Carroll to get the call?
Posted on October 1st, 2010 | 131 Comments |
Carroll has been left out of the Under-21 squad that was announced yesterday which has led to speculation regarding Carroll recieving a full international call-up for England.
I personally think it’s a bit too early for the national team for Carroll and would prefer it if he was given the chance to learn his trade in the Premier League a bit more first, but with injuries to Jermaine Defoe and Bobby Zamora and with Wayne Rooney not certain to make the squad it would appear that England are suffering from a striking crisis at the moment. For that reason it looks as though Carroll will be fast-tracked into the international setup.
There are others way of looking at it of course. Perhaps the Under-21’s are not overly happy that Carroll has blown them out for the last two matches? Carroll didn’t play because of injury, yet he managed to resume football with Newcastle straight away. It’s an unlikely alternative, but it’s an alternative.
The other one is that the lad hasn’t done enough to warrant a call-up at all, even at Under-21 level. I think we all know that this is a very unlikely scenario but I’m just throwing it out there.
So given the unlikely nature of those two scenarios it would appear that the only viable option is that Carroll is indeed about to be called up by Fabio Capello. Gatting a call-up and getting the first cap are two different things though, and I reckon that Carroll would only be with the sqaud to cover injuries and such. I don’t think he will play, although I guess you never know.
Joining up with the England squad will gaive Carroll an excellent opportunity to continue learning his game. He will be playing with some of the best English players around, which in turn should improve his game for Newcastle. That is the theory anyway.
Carroll seems down to earth enough to not let the hype bother him. I’ve said before that the lad just seems to thrive on pressure. Not many people volunteer for the Newcastle number 9 shirt, yet Carroll did at the tender age of 21. He’ll fit into the international setup easily enough.
Now we just have to wait for the call!
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