After impressing with a hat-trick in front of Franco Baldini the other day, speculation was that Andy Carroll might get a look in to the senior England squad for the upcoming qualifying matches.
It now looks as though he’ll be in the under-21 squad rather than the senior one which probably makes better sense.
Let’s be honest here, Carroll impressed in one Premier League match, against a Villa defence who clearly couldn’t be arsed with their professional obligations that day. He had a great season in the Championship too, but that doesn’t make you an international class striker.
He may well become a good international, he certainly has lots of necessary attributes, but there is some way to go yet.
He’s a striker in the “classic” mould as people seem to say – big and strong, and great in the air. Dare we say that he’s in the Alan Shearer style?
That does of course lead to a certain directness which England are falteringly attempting to not do, but he does have good skill on the deck too.
He needs to show that he can consistently compete at this level, against better defences than Aston Villa’s, before I think he can seriously be considered for the full England team.
It’s a bit typical of the current media way that one good performance leads to England calls. That’s the type of thinking that got Michael Ricketts into the England squad!
Give him time and let’s see what he can do, but he certainly has the opportunity to become part of England’s plans for the future if he can prove his consistency.
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