Fabio's gone too far this time
Tuesday, November 10, 2009 at 11:28PM OUTRAGED fans blasted the England squad after Fabio Capello umm'd and ahh'd - and then decided to select Juddlestone for the England friendly against Brazil this weekend.
Hundreds of irate supporters bombarded radio, tv and tabloids with emails and calls attacking the loopy decision.
Mike Bayliss, 35, of Southend said: "Fabio has ruined his own reign. It's Maradona syndrome. He's gone too far this time. Honestly, the skinny one out of the two reminds me of a deer with legs made of jelly caught in headlights. A jelly footed deer. Called Nancy. Soiling herself in the bright lights"
Carpenter Jim Williams, 44, of Manchester, added: "This proves the England team is no longer a footballing contest"
And nayimfromthehalfwayline emailed to say: "He's pretended to ignore the twins but has manipulated the public to now believe they are good enough for selection. I'll never watch England again."
Road sweeper David Dinner, 31, of London, said: "This is an outrage. The reason people tune into England games is to see Fabio lead us to victory with class and style - but he has totally undermined this."
Rebecca Jones, 29, of Newport, Wales, said: "There's no evidence of talent and to place them in amongst all the wealth of ability is a joke"
Richard Dingle, 29, London, said: "I have always admired and liked Fabio, but today I am disgusted with him, I cannot believe he hasn't selected Wilshire."
Juddlestone - The controversial twins backed by the England boss
Stephen Roberts, 22, of Ongar, Essex, added: "The fat one out of the two, he can hardly move. I can run around faster than him and I'm 18 stone"
Ronan Toor, 43, of Lewes, East Sussex, said: "Fabio has made himself look an idiot. He should have had the guts to ignore the terrible twins but instead has turned international football into a joke"
Jonathon Hust, 48, of Liverpool, said: "It's a disgrace. I know this Brazil friendly means nothing and there's no doubting that they are there just there to make up the numbers but there's plenty of others to select from with real talent…like Stephen Warnock. What? He's in the squad too? Sweet"
However, some fans did back Fabio's decision. DBTheTruth tweeted: "Juddlestone DO deserve to be selected, and booing from the fans and the hatred they're getting is just appalling! I for one am looking forward to those pin-point accurate balls to feet"
Chris Barber, 32, Birmingham, said: "Huddlestone does well when he's pinging balls to players who are willing to run into space and struggles in congested games made up of short fast passing movements. He'd do fine for England. No real need to run around and plenty of time on the ball. Everyone knows international football is a step down from the Premier League. The other one? He's a bit like that Andrew Ridgeley from Wham. He's there. You can see him. He appears to have the tools to do the job, but you can't quite figure out what the hell he's meant to be doing, standing there with a blank expression looking lost as people around him do all the work"
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Reader Comments (15)
Ah, leave those kids alone!
Did Fabio select Huddlestone on the strength of his goal v Sunderland? Did someone say 'irrelevant friendly'?
Leave Jenas alone Spooky. He's got it all. ALL I TELLS YA!
Expect Thudd to shine in the middle, with the rest of the team doing all the running on his behalf. It's a tactic that cannot fail.
What happened to the Jenas of late last season?
"What happened to the Jenas of late last season?"
Palacios. He's playing shit so JJ looks like he looks naturally.
After pissing myself laughing I can see one thing these comments have failed to give an alternative.
Thudd deserves to be in there as I see him as a natural replacement to carrick/barry in the future is too early for a start but a sub appearence would be good xp for the lad and would take fabio's comments about bringing people up from the under 21's to fruition.
Jenas on the other hand should be put down. To put him and spurs fans out of thier misery.
Carrick. Whatever happened to him. He looks rather useless for Man Utd in recent games. Doesn't seem to do much of anything. Bit wasted up there.
"...reminds me of a deer with legs made of jelly caught in headlights. A jelly footed deer. Called Nancy. Soiling herself in the bright lights"
Sums JJ up to a tee. That made me laugh, and consequently nearly choke to death at work here. I'm getting some strange looks, but it's worth it.
Quality work.
JJ has the WTF-Factor.
It's becoming a cliché now, but Huddlestone is definitely more suited to the slower paced international stage.
Shame he's there just to make up the numbers.
Jenas? Don't get me started.
Am I the only one who rates Huddlestone? If you stick him in a badly balanced midfield with players around him that don't support him and tactics that leave him headless then what do you expect? He was non existent against Arsenal because of the ver yreasons given in the above article. He cant play a short passing game and in the derby we got out passed silly. Hudd has to have the right midfielders around him for him to work. Play him deep with palacios and then 3 just in front with one up front.
I bet Hudd shines. He'll have all the time in the world if he gets to play. Jenas too. Neither will be going to SA.
All eyes on Darren Bent. Would be ironic if Tommy sets up the goals for Bent for us to beat Brazil.
Love it
its good to see that the spirit of didier zokoras zany aimless running at hight speed with the ball at his feet, sprinting the length of the park and losing the ball..ah its good to see didiers spirit lives on in the body of jenas..run forrest run..run....run.....ruuuunnnnnnn......
Quality!!
Thinking about it though, we should be able to phone in and vote to select the squad!