Top Robin Posted December 22, 2017 Report Share Posted December 22, 2017 I know you may laugh but do you think there is any possibility than any of our current squad will ever play for England in the future. Some of them are young and playing well now in a competitive Championship and will only get better . I recon Bryan, Patterson, Brownhill, Smith and Bobby may all have a chance if they continue to improve and their careers take the right path. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bailey is Right Posted December 22, 2017 Report Share Posted December 22, 2017 Sadly the England selection is hugely dictated by the club the player plays for, obviously. Although I feel players like patterson, Smith and Bob have improved drastically in the last 12 months with their ages being all nearly being 25+ its highly unlikly they'd achieve the progression in their careers to be a candidate for selection at international level. Joe however, the way he put himself in the shop window Monday could potentially attract bids from top 6 clubs, which if he moves changes the dynamic completely. Josh is a hard one to call but is definatly in a strong position regarding his age and current ability. Who knows? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pickle Rick Posted December 22, 2017 Report Share Posted December 22, 2017 Frankie Fielding. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pride of the west Posted December 22, 2017 Report Share Posted December 22, 2017 According to reports patterson wants to play for Scotland and if so I can't see him being overlooked for much longer Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
alexukhc Posted December 22, 2017 Report Share Posted December 22, 2017 Smith will get a Jamaica call after that United goal mark my words. Patterson will play for Scotland and we’ll the rest is upto them Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TRL Posted December 22, 2017 Report Share Posted December 22, 2017 9 minutes ago, Bailey is Right said: Sadly the England selection is hugely dictated by the club the player plays for, obviously. Although I feel players like patterson, Smith and Bob have improved drastically in the last 12 months with their ages being all nearly being 25+ its highly unlikly they'd achieve the progression in their careers to be a candidate for selection at international level. Joe however, the way he put himself in the shop window Monday could potentially attract bids from top 6 clubs, which if he moves changes the dynamic completely. Josh is a hard one to call but is definatly in a strong position regarding his age and current ability. Who knows? I am sure I read somewhere Southgate was actually looking at Paterson.. So maybe maybe he has a chance. Says a lot about the ability of top flight Englishmen if you ask me, but if he is being looked at fair play to the bloke Edit judging by posts here I may have read the article incorrectly. I now have to try and find the article I was reading to sanity check Edit 2 I reckon I must have got it of a badly worded media watch piece on City's website. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
alexukhc Posted December 22, 2017 Report Share Posted December 22, 2017 6 minutes ago, TRL said: Edit 2 I reckon I must have got it of a badly worded media watch piece on City's website. I fell for the same thing Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TRL Posted December 22, 2017 Report Share Posted December 22, 2017 2 minutes ago, alexukhc said: I fell for the same thing Aye I was surprised.. I knew about Scotland very surprised to read England as well Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Top Robin Posted December 22, 2017 Author Report Share Posted December 22, 2017 18 minutes ago, Bailey is Right said: Sadly the England selection is hugely dictated by the club the player plays for, obviously. Although I feel players like patterson, Smith and Bob have improved drastically in the last 12 months with their ages being all nearly being 25+ its highly unlikly they'd achieve the progression in their careers to be a candidate for selection at international level. Joe however, the way he put himself in the shop window Monday could potentially attract bids from top 6 clubs, which if he moves changes the dynamic completely. Josh is a hard one to call but is definatly in a strong position regarding his age and current ability. Who knows? Southgate does seem to be an England manager who picks on form rather that reputation. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
alexukhc Posted December 22, 2017 Report Share Posted December 22, 2017 Can Josh still get an England u21 cap? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BRISTOL86 Posted December 22, 2017 Report Share Posted December 22, 2017 BBC were running something today saying that Joe was regularly being watched. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bcfctim Posted December 22, 2017 Report Share Posted December 22, 2017 For anyone who's familiar with The Secret Footballer, I was reading one of his books Access All Areas recently, and he devoted quite a lot of time to talking about a young player he used to represent, who he didn't mention by name but was pretty obvious reading between the lines it was Callum O'Dowda. He was very irritated that Callum elected to play for Ireland (largely down to the influence of his dad, so he says) as he was convinced that he'd one day get a chance with England. He was really gushing over him. Was an interesting read regardless, but that added a nice insight. Went into detail his plans for him which involved a move to a Championship club for 2-3 years (this was whilst he was still with Oxford) before going to a mid table Premier League club, to ensure he got regular game time, a career path he seems pretty well set on. Only thing was, this was written in 2015, he wanted to engineer a move that summer, and ranted on about him signing a new deal with Oxford, saying he was taking the first offer on the table and throwing away his career and chance of a move. When, as it happens, a year later we came along with £1m or whatever it was and it worked out well for both parties. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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