by Felonius_Monk » Sun Dec 16, 2007 6:14 pm
Bridge is really hopeless IMO. Not much pace, not great on the ball, a bit clumsy. He's OK defensively but even there he lacks a yard of pace.
I've always liked what I've seen of Isaksson, and there's really not an English keeper looking anything like world class right now. Maybe Green? Foster in a few years perhaps. I'd take Isaksson or Kaspar Schmeichel over any of them at the moment.
I never said Edman is close to Cole, but I think more or less any so-so left back playing with a decent team in a top Euro league would be better than our other options.
I don't think Sol Campbell is even our 3rd or 4th best centre back; the point I was making is that he played vs Croatia because there was basically no-one else available (Terry & Ferdinand injured, Carragher retired) and I think at about that level (4th or 5th choice) Mellberg wouldn't look out of place. I think Ferdinand is the only world-beating centre half england have; Terry's OK but a bit short of pace and quality in some areas. It's generally a pretty strong position for England though.
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