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The Official World Cup South Africa 2010 (Official Discussion)
morbidenigma:
id leave out
warnock
dawson
upson
SWP
Barry(depending on if he's recovered from injury, if not Carrick)
Huddlestone
Defoe/Heskey
also 3 specialist LB's selected, but only 1 specialist RB ?
Jome:
--- Quote from: es-jay on May 11, 2010, 07:10:52 AM ---England's 30-man provisional squad for the World Cup finals:
Goalkeepers: Joe Hart, David James, Robert Green.
Defenders: Leighton Baines, Jamie Carragher, Ashley Cole, Michael Dawson, Rio Ferdinand, Glen Johnson, Ledley King, John Terry, Matthew Upson, Stephen Warnock.
Midfielders: Gareth Barry, Michael Carrick, Joe Cole, Steven Gerrard, Tom Huddlestone, Adam Johnson, Frank Lampard, Aaron Lennon, James Milner, Scott Parker, Theo Walcott, Shaun Wright-Phillips.
Forwards: Darren Bent, Peter Crouch, Jermain Defoe, Emile Heskey, Wayne Rooney.
which seven players would you drop?
--- End quote ---
That's 6 players ditched, might ditch Barry if his injury problems continue, or Huddlestone if Barry makes it.
Leave out either Walcott or Wright-Phillips, depending on England form.. they're both poor-mans Lennon, but Lennon is out of form after long-term injury.
Best line-up:
James
Johnson Terry Dawson Cole
Lennon Lampard Gerrard Johnson
Rooney Bent
Defense: RB no-brainer, Terry no-brainer, at the moment Dawson is the 2nd best defender, Rio has been awful lately, and King I only leave out because he's extremely injury-prone. Send Carragher home!
Midfield: Lennon might not be in form yet, Gerrard has been awful at times and barely edges out Milner, Johnson is a far bigger threat than Barry, might go for Barry in more defense-minded games.
Capello will likely choose Barry because of his defensive anchor skills, but Huddlestone can do pretty much the same job with better passing skills. J.Cole, Walc & SWP on bench for creativity, if needed.
Attack: Rooney no-brainer, Bent or Defoe is 50/50, but Bent has been in far better form lately. Crouch/Defoe on the bench is the match-winner-bench you'd like to have.
Invincible:
--- Quote from: Momo on May 11, 2010, 07:15:01 AM ---England squad
hart
james
green
baines
carragher
cole
dawson
ferdinand
johnson
king
terry
upson
warnock
barry
carrick
cole
gerrard
huddlestone
johnson
lampard
lennon
milner
parker
walcott
SWP
bent
crouch
defoe
heskey
rooney
--- End quote ---
K.Dub:
--- Quote from: Jome on May 11, 2010, 07:42:53 AM ---
That's 6 players ditched, might ditch Barry if his injury problems continue, or Huddlestone if Barry makes it.
Leave out either Walcott or Wright-Phillips, depending on England form.. they're both poor-mans Lennon, but Lennon is out of form after long-term injury.
Best line-up:
James
Johnson Terry Dawson Cole
Lennon Lampard Gerrard Johnson
Rooney Bent
Defense: RB no-brainer, Terry no-brainer, at the moment Dawson is the 2nd best defender, Rio has been awful lately, and King I only leave out because he's extremely injury-prone. Send Carragher home!
Midfield: Lennon might not be in form yet, Gerrard has been awful at times and barely edges out Milner, Johnson is a far bigger threat than Barry, might go for Barry in more defense-minded games.
Capello will likely choose Barry because of his defensive anchor skills, but Huddlestone can do pretty much the same job with better passing skills. J.Cole, Walc & SWP on bench for creativity, if needed.
Attack: Rooney no-brainer, Bent or Defoe is 50/50, but Bent has been in far better form lately. Crouch/Defoe on the bench is the match-winner-bench you'd like to have.
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Walcott > Lennon easily..
And why would you ditch Carra? They need another RB in back-up, even though he's just an average RB.
I think Rio will start before Dawson, simply because of his experience.
Jome:
--- Quote from: K.Dub on May 11, 2010, 07:53:38 AM ---Walcott > Lennon easily..
And why would you ditch Carra? They need another RB in back-up, even though he's just an average RB.
I think Rio will start before Dawson, simply because of his experience.
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Lennon is by far the better player, Walcott is too one-dimensional with his tunnel-vision game plan.
But I agree that Walcott is in better form at the moment.
Carra is horrible, his time has passed.. and seeing him as a RB, is just comedy, if you're not a Pool-fan, then it's more like a tragedy.
Even Milner, J.Cole, Parker, Rio or Dawson would be better alternatives on the RB.
Rio will start, but the way Dawson has played the last 20 games, easily eclipses Rio.. he's starting on name/reputation/career, kinda like Gerrard.
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