I would have Darren Bent in front of both Carroll and Crouch, but suppose its only a friendly, so will see who he picks when it matters. and if you are in the minority, then so am I lol
Capello and his coterie of players who have been underperforming in England shirts for years have pretty much alienated me from supporting England... it made me sick to my stomach when he said the things he did about Bent after he joined Villa and lo and behold now Welbeck looks like he's going to be in favour and even more staggering Joey Barton!! No one will convince me that Capello doesn't have an anti-NE bias so as long as he's in charge I won't be interested in the vile clique of catamites that sully the England shirt. Rugby and Cricket I'm as passionate as ever but footy not so.
what is strange is capellos promlem with north east clubs but seems to have no problem picking them once they leave the area carroll,bent (who was told to leave sunderland for a bigger club to get into england) and welbeck also he is a top 4 man with 17/25 coming from clubs in the top 4 i think that is his downfall
Darren Bent is a horrible greedy c**t but he is also one of the best goal scorers in England. No way is DW better than Judas. That said, it bothers me not that he may well be dropped altogether and hope his England ambitions are completely ****ed. It would serve as poetic justice for me. I cant wait to give the bastard a welcome he will never forget at the SOL.
I'm not, i think Bent should be playing, despite what has happened, he is better than the lanky streak of piss your lot sold to liverpool.
he should be playing, but see my post, he pulled out, he didnt get dropped by the sounds of it. and I want whats best for England, people have been saying for years get the usual suspects out, and get new ones in, we get Bent in (fair enough hes a git) and its HA HA when it looks like he is dropped, but he can score goals for fun, even for England and not many can do that.
When he was badge-kissing for us, of course I was aggrieved that he was always overlooked by England. Now I couldn't care less. By the way, I support England almost as strongly as SAFC. it's the only 2 times I get interested in footy. I mean, am sittin here with the charity shield on, but not bothered. Care about us - obviously - but want England to win every game too. Just waiting for Whickham to be ignored after a 20-goal season now. x
Think maybe we should get the pain of Bent departing into the wilderness behind us. We do sound like a bunch of bitter and twistered old grumpy ****ers at times. He is a good player................
Update: Capello has come out & denied England manager Fabio Capello has said that although Joey Barton is a good player, the Newcastle midfielder is not in line for an international call-up because he is too likely to be sent off. (Various).