Originally Posted by
sancho_panza
Players shouldn't be getting picked just because they play in England, but we shouldn't be ditching players just because they play in England either and a lot of what you've written here is suggesting we do exactly that.
Just take three examples. Darren Fletcher is probably too old to continue for much longer, but he was one of our best players in the last game and shouldn't be getting singled out as dross after that in my opinion. Martin is at worst a good option to have on the bench, which should be abundantly clear after the two wins against Slovakia/Slovenia where him coming on helped change the game. Phillips played poorly in the last two games, but is on precisely 7 caps at present and is only 26 so the idea he's "had his chance and failed" is reactionary stuff at best.
Our pool of players is limited enough as it is without arbitrarily culling a load of our better options just to satisfy some bloodlust to get rid of those who play in England.