{"id":287185,"date":"2011-03-02T17:46:00","date_gmt":"2011-03-02T17:46:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.ghanamma.net\/2011\/03\/02\/james-tomkins-can-be-a-future-england-star-%e2%80%93-west-ham-united-captain-matthew-upson\/"},"modified":"2011-03-02T17:46:00","modified_gmt":"2011-03-02T17:46:00","slug":"james-tomkins-can-be-a-future-england-star-west-ham-united-captain-matthew-upson","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2011\/03\/02\/james-tomkins-can-be-a-future-england-star-west-ham-united-captain-matthew-upson\/","title":{"rendered":"James Tomkins can be a future England star \u2013 West Ham United captain Matthew Upson"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>\n<h3>By Ian Murphy<\/h3>\n<h4>2 Mar 2011 17:46:00<\/h4>\n<\/p>\n<div readability=\"62.4128878282\">\n<div readability=\"14.4271356784\">\n<div>\n                <img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"James Tomkins , West Ham United (Getty Images)\" src=\"http:\/\/www.ghanamma.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/03\/4a346fa9115579_news.jpg\" \/><\/p><\/div>\n<p>James Tomkins , West Ham United (Getty Images)<\/p>\n<h4>Related Links<\/h4>\n<h4>Teams<\/h4>\n<h4>Players<\/h4>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p>        <span readability=\"24.1869918699\"><\/p>\n<p>        <a href=\"http:\/\/www.goal.com\/en-gb\/teams\/england\/374\/west-ham-united\">West Ham United<\/a> captain <a href=\"http:\/\/www.goal.com\/en-gb\/people\/england\/1248\/matthew-upson\">Matthew Upson<\/a> believes that centre-half partner <a href=\"http:\/\/www.goal.com\/en-gb\/people\/england\/21195\/james-tomkins\">James Tomkins<\/a> has the potential to be a future <a href=\"http:\/\/www.goal.com\/en-gb\/teams\/england\/16\/england\">England<\/a> star.<\/p>\n<p>Upson has partnered Tomkins for the majority of this season and although the Hammers have conceded 49 league goals in what has been a poor campaign thus far, the club captain is confident that his team-mate has the ablity to be an play for his country.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;He has come on leaps and bounds this season,&#8221; Upson told reporters.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;I played a lot with him last season and he has the raw material to become a top player.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;If he keeps improving the way he is and mentally develops I think he&#8217;ll have a great chance of being an international.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Tomkins, 21, did well to keep Luis Suarez quiet for the majority of the Hammers&#8217; 3-1 victory over Liverpool on Sunday but faces stiff competition if he is to play international football.<\/p>\n<p>At the other end of the pitch, striker Frederic Piquionne believes the victory against Liverpool has renewed the  squad&#8217;s optimism, with the forward calling on his team-mates to keep up their high level of performance when they face Stoke City this weekend.\n<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;We will take lots of confidence from the Liverpool win,&#8221; he told reporters.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;It was very good and we are pleased we played well and scored lots  of goals. We need to keep this going. We are confident but we have to do  the job against Stoke.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>        <\/span><\/p><\/div>\n<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.ghanamma.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/03\/4a346fa9115579_news-150x150.jpg\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Originally posted here:<br \/>\n<a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.goal.com\/en-gb\/news\/2896\/premier-league\/2011\/03\/02\/2376288\/james-tomkins-can-be-a-future-england-star-west-ham-united\" title=\"James Tomkins can be a future England star \u2013 West Ham United captain Matthew Upson\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">James Tomkins can be a future England star \u2013 West Ham United captain Matthew Upson<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p> By Ian Murphy 2 Mar 2011 17:46:00 James Tomkins , West Ham United (Getty Images) Related Links Teams Players West Ham United captain Matthew Upson believes that centre-half partner James Tomkins has the potential to be a future England star. Upson has partnered Tomkins for the majority of this season and although the Hammers have conceded 49 league goals in what has been a poor campaign thus far, the club captain is confident that his team-mate has the ablity to be an play for his country. &#8220;He has come on leaps and bounds this season,&#8221; Upson told reporters<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":0,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-287185","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.0 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>James Tomkins can be a future England star \u2013 West Ham United captain Matthew Upson - Ghanamma.com<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2011\/03\/02\/james-tomkins-can-be-a-future-england-star-west-ham-united-captain-matthew-upson\/\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:title\" content=\"James Tomkins can be a future England star \u2013 West Ham United captain Matthew Upson - Ghanamma.com\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:description\" content=\"By Ian Murphy 2 Mar 2011 17:46:00 James Tomkins , West Ham United (Getty Images) Related Links Teams Players West Ham United captain Matthew Upson believes that centre-half partner James Tomkins has the potential to be a future England star. 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