Go on Wales play him

[Ayamonteblade]

The very fact Southgate is contemplating starting Oxlade Chamberlain tonight, in his worst ever spell of form and disliked by his own fans,tells you everything why Brooks is better off with Wales.

now there's a poser - Brooks or Oxlade Chamberlain - not sure how far infront the Ox is right now......and how much did he move for?

[wavy_blade]

The very fact Southgate is contemplating starting Oxlade Chamberlain tonight, in his worst ever spell of form and disliked by his own fans,tells you everything why Brooks is better off with Wales.

Bang on with this the OX plays like one , would rather have Brooks any day.

[BlockD]

now there's a poser - Brooks or Oxlade Chamberlain - not sure how far infront the Ox is right now......and how much did he move for?

Brooks,has AOC ever been man of the match in a Sheffield Derby?

[Ayamonteblade]

will never tire of watching that............so hope he plays tomorrow, but then again, so hope he doesn't......he's our secret right now and longer we keep it that way, the better

[bulmer1889]

As I've said on another thread he can still play for England until he actually enters the field of play so he's bound to get a few minutes just to tie him to wales

[rodcurrie]

will never tire of watching that............so hope he plays tomorrow, but then again, so hope he doesn't......he's our secret right now and longer we keep it that way, the better

Do you honestly believe BROOKSY's a secret Monte? Come on get real,the Big clubs wudda known all abart him after Toulon and probably even before that tournament, mek no mistake abart that.UTCB

[Chips1889]

Brooks,has AOC ever been man of the match in a Sheffield Derby?

This is a cert for a future "what happened next..."

[Ayamonteblade]

Do you honestly believe BROOKSY's a secret Monte? Come on get real,the Big clubs wudda known all abart him after Toulon and probably even before that tournament, mek no mistake abart that.UTCB

Yes, they probably do - but there will be a media frenzy if he plays, and plays well tonight.....anyway the press reckons he won't so that's probably a good thing - but being of Welsh origin I am a bit disappointed as well.

Honestly, if we can keep hold of him, and he doesn't get injured.....we could do top 6 - he's one of those players that only comes along every 20/30 years or so.

[U-F-O]

He doesn't play for Man Utd, Man City, Chelsea, Liverpool, Spurs, West Ham or Arsenal, therefore he does not exist.

He's sooner pick bit part players from those clubs as well, such as Winks & Livermore, than contemplate looking outside those teams FKB. Also,the idiot known as Gary Neville openly admitted that they dont consider a players form when selecting the squad!

[Carpe_diem]

He's sooner pick bit part players from those clubs as well, such as Winks & Livermore, than contemplate looking outside those teams FKB. Also,the idiot known as Gary Neville openly admitted that they dont consider a players form when selecting the squad!

Whilst I don't like Southgate, and think he's an inoffensive yes-man who'll do whatever the FA tell him no matter how detrimental to the national game, and that he's uninspiring even for an England manager, you have to look at the facts here.

Butland plays for Stoke, Pickford plays for Everton, Foster plays for Southampton, as does Bertrand. Maguire's at Leicester, Keane's at Everton, Defoe's at Bournemouth.

I get the general gist, but players from outside the seven teams FKB mentioned do get picked, whether through necessity or form. The problem in my eyes is that there simply aren't very many outstanding players available at the moment. If we look at yesterday's starting XI:

Hart: Laughably inconsistent

Walker: Neglects his defensive duties. Think he'd be much better suited to being a right winger than a full back
Stones: Got a lot to live up to, and hasn't yet displayed any evidence that he's worth his £50m price tag
Cahill: Steady. Good solid man to have at the heart of defence
Bertrand: Presumably there because we have a complete lack of anything resembling decency at left-back

Henderson: nothing spectacular, but gets the job done
Dier: Needs to prove himself; not as good as he likes to think he is

Oxlade-Chamberlain: Not sure what went wrong but what happened to all that potential?
Sterling: Too inconsistent
Rashford: Showed perhaps too much promise too young and now can't live up to the hype

Kane: Don't like the man and hated it when he wanted to do everything on the pitch but his scoring record speaks for itself. Probably the only world-class player we have on the pitch

Given that we invented the game, our current crop of players is laughable.