Kitson for England

[Arch]

Kitson? It's the same player we were watching in the Championship. The club should show some ambition and replace him with someone new.

[royaldownunder]

Go dave... will be a great addition to the national squad, the top english striker in the prem, regognition would be well deserved!

[AthleticoSpizz]

I would dearly love to see any England player put as much into a game (unauthordox or not) as DK does each time he plays.

Was it you that laughed and scoffed back in the "Sven era" when I suggested such a suggestion?

[The Cube]

If Capello has watched Kitson twice, then presumably the first would have been the Spurs FA Cup replay? Not sure how that would have helped.

Re Cambridge - they put an England clause in the Martin Butler transfer fee (although it was only £50k) and it was at one point their club policy to always do so. So there's a fair chance, I'd say.

[The Cube]

There's only been 3 class strikers for England since 1986.

Dixon, Webb and Upson.

[Arch]

There's only been 3 class strikers for England since 1986.

Dixon, Webb and Upson.

(ahem)... Shorey?

[AthleticoSpizz]

There's only been 3 class strikers for England since 1986.

Dixon, Webb and Upson.

(ahem)... Shorey?

damn fine goalkeeper

[Woodcote Royal]

Kitson? It's the same player we were watching in the Championship. The club should show some ambition and replace him with someone new.

Don't forget the refund on our season tickets

[Victor Meldrew]

Having put the same topic on here some 3 months ago (with some very mixed reponses at the time-I'll drag up those that said he would NEVER be picked just for a laugh if indeed he does get picked)I would join you others in being delighted if he is chosen for the squad let alone actually get a game.
I did like Ferguson's comments after our game last week about Kitson being a difficult player to deal with and maybe he mentioned the same to Capello.
If the dozy one gets a sentimental and unwarranted 100th cap will the commentary go something like"Beckham looks up and plays a long cross to Kitson....goal"-they then hug and reminisce about both being North London boys at heart and who would have thought that Beckham would ever have been good enough to play in the same side as our Dave.

[Uke]

Great for Kits - he deserves a chance in the team.

Bad for us - he is destined to move on if he performs well.

I'm not so sure. Excellent for campaigns yes.... but his injury-proneness would make clubs think twice before splashing out fees and wages over a few years for his longer term services.

Plus being the best English striker sadly doesn't mean much thesedays!

WTF does all this injury-prone stuff come from?

Yes, he had two bad injuries but not loads of little ones

[Archie's penalty]

Having put the same topic on here some 3 months ago (with some very mixed reponses at the time-I'll drag up those that said he would NEVER be picked just for a laugh if indeed he does get picked)I would join you others in being delighted if he is chosen for the squad let alone actually get a game.
I did like Ferguson's comments after our game last week about Kitson being a difficult player to deal with and maybe he mentioned the same to Capello.
If the dozy one gets a sentimental and unwarranted 100th cap will the commentary go something like"Beckham looks up and plays a long cross to Kitson....goal"-they then hug and reminisce about both being North London boys at heart and who would have thought that Beckham would ever have been good enough to play in the same side as our Dave.

Yes it would be mental if he got in the squad and crazy if he plays. To have a left-back in the team is great but to have an England striker would just be fantastic. Hope you get called up Dave - you deserve it!

(here's hoping if he does play that he doesn't slide into obscurity like Ricketts and other strikers who pulled on the three lions!)

[Millsy]

Great for Kits - he deserves a chance in the team.

Bad for us - he is destined to move on if he performs well.

I'm not so sure. Excellent for campaigns yes.... but his injury-proneness would make clubs think twice before splashing out fees and wages over a few years for his longer term services.

Plus being the best English striker sadly doesn't mean much thesedays!

WTF does all this injury-prone stuff come from?

Yes, he had two bad injuries but not loads of little ones

From Kitson himself.

He said he was never going to make it as he's likely to get the same injuries, IIRC.

[Compo's Hat]

Would be great for Kitson who has been Reading's best player this season in my view.

If he was picked would he get a chance on the pitch? He wouldn't start, i'm pretty sure of that but with (cabbage faced) Capello picking a larger squad than usual he may miss out.

Who knows, if Carlton Cole gets a game and Kitson doesn't, he might retire from international football

[Cookie]

Will Cambridge be owed any more cash?

He might need a new song!

He WILL need a new song.

[The Cube]

There's only been 3 class strikers for England since 1986.

Dixon, Webb and Upson.

(ahem)... Shorey?

Never got past the halfway line so I thought it would be stretching a point to call him a striker.

[Platypuss]

Great for Kits - he deserves a chance in the team.

Bad for us - he is destined to move on if he performs well.

I'm not so sure. Excellent for campaigns yes.... but his injury-proneness would make clubs think twice before splashing out fees and wages over a few years for his longer term services.

Plus being the best English striker sadly doesn't mean much thesedays!

WTF does all this injury-prone stuff come from?

Yes, he had two bad injuries but not loads of little ones

The long absence last season was three successive injuries, not one bad one!

[hiro]

It is great pleasure that Kitson is acknowledged by both England coach and media, and I am hoping that he will be featured in the England Squad next month.
If he plays, then Kitson will be a common name for all football fans around the globe.
Reading is still unknown team outside UK, but saying `the team which Kitson belong to` would work soon after.

By the way, would Sainsbury do anything if Kitson actually become England International?

[Wycombe Royal]

Reading is still unknown team outside UK, but saying `the team which Kitson belong to` would work soon after.

Why doesn't that "work" for Shorey then?

[TFF]

By the way, would Sainsbury do anything if Kitson actually become England International?

Not a lot...

There is no doubt that working for Sainsbury's as a teenager has also coloured his approach to football. "I never understood because I was wearing the Sainsbury's clip-on tie with that uniform and the dodgy waistcoat, why somebody in a black suit could talk to me the way they did," said Kitson. "They treated you monstrously. You were abused every single day. It hardens you a little bit and I won't take any nonsense from anyone to this day."

http://football.guardian.co.uk/News_Sto ... 02,00.html

[SpaceCruiser]

England have been in dire need of some intelligence in its ranks for ages.

Say that again and you're going on my foes list.