So why is he not in the squad then? You are implying he is not in the squad because of this whole "race row" so Hodgson must believe Terry then yer?
So you believe Rio is not in squad because of 'Footballing reasons"?
It was obvious it has to be one or the other and Roy selected Terry. But the problem was he came up with footballing reason excuse.
And finally you are spot on with your second sentence. He is not in the squad because of race row.
So he isen't in the squad because of the whole race row which you are implying he must believe that JT is innocent. Why can't the footballing reason simply be "he believes Terry is better than Ferdinand"??? It's not unbelivable to think that you know, people are allowed opinions.
Oh so Rio is not even among the top 5 or 6 CBs in England? And you answered it yourself. It was Terry Vs Rio for what happened in Loftus road.
And I dont get this people are allowed opinions ****. Who is saying or discussion on who is better CB, it is why Rio didn't get call up even when few CBs got injured. Finally when Kelly got call up wasn't it more obvious than ever?
Probably you are the only person in England who haven't picked it up.
Hopefully Roy comes to sense and realises our best CB pairing is Jags and Lescott, Terry can be a bench warmer. Obviously this will not happen though, which is a ****** **** take to be honest.
What does that have to do with Rio being in the squad? Rio probably wont even make it to the bench so I rather take Kelly as at least Kelly is versatile and I see no sense in taking a old, injury-prone CB if he is barely going to make the bench. Might as well take a young, versatile player. Worst come to worst, it will be a good experience for him
This is the 'England thread' not the 'Rio thread'. I was stating our best CB pairing.
I was merely commenting on your stance that Rio should be taken ahead of Kelly.
He should of, no doubt about it, no reason why Kelly should be in the squad.
If you want versatility you take Micah Richards, if you want a reliable Centre Back you take Rio.
Apart from Rio actually did play 3 games in 7 days in March. I can understand that there were probably other reasons for him being left out of the original squad with him being a bit of a risk due to injuries (even though he's not had any problems really this season) and there being some strong competition. But now? There are no genuine footballing reasons causing Kelly to be ahead of him. He clearly doesn't think Rio and Terry can be in the same squad together.Your forgetting that old red chops stated that Ferdinand could not play 2 games in 4 days and England have 3 in 8 i believe. That is the reason why he was not taken. Carrick basically omitted himself through pretty disgusting behavior and if it was any of the hate figures then they would have been slated big time.
Kelly is versatile yet played 0 games as CB for senior team.
Kelly is versatile yet played 0 games as CB for senior team.
To be fair, that doesn't mean he can't play CB, but rather he hasn't been needed to.
But they called up Jagielka already!!! Jagielka, JT, Lescott, Kelly and Jones all as potential CB's is well enough.
Yeah he can, but asking player to play in that position after not playing for more than a year is asking for trouble? Not to forget the quality of the teams he will be facing?
Well I'm dropping off from this before some retarded **** comes up with "Why do even non English are bothered about England" ****.
I posted first as I wanted to know GC's opinion of who is the best English CB in ManUtd.
Just find it funny when people try to defend this as footballing reason when it is so clearly it isn't.
Hopefully Jags and Lescott starts as CB as they deserve it.
Like many Non England fans, I dont mind Rio getting dropped as it means he will be fit and fresh for us.