I doubt he will be selected even then.. Hogson made it clear he will not select Carrick if he does not want to be involved
I doubt he will be selected even then.. Hogson made it clear he will not select Carrick if he does not want to be involved
Oh I hope so, but I think it will be Jags.
indeed. Could do as Mike suggested and pick Jagielka as Jones can play midfield if needed
Hodgson said. "As it is, I'd have to be convinced he was better than the four I've selected, and that he'd be happy to come out of retirement, if he was to be considered."
"I wouldn't dream of putting Michael on a standby list after he has made it clear in the past he doesn't want to be involved like that'
Words from Hodgson himself. If Carrick does not want to be involved, then he should not be anywhere near consideration even if our whole midfield is injured
Words from Hodgson himself. If Carrick does not want to be involved, then he should not be anywhere near consideration even if our whole midfield is injured
Hodgson can hardly say Carrick is better than the four he selected after what Carrick did
Well yes thats what my quote says, he wouldnt put him on standby, because he wouldnt want to be involved like that, he would put him in the squad if needed in extremis.
Carrick wanting to be first team makes him worse than the 4 he's selected? oO)
Christ, its nothing to do with what he did, he was talking about footballing ability. He wasnt convinced that he was better player than the 4 he picked.
That doesn't mean he doesnt want to be involved. He wants to be in team straight away and not in some standby list waiting to be called if someone gets injured.
Yeah I recall someone like Lampard wanting the same thing except he got crucified by everyone on here
Oh yeah you can argue the situations involving those two are incomparable but Lampard was certainly better than those who were getting selected in the Chelsea Team at that point in time
In fairness, should have seen it coming under Hodgson. where is Ralf Rangnick when you need him?
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TBH, i just really fed up of England finding new ways to go backwards. Things like Jones instead of Richards, Downing instead of Johnson, sticking our best AM in centre mid.
Lets just say for arguments sake that what you are saying is correct... I am confident Hodgson would have at least picked Carrick ahead of Henderson on the standby list. Yes I do think Hodgson has enough sense to know Carrick>Henderson
Either way, not making youself availiable for your country is wrong.. especially if the reason is that you think you should be first-team. Not sure how anyone can justify this
Well I already said he should have put his hand up, on the other hand i understand why he did after 3 years of bit part nonsense.
The real failing is not using a player like for for the last 3 years.
