England Squad

[Broner]

Be stunned if King wasnt included.

[Shaggy]

1411: BBC sports news correspondent Dan Roan says he has it on good authority that Ledley King is IN the England World Cup squad.

1415: How thick can this plot get? The News of the World's Neil Ashton reckons Ledley King is NOT going to South Africa. Unbelievable drama.

[PTP]

I prefer the X Factor style, putting the lucky/unlucky groups into rooms and doing the whole "sorry guys, this year it's a no" or "lads...it's bad news...[pause for effect]...you get no holiday this year cos you're coming to South Africa!!". Cue Hoppipola in the background and much jumping and hugging.

Obviously though if you were in the room with 6 others you'd have an inkling of what was about to happen

easily solved - you split all the squad into groups of 7

[Exiled_red]

Be stunned if King wasnt included.

If he isn't in it will presumably be because they don't think he can handle so many games in such a short space of time.

[Matt]

easily solved - you split all the squad into groups of 7

I like it! You'd be gutted if you were in Walcott's group though

[Exiled_red]

easily solved - you split all the squad into groups of 7

Aren't there 30 in the squad at the moment

[zimbo]

1415: How thick can this plot get? The News of the World's Neil Ashton reckons Ledley King is NOT going to South Africa. Unbelievable drama.

To be fair, that definition of 'unbelievable drama' is slightly more flexible than mine.

[Shaggy]

I'm pretty sure whoever wrote that was taking the piss.

[dww]

Aren't there 30 in the squad at the moment

You could safely put the keepers + Rooney, Lampard, Terry, Gerrard, Ferdinand and Ashley Cole in one big group of definites to make it work though.

[Broner]

If he isn't in it will presumably be because they don't think he can handle so many games in such a short space of time.

Yeah, but Harry Redknapp was on SSN on sunday night saying he can play a game every 6 days which is roughly what he'd be doing in the World Cup.

Besides he probably won't be starting in the group games so he'll be well rested.

[Exiled_red]

You could safely put the keepers + Rooney, Lampard, Terry, Gerrard, Ferdinand and Ashley Cole in one big group of definites to make it work though.

It would be easier to take the captain and vice captain out and sort the other 28 into groups of 7. And if you didn't tell the players you were doing that it could freak some of the others out

[zimbo]

I'm pretty sure whoever wrote that was taking the piss.

Ah, that explains it. Can never be too sure when it comes to England and the media. I can definitely imagine someone like Steve Curry or Custis saying it.

[PTP]

Aren't there 30 in the squad at the moment

- easily solved - you have 4 groups of 7 - then you take the two left over (Rooney and Gerrard) and put them in each room for each announcement

[PTP]

all the blue ****e going nuts on my facebook about warnock over baines

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all the blue ****e going nuts on my facebook about warnock over baines