Mantis Posted November 8, 2013 Share Posted November 8, 2013 (edited) yeah its just paranoia we are a team finishing bottom 5 the last few seasons, if we moved up the table im sure players be in consideration, was people on here calling for Lowton to get a call up a few months back and I think Roy was right not to call him up. Am sure he had Bent in one of his squads before It's not "paranoia", it's just double standards on the part of Hodgson. It's not so much about who he's calling up, it's about who he isn't calling up and who he hasn't called up in the past. Edited November 8, 2013 by Mantis 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BOF Posted November 8, 2013 Moderator Share Posted November 8, 2013 yeah its just paranoia we are a team finishing bottom 5 the last few seasons, if we moved up the table im sure players be in considerationThat's pretty much my take on it too. It's no co-incidence that 2 Southampton players have been called up with them currently sitting one point off 2nd place in the league. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Zatman Posted November 8, 2013 Share Posted November 8, 2013 Who should he call up? Delph no goals or assists and will be a walking red card in an international game Gabby - a hot and cold player who is too unpredictable, can hit 6 in 4 games and then not score for 20 he called up Lallana and Rodriguez who are playing well for an inform Southampton team Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BOF Posted November 8, 2013 Moderator Share Posted November 8, 2013 If we assume that he wants players who would be compatible with the way he wants England to play, and if this player had continued to improve in the manner that he did last season, then I could see Westwood being called up as understudy to Carrick. But sadly Westwood is having a hard time of late and is nowhere near being in the form that justifies a call-up. If he was, then we'd probably be higher in the league. But he's the one when on-form that I could see fitting into an England squad. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wainy316 Posted November 8, 2013 Share Posted November 8, 2013 he called up Lallana and Rodriguez who are playing well for an inform Southampton team But they don't have English names so they shouldn't be in the squad. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BOF Posted November 8, 2013 Moderator Share Posted November 8, 2013 It's OK, it'll be "Rodgers" on his jersey if he plays Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SikhInTrinity Posted November 8, 2013 Share Posted November 8, 2013 I don't think no one is arguing the fact that Lallana and Rodriguez shouldn't be called up, it is the lets keep Smalling and Cleverly in the side. He keeps Smalling because he signed him from Maidstone, shouldn't Dawson be called up or lets say Curtis Davies. Forget Delph and Gabby, are you seriously telling me Cleverly or Wilshire have done more than Gareth Barry this season? You pick players who are performing well IMO. Barry has been superb since he joined Everton, but think he knows, no matter what he does he will not be on that plane to Brazil. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
villa4europe Posted November 8, 2013 Share Posted November 8, 2013 my problem is that he doesn't rotate and look at more players, I think England have got a decent record under roy, im going to guess at 1 defeat in 2 years, and I think he'll be thought well of for bringing through townsend and barkley amongst others, but if you look at teams like Germany who we should try and emulate, they seem to look at everyone neuer is obviously number 1, didn't play in the june friendlies, they gave ter stegen and zieler a go instead, you know what neuer offers so why play him in every pointless friendly? look a the number of players >5 caps for Germany in the bundesliga case in point with England, glen Johnson called up as 2nd choice RB, for what exactly? what does he offer? what does him training all week with England and then sitting on the bench for 2 games tell anyone? absolutely **** all,pretty much the same with smalling and jones, he's watched lots of them, decided they arent quite right / good enough to start, so why not call up dawson or davies like SiT say, or like most of us wanted get lowton in there, at least watch him up close in training, calling up gibbs isn't that daft an idea (even if calling up 3 LBs is) we just don't look at enough players IMO, Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mantis Posted November 8, 2013 Share Posted November 8, 2013 Who should he call up? Delph no goals or assists and will be a walking red card in an international game Gabby - a hot and cold player who is too unpredictable, can hit 6 in 4 games and then not score for 20 he called up Lallana and Rodriguez who are playing well for an inform Southampton team Delph should definitely be called up ahead of Cleverly. As for Gabby, he doesn't deserve a call-up now but he did at the back end of last season/beginning of this season. People say that if we were doing better then players would get called up but I honestly don't believe that would happen. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AVFCforever1991 Posted November 8, 2013 Share Posted November 8, 2013 he called up Lallana and Rodriguez who are playing well for an inform Southampton team But they don't have English names so they shouldn't be in the squad. I always thought Fabian was French... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AVFCforever1991 Posted November 8, 2013 Share Posted November 8, 2013 (edited) I don't think any Villa player will ever player play for England again... Edited November 8, 2013 by AVFCforever1991 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wainy316 Posted November 8, 2013 Share Posted November 8, 2013 he called up Lallana and Rodriguez who are playing well for an inform Southampton team But they don't have English names so they shouldn't be in the squad. I always thought Fabian was French... Yep my rule eliminates our only real candidates. So be it, I want Arthur Williams and Henry Smith up front. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
villa4europe Posted November 12, 2013 Share Posted November 12, 2013 carrick and welbeck out, gerrard and Johnson doubtful good old pointless friendlies, woy is no doubt deciding which left backs are still available to call up to provide cover... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jadenb42 Posted November 12, 2013 Share Posted November 12, 2013 Any time carrick and wellbeck are injured its a blessing for England. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Zatman Posted November 14, 2013 Share Posted November 14, 2013 elsewhere it has emerged that Roy Hodgson refused to accept any wages during his second stint in charge of Inter Milan. Actually, I tell a lie. While he declined any money for his job, he did concede that he’d accept payment in the form of opera tickets. Yes, when Inter president, Massimo Moratti, approached Hodgson in 1999 to come back as caretaker manager, Roy decided he’d do it as a favour. Moratti tells The Sun: ‘He didn’t want to be paid, and it was for one month or something. He told me ‘no, no, no, I don’t want to be paid by you. I do it because we are friends and you need me.’ ‘I asked him ‘please, I don’t want you to do it without anything from my side. I insisted, and he told me ‘if you insist, I have to say that I will have tickets for La Scala.’ interesting story, always comes across as a good guy Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Eames Posted November 14, 2013 Share Posted November 14, 2013 he called up Lallana and Rodriguez who are playing well for an inform Southampton team But they don't have English names so they shouldn't be in the squad. I always thought Fabian was French... Yep my rule eliminates our only real candidates. So be it, I want Arthur Williams and Henry Smith up front. Williams is Welsh...... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wainy316 Posted November 14, 2013 Share Posted November 14, 2013 he called up Lallana and Rodriguez who are playing well for an inform Southampton team But they don't have English names so they shouldn't be in the squad. I always thought Fabian was French... Yep my rule eliminates our only real candidates. So be it, I want Arthur Williams and Henry Smith up front. Williams is Welsh...... Every things bloody Welsh! How is that so, there isn't any Welsh people? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
villa4europe Posted November 14, 2013 Share Posted November 14, 2013 2 more for berahino in the U21s Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LondonLax Posted November 15, 2013 Share Posted November 15, 2013 Who should he call up? Delph no goals or assists and will be a walking red card in an international game Gabby - a hot and cold player who is too unpredictable, can hit 6 in 4 games and then not score for 20 he called up Lallana and Rodriguez who are playing well for an inform Southampton team Delph should definitely be called up ahead of Cleverly. As for Gabby, he doesn't deserve a call-up now but he did at the back end of last season/beginning of this season. People say that if we were doing better then players would get called up but I honestly don't believe that would happen. That is because of your paranoia. The idea that Hodgson has some vendetta against the club is absurd. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TRS-T Posted November 15, 2013 Share Posted November 15, 2013 He probably doesn't like Gabby though after Gabby said in the press that players are not picked on form under Hodgson like they were under Capello. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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