Interesting observation made on this weeks Football Weekly (WOOF), about Englands âGolden Generationâ and the pitiful endings to their careers.
Rio - Relegated
Gerrard - Slipped and lost 5-1
Owen - Died out at Stoke
Terry - Sent off, no farewell
Neville - Retired after humiliation
Scholes - Limped out of retirement to save United before toddling off again
Lampard - On loan to City, embarrassed to score against Chelsea
Cole - Died on the bench, horrific spell at Roma
Anyone else?
All apart from Beckham who bestrode the globe like a colossus
Thatâs shite talk in fairness. All them lads played well into their 30âs and had successful careers, obviously the end of your career is going to see you slow down/ move down clubs bar in exceptional circumstances. Cole was just a thick cunt.
Yes, but they were focusing on the send offâs gotten, and pretty much none got a rousing one anywhere, Owens in particular, for one of Englands greatest strikers and a former European POTY was especially pathetic.
For one club men, Terry and Gerrardâs arenât exactly Tottiâesque.
Some rather selective observations there all the same.
Steven Gerrard scored from play in three of his final four league games for Liverpool and was our top scorer for the season. Iâm sure Scholes wasnât too unhappy with his manner of departure either.
Lamps was arguably Manchester Cityâs best player in his final season in England.
id have Defoe in there
heâs a brilliant, instinctive striker in superb form at the moment and consistently playing well since janaury, Sturridge is a windy, flaky fucker who has no gumption about him at all⌠thatâs a bad call.
Its a decent squad bar that miss
While Defoe has shown he can play up front on his own even at this stage of his career, Roy must be tempted to bring Big Andy along. The classic English big man/little man combination, the foreigners wonât know whats hit them.
Ronaldo - ate his way into decline
Ronaldinho - shagged his way into decline
Zidane - headbutted his way into retirement
Maldini - booed by his own supporters at his last game
Pirlo - stinking out the MLS
Matthaus - became a laughing stock at Euro 2000, his efforts to play sweeper were like your father taking to the dancefloor at a wedding
Diego - ended up taking a gun to journalists
Henry - handled his way to a World Cup where he made a show of himself
Not sure youâre following Sid, as stated they were talking about their final club games (choosing to discount retirement homes like the MLS). But carry on, its an interesting tangent to the main point.
Squad has been announced. Rashford and Sturridge both included. Drinkwater and Townsend left out.
ENGLANDâS FINAL 23-MAN SQUAD
Goalkeepers: Fraser Forster (Southampton), Joe Hart (Manchester City), Tom Heaton (Burnley).
Defenders: Ryan Betrand (Southampton), Gary Cahill (Chelsea), Nathaniel Clyne (Liverpool), Danny Rose (Tottenham), Chris Smalling (Manchester United), John Stones (Everton), Kyle Walker (Tottenham).
Midfielders: Bamidele Alli (Tottenham), Ross Barkley (Everton), Eric Dier (Tottenham), Jordan Henderson (Liverpool), Adam Lallana (Liverpool), James Milner (Liverpool), Raheem Sterling (Manchester City), Jack Wilshere (Arsenal).
Forwards: Harry Kane (Tottenham), Marcus Rashford (Manchester United), Wayne Rooney (Manchester United), Daniel Sturridge (Liverpool), Jamie Vardy (Leicester).
