Sabre wrote:This article is interesting and somehow confirms the vague idea I had about english football. From a neutral view and looking at the football abilities it is quite difficult to understand why a midfielder like Lampard seems to be more protected than midfielders that IMO are much better than him, like Scholes or Gerrard.
Pretty much the same thing could be said about Gerrard. Mclaren monitoring Beckham in USA is something that it's difficult to understand aswell, the departure of a player to that league, would mean the automatic disappearance of the national squad in my country. But well, every country has it's mistakes when it comes to football, in my country the bias is the club you play for. If you play for Real Madrid, Liverpool or Barcelona, chances are that you will have 10 times more possibilities of being selected. That's the general rule, senile coachs like Aragones can pick men of Atletico or Valencia just because he likes the teams or has confidence in the player -- LG might still have a chance that normally would have lost leaving Liverpool.
I understand very well Carra's decission
speaking as somebody who has to put up with at best uninformed and terrible reflections on Football from people who clearly are more knowledgeable about other sports, and at worst no information at all I really appreciate quality articles such as this.
I would say also that I rate Rio Ferdinand slightly higher than the author of this particular article. He is a top player, but like most top players it is only so if he is allowed to perform his favorite role. It has always seemed to me a little strange that the England hierarchy go on (rightly) about Ferdinands ability on the ball, his addition to the team as an attacking unit and his undoubted class in build up play and then implore him not to cross the half-way line. In the role he is asked to play for England, that of a pure, out and out defender Carragher would be the much better bet. Even Terry who curiously seems unable to translate his imperious Chelsea form into performances on the national stage wouldn't be a better bet than Carragher if you are simply looking for an out and out defender and not too worried about a centre-half getting on the end of one of Beckhams "pinpoint" crosses.
I actually hope Carra plays if they need him and has a stormer. Then he can put two fingers up and wander off into the sunset with the cheers ringing in his ears, which after all is what he deserves as a footballer.
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