With the African cup of nations about to start and the next set of friendlies not too far away (February) international managers around the globe will be having a look at possible players. My question to you is which saints players do you think would do a job and deserve to get picked by their national managers. I've got to stress this isn't who you think WILL be called up it's who you think SHOULD be called up.
The shoe ins are Mayuka, Steven Davis, Yoshida and Gaston.
I personally think that;
Schneiderlin would do a fantastic job for an ever improving France team with M'vila being the only regular defence mid for france at the minute.
Fonte would be good cover for the Portugal centre backs. Pepe and Bruno Alves are both obvious first choices but Fonte has been solid since the first few games.
Lambert deserves a call up due to him being the second highest english scorer in the premier league (9 goals) just one behind Jermain Defoe (10 goals) who offers little apart from his immense poaching ability. Lambert's hold up play would be perfect for England along with his penalty prowess.
Lallana (providing he's back) has proved himself more than capable to compete in the BPL destroying many international standard full backs, his defensive abilities have improved along with his work rate. If Ashley young plays centrally then surely England have no better options for the left side.
Cork has played and I think captained the u21s and played for team GB at the olympics and as such is familiar with the international scene. His workrate would be perfect for the England Midfield.
Puncheon should be called up on his form. If the Hodgson is true to his word and calls people up on form rather than reputation then Puncheon should arguably be the most prominent name in the Saints Squad. However if any previous selections are an indicator I reckon Hodgson will go for big names *cough* Liverpool *cough*.
Clyne should be looked at for future, the England right back spot is up for grabs with Walker playing dreadfully and Richards injured. The spot is currently Johnson's but I wouldn't put it past Clyne to have nicked the spot by the time the world cup comes round and he should be given a chance to take it in this spate of friendlys particularly as I imagine Jenkinson of Arsenal may be his challenger for the 1st team place in years to come.
Luke Shaw should, in my opinion, be given a brief cameo. I rate this lad immensely but theres no doubt that England currently have two world class left backs in Baines and Cole who will probably both get 45 minutes of football each. However both players are in their prime now with Cole already declining and by the time the world cup roles by you'd thing one of them would be out the picture. Assuming this is true that would leave the understudy role open for 2014 and the potential understudies (Shaw, Gibbs and Bertrand) should all be able to make a case for themselves in future friendlies. Although I'm in no doubts that once Shaw gets in the team he'll be impossible to remove.
The shoe ins are Mayuka, Steven Davis, Yoshida and Gaston.
I personally think that;
Schneiderlin would do a fantastic job for an ever improving France team with M'vila being the only regular defence mid for france at the minute.
Fonte would be good cover for the Portugal centre backs. Pepe and Bruno Alves are both obvious first choices but Fonte has been solid since the first few games.
Lambert deserves a call up due to him being the second highest english scorer in the premier league (9 goals) just one behind Jermain Defoe (10 goals) who offers little apart from his immense poaching ability. Lambert's hold up play would be perfect for England along with his penalty prowess.
Lallana (providing he's back) has proved himself more than capable to compete in the BPL destroying many international standard full backs, his defensive abilities have improved along with his work rate. If Ashley young plays centrally then surely England have no better options for the left side.
Cork has played and I think captained the u21s and played for team GB at the olympics and as such is familiar with the international scene. His workrate would be perfect for the England Midfield.
Puncheon should be called up on his form. If the Hodgson is true to his word and calls people up on form rather than reputation then Puncheon should arguably be the most prominent name in the Saints Squad. However if any previous selections are an indicator I reckon Hodgson will go for big names *cough* Liverpool *cough*.
Clyne should be looked at for future, the England right back spot is up for grabs with Walker playing dreadfully and Richards injured. The spot is currently Johnson's but I wouldn't put it past Clyne to have nicked the spot by the time the world cup comes round and he should be given a chance to take it in this spate of friendlys particularly as I imagine Jenkinson of Arsenal may be his challenger for the 1st team place in years to come.
Luke Shaw should, in my opinion, be given a brief cameo. I rate this lad immensely but theres no doubt that England currently have two world class left backs in Baines and Cole who will probably both get 45 minutes of football each. However both players are in their prime now with Cole already declining and by the time the world cup roles by you'd thing one of them would be out the picture. Assuming this is true that would leave the understudy role open for 2014 and the potential understudies (Shaw, Gibbs and Bertrand) should all be able to make a case for themselves in future friendlies. Although I'm in no doubts that once Shaw gets in the team he'll be impossible to remove.
