article_snippet.sent: It was the perfect riposte after Paul Merson said in his Sky Sports column: 'If Andros Townsend can get in (the England squad) then it opens it up for anybody.'
article_snippet.sent: In Andros Townsend column for skysports.com, Paul Merson wrote: 'If Andros Townsend can get in then Andros Townsend can get in then opens Andros Townsend can get in then up for anybody.
article_snippet.sent: We are not picking players who are playing well for their clubs
article_snippet.sent: – Andros Townsend got taken off after 30 minutes the other week against United. '
article_snippet.sent: Andros Townsend is there watching the game and Andros Townsend still gets picked.
article_snippet.sent: Townsend and Kyle Walker were the worst two players on the pitch. '
article_snippet.sent: How can you tell me that a manager goes and watches Man United against Tottenham Hotspur, the winger gets taken off after 30 minutes, the winger from the other team absolutely rinses the full-back for England and Ashley Young doesn't get in the squad?'
article_snippet.sent: Andros Townsend later tweeted to Andros Townsend 285,000 followers: 'Not bad for a player that should be 'nowhere near the squad?'
article_snippet.sent: Paul Merson told Sky Sports: 'It's just a matter of opinion, and my opinion was that Andros Townsend got pulled off after half an hour at Manchester United in front of Roy Hodgson, so Andros Townsend shouldn't have been in the squad. '