England squad for Brazil, Who would you take?

[GHoddle]

More important matches, really? What like every one of the three group games you mean?

Depends on the opposition is what I meant.

 

[stonerblue]

I'd leave Looney at home.

 

[mcmanus]

I'm not from England, nor do I support them, however I believe England's best XI based on current form is...

Hart; Baines Cahill Jagielka Johnson; Sterling Gerrard Henderson Sterling; Rooney Sturridge

Dominated by Liverpool, however they're the players doing the business so provide England the best chance.

Sterling has a clone ?

I fucking hope not.

 

[supercrystal7]

We are not good enough to try and play like Liverpool. If we do we will be destroyed on the counter. The Liverpool high intensive pressing won't work in hot tournament football, with matches so close together either.

GK Hart, Ruddy, Foster
LB Baines, Cole
RB Johnson, Walker
CB Cahill, Jagielka, Smalling, Jones,
CM Gerrard, Barkley, Henderson, Barry,
AM/W Lallana, Sterling, Milner, Chamberlain
CF Sturridge, Rooney, Lambert, Welbeck

 

[BlueHammer85]

Hart

G.Johnson
Cahill
Jageilka
Baines

Gerrard
Carrick

Sterling
Lallana
Sturridge

Rooney

 

[Blue Is the Opposite of Blue]

Goalkeepers: Joe Hart, John Ruddy, David Stockdale

Defenders: Glen Johnson, Callum Chambers, Gary Cahill, Phil Jones, Chris Smalling, Joleon Lescott, Luke Shaw, Leighton Baines

Midfielders: James Milner, Raheem Sterling, Stephen Gerrard, Jordan Henderson, Ross Barkley, Jack Wilshere, Alex Oxlade-Chamberlain, Adam Lallana.

Strikers: Wayne Rooney, Danny Welbeck, Danny Ings, Daniel Sturridge

Hart
Johnson - Cahill - Jones - Baines
Henderson - Gerrard - Wilshere
Sturridge - Rooney - Welbeck

But what does it matter? Hodgson will set up not to lose and it'll stifle some of the quality players and effective partnerships they have.

 

[JoeMercer'sWay]

Come to the conclusion I would take:

GKs: Joe Hart (Man City), Ben Foster (West Brom) & Fraser Forster (Celtic).
DFs: Glen Johnson (Liverpool), Kyle Walker (Tottenham), Gary Cahill (Chelsea), Phil Jagielka (Everton), Curtis Davies (Hull), Phil Jones (Man Utd), Leighton Baines (Everton) & Luke Shaw (Southampton).
MFs: Steven Gerrard (Liverpool), Gareth Barry (Everton), Jordan Henderson (Liverpool), Jack Wilshere (Arsenal), Ross Barkley (Everton), Adam Lallana (Southampton), Alex Oxlade-Chamberlain (Arsenal) & Raheem Sterling (Liverpool).
FWs: Wayne Rooney (Man Utd), Daniel Sturridge (Liverpool), Ricky Lambert (Southampton) & Danny Welbeck (Man Utd).

Would have been Rodriguez for Welbeck if he hadn't got hurt.

 

[jimharri]

Welbeck, Rooney, Cleverley, the face, Smalling, Jizzyjazz (Belgium? Pfft.), Rio and talk the Nevster (x2), Butt and Scholesy™ out retirement. Those, along with Rob Green in goal, are all we'll need to take Brazil by storm this summer.

 

[bluetonium]

Genuinely don't think Rooney can be trusted to perform, but there is no way he won't go as he's the English icon for some reason. How embarrassing...

Anyway:

GK: Hart, Forster, Ruddy

Def: Glen Johnson, Cahill, Shaw, Baines, Walker, Lescott, Jagielka, Caulker

Mid: Gerrard, Sterling, Barkley, Wilshire, Milner, Lallana, Oxlade-Chamberlain, Carrick

Fwd: Sturridge, Wickham, Welbeck, Lambert


That enables us to play 2 or 3 different ways - pace of Sterling, Sturridge/Welbeck and Ox, with sold midfield three of say Gerrard, Wilshire and Barkley, or a genuine 4-4-2, or indeed a wing back formation with Carrick dropping back. Was tempted to put the scouse lad Flanaghan in there in place of Shaw as he can play either flank, but Johnson covers that and has a little more experience in defence.

Been impressed with Wickham and think he deserves it in Rodriguez' absence, failing that you're looking at Carroll, Ings and Harry Kane, or another midfielder and push Sterling up front. Plus, he's an unknown quantity to a lot of teams, could be an advantage. No Rooney, though, is the message from me. He needs a trip to Brazil in the same way that Eric Pickles needs signing up to meals on wheels.

 

[MC ID]

I'm actually pretty excited for the world cup, we've got some interesting talent coming through and the old shitehawks are slowly being phased out. I don't expect us to win, but I'm just watching for the ride.

The only sour point is that Rooney will inevitable cast a large, sweaty and untalented shadow on our matches. It's amazing he can so consistantly not perform for England and yet still get picked.