Blue Interest

[ToffeeDan]

Firstly I'm delighted to hear Leighton, Jags and Ross Barkley make Hodgson's 23. John Stones is on the standby list - well done!

http://www.theguardian.com/football/2014/may/12/ashley-cole-england-world-cup-squad-roy-hodgson

Secondly I think we'll be in even better shape next season with all our rivals having almost all their first XI's on duty whereas it seems we're down to the England three, Tim Howard and Kevin Mirallas.

Where else will be following former Blues? Tim Cahill obviously, Fellaini and Rooney and a scattering of others - Segundo Castillo for a start. Mustafi (perhaps), Romelu, Landon Donovan, maybe Lacuna, Joey Yobo.

 

[Garrick]

Still blows my mind that France has never called up Distin.

Also gutted that Oviedo won't make it back in time. Big loss for Los Ticos.

 

[squonk]

Hopefully they will be home early and so avoid the dreaded world cup hangovers at the start of the season.

 

[BlueShark]

We've a good showing.

Am kind of surprised Barry didn't make the standby group as I rate him more than Cleverley and even Carrick.

 

[toffeejack]

well done blues, 3 in there and stones on standby at such a young age is brilliant, especially in such a big area of the pitch. he's clearly better than smalling, but there you go.

 

[toffeejack]

We've a good showing.

Am kind of surprised Barry didn't make the standby group as I rate him more than Cleverley and even Carrick.

definitely, if carrick isn't going, then he has to be there, especially ahead of lampard who's barely featured and like gerrard isn't really that good at that position.

i'm a bit miffed that england have picked a whole squad without a genuine defensive mid.

 

[Ara]

Well done Boys, Stones is going and will replace Phil Jones when he drops out

 

[Maxwell]

Barry should definitely be on the standby list instead of Carrick.

 

[mitch]

Where else will be following former Blues? Tim Cahill obviously, Fellaini and Rooney and a scattering of others - Segundo Castillo for a start. Mustafi (perhaps), Romelu, Landon Donovan, maybe Lacuna, Joey Yobo.

Jelavić, likely to start at the opening game.

 

[ToffeeDan]

The Mersey Connection:

Hart (Tranmere)
Johnson, Jagielka, Baines
Henderson, Gerrard, Rooney, Barkley, Sterling
Lambert, Sturridge

Stand-by: Ruddy, Carroll, Flanaghan, Stones

 

[ToffeeDan]

Why next season Everton can steal a march on the rest of the top 7

Figures not absolutely accurate but a flavour of the number of players from these teams possibly going to Brazil.

United - circa 16
City - circa 15
Chelsea - circa 15
RS - circa 14
Arsenal - circa 12
Spurs - circa 11
Everton - circa 5/6

Everton
Howard, Baines, Jags, Barkley, Mirallas, Stones?

Arsenal
Mertesacker?, Vermaelen, Koscielny, Wilshere; Ozil, O-C, Cazorla, Flamini, Diaby, Miyaichi, Podolski, Giroud

Chelsea
Luiz, Cahill, Azpil, Ramires, Lampard, Oscar, Mikel, Schurlle, Van Ginkel, Hazard, Willian, Torres, Lukaku, E'too, Courtois

RS
Jones, Mignolet, Johnson, Toure, Coates, Sakho, Cissoko, Flanagan?, Gerrard, Moses, Henderson, Suarez, Sterling

City
Hart, Kompany, Zabaleta, Clichy, Demichelis, Boyata?, Milner, Nasri, Navas, Silva, Fernandinho, Toure, Negredo, Dzeko, Aguero

United
De Gea, Jones?, Smalling, Buttner?, Mata, Carrick?, Nani, Cleverley?, Valencia, Kagawa, Fellaini, Januzaj, Rooney, Hernandez, Welbeck, RVP

Spurs
Lloris, Kaboul, Vertongen, Paulinho, Lamela, Capoue, Dembele, Chadli, Sandro, Bentaleb?, Soldado?,

 

[Warm Butter]

If my calculations are correct i think every team in the premiership of this season will have representation at the world cup, apart from West Ham x

 

[Jay]

Firstly I'm delighted to hear Leighton, Jags and Ross Barkley make Hodgson's 23. John Stones is on the standby list - well done!

http://www.theguardian.com/football/2014/may/12/ashley-cole-england-world-cup-squad-roy-hodgson

Secondly I think we'll be in even better shape next season with all our rivals having almost all their first XI's on duty whereas it seems we're down to the England three, Tim Howard and Kevin Mirallas.

Where else will be following former Blues? Tim Cahill obviously, Fellaini and Rooney and a scattering of others - Segundo Castillo for a start. Mustafi (perhaps), Romelu, Landon Donovan, maybe Lacuna, Joey Yobo.

Jo (Brazil)
Jelavic (Croatia) not confirmed yet
Heitinga (Holand) not confirmed yet
Tim Cahill (Australia)
Lacina Traoré (Ivory Coast) Most probably wont make it
Arouna Koné (Ivory Coast) Most probably wont make it
Baines (England)
Jags (England)
Barkley (England)
Rooney (England)
Stones (England) Stand-by
Ruddy (England) Stand-by
Philippe Senderos (Switzerland) not confirmed yet
Segundo Castillo (Ecuador) not confirmed yet
Joseph Yobo (Nigeria) not confirmed yet
Shkodran Mustafi (Germany) not confirmed yet
Tim Howard (USA)
Landon Donovan (USA)
Marouane Fellaini (Belgium) not confirmed yet
Kevin Mirallas (Belgium) not confirmed yet
Romelu Lukaku (Belgium) not confirmed yet

Players who played/plays for us and did represent his country and missing out:

Osman (England)
Lescott (England)
Barry (England)
Jack Rodwell (England)
Oviedo (Costa Rica)
Lucas Neill (Australia)
Bilyaletdinov(Russia)
Yakubu(Nigeria)
Anichebe (Nigeria)
Matteo Ferrari (Italy)
Manuel Fernandes (Portugal)
Drenthe (Holland)
Marcus Hahnemann (USA)

 

[jackyboy]

If my calculations are correct i think every team in the premiership of this season will have representation at the world cup, apart from West Ham x

Armero but wasn't he on loan?

 

[Mikey_Fitzgerald]

Always proud when Blues make it to a World Cup!