, 2006
Jonathan Woodgate has been doing the business in Boro's defence recently, and Steve McClaren has noticed.
"Jonathan has always been held in high regard throughout ...
Posted on: England World Cup Team Blog by Daryl | Sep 23rd, 2006
In a recent poll, 71% of fans wanted to see David Beckham back in an England shirt. Did they not watch the World Cup?
Turns out ...
Posted on: England World Cup Team Blog by Daryl | Sep 23rd, 2006
The England blog is back and - much like the team - it's under new management. Shawn was caught negotiating with a fake sheikh about ...
