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Here you go....
ENGLAND'S 2010 WORLD CUP SQUAD:
Goalkeepers: Joe Hart, David James, Robert Green.
Defenders: Jamie Carragher, Ashley Cole, Rio Ferdinand, Glen Johnson, Ledley King, John Terry, Matthew Upson, Stephen Warnock
Midfielders: Gareth Barry, Michael Carrick, Joe Cole, Steven Gerrard, Frank Lampard, Aaron Lennon, James Milner, Shaun Wright-Phillips.
Forwards: Peter Crouch, Jermain Defoe, Emile Heskey, Wayne Rooney
AaronWHUFC
01-06-10, 14:24
Come on Scotty Parker, I believe in you!:(
Bent out is a bit of a shocker!
Heskey? What has Bent goto to do ? Far to lightweight up front.
2nd round knocked out by ze Germans :(
AaronWHUFC
01-06-10, 14:49
I don't like Theo at all. He was poor against Japan, didn't seem confident at all!
Update: Confirmed Now 16.00BST when Squad will be Announced :(
OP updated
Not a Walcott fan myself, no final product at all (except against Croatia).
I feel sorry for Bent, big, strong, fast and can finish, with the exception of Rooney the other strikers only have 3 of those 4 qualities. I think he should have been given more than a half to prove himself. Still I suppose Capello sees them train.
From what i have heared there are going to be a lot of long faces & unbelieveable obmissions.
I am beginning to think we can forget it already !!!
Capello missed an opportunity. Heskey would have been better at left back. Left back in England that is...
Adam Johnson would have been a better choice than SWP....
Johnson took SWP place at City but the SWP goes to the world cup.....
Heskey why o why :( it must be good whatever he got on Capello! Didnt Michael Owen score more goals than heskey last season???
CRouch upfront with Rooney and Defoe playing off of him, only way we can win.
Well i would have taken
Baines for warnock
Johnson for swp
bent for defoe
Otherwise what you expected will we win with this squad?
callumburns
01-06-10, 16:35
why heskey? honestly he is done :|, i watched the japan game and hes such a slow big lump :(
Glad its not just me that thinks Heskey is a waste of space.
callumburns
01-06-10, 17:45
well you probably seen the sitter he missed against japan in like the 89th minute that explains it all :lol:
Its about time we had an English manager..
These foriegn coaches dont have our best interests at heart :/ :order:
I still can't get over the Heskey 'bashing', the guys a pure team player. I've been a fan ever since we called him Bruno at Filbert Street when he came from the youth team. We have speed, skill and football intelligence in Rooney, aerial threat from Crouch and muscle from Heskey, the pure pace of defoe and his completely selfish approach to the game that has development at Spurs with a shoot on sight mentality and that's a pretty good mix of a front line. Certainly gives options to the manager depending on the opponents.
In the middle of the park, once again we have a variety of players who fill different boots. Workhorses, pace and defence minded players, we can go for a late goal or sit and shut up shop. The same applies to our defence options, speed with experience although there are some players in there that raised an eyebrow.
Goalkeepers, well the rules state you must take three, and as I was reading somewhere else, there has only been one instance in the world cup history in a long time that has seen a team field three keepers over the course of the competition.
I'm personally appalled at the bickering, the team selection hammering. It's time to throw support behind the men picked, patriotism time. I know they say the media doesn't affect the players but it must in some form. I suppose we wouldn't be true English unless we complained about something :D
DT.
I still can't get over the Heskey 'bashing', the guys a pure team player. I've been a fan ever since we called him Bruno at Filbert Street when he came from the youth team. We have speed, skill and football intelligence in Rooney, aerial threat from Crouch and muscle from Heskey, the pure pace of defoe and his completely selfish approach to the game that has development at Spurs with a shoot on sight mentality and that's a pretty good mix of a front line. Certainly gives options to the manager depending on the opponents.
In the middle of the park, once again we have a variety of players who fill different boots. Workhorses, pace and defence minded players, we can go for a late goal or sit and shut up shop. The same applies to our defence options, speed with experience although there are some players in there that raised an eyebrow.
Goalkeepers, well the rules state you must take three, and as I was reading somewhere else, there has only been one instance in the world cup history in a long time that has seen a team field three keepers over the course of the competition.
I'm personally appalled at the bickering, the team selection hammering. It's time to throw support behind the men picked, patriotism time. I know they say the media doesn't affect the players but it must in some form. I suppose we wouldn't be true English unless we complained about something :D
DT.
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Totally agree!
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Totally agree!
Same here :)
He maybe slightly passed it, but it's the experience aswell that could win the day
Looking at it again I can't really understand Upson, not only has he been crap this season but I just mean a 5th central defender in general.
King, Rio, Terry and Carragher is surely enough cover there, if push comes to shove even Barry can fill in there (if fit). I would prefer an extra forward to throw on if chasing a game
I think upson is there as injury cover really, can't really see him starting if we have the others fit, but with our central defenders injury history we really had to have proper cover. It has happened many times where a midfielder playing center defender gets makde to look silly at this level.
DT.
I think upson is there as injury cover really, can't really see him starting if we have the others fit, but with our central defenders injury history we really had to have proper cover. It has happened many times where a midfielder playing center defender gets makde to look silly at this level.
DT.
I know what you mean but Barry did start out as a defender at Villa, mainly at left back but he did play in the centre quite a few times. Add to this Milner has spent a lot of time at right back (did he even play for England once there ?) I would have risked it. In the unlikely event that Rio, King and Terry all went down injured then we could have a back four of:
Milner Carragher Barry Cole
Pretty crap to be fair but at least they all have some knowledge of their positions.
Saying all that I'm not sure who my attacking wild card would be in place of Upson. I think Capello see's J.Cole as an option right across the front line. I just hope Rooney's ankle holds out otherwise we look really ordinary.
I still can't get over the Heskey 'bashing', the guys a pure team player. I've been a fan ever since we called him Bruno at Filbert Street when he came from the youth team. We have speed, skill and football intelligence in Rooney, aerial threat from Crouch and muscle from Heskey, the pure pace of defoe and his completely selfish approach to the game that has development at Spurs with a shoot on sight mentality and that's a pretty good mix of a front line. Certainly gives options to the manager depending on the opponents.
In the middle of the park, once again we have a variety of players who fill different boots. Workhorses, pace and defence minded players, we can go for a late goal or sit and shut up shop. The same applies to our defence options, speed with experience although there are some players in there that raised an eyebrow.
Goalkeepers, well the rules state you must take three, and as I was reading somewhere else, there has only been one instance in the world cup history in a long time that has seen a team field three keepers over the course of the competition.
I'm personally appalled at the bickering, the team selection hammering. It's time to throw support behind the men picked, patriotism time. I know they say the media doesn't affect the players but it must in some form. I suppose we wouldn't be true English unless we complained about something :D
DT.
Partially agree, Heskey is still crap, imho.
Team player he maybe but he's a striker (supposedly) and strikers are supposed to score goals of which he is severly lacking.
For England he has something like (quick google) 58 caps 7 goals? Not a great tally really. John Terry is only one goal behind him for a similar number of caps.
I am behind the team but think Cappelo could have made a better choice, Walcott for one with his pace.
I suppose if your winning by 1 goal and there's 10mins or so to play and you want a front man that can hold the ball up etc then I suppose you can throw Heskey on.
Also what's the stats on Rooney scoring when playing with each of the other front men.
We never support England, that is why we fail.
There is also too much pressure on the time. Hell even the BBC reports about them getting ona place today!! Who the hell cares when they leave for SA??? I only care that they come back with a cup as a hold on luggage. :/
We never support England, that is why we fail.
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I think you misunderstand the difference between critique and not supporting.
The whole country goes England mad, just look at all the flags already, we fail as you put it because we can't ever play as a team, and there are better teams outthere.
This isn't the best squad we have had so i'm not expecting anything more than quarter finals.
But hey,
COME ON ENGLAND!!!!!!!
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This isn't the best squad we have had so i'm not expecting anything more than quarter finals.
But hey,
COME ON ENGLAND!!!!!!!
:rofl::rofl::rofl: ohhh that was funny. :chairfall::clap:clap
Amen to that Wayneo, i am sure Cappelo has his reasons for the team he chose and i hope they go all the way, i really do.
No one can take you dreams away :D.
Yes and all that pressure results in us being lame every single tournie, aside from '66 & '90 & '96 (Euro).
I fear for the England team in 10 years time, where are the next gen of England stars going to come from?
If anyone's interested the squad numbers have been announced now too.
Full England World Cup squad numbers
1. David James
2. Glen Johnson
3. Ashley Cole
4. Steven Gerrard
5. Rio Ferdinand
6. John Terry
7. Aaron Lennon
8. Frank Lampard
9. Peter Crouch
10. Wayne Rooney
11. Joe Cole
12. Robert Green
13. Stephen Warnock
14. Gareth Barry
15. Matthew Upson
16. James Milner
17. Shaun Wright-Phillips
18. Jamie Carragher
19. Jermain Defoe
20. Ledley King
21. Emile Heskey
22. Michael Carrick
23. Joe Hart
wonderlust
05-06-10, 10:31
Although we now know that Ferdinand is out and Dawson is now in
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