Comments on: Well, not bad… http://www.barclaytalkssport.com/2007/06/07/well-not-bad/ Author James Barclay on the myriad issues of sport Sun, 20 Jul 2008 23:23:34 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0 By: weenie http://www.barclaytalkssport.com/2007/06/07/well-not-bad/comment-page-1/#comment-53 weenie Thu, 07 Jun 2007 22:30:57 +0000 http://www.barclaytalkssport.com/2007/06/07/well-not-bad/#comment-53 Hear, hear - stripped of captaincy (well, he'd already stepped down) but he should have remained in the squad, not necessarily playing every game, to give the youngsters a run around but as soon as the alarm bells started ringing (or the fans started booing), then ole Golden Balls should started warming up on the sidelines. When he retires, England will really struggle until someone even close to his ability can be discovered. Or they sort out the Stevie G / Fat Frank dilemma! Hear, hear - stripped of captaincy (well, he'd already stepped down) but he should have remained in the squad, not necessarily playing every game, to give the youngsters a run around but as soon as the alarm bells started ringing (or the fans started booing), then ole Golden Balls should started warming up on the sidelines.

When he retires, England will really struggle until someone even close to his ability can be discovered.

Or they sort out the Stevie G / Fat Frank dilemma!

]]> By: JamesB http://www.barclaytalkssport.com/2007/06/07/well-not-bad/comment-page-1/#comment-52 JamesB Thu, 07 Jun 2007 14:44:29 +0000 http://www.barclaytalkssport.com/2007/06/07/well-not-bad/#comment-52 OK, well let's agree that he shouldn't have been dropped from the squad. I think Terry's a big enough personality not to be undermined by DB. And I think England could/can ill-afford to worry about such things anyway given we actually don't have a replacement in terms of ability, only in potential. OK, well let's agree that he shouldn't have been dropped from the squad. I think Terry's a big enough personality not to be undermined by DB. And I think England could/can ill-afford to worry about such things anyway given we actually don't have a replacement in terms of ability, only in potential.

]]> By: Ariel http://www.barclaytalkssport.com/2007/06/07/well-not-bad/comment-page-1/#comment-51 Ariel Thu, 07 Jun 2007 14:40:30 +0000 http://www.barclaytalkssport.com/2007/06/07/well-not-bad/#comment-51 Disagree slightly mate... I think MacLaren was right to give Terry a couple of Beckham-less games at the start in order to settle in to the captaincy without undue comparisons being drawn, but then after that, once we struggled to beat Macedonia 1-0, and then drew 0-0 away the alarm bells should have rung loud and long, and Beckham should have been brought back for Croatia onwards... Disagree slightly mate... I think MacLaren was right to give Terry a couple of Beckham-less games at the start in order to settle in to the captaincy without undue comparisons being drawn, but then after that, once we struggled to beat Macedonia 1-0, and then drew 0-0 away the alarm bells should have rung loud and long, and Beckham should have been brought back for Croatia onwards...

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