Premier League dream team = ENGLAND national team, yet you BOO!

[Soccernut]

Here is for all you England fans!

The current group of players who wear the England shirt are the proportion of the premier League dream team. The likes of Gerrard, Lampard, Rooney, Ferdinand and John Terry would be welcome in any squad in Europe. Before you click away thinking I am about to rant about how bad these players are for not performing in an English shirt, I am strongly backing the individuals.

The ’superstars’ have taken a bashing from just about every media outlet and from this website as well looking at previous blogs. I am not attempting to engage in an argument with fellow writers, but I believe calling the players lazy and uninterested millionaires is highly inaccurate. Everybody on this website follows or supports a team and a good amount of people support someone at club level who will pull on the English shirt on Wednesday night.

When members of the team mention they are proud to where the shirt, I think they are telling the truth. The next question you will now ask is, ‘Why can’t they play well?’ A Sunday football team meets up more often then these individual players, yet they are expected to be as good as they are on club level. I am a season ticket holder at a Premiership club and have seen first hand how some of these players do brilliantly when they are working with stars they see and work with every day of the week.

Perhaps the problem isn’t what’s happening on the pitch, it could be off it. I am addressing those fans who have booed Lampard, Crouch and Ashley Cole most recently just to mention a few. A human being makes a genuine and rare mistake and gets booed by his own fans for the rest of the game… When was the last time the Kop end at Anfield booed one of there own players? Players such as Risse who scored an own goal in a European semi final have been supported from the moment the ball hit the net. (And no, that Premiership side I follow is not Liverpool)

Congratulations to Rio Ferdinand for supporting Cole and condemning the fans that have paid to support the team yet boo them. This is the best set of England players that the nation has had for a while now with names that are known around Europe. They now have a manager who knows what he is doing. This is until a couple of results go the wrong way and the nation decides to make Mr. Cappello, ‘an embarrassment to the England team’ by slating him.

Here are a couple of recommendations that should help more then any argument swaying statistics:

- STOP booing players when they make a mistake (even if they play for Chelsea)
- STOP booing those who are trying to find there feet in the team
- IF you want a goal after twenty minutes, DONT boo the team because they haven’t got it
- SUPPORT Lampard and Gerrard when they play together (even if you don’t like it)
- IF they are playing bad don’t start calling them spoilt millionaires who don’t care about England

This is not directed at anyone on this website, but to those who attend England games. I think Gerrard had a bad game on Saturday, which not only proves I don’t support Liverpool but shows that I can see that players don’t play up to the standards for England. I like to read comments and peoples thoughts, but please don’t inform me of England’s poor form as I know. All I am saying is that we should support the team in times of troubles…NOT BOO THEM!

http://soccerlens.com/premier-league-dream-team-england-national-team-yet-you-boo/13562/

[gr8-1]

im sick and tired of the england fans who boo players, especially the chelsea ones.

Give me a choice, i'd easily back chelsea ahead of england, so if these fans cant appreciate the likes of lampard and now ashley cole, then I say Joe cole, ashley cole, lampard, terry, bridge etc should be taken out of the national squad. and then we see how they fare.

[Aussie Gunner]

Pfft Who cares it England they think just because they invented the game it's their bloody god given right to be best at it.

[Hodar]

wasn't it Brazil who invented soccer?

[FunkYou]

wasn't it Brazil who invented soccer?

Depending on how far back you want to go and how you define the game of footbal then it could be argued the Chinese invented it over 2000 years ago. However the modern form of the game, ie Association Football, had its rules drawn up in England in the late 19th century.

Anyone who boos players they have paid good money to go see is a bone fide idiot. Especially if they do so at half time and therefore before the result is determined. No game is won in the first 45 minutes alone.

I almost feel sorry for Lampard who has received more than his fair share of the boos. Whether I think he should be in the side in the first place is irrelavent when it comes to judging his performance. As the article stated a few players seem to get booed just for playing for Chelsea. Usually I would judge this a heinous crime but the moment you pull on the three lions then your club affiliations cease to matter to me.

[Soccernut]

Yeah Lampard doesn't deserve to be booed.

Why are people booing him anyway?

[Hodar]

Some people in England are a little bit "over the top soccer lovers" I'm not saying thats a bad thing but most of them always boo if the team they go for are playing bad. The only reason they boo is because they know Lampard can do better. I don't think this is right what they do but I just answerd the question.

[Soccernut]

Thanks Hodar.

That makes alot of sense. Now i understand why they boo him.

Thanks

[FunkYou]

The also boo him cos he takes a whole load of shooting opportunities and, for england at least, misses the target on most of them

[PompeY2J]

The also boo him cos he takes a whole load of shooting opportunities and, for england at least, misses the target on most of them

Indeed that is also correct.

I think though many of the England players really don't see the international games as a big deal, just another match for them. It also leads to miraculous recoveries from injuries. Injured in the leadup to a game, misses the game, and makes a miraculous recovery in time for the weekend games. That explains why Neville has so many England caps - he was the only half-fit English defender.

[FunkYou]

I don't know if it is a case of the platers not caring and it is pressure from the clubs ie the people who pay their wages, who withdraw these players from International duty.

At least there was no booing tonigh. Lampard had a good if anonymous game.

Neville being in the england squad was a long term joke. He had the easiest job in world football, both at club and international level.: Receive ball from keeper, give ball to Beckham. Rinse and repeat for 90 minutes, game after game. The sad thing is that whenever some one else got a chance, like Danny Mills for example, they would not be able to carry out this simple task.