- Aug 31, 2012
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Dier and OC didn't have to travel on a 13 hour flight and have to deal with a 9 hour time difference. Also, there is no way Onomah and Cook deserve a call up over Davies, Carroll and Barkley.It was only 3 days since Dier (whole game) and OC had ambled around Hampden like a pair of farts in trances. And they'd also come off the back of long pl seasons, as opposed to Onomah and Cook who were fresh as daisy's and would still be full of adrenaline from winning the wc. And like I said, he could have just given them a second half?
Like training with them would have made much difference with that shower of shite, probably would have been a blessing not to.
I have no idea why Livermore was called up ahead of Tom Carroll, a player Southgate often picked for the u21's.
If you look at the midfield players France had for that game compared to England, it's fucking scary.
Deschamps picked some good young players for the friendly but is getting deserved criticism too for other games, he's making some terrible choices (and did at the Euros imo). Leaving out Kanté, playing Pogba as a dm in a cm2, picking Sissoko over the likes of Dembele etc