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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?
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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:JamesJohnson Terry Dawson ColeLennon Lampard Gerrard JohnsonRooney BentDefense: 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.
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.
Quote from: K.Dub on May 11, 2010, 07:53:38 AMWalcott > 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.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.
Surprised A. Young is not pn there. Played a bad second half of the season no?
Carragher is a disgrace in my eyes.
Quote from: Bez SuperStar on May 11, 2010, 07:07:40 PMCarragher is a disgrace in my eyes. He would be....you're an Everton fan On the subject of the England selection - I have no idea how you can put Walcott ahead of Lennon after last season K.Dub.
Quote from: 13th Duke on May 22, 2010, 01:57:40 AMQuote from: Bez SuperStar on May 11, 2010, 07:07:40 PMCarragher is a disgrace in my eyes. He would be....you're an Everton fan On the subject of the England selection - I have no idea how you can put Walcott ahead of Lennon after last season K.Dub.I blame Wenger and Theo's injuries for this season's form.
Quote from: K.Dub on May 22, 2010, 06:45:28 AMQuote from: 13th Duke on May 22, 2010, 01:57:40 AMQuote from: Bez SuperStar on May 11, 2010, 07:07:40 PMCarragher is a disgrace in my eyes. He would be....you're an Everton fan On the subject of the England selection - I have no idea how you can put Walcott ahead of Lennon after last season K.Dub.I blame Wenger and Theo's injuries for this season's form.He certainly hasnt developed in the way all of us Englishmen hoped. We thought he'd be our great new star once he scored that hat-trick vs Croatia but for club and country ever since then he's not really done anything of note.