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How popular are England players with their Club fans?

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With tonight’s game against Italy looming, we wanted to find out just how popular are the players Hodgson took to Brazil. The data is from the English Premier League and we looked at the popularity ratings of all 23 England squad members that play in the EPL (this does not cover fan data for Fraser Forster (who plays for Glasgow Celtic in the SPL)):
• Arsenal (2 players; Jack Wilshere, Alex Oxlade-Chamberlain)
• Chelsea (2 players; Frank Lampard, Gary Cahill)
• Everton (3 players; Phil Jagielka, Leighton Baines, Ross Barkley)
• Liverpool (5 players; Steven Gerrard, Daniel Sturridge, Jordan Henderson, Glen Johnson, Raheem Sterling)
• Manchester City (2 players; Joe Hart, James Milner)
• Manchester United (4 players; Wayne Rooney, Phil Jones, Danny Welbeck, Chris Smalling)
• Southampton (3 players; Luke Shaw, Adam Lallana, Rickie Lambert)
• West Bromwich Albion (1 player; Ben Foster)

Who makes the starting 11 with fans?
England fans’ most popular starting 11 so far this season consists of Foster in goal, 3 defenders (Baines, Jagielka, Johnson), 4 midfielders (Gerrard, Henderson, Lampard, Lallana) and 3 forwards (Lambert, Sturridge, Rooney)

Goalkeeper: Foster ahead of Hart
Foster is England’s most popular goalkeeper and 6th most popular player overall, with a popularity rating of 92%. However, this is probably more likely due to his being West Brom fans’ clear favourite for goal from their squad, while Joe Hart polled a very respectable 83% among Man City fans.

Defenders: Baines, Jagielka, Johnson in ahead of Cahill, Shaw and Jones
Baines is England’s most popular defender and 2nd most popular player overall, with 97% of Everton fans including him in the lineup. Jagielka (89%) and Johnson (83%) are slightly further behind but similar in popularity. Interestingly, Jagielka is less popular in the 2nd half of season (82%) than before February (94%)

Midfielders: Gerrard, Henderson, Lampard, Lallana in; Wilshere, Barkley, Sterling, Oxlade-Chamberlain and Milner on the bench
Gerrard is England’s most popular midfielder and most 3rd most popular player overall (94%). After Gerrard, Henderson (84%), Lampard (82%) and Lallana (78%) are all grouped closely. Both Henderson and Lallana are more popular in 2nd half of season than before February, while Lampard is less popular in the second half of the season

Forwards: Lambert, Sturridge, Rooney clearly the fan favourites upfront
Lambert (97%) is England’s most popular forward with his Club fans and is England’s most popular player overall. Sturridge (93%) and Rooney (90%) are very close second and third-choice strikers. Both Lambert and Rooney have very consistent approval ratings both pre- and post-January, while Sturridge is slightly more popular since Feb. (97%) than in the 1st half of season (90%). After Rooney, Welbeck is way behind in the popularity stakes, with only 36% of Man United fans selecting him in the lineup.

A graphic of the starting lineup and data on all 23 squad members is available at http://www.beatyourmanager.ie/blog and at http://eplindex.com/54975/popular-engla ... -fans.html. You can also follow us on twitter @beatyourmanager (https://twitter.com/beatyourmanager) or become a fan at http://www.facebook.com/beatyourmanager.

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