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Originally Posted by RS8MB0R8
If an international team is already qualified for a major tournament, I don't see the need to risk it at all and it's the one and only area I would criticise Capello's management. He's done an astounding job with the England side since he's taken over but it's non-sensical to risk domestic teams' key players in matches that effectively mean nothing. It was made worse by the fact that the Ukraine actually did have something to play for and would have been giving it everything, increasing the likelihood of injuries even further.
Does he really think England's first team performed at 100% on Saturday? They would have been backing out of 50/50 tackles and hardly chasing the ball down as keenly as if they were actually playing for something. Despite Capello's warnings that any hint of this would result in players being dropped, everybody knows that there's no way he would dare take an England side to a World Cup without the likes of Rooney, Gerrard, Lampard, Terry or Ferdinand.
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No offence but this is the attitude of most fans of the top 4 clubs. Why should the top players be rested, someones gotta play and they are just as important to thier own teams as Ronney, Lampard, Gerrard etc. The team needs to playing together reguarly before next summer to give us (sorry I know ur scotish and prob dont give a shit about England
) a chance next summer.
Steve Bruce is a tit giving the Man of the match award to Beckham last week. Of course the crowd were lifted when Beckham came on the pitch thats because most of your regular England fans know nothing about football and are just there to see "celebrities" like Becks. I do actually think he should be in the squad next year but he is overated. Of course he can put a few crosses in against Belarus, he wont get the time or space to do that against decent teams next summer. He should be used as a sub maybe for the last 20 mins if were a couple of goals up in the early stages. Beckham hasnt had one outstanding Tourament for England yet alot of Englad fans treat him like hes some messiah.