Norwich gone now, boring last day of season to come, who would have thought it, ah well at least now there's transfer speculation to build our hopes over!
Also one thing that really annoys me is all the pundits that say Welbeck is a cert or I would put Smalling in he's done well. WTF kind of planet have these players done well in?? Welbeck wouldn't be near my England squad, I'd take Lambert and Agbonlahor (I would have taken Rodriguez), players who are important to their clubs and have experience and are consistent (or at least far more consistent than Welbeck). Hell I would probably take Crouch before Welbeck. Don't get me started on Smalling, I properly rage when someone mentions him ahead of... well anyone who actually plays regularly!
But I also think I know why managers pick completely clueless players. Hodgeson and Scolari obviously have their favourites and they must have whispered something in their ear along the lines of "You're the best! I believe you'll be the best player in the world and I trust you no matter what!!!" some time back to motivate them. So if they drop them, they'll look like a complete fool in the dressing room and they'll lose their best supporters and authority. Also if they bring someone else in, the original players who went through qualifying would have a problem, even if they don't say it, cos their mate just got dropped and someone else is coming just to get the glory. So yeah managers must forever pick shit players because of their own mistakes and trying to keep up the dressing room happy. From the outside they look like retards and they are. Overpaid management retards.
This is my England team, if you don't like it insult me or something:
Hart; (Foster, Forster).
Johnson, Cahill, Jagielka, Baines; (Walker, Jones, Shawcross, Cole).
Gerrard, Wilshere; (Carrick, Parker).
Ox, Rooney, Lallana; (Sterling, Barkley, Agbonlahor).
Sturridge; (Lambert).
The starting XI was exactly what I wanted last year and I hope he starts like that. It was a toss up between Henderson and Parker and I always had a soft spot for Parker so fuck it.