Blackburn Rovers blog: You wonder if things are Fab (From Lancashire Telegraph)
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Blackburn Rovers blog: You wonder if things are Fab
2:14pm Tuesday 6th September 2011 in Dan Clough
By Dan Clough, Reporter
Blackburn Rovers blog: You wonder if things are Fab
'WE need to wait because so far he has played one Premier League game and some minutes at Wembley.
'But potentially he is a fantastic player.
'He needs to play more games with Manchester United.’ That’s what Fabio Capello said about former Blackburn Rovers centre back Phil Jones.
When the manager of England doesn’t notice a player of Jones’ talent for a full season and three months of the season before, it’s no wonder the national side is in a state.
It was Sunday, March 21, 2010, when Jones made his Premier League debut.
A real baptism of fire in a home game against Chelsea. The match ended in a 1-1 draw, but man of the match Jones was responsible for keeping goal machine Didier Drogba at bay.
That was just the beginning. With regular first team action he grew and grew and his performances continued to improve and he transferred to the champions for £17m.
Immediately after his transfer, he’s up there as one of the first few names on the England teamsheet. In all probability, team selection for Capello is easy.
“Give me a list of all the English players at the top four clubs. We’ll be fine.” It must go something like that.
What must England Under 20s Jason Lowe and Josh Morris be thinking?
As soon as they become old enough to hit the big time, they’ll need to get out of Ewood Park if they ever want to play in a World Cup.
It’s not the first time Rovers stars have been shunned by England. Had Paul Robinson been playing in London come the previous World Cup, you can all but guarantee he’d have had a place in the squad, if not the starting 11.
Other notable players include David Dunn, Stephen Warnock, David Bentley, Matt Jansen – who was dropped in place of defender Martin Keown – David Thompson and Chris Sutton.
How many other Premier League top scorers settle for a place in the B team?
When players like Chris Powell and Michael Ricketts have England caps to their names, you do have to wonder.
Read Jason Wilcox's column only in today's Lancashire Telegraph newspaper.
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Comments (25)
2:56pm Tue 6 Sep 11
MxMave says...
As soon as PJ pulled a red shirt on, he was good enough for england, but not when he had a blue and white shirt on, its absolutely ludacrist and Capello should be publicly flogged as a result
3:02pm Tue 6 Sep 11
Weshtery says...
What? :¬O
3:18pm Tue 6 Sep 11
Iii1111 says...
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Also if Jones had been in the full England squad whilst at Rovers…think we might have got a few more bob for him.
3:39pm Tue 6 Sep 11
midas says...
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Didn't Paul Robinson throw his toys out the pram and "retire" from international football?
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4:08pm Tue 6 Sep 11
in moses we trust says...
5:11pm Tue 6 Sep 11
jogalot says...
5:25pm Tue 6 Sep 11
J.C - Rishton says...
6:54pm Tue 6 Sep 11
in moses we trust says...
7:16pm Tue 6 Sep 11
J.C - Rishton says...
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What, just cos you're £70m in dept and need every penny you can get.
You must already be trading insolvent - its all gonna come crashing round you - we all know it - the only question is WHEN ?????????????????
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Watch yourself Moses, after Portsmouth, the tax man is desperate to take down a "big club" to teach football clubs a lesson - it gonna be YOU !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
!! hahahahaha.
8:04pm Tue 6 Sep 11
Sherwoodforest says...
10:03pm Tue 6 Sep 11
in moses we trust says...
10:15pm Tue 6 Sep 11
Roverlad says...
10:22pm Tue 6 Sep 11
in moses we trust says...
10:32pm Tue 6 Sep 11
in moses we trust says...
10:32pm Tue 6 Sep 11
Ted Maul says...
Aren't you overdue for a namechange?
Liar.
7:22am Wed 7 Sep 11
Roverlad says...
8:29am Wed 7 Sep 11
Steve BB2 says...
Personally I dont mind a bit of banter with our poor east lancs 6 fingered friends but why bother with the numpties at the Reebok retail park, who get more people shopping at the asda there than inside the lack of atmosphere stadium !
10:13am Wed 7 Sep 11
jeppo says...
Are you saying that Capello only picks from the big clubs? So why then mention Rickets and Chris Powell as players that have been picked ahead of Rovers players. Likewise, its Cahill from Bolton that has patiently waited for his place and has kept himself ahead of Jones in the queue...good luck to Cahill!
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Fact is that Jones is very much on Capellos radar and he was before he went to Old Trafford too.
He will become a quality England player very soon, no doubt, but I dont think you can criticise Capello for going with Terry and Cahill, COME ON!
12:29pm Wed 7 Sep 11
MxMave says...
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4:35pm Wed 7 Sep 11
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7:19pm Wed 7 Sep 11
rggraham1947 says...
Never mind, Strictly come dancing is back soon; that should take your minds of your navels.
7:20pm Wed 7 Sep 11
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7:46pm Wed 7 Sep 11
Roverlad says...