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Saints Clyne and Ramirez drop out of squads
8:00pm Sunday 3rd February 2013 in Saints News
Nathaniel Clyne
SAINTS defender Nathaniel Clyne has been withdrawn from the England under-21 squad for Tuesday’s friendly against Sweden in Walsall.
He is one of four players pulled out of Stuart Pearce’s squad today through a mixture of injury and illness. The others are Manchester United defender Phil Jones, Liverpool winger Raheem Sterling and Norwich left back Ryan Bennett.
Bennett’s withdrawal increases the chances of Saints starlet Luke Shaw making his England U21 debut in the game.
In the senior squad, Michael Carrick (hip) and Jermain Defoe (ankle) have both withdrawn from Roy Hodgson's squad to face Brazil on Wednesday.
Hodgson has yet to call up any replacements, with Saints fans hoping Rickie Lambert could benefit from Defoe’s withdrawal.
Hodgson has been left with four strikers in his squad – Wayne Rooney, Daniel Welbeck, Theo Walcott and Daniel Sturridge.
And of those, Sturridge is a big doubt.
The 23-year-old, who has just four senior caps, scored a brilliant goal against former club Manchester City earlier today , but then picked up a knock.
He remained on the pitch until he was substituted just before the final whistle but Reds boss Brendan Rodgers is not optimistic about his chances of joining up with England.
"He got a knock just before half-time on his thigh and he wanted to give it a go in the second half," he said.
"I think he will be a doubt for the game on Wednesday, which is unfortunate because he was terrific today.”
Gaston Ramirez this evening became the second Saint, after Clyne, to withdraw from an international squad.
He was withdrawn from the Uruguay squad for Wednesday’s friendly against World and European champions Spain after picking up a leg injury at Wigan yesterday.
Comments(19)
ben dover
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10:57pm Sun 3 Feb 13
Bermondsey boy
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11:11pm Sun 3 Feb 13
Invidia
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11:54pm Sun 3 Feb 13
andysaints007
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12:22am Mon 4 Feb 13
ben dover wrote:Let's hope that he is then you complete pr*ck
if lambert is selected i will never watch football again and i am a koper.
Shareholder
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2:00am Mon 4 Feb 13
ben dover wrote:No, that's because you're a skater!
if lambert is selected i will never watch football again and i am a koper.
legh_langston
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8:17am Mon 4 Feb 13
Puddletown Saint
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8:37am Mon 4 Feb 13
legh_langston wrote:Was thinking the very same. Would love to know what England managers criteria for picking players is - certainly is not current form. This brings me onto why English players leave the 'smaller' clubs. To play for England you must ply your trade in the North West or London.
Cork for Carrick would be good!
OSPREYSAINT
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9:37am Mon 4 Feb 13
ben dover wrote:Is it a skate? is it a WUM? No it's a multi sign on Super Troll, guess who?
if lambert is selected i will never watch football again and i am a koper.
batesieboy
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10:28am Mon 4 Feb 13
Invidia wrote:What international "break" ?
I wondered why Clyne was substituted on Saturday I did know that Ramirez was crocked but not Nathan. It looks as if the international break has done us a favour for a change!!!
batesieboy
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10:31am Mon 4 Feb 13
ben dover wrote:ben dover and get your little friends to pull out whatever it is that is stuck. A pineapple, perhaps? A large skate?
if lambert is selected i will never watch football again and i am a koper.
kinkyboots09
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10:34am Mon 4 Feb 13
batesieboy wrote:Saints are playing Saturday..no international break
Invidia wrote:What international "break" ?
I wondered why Clyne was substituted on Saturday I did know that Ramirez was crocked but not Nathan. It looks as if the international break has done us a favour for a change!!!
boobooj
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12:15pm Mon 4 Feb 13
meechy
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12:39pm Mon 4 Feb 13
CB FRY LIVES
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12:50pm Mon 4 Feb 13
batesieboy wrote:Ben dover is a well known skate.hangs out at the farton end with his dodgy chum phil mccrackin.
ben dover wrote:ben dover and get your little friends to pull out whatever it is that is stuck. A pineapple, perhaps? A large skate?
if lambert is selected i will never watch football again and i am a koper.
Itchin' My Kingsland
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3:19pm Mon 4 Feb 13
Scarborosaint
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4:48pm Mon 4 Feb 13
saint in dordogne
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5:28pm Mon 4 Feb 13
CB FRY LIVES wrote:Lambert should be England's No1 striker he the top english scorer in the premier and Cork's right on form and could be in with a shout for a call up!!!!
batesieboy wrote:Ben dover is a well known skate.hangs out at the farton end with his dodgy chum phil mccrackin.
ben dover wrote:ben dover and get your little friends to pull out whatever it is that is stuck. A pineapple, perhaps? A large skate?
if lambert is selected i will never watch football again and i am a koper.
Itchin' My Kingsland
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6:08pm Mon 4 Feb 13
Scarborosaint wrote:Now he's a loss. Not Ramirez!
Luke shaw has had to pull out of under 21s with a knee injury let's hope nothing serious
redsnapper says...
8:08pm Sun 3 Feb 13