England Squad

[Reece]

Thought this would go down well

[BillobShaisley]

4-3-3

[SK]

4-3-3

Johnson-Wio-Tewwy-€ole
Steve-Barry/Huddlestone(?)-Lampard
SWP-Heskey-Defoe

[Fernandinho]

yeah, no need to play rooney in the world cup.. he is **** anyway

[Broner]

Johnson-Wio-Tewwy-€ole
Steve-Barry/Huddlestone(?)-Lampard
SWP-Heskey-Defoe

What a strange team.

[Fernandinho]

if ure gonna play 4-3-3 u might as well make it decent.. something like this:

-------G.Johnson---Ferdinand---Terry---Cole----------

------------------Barry-------------------

------------Milner--------Gerrard-------------

-----Lennon-----------------SWP/A. Johnson------
-----------------Rooney-----------------

[Mike]

if ure gonna play 4-3-3 u might as well make it decent.. something like this:

-------G.Johnson---Ferdinand---Terry---Cole----------

------------------Barry-------------------

------------Milner--------Gerrard-------------

-----Lennon-----------------SWP/A. Johnson------
-----------------Rooney-----------------

If you put Gerrard where Barry is and then Lampard next to Milner, could very well be the starting XI of the first match.

[Fernandinho]

in 4-3-3 u need at least a box to box midfielder (maybe even DM) with an out and out CM and a slightly attacking minded CM.. in that formation i had Milner is slightly attacking, gerrard is CM and barry is the holder... there isnt enough running in gerrard and lamps to cover those positions

[Neil Young]

What a strange team.

There's no schemer. Also not selecting a goalkeeper and playing with only ten men seems foolhardy to me.

[SK]

yeah, no need to play rooney in the world cup.. he is **** anyway

completely forgot about rooney

What a strange team.

why?

best three mids you have, and you can have any variations regarding the wingers and striker(lennon, johnson, walcott as wingers, rooney as a striker or winger)

There's no schemer. Also not selecting a goalkeeper and playing with only ten men seems foolhardy to me.

you lot are better of playing without a goalkeeper anyway

[MrsB]

Gary Neville questions Fabio Capello's World Cup squad

BBC Sport, 18 May 2010 16:36 UK



Neville (r) is not convinced Carragher is the man to cover the right-back position

Gary Neville has questioned England manager Fabio Capello's decision to pick Liverpool's Glen Johnson as his sole right-back for the World Cup.

Johnson has established himself as England's first-choice right-back under Capello, but suffered an injury-interrupted second half of the season.

And Neville said: "I'm surprised there is only one right-back in the squad."

Neville also labelled attempts to lure Paul Scholes out of international retirement "a bit desperate".

Despite failing in his attempt to bring Scholes back into the England fold, Capello did persuade Liverpool's Jamie Carragher to return to the squad three years after his own international retirement.

And although Carragher has played the majority of his career at centre-back, his ability to cover either full-back position was seemingly key in Capello's decision to overlook Manchester United's Neville and Wes Brown.

However, Neville argued that Brown, who started at right-back when England beat Egypt in their last fixture as Johnson recovered from knee ligament damage, was unlucky to miss out.

"I wouldn't say I'm overly disappointed not to be named in the initial 30-man squad, although I did think there was maybe a chance I could get in," added Neville, who made 15 Premier League starts last season but failed to add to his 85 England caps.

"I'm probably more surprised Wes Brown isn't in the 30, to be honest."

Scholes, who retired from international football in 2004, appeared set for a return of his own before eventually rejecting Capello's overtures.

And Neville admitted that courting Scholes made sense, even if it was unlikely to succeed.

"I'm not surprised Capello tried to get him out of retirement because if there's one player I would try to pull out of retirement it's Scholes," Neville said of his team-mate and fellow 35-year-old.

"Capello maybe got a bit desperate at the last minute and wanted Scholes because he's still probably the best midfielder in England, but Scholes decided to stick to his guns."

Meanwhile, Manchester City have confirmed that midfielder Gareth Barry has been sleeping in an oxygen tent in an attempt to speed up his recovery from an ankle injury.

Capello remains hopeful that Barry will be fit for England's second World Cup group game against Algeria on 18 June.

Before that the Italian is set to assess defenders Ledley King and Jamie Carragher in the sold-out friendly against Mexico at Wembley on 24 May.

Neither have played for England since the end of Steve McClaren's reign in 2007.

[MrsB]

Sour grapes, eh?

[Broner]

completely forgot about rooney



why?

best three mids you have, and you can have any variations regarding the wingers and striker(lennon, johnson, walcott as wingers, rooney as a striker or winger)



you lot are better of playing without a goalkeeper anyway

It's a strange team because it's 4-3-3 which is a formation England wont be starting the World Cup with.
It's also strange because you have 3 players included in Huddlestone, SWP and Defoe who won't start.
Oh and it's also strange because you have left England's best player out - Rooney.

Apart from though...

[SK]

It's a strange team because it's 4-3-3 which is a formation England wont be starting the World Cup with.
It's also strange because you have 3 players included in Huddlestone, SWP and Defoe who won't start.
Oh and it's also strange because you have left England's best player out - Rooney.

Apart from though...

i merely agreed with a fellow poster who said 433, then i included barry in the line up but given his recent injury record you have to have some sort of fall back option - huddlestone - who was imo more than decent this season.

ok i did forget to include rooney, i was writing in a hurry and trying to be clever so i put swp in..but take him out put defoe as right forward and rooney as left forward and you have a great team.

[Shaggy]

England v Mexico

Team: Green, Johnson, Baines, Ferdinand, King, Walcott, Gerrard, Carrick, Milner, Crouch, Rooney