[Sicknote10]

Who do you think it should be?

My vote goes to Rob Green, on good form for West Ham and doesn't seem to have any real flaws to his game like some of the others

[Miyazaki]

But he plays for friggin west ham.

To be honest, England don't have any world class goalies.

The closest thing we have is David James but he is too inconsistent.

[danaldinho7]

David James is world class...he's the most agile of all the keepers physically the strongest fittest fastest has the best arm best vision no contest really

[Sicknote10]

No one going for Carson then?

[Tetlee]

Originally Posted by Sicknote10

No one going for Carson then?

Any Croatians visit here?

[JonnyTester]

Scott Carson gets my vote. A brilliant display tonight!

[Abbeygoo]

It was the wrong game to change the goalkeeper to a player making his first appearance at such a young age.

If McLaren wanted to change he should have gone for David James.

And its also strange that the highest placed team playing with an English goalkeeper ..... he doesn't get a mention

[thfccambs]

Ok all you people who have voted for James as Englands No1 haven't got a clue.
We now need to be looking for a squad for the WC. James @ 37 now isn't the answer,think half of you just haven't got a clue.

James,now his last major tournament was Portugal 2004,we was 1-0 @ Lisbon against France,89th minute and he makes 2 mistakes one giving away a penalty and we lose 2-1.Then in 2005 he's finally given another chance ,comes on @ Denmark,0-0 he lets in 4 in a 4-1 defeat,think it maybe England biggest.

Now do we honestly need David James back in goal?

[Hybrid_CA9]

I'm all for giving Green a chance. He's been looking good recently.

[Abbeygoo]

Originally Posted by hunts1uk

Ok all you people who have voted for James as Englands No1 haven't got a clue.
We now need to be looking for a squad for the WC. James @ 37 now isn't the answer,think half of you just haven't got a clue.

James,now his last major tournament was Portugal 2004,we was 1-0 @ Lisbon against France,89th minute and he makes 2 mistakes one giving away a penalty and we lose 2-1.Then in 2005 he's finally given another chance ,comes on @ Denmark,0-0 he lets in 4 in a 4-1 defeat,think it maybe England biggest.

Now do we honestly need David James back in goal?

I think you're right about his age but I don't think you can blame him for the penalty against France ..... I think you can look at a Mr Gerrard for that one.

Again, why haven't we considered the England Under 21 keeper and the highest placed league goalkeeper in the premier league? (It's the same person btw!)

[kopchoir]

Originally Posted by Abbeygoo

I think you're right about his age but I don't think you can blame him for the penalty against France ..... I think you can look at a Mr Gerrard for that one.

Again, why haven't we considered the England Under 21 keeper and the highest placed league goalkeeper in the premier league? (It's the same person btw!)

because carson and foster are better than him

[Abbeygoo]

Originally Posted by kopchoir

because carson and foster are better than him

That's your opinion, not fact. He should at least be considered given the fact that the next major tournament that England could involved in will be the World Cup in 2010 and he will be at a good age.

Who does Ben Foster play for again?

[thfccambs]

Originally Posted by Abbeygoo

I think you're right about his age but I don't think you can blame him for the penalty against France ..... I think you can look at a Mr Gerrard for that one.

Again, why haven't we considered the England Under 21 keeper and the highest placed league goalkeeper in the premier league? (It's the same person btw!)

We'll disagree on that one,James was shocking at the Euro's,must admit Gerrards back pass wasn't good nor was James positioning.

[thfccambs]

Originally Posted by Abbeygoo

That's your opinion, not fact. He should at least be considered given the fact that the next major tournament that England could involved in will be the World Cup in 2010 and he will be at a good age.

Who does Ben Foster play for again?

Is he still @ Watford?

[dub007]

i voted for Robinson!!! i no he has been under the spot light lately but what goal keeper hasn't but fair play to the guy he has been fantastic over the years for leeds and spurs and played well for england with two errors which may have cost them but when you see the likes of gerrards and lampard and all the other big name players still in the frame why the hell does he get dropped on the most important night of englands campain surley he would have just had more to prove no chance of that now is there mr maclaren

[danaldinho7]

Originally Posted by hunts1uk

Is he still @ Watford?

He's at United and he's been injured all season...I was the first person to vote for James

[kopchoir]

Originally Posted by Abbeygoo

That's your opinion, not fact. He should at least be considered given the fact that the next major tournament that England could involved in will be the World Cup in 2010 and he will be at a good age.

Who does Ben Foster play for again?

ben foster plays for man utd and im sure he will be there soon enough and carson according to reports is about to sign for villa for 10 mil and has played well enough this season to be considered (and didnt your goalkeeper who let 6 in against chelsea btw)according to reports he is a ver bright prospect for the future and im pleased he is getting a look in at city but if he was that good like you say he is then he would be in the main england team if your good enough your old enough

[thfccambs]

Didn't look all that good when Robinson beat him from 80yards.

[Abbeygoo]

Just said he should be considered that's all.

And well done for bringing up the Chelsea game. Do you want to mention his record and performances for the U21s? Do you even know what it is?

[Abbeygoo]

Originally Posted by hunts1uk

Didn't look all that good when Robinson beat him from 80yards.

Made my night that.

[kopchoir]

Originally Posted by Abbeygoo

Just said he should be considered that's all.

And well done for bringing up the Chelsea game. Do you want to mention his record and performances for the U21s? Do you even know what it is?

i know what it is but you cant judge u21`s as to be being considered how many games has he played this year

[CAS FAN]

James is the best we have at the moment. He does make the odd blunder but so does Robinson and as seen tonight Carson. James is the best shot stopper we have though and his positioning is better than Robinson's. The sad thing is that post Seaman we haven't had a real world class keeper, but we do still have good keepers. Other nations are the same and let's face it Barthez was king of the Blunders, but France did pretty well with him in between the sticks (not that he spent much time in that position ).

The point is that it's the whole style of play and attitude that is wrong with our football and we should be able to do well with pretty much any of the above keepers. We need to actually start playing the game again, instead of just trying to play safe when the score is in our favour and then only playing when things go wrong! I'd rather go out seeing us actually go at every team for the win, looking to play football for the full 90+ mins of every game. Was it any coincidence that we played the best football, with a string of 3-0 wins when they were literally must win games? Then when we were 2-0 down tonight we started playing and got it back to 2-2. The switch to 4-4-2 and the substitutions helped, but really it was down to attitude.

Anyway, I guess the infatuation will always be on the players and when we don't win with some, we just swap them around and then fail to win with them. Of course the players and the system they play in does have an affect but it's more to do with our attitude to playing the game now IMO.

[rio1981]

Biased, obviously, but...

For Rob Green to not have got in the squad over the last year or so bewilders me to be honest. Generally speaking this proves the point that McLaren would rather pick on reputation than any other criteria.

Last season Green was worked on such a frequent basis - and continues to be this season! - and was as solid as goalkeepers get, good distribution, good with crosses despite not being the biggest of goalkeepers.

In my mind he's the best English goalkeeper currently on form, whether that remains and whether he can make the step up I really don't know - I hope that he can.

But my three for a squad would be Green, James and Robinson.

[thfccambs]

Rio seen a lot of Green over the years mate and think your right,very good keeper but technically i think he lets himself down sometime.
For me though he would be in the England squad along with Robbo and Foster.
James at 37 doesn't even come into it for me and out of all our keepers he made more mistakes for club and country then any others.

[thfccambs]

Originally Posted by Abbeygoo

Made my night that.

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[Abbeygoo]

Quality that Hunts!

I think that the three goalkeepers we need to move forward with are Green, Robinson and Carson (despite last night). Still good backup in the form of Hart and Foster which is encouraging but I think that goalkeepers are very quick to come under fire whereas outfield players can be poor for months and get away with it.

[thfccambs]

Hart,is that the young lad at City, Steve?

[Abbeygoo]

Originally Posted by hunts1uk

Hart,is that the young lad at City, Steve?

It is indeed. First choice at the moment after Schmeichel went out on loan. Has played six premier league games for us now, conceding 2 goals ahem, cough, plus the ones at Chelsea ......

He is the current England Under 21 goalkeeper has only conceded one goal in their qualifying campaign, which was a penalty. Great lad, decent build on him and still very young He's keeping Andreas Isaksson out of our side at the moment, who is Sweden's number one.

[deanym]

I feel Stephen Harper for Newcastle should be given a chance.

Even when Given was fit, Harper kept him out of the side.

[thfccambs]

Originally Posted by deanym

I feel Stephen Harper for Newcastle should be given a chance.

Even when Given was fit, Harper kept him out of the side.

Love a little joke now and then.