England Squad

[Beach Hut]

The "donkey" has finally been dropped - Heskey left out (finally).

England's 23-man squad to face Austria and Poland:
Goalkeepers: James (Man City), Robinson (Tottenham), Green (Norwich).
Defenders: G Neville (Man Utd), A Cole (Arsenal), Bridge (Chelsea), Terry (Chelsea), King (Tottenham), Carragher (Liverpool), Upson (Birmingham).
Midfielders: Beckham (Real Madrid), Lampard (Chelsea), Gerrard (Liverpool), Dyer (Newcastle), Hargreaves (Bayern Munich), Butt (Newcastle), Wright-Phillips (Man City), J Cole (Chelsea), Jenas (Newcastle).
Strikers: Owen (Real Madrid), Vassell (Aston Villa), Defoe (Tottenham), Smith (Man Utd).

 

[Schrödinger's Toad]

Hurrah! Sven has seen the light, I was hoping this would be an excuse to drop him, he only got in because he had European experience and was at a "big" club

 

[Kinky Gerbil]

robinson

neville campbell king cole
beckham gerrard lampard wright p
defoe owen

 

[Schrödinger's Toad]

Robinson

Neville King Terry Cole

Beckham Gerrard Lampard Wright-Phillips

Owen Defoe


Should be pretty unbeatable in this group

 

[Beach Hut]

Robinson

Neville King Terry Cole

Beckham Gerrard Lampard Wright-Phillips

Owen Defoe


Should be pretty unbeatable in this group

That's a quality line up - shame Scholes has called it a day though.

 

[Kinky Gerbil]

scholes had not been playing wellk for england for a year now

 

[Beach Hut]

Agreed but he has a habit of scoring just when a goal is needed

 

[Schrödinger's Toad]

I´d rather have W-P than Scholes anyway - no disrespect to the Ginger One, but for the last two tournaments, we´ve had lots of players who can slow it down and play killer passes, but no-one to take people on and run with the ball

 

[Kinky Gerbil]

Agreed but he has a habit of scoring just when a goal is needed

that was the case but he hadnt done this for a while, he may have improved but he may not of

 

[graz126]

i would put smith with owen. he is on fire at man utd at the mo.

 

[Kinky Gerbil]

smith is not playing as well as defoe

 

[Beach Hut]

i would put smith with owen. he is on fire at man utd at the mo.

Not a bad idea as well - he is definitely proving he can score more goals with the right providers

 

[spidey]

I would start with Smith & Defoe up front as the form players.

 

[Kinky Gerbil]

owen looked good today

 

[Schrödinger's Toad]

Defoe is more on fire than Smith - 3 in 4 for Spurs, carrying on from last season, has to be in. Smith and Defoe could work, but would Sven drop Owen?

 

[Beach Hut]

but would Sven drop Owen?

Very unlikely, besides he needs to prove himself again so should be playing better.

 

[Kinky Gerbil]

you cant drop owen a goal every other game

 

[spidey]

Would like it if Sven didn't automatically pick Owen - better options now imo.

 

[Kinky Gerbil]

not really smith is not a great goal scorer

 

[spidey]

Seems to be doing ok so far this season !?