Pick Your Engerland Squard for Brazil

mike65

This is in the telegraph

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/sport/football/world-cup/10497297/World-Cup-2014-England-Squad-Selector-pick-your-23-then-compare-to-our-choices.html

Here's mine for a laugh.



I've picked Terry even though he won't be going(!) as he and Cahill would be easily the best pairing. Ince is in as Sterlings replacement, I've thrown in Carroll as Plan C er B and Defoe cos he gets goals out of nothing often enough to be worth the last throw of the dice. Otherwise I've tried to pick a pretty young side with lots of speed.

Alfred Borden

Could easily put in Sterling and Henderson for Welbeck and Milner though, just going with experience.

Tom Ince instead of Ox?


No Wilshere?

:pac:

Alfred Borden

Have to agree very biased squad mate!

Dont be at yourself

Goalkeeper:
Forster

Defenders:
Baines (LB)
Cahill (CB)
Jagielka (CB)
Walker (RB)


Midfielders:
Gerrard (DM, Captain)
Henderson (CM)
Wilshire (CM)

Fowards:
Sturridge (FW)
Sterling (RW)
Lallana (LW)

Squad:
Hart
Green
Cole
Dawson
G Johnson
Jones
Barry
Carrick
Chamberlain
Hudlestone
Lambert
Rooney

5starpool

I'd prefer they picked no Liverpool players, but not going to happen. Barring injuries or catastrophic loss of form, it looks like there will be 4/5 of them.

GKs:

Hart
Forster
Ruddy:

LBs:
Baines
Cole

Rbs:
Walker
Clyne

CBs:
Jones
Jagielka
Cahill
Lescott

CMs:
Gerrard
Henderson
Wilshere
Carrick
Lampard

Cams:
Barkley
Lallana

Wings:
Chamberlain
Sterling
Welbeck

Strikers:
Rooney
Sturridge

Vinz Mesrine

By god, the loi fans will have a field day with this thread.

Dont be at yourself

Dont be at yourself wrote: »

Goalkeeper:
Forster

Defenders:
Baines (LB)
Cahill (CB)
Jagielka (CB)
Walker (RB)
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Midfielders:
Gerrard (DM, Captain)
Henderson (CM)
Wilshire (CM)

Fowards:
Sturridge (FW)
Sterling (RW)
Lallana (LW)

Squad:
Hart
Green
Cole
Dawson
G Johnson
Jones
Barry
Carrick
Chamberlain
Hudlestone
Lambert
Rooney

Spot the Liverpool fan!

brevity

Has Barry withdrawn from the England squad?

brevity

brevity wrote: »

Has Barry withdrawn from the England squad?

Just not picked I believe the last while. Everton has given him a new lease of life though.

Dont be at yourself

Rooney on the bench? Lol

England need to get away from picking their best 11 players (or their 11 most renowned players, even more accurately), and pick the best team.

Sturridge is the top-scoring, most in-form English striker, and he has to play through the middle. They're also currently blessed with pacey, direct wingers (Sterling, Townsend, Chamberlain, Lallana), and hard-working midfielders who like to break from deep (Wilshire, Henderson, Huddlestone).

Rooney doesn't fit into that. He's also capable of losing the head and throwing in a stamp or a boot in a high pressure situation that isn't going his way.

TimeToShine

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Hart

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Walker

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Terry----Cahill

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Baines

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Gerrard

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---Wilshere

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Henderson----

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Rooney

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Sturridge

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Lambert---


Probably not that formation exactly but I expect a 4-3-3. Ox, Sterling and Lallana also decent shouts for a start.

mike65

Dont be at yourself wrote: »

England need to get away from picking their best 11 players (or their 11 most renowned players, even more accurately), and pick the best team.

Sturridge is the top-scoring, most in-form English striker, and he has to play through the middle. They're also currently blessed with pacey, direct wingers (Sterling, Townsend, Chamberlain, Lallana), and hard-working midfielders who like to break from deep (Wilshire, Henderson, Huddlestone).

Rooney doesn't fit into that. He's also capable of losing the head and throwing in a stamp or a boot in a high pressure situation that isn't going his way.

Which is why I didn't include Wilshire to be honest, one "red-mist" prone player is enough of a risk for me!

Vinz Mesrine

TimeToShine wrote: »

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Hart

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Walker

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Terry----Cahill

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Baines

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Gerrard

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---Wilshere

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Henderson----

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Rooney

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Sturridge

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Lambert---


Probably not that formation exactly but I expect a 4-3-3. Ox, Sterling and Lallana also decent shouts for a start.

Lambert??? Really?

mike65

mike65 wrote: »

Which is why I didn't include Wilshire to be honest, one "red-mist" prone player is enough of a risk for me!

Wilshere has far far less of that in him that Rooney. Wilshere just strops around and gets angry, Rooney actually lashes out.

Francie Barrett

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Forester
Johnson - Jagielka - Cahill - Baines

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Gerrard - Wilshere
-- Sterling - Lallana - Sturridge

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Rooney

For me, that's the best England team on form/quality.

Fuzzy_Dunlop

AdamD wrote: »

Tom Ince instead of Ox?


No Wilshere?

:pac:

Michael Owen also didn't pick Ox or Wilshere. He did however pick Zaha

Soft Falling Rain

Godge

mike65 wrote: »

Which is why I didn't include Wilshire to be honest, one "red-mist" prone player is enough of a risk for me!

Rather misinformed comment.

Wilshere has only one straight red card in his career.

Henderson has played a similar amount of games to Wilshere with 16 yellow cards to Wilshere's 20. Hardly a great difference.

Ross Barkley in his shorter career is acquiring yellows as fast as Wilshere.

So you draw a conclusion based on one straight red card plus a load of bias.

Francie Barrett

Godge wrote: »

Wilshere has only one straight red card in his career.

He has 2 career red cards.

Oranage2

Looks like the weakest England team for a long time, Jags the best defender, Henderson likely to start, a bunch of kids for wingers.

I think football is coming home earlier than most this year.

whatawaster

Goalkeepers
Forster
Hart
Foster

Defenders
Clyne
Flanagan
Jagielka
Cahill
Caulker
Jones
Baines
Shaw

Midfielders
Gerrard
Carrick
Wilshere
Henderson
Sterling
Barkley
Lallana
Oxlade Chamberlain

Strikers
Rooney
Sturridge
Welbeck
Carroll

First choice XI

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Hart

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Clyne---Jagielka----Cahill

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Baines

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Gerrard---Carrick

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---Sterling---Rooney---Lallana

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Sturridge

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Sir Gallagher

Dont be at yourself wrote: »

England need to get away from picking their best 11 players (or their 11 most renowned players, even more accurately), and pick the best team.

Sturridge is the top-scoring, most in-form English striker, and he has to play through the middle. They're also currently blessed with pacey, direct wingers (Sterling, Townsend, Chamberlain, Lallana), and hard-working midfielders who like to break from deep (Wilshire, Henderson, Huddlestone).

Rooney doesn't fit into that. He's also capable of losing the head and throwing in a stamp or a boot in a high pressure situation that isn't going his way.

Thats ridiculous, Rooney is one of Englands best players. He'll be one of the first names on the team sheet and right so.

LuckyLloyd

Oranage2 wrote: »

Looks like the weakest England team for a long time, Jags the best defender, Henderson likely to start, a bunch of kids for wingers.

I think football is coming home earlier than most this year.

John Terry is their best defender. Has he retired? Has Lampard retired? Serious absence of their names in the team thus far.
Henderson's energy could work well given the way they play.

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Foster

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Johnson

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Terry

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Jagielka

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Cole

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Gerrard

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Henderson

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Wilshere----

Sterling

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Rooney

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Sturridge

Lambert
Lampard
Baines
Carrick
Lallanna
Cahill

all decent depth options.

Is that team the best in the competition? Not a chance. Will it be a tough out on its day? Absolutely. Providing they're fit when the tournament begins, I expect big tournaments from Terry / Cole / Gerrard / Rooney.

Francie Barrett

whatawaster wrote: »

First choice XI

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Hart

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Clyne---Jagielka----Cahill

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Baines

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Gerrard---Carrick

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---Sterling---Rooney---Lallana

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Sturridge

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Not bad but can't see how you would have Carrick in there. He's had a nightmare this season and I doubt even United fans would have him.

LuckyLloyd

Francie Barrett wrote: »

Not bad but can't see how you would have Carrick in there. He's had a nightmare this season and I doubt even United fans would have him.

He's had injury problems right? If he can put a run of form together before the end of the season he could / should have a part to play. He's a very good player imo.

ThunbergsAreGo

Butland, Forster, Hart,
Baines,Cahill,Caulker,G.Johnson,Jones,Shaw,Smalling,Terry,
Barkley,Chamberlain,Gerrard,Henderson,Milner,Wilshere,
Carroll,Rooney, Sterling,Sturridge, Welbeck, Young

GavRedKing

GK's
Hart, Ruddy, Forster

Defenders
Shaw, Baines, Johnson, Clyne, Jagelika, Cahill, Terry(if hes asked), Jones, Caulker

Midfielders
Wilshire, Henderson, Gerrard, Carrick, Ox-Cham, Sterling, Lallana, Barkley

Forwards
Rooney, Sturridge, Lambert, Welbeck

LuckyLloyd

LuckyLloyd wrote: »

John Terry is their best defender. Has he retired? Has Lampard retired? Serious absence of their names in the team thus far.
Henderson's energy could work well given the way they play.


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Terry has retired I believe. A Gerrard/Henderson/Wilshere midfield would probably be the most pragmatic but doubt they'll use it.

ronjo

Francie Barrett wrote: »

He has 2 career red cards.

But thats not what the point the guy was making.

Straight red cards...... IE Red Mist

mike65

ronjo wrote: »

But thats not what the point the guy was making.

Straight red cards...... IE Red Mist

Okay its not a red mist more of a dull grey drizzle. Anyway Wilshire is not quite at it and he is a moody bugger.

Pepe LeFrits

GKs
Hart, Ruddy, Foster

Defenders
Baines, Gibbs, Johnson, Cahill, Jagielka, Jones, Smalling

Midfielders
Gerrard, Carrick, Chamberlain, Wilshere, Lallana, Milner, Barkley, Henderson

Forwards
Rooney, Sturridge, Sterling, Rodriguez, Lambert

Every squad should have at least 5 forwards. There's no point in loading your squad with defenders or defensive players, they won't get used.

mike65

You've been reading the telegraph Its true though.

Lucas Hood

I don't see why they've A.Johnson is down as a midfielder but Sterling is down as a Forward.
Anyway here is my one.



Close call between Carrick & Barry, could have easily went with either one.
Left Cole out because he's not playing regularly but if that changes I'd probably take him ahead of Shaw.

shano_88

Team I would start:

Hart
Walker Jagielka Cahill Cole
Wilshere Gerrard Henderson
Sterling Rooney Sturrdige

Id be surprised to see it though.

Corholio

Why are people picking Terry? Hodgson has already said he won't be going to the world cup.

It's a pretty weak squad overall. Even the players who would be considered the form players, Sturridge and Henderson are completely untested against quality countries. There's been a catalogue of England players down the years who have torn up the Premiership but have failed to deliver in tournaments.

There's usually at least 1 surprise inclusion too, i.e. Walcott type. I think Englands team at the Cup will look like this:

Hart
Walker Jagielka Cahill Baines
Sterling Gerrard Henderson Wilshere
Sturridge Rooney

Pepe LeFrits

I'd like to see:

Hart
Johnson Jones Jagielka Baines
Gerrard Chamberlain
Wilshere Rooney Lallana
Sturridge

v3ttel

Starting 11 being:

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Hart

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Walker, Jagielka, Cahill, Baines,

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Gerrard--Wilshire

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Sturridge---Barkley----Sterling

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Rooney

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LuckyLloyd

Corholio wrote: »

Why are people picking Terry? Hodgson has already said he won't be going to the world cup.

Why is this? Is it Terry's decision or Hodgson's?

Corholio

LuckyLloyd wrote: »

Why is this? Is it Terry's decision or Hodgson's?

It's Terry's decision but Hodgson won't try and persuade him to come out of retirement.

http://www.theguardian.com/football/2014/feb/12/john-terry-not-recalled-england-world-cup-2014-roy-hodgson

Skylinehead

LuckyLloyd wrote: »

Why is this? Is it Terry's decision or Hodgson's?

John Terry retired in 2012. He has to un-retire to be in contention.

CSF

Why oh why are so many people putting Fraser Forster ahead of Joe Hart? The mind boggles.

Paulegend

CSF wrote: »

Why oh why are so many people putting Fraser Forster ahead of Joe Hart? The mind boggles.

or rooney on front of sturridge.............

ahnowbrowncow

Paulegend wrote: »

or rooney on front of sturridge.............

It might have something to do with Sturridge scoring 28 goals in his last 33 league games whilst Rooney only has 22 in 49.

Skylinehead

Paulegend wrote: »

or rooney on front of sturridge.............

Who's done that?

CSF

Paulegend wrote: »

or rooney on front of sturridge.............

Rooney is a better player than Sturridge, even if Sturridge is on red hot form. Realistically Hodgson should be building a team that plays to the strengths of both.

Idbatterim

Group D

Uruguay, Costa Rica, England, Italy

I can see England going home in the first round, Uruguay arent going to be bloody tough & I'd expect Italy to have England, I wouldnt be surprised if they finish bottom of their group...

CSF

Idbatterim wrote: »

I can see England going home in the first round, Uruguay arent going to be bloody tough & I'd expect Italy to have England, I wouldnt be surprised if they finish bottom of their group...

Yeah England are going to finish below Costa Rica. That is something that will happen.

LuckyLloyd

Corholio wrote: »

It's Terry's decision but Hodgson won't try and persuade him to come out of retirement.

http://www.theguardian.com/football/2014/feb/12/john-terry-not-recalled-england-world-cup-2014-roy-hodgson

That's a loss for them. He's been brilliant this year imo.

Idbatterim

I misread, thought it was Chile, wouldnt be surprised if Costa rica hold them to a draw, another tournament, another failure from the "home of football" LOL! :rolleyes: Personally I dont see them getting out of the group, we will see though...