Tobias
Jack Burkitt
This, Lescott has been overlooked by many for all of his career. He is also left footed which always give the backline a nice balance.
England team to face France at Euro's
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This, Lescott has been overlooked by many for all of his career. He is also left footed which always give the backline a nice balance.
nffcjoe
Jack Armstrong
Rooney scores 20+ goals a season for Manure yet he does feck all for England. Club stats mean nothing when it comes to international level. Also, you have to look at what Carroll does off the ball, he is a great Target man and he would fit into the England squad perfectly.
England's playing style is to exploit the flanks with our pacey, skillfull wingers and get crosses in, Carroll will be the perfect man to latch onto the end of them, plus playing alongside a fairly pacey striker in Welbeck/Sturridge he can get them flick ons for the other striker to run onto. Maybe i'm bigging him up a bit but I honestly think he'd do well for England.
It's Baggio
John Robertson
GK: Hart, Foster, Green
DEF: Walker, Smalling, Cahill, Lescott, Terry, Cole, Baines
MID: Parker, Carrick, Lampard, Gerrard, Walcott, Chamberlain, Johnson, Young.
FOR: Rooney, Welbeck, Defoe, Carroll, Sturridge.
- - - - - - - Hart
Walker - Terry - Lescott - Cole
- - - - Parker - Carrick
Walcott - - Gerrard - - Young
- - - - - - - Welbeck
Rooney in for Gerrard when his ban ends.
DEF: Walker, Smalling, Cahill, Lescott, Terry, Cole, Baines
MID: Parker, Carrick, Lampard, Gerrard, Walcott, Chamberlain, Johnson, Young.
FOR: Rooney, Welbeck, Defoe, Carroll, Sturridge.
- - - - - - - Hart
Walker - Terry - Lescott - Cole
- - - - Parker - Carrick
Walcott - - Gerrard - - Young
- - - - - - - Welbeck
Rooney in for Gerrard when his ban ends.
Pugwash
Viv Anderson
I disagree with people who think that Carroll = predictable English hoofball.
With Carroll up top, England will not just have an aerial goal threat - they will also get the best out of the attacking 3 behind him.
He can flick the ball on behind the opposing defence for Walcott to run onto.
He can knock the ball down for Gerrard to hit first time.
Ashley Young can deliver his trademark inswinging crosses confident that someone will reach them.
He completes the team. I would start him even when Rooney is back.
With Carroll up top, England will not just have an aerial goal threat - they will also get the best out of the attacking 3 behind him.
He can flick the ball on behind the opposing defence for Walcott to run onto.
He can knock the ball down for Gerrard to hit first time.
Ashley Young can deliver his trademark inswinging crosses confident that someone will reach them.
He completes the team. I would start him even when Rooney is back.
Pugwash
Viv Anderson
Why is Carrick ignored by the press?
Dangerous Dom
Viv Anderson
my team to face france,
HART
RICHARDS TERRY LESCOTT COLE
BARRY
LAMPS GERRARD
YOUNG WALCOTT
HOLT
HART
RICHARDS TERRY LESCOTT COLE
BARRY
LAMPS GERRARD
YOUNG WALCOTT
HOLT
Dangerous Dom
Viv Anderson
REALLY HOPE holt gets a chance he's a great all rounder and always gives 1000% and i think he deserves a chance i'm sick of the same sort of strikers all going defoe,welbeck and sturridge are all very similar and have scored less than holt so for me he should go and barry has been awesome for city lately,parker has gone off the boil since xmas an carrick only looks decent when partnered with scholes,so barry in a sweeper position with gerrard an lamps further forward in the centre feeding the wings where young and walcott can use their speed and do the damage also supplying the lone striker this system should see us get through the group...
Tobias
Jack Burkitt
Holt does all that, and also scores goals.
Taking players that are completely out of form and basing their selection on who they play for or how much they cost will never, ever work.
Danga
Formerly JLingz
Andy Carrol has a decent second half against Chelsea in the cup final and a decent game against Chelsea in the league and suddenly he is a world beater. Face the fact he has been utter dogshite for the majority of this season, hence him being a bench warmer at Liverpool for the most part second half of the season. I mean come on, 4 league goals… You find right backs who have scored more.
All the tosh about him bringing others into the game, aerial threat blah blah blah Grant Holt has done all season and notched a very respectable goals tally with a side you could of brought for a third of Carrols fee.
Its much the same when people talk about Walcott, he can bring x, y and z to the side, which he can once on a blue moon and pigs are flying. Yet you have lads like Sinclair and Dyer at Swansea who have played their hearts out all year and have been in much better form.
How things are shaping up id like to see
GK’s: Hart, Foster, Ruddy
Def’s: Walker, Richards, Cahill, Terry, Lescott, A Cole, Baines
Mid’s: Gerrard, Lampard, Barry, Carrick, Parker, Chamberlain, Young, Sinclair, Lennon
Fwd’s: Rooney, Crouch, Holt, Sturridge
All the tosh about him bringing others into the game, aerial threat blah blah blah Grant Holt has done all season and notched a very respectable goals tally with a side you could of brought for a third of Carrols fee.
Its much the same when people talk about Walcott, he can bring x, y and z to the side, which he can once on a blue moon and pigs are flying. Yet you have lads like Sinclair and Dyer at Swansea who have played their hearts out all year and have been in much better form.
How things are shaping up id like to see
GK’s: Hart, Foster, Ruddy
Def’s: Walker, Richards, Cahill, Terry, Lescott, A Cole, Baines
Mid’s: Gerrard, Lampard, Barry, Carrick, Parker, Chamberlain, Young, Sinclair, Lennon
Fwd’s: Rooney, Crouch, Holt, Sturridge
Tutts
Ian Bowyer
-------------Hart-------------
-Walker--Cahill-Lescott--Cole
--------Parker--Lampard-------
-Walcott----Gerrard----Young--
------------Crouch-----------
-Walker--Cahill-Lescott--Cole
--------Parker--Lampard-------
-Walcott----Gerrard----Young--
------------Crouch-----------
kevin
Banned
We will never win anything if we keep playing the same old Gerrard, lampard....
Both should be back ups.
Both should be back ups.
Dangerous Dom
Viv Anderson
We will be lucky to get a draw against france they are bang on form,i think the germans will win it though..
Dangerous Dom
Viv Anderson
Gerrard and lampard are game changers lamps has been in great form lately an has to start who would you rather see instead that gets goals from midfield theres not many players out there...
Raymondo Ponte'
It's all about mid-table...
And this is what we mean, English football is going to the dogs.
kevin
Banned
Lampard wouldnt even be in my squad if wilshire was ok.
I would take Carroll, I still rate him....
Hart
Walker
Rio
Cahill
Cole
Parker
Carrick
Lennon or Walcott
Gerrard
Young
Wellbeck
My strikers would be
Rooney
Sturridge
Carrol
Wellbeck
Defoe
I would take Carroll, I still rate him....
Hart
Walker
Rio
Cahill
Cole
Parker
Carrick
Lennon or Walcott
Gerrard
Young
Wellbeck
My strikers would be
Rooney
Sturridge
Carrol
Wellbeck
Defoe
Itsy-bitsy Bonatini Yellow Polkadot Bikini
Stuart Pearce
Carroll has to go. Coming into form at the right time and he's unplayable when he's at the top of his game. He's had a difficult 18 months, yes, but football is 99% confidence and he's obviously been very short on that for a while. He's starting to get back to where he was in 2010 and that's good news for England.
Tutts
Ian Bowyer
Amazing how Carroll's form picks up when the opportunity of an all expenses paid lads holiday in Krakow is on offer.
Tutts
Ian Bowyer
Le Juif Rouge
Senior Mass Debater
Which set of overpaid unpatriotic pimps is going to care least about playing for their country? The English or the French? 
Dangerous Dom
Viv Anderson
kevin,you would'nt take terry, lescott or lampard to the euros what planet are you on!!! they have all had great seasons lampard has been awesome since he was put back in full time by di matteo and lescott has been sublime all season with kompany and terry even though he's a dick is still probably the best we have..
Danga
Formerly JLingz
Im still scratching my head at the Danny Welbeck obsession. If he was playing at someone like Wigan, he wouldnt get a sniff. He is utter guff.
kevin
Banned
Where did I say I wouldnt take terry?
I would but I wouldnt play him, hes an overrated racist cockney twat but hes an ok defender.
Rio has to play, therefore terry couldnt...
As for lampard, I dont really know what he does, never rated him.
kevin
Banned
6th highest scorer in the Championship?
Still far better than crouch
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Papa Shango
Guest
I wouldn't take terry lampard or Gerard. I'd take backham and play the kids. Look to the future. Terry is shit. Gerrard shit for England lampard has shot it.
It's Baggio
John Robertson
I think he's a good player. Could do with scoring more goals but I think that'll come as he plays more games.
The reason I'd take Carroll over Holt isn't because he playes for Liverpool or because he cost load of money but because he's quite obviously got bags of potential and he's done well in his sparing England appearances so far. If Holt was younger then he'd be worth a go but what's the point in taking an untested 32 year old to a tournament? Had Wilshere and Cleverley played more games this season then I'd have taken them under the same premise.