A bit of good news...

http://www.nufc.co.uk/articles/20110824/gosling-called-up-for-three-lions_2281670_2430906

I think with some decent gametime under his belt, Gosling is going to blossom.


Former Newcastle defender Stuart Pearce has selected Dan Gosling for the England Under-21 squad to face Azerbaijan and Israel next month.

Gosling has not figured for his country since suffering a knee injury while playing for Everton in March 2010, which restricted him to just one appearance for The Magpies last season.

But the midfielder is now fully fit and, following an impressive pre-season, came on against Sunderland on Saturday - almost scoring moments after his introduction.

He turned 21 in February and could now add to his two England Under-21 caps in the games on September 1 and September 5.

The Three Lions face Azerbaijan at Watford's Vicarage Road in the opening fixture of their 2013 European Under-21 Championship qualifying campaign, before taking on Israel at Barnsley's Oakwell in a friendly.

The 27-man squad named for the two games is:

Goalkeepers: Ben Amos (Manchester United), Jack Butland (Birmingham City), Declan Rudd (Norwich City).

Defenders: Nathan Baker (Aston Villa), Joe Bennett (Middlesbrough), Matthew Briggs (Fulham), Steven Caulker (Swansea City, loan from Tottenham), Craig Dawson (West Bromwich Albion), John Flanagan (Liverpool), Phil Jones (Manchester United), Martin Kelly (Liverpool), Kyle Walker (Tottenham Hotspur), Andre Wisdom (Liverpool).

Midfielders: Ross Barkley (Everton), Dan Gosling (Newcastle United), Jordan Henderson (Liverpool), Emmanuel Frimpong (Arsenal), Henri Lansbury (Arsenal), Josh McEachran (Chelsea), Alex Oxlade-Chamberlain (Arsenal), Jack Rodwell (Everton), Jonjo Shelvey (Liverpool).

Forwards: Nathan Delfouneso (Aston Villa), Marvin Sordell (Watford), Martyn Waghorn (Leicester City), Danny Welbeck (Manchester United), Connor Wickham (Sunderland).

 

Fairplay to the lad, needs all the game time under his belt that he can get at the moment.

 

Hopefully he will get a run out 2moro aswell and then have 90 mins against azerbaijan and be fit enough to take joeys spot in midfield

 

was just about to make an article on this (i might anyway, duplicates seem to be all the rage today), could easily be as good as Barton, and without the hassle. But could it be too much too soon? he hasnt had much in the way of competitive football since his injury.

 

How old is he?

 

21

His time to step up now. Go for it Dan!

 

I agree, i think we need to bring him back slowly and not rush him. Obviously he had a very serious injury but he kept getting knocks again and again which i think he should be used sparingly at first and be gradually introduced more and more. I mean he's only 21 so it's not like he'll be going anywhere soon (hopefully!)