Saints pair snubbed by England boss

8:58am Friday 5th October 2012 in Sport

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Roy Hodgson has named his England squad for next week’s World Cup qualifiers against San Marino and Poland – but there is no place for Adam Lallana or Rickie Lambert.

Lallana was given a late call-up for the last qualifier, a 1-1 draw with Ukraine at Wembley, making it onto the bench for the match.

However, he was not among the nine midfielders selected by Hodgson yesterday.

Lambert had made a case for a place in the squad after scoring four times already in the Premier League this season – a total that no English striker can beat – but he too has been overlooked, after the return to fitness of Wayne Rooney and Andy Carroll.

Full England squad - see today's Daily Echo

Comments(16)

Hobson82 says...
9:09am Fri 5 Oct 12

If England only had to play San Marino then I think at least Lallana would have been picked. Poland is going to be a bit more tricky and Roy is probably thinking he needs to stick with experience. If it was me I would start playing youth, what have the Gerrards, Lampards and Rooney's done for England?!?

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SO50 Saint says...
9:13am Fri 5 Oct 12

Well at least 2 of them have been sent off at pretty crucial moments for their country. I don't really want to slag off Lampard as a lot of the abuse he has had over the years I don't really think was warranted but he is passed it for England now imo.

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Puddletown Saint says...
9:20am Fri 5 Oct 12

If Rickie or Adam played for one of the 'big six' they would be in every squad. It seems the only criteria that is needed. **** look Ox or Theo. Johnson and Milner never play fot their clubs. You have feel sorry for our two and the likes of Holt Nolan etc

How many players can we name that are in this boat and I will make the alternative England X1 (current players only for now)

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Call2Arms says...
9:41am Fri 5 Oct 12

Who cares. Playing for England seems to be an albatross round the players necks. Just keep playing well for Saints and don't worry about it.

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Folkestone Saint says...
9:58am Fri 5 Oct 12

Puddletown Saint wrote:
If Rickie or Adam played for one of the 'big six' they would be in every squad. It seems the only criteria that is needed. **** look Ox or Theo. Johnson and Milner never play fot their clubs. You have feel sorry for our two and the likes of Holt Nolan etc

How many players can we name that are in this boat and I will make the alternative England X1 (current players only for now)
I would love to see a fans 11 v the f.a's so long as we have first pick, now that would be a freindly I would even pay to watch

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dopplershift says...
10:27am Fri 5 Oct 12

Good. Without these two player saints are definite relegation material. Got to keep them club fit so they have to play every minute for saints. RL picking up a niggle whilst playing poland is a horror story for saints. so lets move on to 3 points at Fulham with goals and a clean sheet.

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Bazultra says...
10:28am Fri 5 Oct 12

In my opinion the England set up has been an absolute shambles for the last 10 years. Ever since the days of Bobby Robson and Venables when we had a good side. I rmemember when we strikers to choose from in Shearer, Fowler, Sherrinham, Owen, Wright, Ferdinand, Linekar, Barnes.Keegan. About as bad now as when Saints had Ropert lowe as you can go.

COME ON YOU SAINTS

Atleast Lambo and Lallana wont be getting injured against San Marino:):)

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Bazultra says...
10:30am Fri 5 Oct 12

In my opinion the England set up has been an absolute shambles for the last 10 years. Ever since the days of Bobby Robson and Venables when we had a good side. I remember when we had strikers to choose from in Shearer, Fowler, Sherrinham, Owen, Wright, Ferdinand, Linekar, Barnes.Keegan. About as bad now as when Saints had Ropert lowe as you can go.

COME ON YOU SAINTS

Atleast Lambo and Lallana wont be getting injured against San Marino:):)

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SO50 Saint says...
10:30am Fri 5 Oct 12

You look at the strikers there and think about the ones about today what a difference there is. Every single one mentioned there would get in the side today.

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Bazultra says...
10:36am Fri 5 Oct 12

SO50 Saint wrote:
You look atNot to mention Le God who would most definately of been in the starting line up:)

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Bazultra says...
10:37am Fri 5 Oct 12

Not to mention Le God who would most definately of been in the starting line up:)

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Bazultra says...
10:37am Fri 5 Oct 12

Where is edit post on here lol

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SO50 Saint says...
10:43am Fri 5 Oct 12

He probably still wouldn't get in look at whats happened to Lambo and Lallana

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Tony in Liberia says...
11:58am Fri 5 Oct 12

I try not to slag the Echo, they at least provide this forum, but why do they have to write such stupid headlines? Since Lambert has never been part of the England set up he cannot have been snubbed; at best you can say ignored, but then that applies to virtually ever footballer in the country. While Lallana was brought into the last squad jut because there was a space due to withdrawals to give him a taste of it, for the management team to get a closer look, and to make sure he's ready if he does step up a level in the PRem and be ready for the National team. That was obvioulsy a one-off call until he's proven he is ready. So again, hardly a snub.

This trend in all papers, not just the echo, to have big headlines that don't match the story, is one of the main reasons I don't buy newspapers any more; it's an insult to our intelligence. Keep them for the News site, where you can't insult their intelligence if you try...

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CB FRY LIVES says...
3:16pm Fri 5 Oct 12

Ryan Shawcross set to be the first stoke city player for 20 odd years to play for england.that makes stoke even more unfashionable than us.i think Terry Paine got all his england caps before he ever kicked a ball in the top flight..in those days you were picked if you were good enough regardless of who you played for

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right back in the bar says...
5:22pm Fri 5 Oct 12

If I was a pro I would rather eat my own feaces than play for england especially woys boys

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