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chic2pimp: Don't think Roy Hodgson rates Michael Carrick at all

Gareth Barry gets Injured and Carrick still can't get a look in. Incredible!!!

http://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/0/football/18232535

carrick told hodgson not to bother if hodgson intends to play him from
the bench. in other words, carrick believes he should be the number one
central midfielder in england. but hodgson rates 4 other central midfielders
more than carrick. that's the reason hodgson can't put carrick in the squad.

another article...

England Should Have Picked Carrick

In the world of the Hollywood passer, it is a crying shame that Michael Carrick has only ever been an extra for England. A player who has been a key figure in a Manchester United side who have won four Premier League titles and one Champions League since joining them in 2006 has never been deemed good enough to represent his country on a regular basis. How strange. After all, whenever England huff and puff to another sweaty tournament exit, the criticism always centres around their inability to keep the ball, which makes the constant exclusion of Carrick, a smooth-passing metronomic presence in midfield, even harder to understand.

So confident was Carrick that he would not be picked for Euro 2012, he informed the Football Association several months ago that he did not want to be on the bench for England, which meant that Roy Hodgson had to name Jordan Henderson on the standby list instead. Jordan Henderson. "I wouldn't dream of putting Michael Carrick on a standby list after he's made it clear in the past he doesn't want to be involved like that," Hodgson said. "I'd have to be convinced he was better than the four [central midfielders] I've selected, and that he'd be happy to come out of retirement." He shouldn't have needed much convincing. After his exploits for Chelsea from March onwards, there is no doubt that Frank Lampard deserves his place in the squad, and probably the starting lineup. However, the claims of Gareth Barry, Steven Gerrard and Scott Parker are less obvious.

In Hodgson's first game against Norway, the familiar failings were there. Gerrard galumphed about the place, overhitting passes, conceding possession and injuring a Norwegian with a robust challenge. Parker blocked shots and disrupted moves, but at international level he will not offer much else. Barry came on at half-time, stank the place out, and then departed with a groin injury that could rule him out of the tournament, so England ended the game with a central midfield of James Milner and Henderson. Overall a side as limited as Norway, who have not qualified for a tournament for 12 years, enjoyed 56% of the possession. And still there is no place for Carrick in Hodgson's beloved two banks of four, where perspiration has been valued more highly than inspiration.

Carrick's reputation took a huge dent when he was made to look second-rate by Xavi and Andrés Iniesta in the Champions League final in 2009. But then, who does shine against those two? Carrick took a while to recover from that ordeal, but while there have been doubts over his character, it surely says something for his mental strength that he excelled for United last season. Carrick is far from perfect. With his elegant, leggy stride, he should dominate games more, and he is prone to bouts of invisibleness. He ought to score more as well. But mostly he suffers because a lot of his good work goes unappreciated and is not as eye-catching as Gerrard's Roy Race schtick, which tends to be horribly out of place at international football.

Xabi Alonso, a similar player to Carrick, admires his positional awareness which allows him to always be in the right place at the right time. It means he doesn't have to get his shorts dirty. It doesn't mean he's lazy, or a wimp; quite the opposite, in fact. "Carrick is a player who makes those around him play, regardless of the fact that maybe he is not the player that shines the most individually," said Alonso before Spain's friendly against England last November.

"It is more important to find players who can build a team rather than simply finding two very good players and putting them in the team even if they don't play so well together."

Those comments echo the praise Paul Scholes, another footballer's footballer, has received from legendary foreign players down the years, and yet even he retired from England duty in 2004, tired at being shunted around in order to shoe-horn Gerrard and Lampard into the side.

No one is pretending that Carrick is in the same class as Xavi or Andrea Pirlo and it would be asinine to claim that his presence alone would instantly turn England into tiki-taka specialists. Far from it. Yet when they face France in the first game at the Euros, defeat is likely and complaints will be made about their technical deficiencies and inability to string more than three passes together. Carrick, more qualified than any other Englishman to provide those qualities, will be on the beach.

sofat: Is he a responsible husband? He works in Lagos while his wife lives in Oyo state. He goes home weekly and sometimes bi-weekly. Is he responsible?

how isn't he responsible? he works monday to friday and
visits his wife during weekends, what more can he do to be
responsible?

BlueDiva: @coogar
LOL. . .where do you get all these data/info from.
Hazard is actually flirting with all the epl clubs.

all his comments in the last 6 months regarding his transfer.
england - man city, man utd, chelsea, arsenal, liverpool and tottenham
spain - barcelona, real madrid
italy - inter milan and ac milan.

if hazard was a babe, she would be the richest slut in the world.

dollyangel: Wow! Take a look at ♓☺w the truth is stinging U̶̲̥̅̊ f.ool.s dat made a negative comment xpecially dat imbecil.e called coogar. The truth is bitter huh? If U̶̲̥̅̊ cant help it Y nt jump into d lagoon, and U̶̲̥̅̊ killz or wateva U̶̲̥̅̊ re, go suck a mad woman puss.y!

your disjointed way of writing is actually better than your level of reasoning.
you're so poor in spirit, rainbow appears to you in black and white....
this is what happens when a child lacks the nutrients while growing up.
the vitamins needed for your brain power was nowhere to be found.
disgusting butt-breath!

BlueDiva: This is part of what makes football so interesting.

This guy may just end up going to City.
I read that he had been shown homes at Manchester before Chelsea won the UCL.

Mancini will suffer a heart attack if he ends up at Chelsea. lol

he might end up @ enyimba....publicly prostituting himself like a cheap
slut...

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StarBoard: Hot-air brigade alert. . .
Seeing United run after non-descript orphans like Arsene Whiner did in the past must bring joy to you.

it's a big step in the right direction.

Starboard: And all the young talent we snapped have done what?
The Bebes, Obertans, Tosices, among others have done what?
Even if United can't sign till July, the approach should be better.Your man Sigurdsson just signed for Swansea.Any thoughts on that one?Fergie going to see a league 2 player is ridiculous, abegi.What happened to his (so-called) scouting network? Are they giving him the nosebleeds that send him to hospital for a stay over-night?

de gea, giggs, da silva brothers, smalling, phil jones, etc.
they have all contributed immensely to the cause. powell is
another one for the future. at least, let sort the local
transfers first before we take it to the continent.

BlueDiva: Perhaps,

It's what he plays on the field that matters.
Let's hope he adjusts early.

hulk has never disappointed me. i was actually hoping
mourinho would snap him up this summer - i think he's
loads better than angel di maria.

fecking hell, twitter has exploded with eden hazard's cat n mouse
game. his followership has increased by 100,000 in the last few
days. dude must be an attention seeker.

ifyalways: The hubby messed up big time.No regard or respect for the home,their bed.Of all the hotels,motels and places to bring a hoe,its their VERY bedroom he chose
What advise does she need?Make she just siddon jejely go lick her wounds.Are there kids involved?Is the man genuienly repentant?Can she forgive and forget wholly?its her call,she gets to make all the decision and live with it;good or bad.

When i was younger and single,i used to think that the day i'd catch my husband with another woman,i would just peel off my clothes and join the fun,sweet 3somes . . .LOL.
My views have long changed.

never knew you were once a fan of ménage à trois

BlueDiva: Hazard deal is as good as sealed if we can believe some tweets.
Hulk is aight but definitely not for 40mil pounds IMO.

he's better than any winger chelsea have had since the start of the roman revolution.

peaceheartt: Hello fellow sisters,


What would you do if you travelled and decided to give your hubby a surprise, by coming back home earlier than planned, only to walk in and catch your hubby in the act!!

This happened dis morning to my sister. Hubby was obviously not expecting her as she walked into her bedroom and met them in bed, before she could gather herself together, the lady had disappeared.

Hubby had been on his knees asking for her forgiveness. She has asked me to advice her and im just at a loss of what to say to her.

ladies, pls drop ur opinion and/or advice. it would be highly appreciated.

Tnx

she wanted to give her hubby a surprise but the hubby had something of
a bigger surprise in mind. what advice does she need? she should have
a long cold shower, swallow some sleeping tablets and snore it out.

i was a transfer muppet for most of last summer....silently
praying for sneijder to come.....i would never know the number
of sports websites/news media i followed to get snippets...some
i had to use the online translator to get the gist of the news..
upon all my tears n sweats, sneijder didn't move an inch....i have
learnt ma lessons.

until a big name puts pen to paper, my hopes shall remain @ sea level.

BlueDiva: ^^^
All transfer stories are BS till pen is put on paper.

but chelsea need this dude more than united/city.

the front four of

------torres-----
-hazard-mata-hulk

is extremely frightening.
i am sure nateevs would be jizzing his pants if roman can
make that happen.

StarBoard: For all the hot air David Gill was blowing, it's amazing to think Nick Powell is the subject of the discussion.
Whether rumour or not,someone explain to me why he is even up for debate as regards transfer policy.
Besides, the excuse for grooming is as annoying as the purchases of late.
Nicky Ajose, Danny Drinkwater,Michael Keane,Ravel Morrison and co were supposedly groomed for the future.
Where are they now?The squad that won the youth FA cup?what happened to them?
In fact I do not know what we are doing with the supposed academy when we get these youngsters from elsewhere.
Besides, rumour or not, I hear a deal has been tied up for the player in the region of £4 million even before the playoff final.
Now tell me if there is any sense in promoting players through the ranks when we will ultimately get young players from elsewhere (Bebe, Obertan,Jones).
As per who we should buy, I'm not going through all that again.
We need a left-back, probably a right back, a striker, and two central midfielders to be decent and go far in Europe.
That's five players at the very least.

you need to relax......there are 2 types of transfers. players bought for the future and the
players bought to fight for his place in the first 11. nick powell @ 18 is definitely the one
for the future. with the departures of pogba, morrison, de laet, etc.....it's imperative united
fill the gaps.

i know, the senior squad should be priority as we speak but at the same time, if an opportunity
presents itself to snap a young talent, of course united would be there to take it.......
you need to calm down. united cannot even sign anyone outside britain until the 1st of july.
so calm down, tiger!

Sagamite: This whiteman honestly irritated me and fall my hand. Why did he stop?

I swear I would have pummeled the muthafcker while he was on the floor until I was sure his useless brain was damaged. Let a vegetable be a vegetable.

And trust the illiterate muthafckers, they that went to attack somewone that voluntarily left a heated area are saying they will press charges for assault.

And you all wonder why I fcking hate reetards!

embarrassing that the black dude with all his mouth got battered within seconds.
the white man was talking to his mate - he was saying his brother would shine his shoes.
black dude translated it that the white dude meant a black brother would shine the shoes.
how he overheard n concluded that is still a mystery. i am happy he got slaughtered tho...

next time, he would mind his business and not take on a 68-yr old man.

shymmex: I hear that!

if you still spend half a day chatting with your ex, why
don't you go back to her? i can never bend my head around
men who still chit-chat with their exes? she's an ex for a
reason...man the feck up and go find another chic! sheeeesh!!

Yomieluv: yes that's true sha,sorry about the funky text,aint using my phone then...can't we have a wolrd of no Divorce?

a world of no divorce is impossible!
the hearts of men = evil

Yomieluv: I will leave her,that's bullshit.I wish there is nothing like divorce,†ђξ kids involve are worst hit.imagine ȋ̝̊τ̲̅ really affected me I̶̲̥̅̊n̶̲̥̅̊ ♍Ɣ primary school days?seeing other children with their daddy, Άπϑ mine is nowhere to ße̶̲̥̅̊ found.ȋ̝̊τ̲̅ sucks really.

exactly, people divorce cos they don't longer trust their spouses...
yes, it's sad for the kids involved but no kid deserves to watch
his/her parents cuss and fuss everyday. that can also have a negative
influence on him.

what's with the funky text characters? knock it off!

Sagamite: Lindsay is a cretin!

One of the typical black people: LAZY C[i]U[/i]NTS with excuses.

Black people should go and pick up their books instead of blaming the whole world for their failures. Afterall the white man is not stopping them from going to the gym.

That is all they know. Spend hours in the gym and prance around all day and wonder why they are not succeeding. Of course they smoke weed and dance too.

READ YOUR FCKING BOOKS AND BE INTERESTED IN THE NEWS AND SEE HOW YOUR LIFE WOULD CHANGE! LAZY C[i]U[/i]NTS!

personally, i am tired of black people blaming their own failure on the system/other people.
the rate at which they wave the race card embarrasses me sometimes. every little thing and they
start screaming discrimination......


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oepMGXMktcs&feature=player_embedded


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2a9JxZRdlz4&feature=player_embedded

Yomieluv: Is ȋ̝̊τ̲̅ that there was no Love lost between couple or what? Why should I spend a whole lot on marriage,and later divorce her?.. It baffles me,cos I am a Victim Too,I grew up without †ђξ love of a father,cos I lived with my mum. Attimes I see ♍Ɣ father as a stranger to me.I haven't called,or see him this year. Its seriously affecting my life,cos I find it hard to give my heart to a woman. Most people call me sadist, Ψђåt they don't know is that I am a victim of circumstance. I wish I could live better, Άπϑ flush all this from my memory.

so if you discover all the kids you thought are yours
actually belong to your best man, you won't leave your wife
regardless of how much you spent on the wedding?

cut off your ex....

dollyangel: One thing I noticed abt nairalanders is their positive views and comments on peoples post expecially wen it comes to romance and sexuality sessions.take for instance, sme1 could come up wit dis topic dat 'help,beautiful n sexy girls ar fond of makin passes at М̣̣̥̇ε̲̣̣̣̥, shld I give in for them? and the next comment U̶̲̥̅̊ hear is, 'dnt do it, ǦƠ̴̴̴͡D̶̲̥̅̊ is watchin , Ɣ☺u wil be contacted wit hiv or Aids is watchn ya, pass them by, dont giv a hoot guy, pretend as if U̶̲̥̅̊ did nt notice their amorous advances, tell them to their face to back off, push them off etc but in reality these so calld pple givin advices wil fall easily,infact most of them are flirt of d first order.I wonder Y pple cant be their self for once!

why do you tools use this idiotic texts? am i supposed to be impressed with "U̶̲̥̅̊,
ǦƠ̴̴̴͡D̶̲̥̅̊, М̣̣̥̇ε̲̣̣̣̥, Ɣ☺u", etc. you come on a public forum to write with razz characters
and you expect people to take you serious? rubbish! when you are on your BB, you can
type in any rubbish that pleases you....but when writing on a forum, be more sensible
and do away with the gay fonts.

[quote author=tpia@]so therefore the colour of skin becomes globally insignificant, according to yall.[/quote]that's affirmative!

BlueDiva: Hodgson is clueless.
I'm not impressed with his selection so far.

he's a toad!
dunno what's wrong with england nowadays.
silly squad, rubbish shirt, nonsense management.....

BlueDiva: Only you 3 teams?
So what if it's Spain vs Portugal?

You'll choose Spain i guess.

nani over pedro. nani is a red devil.

BlueDiva: How come epl fans ain't supporting England?

without carrick, wilshere, cleverley and scholes....england are doomed!
there's no creative bone in the squad....the play would be so disjointed
it would be like watching iwanyanwu nationale against barcelona.

BlueDiva: We shall see. I like Nani though.

Can't wait for the start of the Euros.
Who are you guys supporting?

I have a soft spot for Italy.
They always disappoint me though.

spain
portugal
england

evra jogs back when he should be bursting his lungs to salvage dangerous
situations. i cannot count the number of goals united have lost because
evra wasn't properly positioned

[quote author=tpia@]hmph.

sleeping with white women means the colour of skin is virtually insignificant?[/quote]white women i sleep with have less drama. what i see is what i get.
no frills, no thrills!