The England Football Team Thread

[Tom]

They'll count as home grown players?

[TF S4DK]

Yeah of course, but apart from Walcott & Gibbs the rest Arsenal won't have to register as they under-age.

[Badman]

Friendly has been called off

[TF S4DK]

Ghana requested Emmanuel Frimpong for the friendly (before it was cancelled), Arsenal rejected the request.

Wenger doesn't wanna lose another player to African Nations.

[mp*]

Following on from that ^

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).

[HangTheDJ]

Knew Frimpong would end up playing for England.

When is that for?

Nathan Baker got injured for the reserves on Monday.

[mp*]

Stuart Pearce has called up 12 new players to his strong 27-man England Under-21 squad for games with Azerbaijan and Israel in the next fortnight.

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Arsenal deffo want him to play for England

[Black Ant]

Smalling isn't eligible anymore, right?

[Captain Planet]

ffs

for this sh*t country

[HangTheDJ]

Smalling isn't eligible anymore, right?

He is eligible. No point him playing u21's when he's played in Champs League though I guess, and he'll have gone to a senior tournament by the time the next u21 tournament comes around.

[Guest Portuguese]

So much for cycling to Accra just to play for the Black Stars

[Im Broke]

f*ck Frimpong, f*ck*ng liar.

[Guest M12 Part 2]

Smalling isn't eligible anymore, right?

He is eligible. No point him playing u21's when he's played in Champs League though I guess, and he'll have gone to a senior tournament by the time the next u21 tournament comes around.

Smalling is ineligible now under the new rules as is sturridge.

[BATTY BOY BUM BANDIT]

What are the new rules?

[MYTH]

good sqaud that

Barkley should be in the U19's though, should be allowed to develop slowly

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if Jones, Henderson and Welbeck can play for the U21's why can't Wilshere?

English FA/media baffle me at times

[Guest M12 Part 2]

What are the new rules?

Only players born in or after 1990 I think.

[Young £]

frimpong will still change

[Guest M12 Part 2]

frimpong will still change

Idont think he'll be allowed to. English clubs really don't like the idea of their players flying round the world for friendlies and the aff nations cup taking place in season. He will be strongly discouraged or wen threatened about playing for Ghana. Not to mention choosing Ghana over Emgland will limit your commercial appeal here.

[Badman]

Which side do you guys want him to sway towards and why?

[Fighting Weight]

Better he plays for England, losing a player to the African nations and then potential injuries they get there isn't worth it

Besides he can *theoretically* become a better player playing for England and form a good relationship with Wilshrere *theoretically*

[HangTheDJ]

I'm sure I read the African nations is gonna be on consecutive years for 2012 and 2013, so it doesn't clash with World Cup year anymore.

Can't find anything on google though. Must be bollocks.

[Badman]

I heard something like that too

[Im Broke]

Better he plays for England, losing a player to the African nations and then potential injuries they get there isn't worth it

Besides he can *theoretically* become a better player playing for England and form a good relationship with Wilshrere *theoretically*

How would he become a better player playing with England, shut up.

And he already plays with Wilshere for Arsenal, so he has a chance to form a good relationship with Wilshere in club football.

He should play for Ghana, they have an exciting young team with players like Boateng, Annan Asamoah, and he already promised that he would play for the nation that birthed him, also there is a chance he may not even become a fixture in the England side while he probably would in the Ghana side.

All this talk about the club stop him playing for Ghana shouldn't bother him, if Wenger tells him not to play for Ghana tell him to got to hell, it never stopped Drogbba and Eto;o making it to the top of the game and it shouldn't stop Frimpong from doing so as well, he should take pride in playing for his parents country, i want to see an African team lift the world cup/