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Originally Posted by Neurotica80
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. |
Firstly, I am and English support the "Three Lions" through and through.
Addressing your point though, I can fully understand that the entire squad of players is just as important to each of their own respective clubs (they should be otherwise why are they in the international team) but you have to be sure that they can play together with the same calmness and composure as the core of the team. An injury or four later on this season and England would be bricking it going to South Africa without any of the players I mentioned
unless they give the so-called "fringe players" adequate competitive game time to prepare
just in case.
Of course I'd rather not see Rooney or Ferdinand risking injury in non-essential games but there's more to my reasoning than just plain selfishness. In fact, looking at the big picture, surely it actually makes a lot of sense to rest them.