England Team to play Spain

-----------------------Foster

G Neville----Ferdinand----Woodgate----P Neville

-----------------------Carrick

---------------- Gerrard Lampard

SWP------------------Crouch----------Dyer

well great hes dropped robinson, not sure what swp playing is all about. glad rooney is injured

L r d wrote:well great hes dropped robinson, not sure what swp playing is all about. glad rooney is injured

Lennon is ill apparently..

where's rooney? is he the "swp"?

good that crouch is in the team. he's class.

todo wrote:where's rooney? is he the "swp"?

good that crouch is in the team. he's class.

SWP = Shawn Wright-Phillips

What does Barry have to do to get into the England team, maybe suck McClaren's dick?

Foster, G.Neville, Ferdinand, Woodgate, Carrick, Gerrard, Dyer.

Crouch & SWP.

Lampard & Pip Neville.

Parks lives wrote:Foster, G.Neville, Ferdinand, Woodgate, Carrick, Gerrard, Dyer.

Crouch & SWP.

Lampard & Pip Neville.

Who could he have picked instead of Crouch?

Crouch is a

look at his record, dickmunch.

Can't see much wrong with that side with the exception of Pip Neville. Not a single left-footer in the side. Should have played Barry and perhaps Downing.

Thats why I'm not angry because I can understand it, however I was hoping to see Lennon, Dyer and Rooney as stated on Sky sports News this morning.

Parks lives wrote:Thats why I'm not angry because I can understand it, however I was hoping to see Lennon, Dyer and Rooney as stated on Sky sports News this morning.

Yeah, I want to see Lennon, but as I say..apparently he's ill. Guessing Rooney wasnt fit enough to start either.

Parks lives wrote:I was hoping to see Lennon, Dyer and Rooney as stated on Sky sports News this morning.

Lennon and Rooney = carrying injury. Dyer starts. So.............

I'm quite impressed tbh. A good mix of regulars and experimentals

Why isn't Carson selected?

He's in the under 21's.

Parks lives wrote:He's in the under 21's.

good enough excuse i suppose

Spain should have played Vicente and maybe even Joaquin. Both wingers would have given those FB's a torrid time. G Neville is decent, but he struggles againt pacey/skillful wingers imo. I imagine Ronaldo skins him alive in training sessions.

Good to see the most in-form midfielder in the squad is keeping his place.

Time for him (and Gerrard) to put in another woeful performance though.

Don't really care who plays for you guys as long as you give us a good kicking !

Great, Flumps and Gerrard in the middle

La Saeta Rubia wrote:Don't really care who plays for you guys as long as you give us a good kicking !

Time for Frank to yet again get the better of some Barca players

Owen Thomas wrote:Great, Flumps and Gerrard in the middle

One is very much in-form. The other is living on the tag of being "one of the best 3 central-midfielders in the world"

S4P wrote:

Owen Thomas wrote:Great, Flumps and Gerrard in the middle

One is very much in-form. The other is living on the tag of being "one of the best 3 central-midfielders in the world"

I fancy lampard to have a good game, I have 20 quid on him scoring first

S4P wrote:

Owen Thomas wrote:Great, Flumps and Gerrard in the middle

One is very much in-form. The other is living on the tag of being "one of the best 3 central-midfielders in the world"

Flumps to hit about 12 shots into row-Z. Maybe get one right.

not too bad. but why phil neville over barry? barry's played lb almost as much as he's played midfield this season and i'm certain he a better lb than neville.

i just imagine barry getting a half hr run out in 2nd half, making one bad pass or something and, having no time to make up for it, getting dismissed as 'not international class' forever more.

L r d wrote:

S4P wrote:

Owen Thomas wrote:Great, Flumps and Gerrard in the middle

One is very much in-form. The other is living on the tag of being "one of the best 3 central-midfielders in the world"

I fancy lampard to have a good game, I have 20 quid on him scoring first

It's about time he had a good game for England. He's found his very best form again imo (although of course, people will only ever criticise him).

debaser wrote:not too bad. but why phil neville over barry? barry's played lb almost as much as he's played midfield this season and i'm certain he a better lb than neville.

i just imagine barry getting a half hr run out in 2nd half, making one bad pass or something and, having no time to make up for it, getting dismissed as 'not international class' forever more.

Most likely, that's what happened to Downing.

borocooper wrote:

debaser wrote:not too bad. but why phil neville over barry? barry's played lb almost as much as he's played midfield this season and i'm certain he a better lb than neville.

i just imagine barry getting a half hr run out in 2nd half, making one bad pass or something and, having no time to make up for it, getting dismissed as 'not international class' forever more.

Most likely, that's what happened to Downing.

Terry too.

Although this is by the 100,000,000 fans as oppose to the management, who get to see him on a much more regular basis.

S4P wrote:

borocooper wrote:

debaser wrote:not too bad. but why phil neville over barry? barry's played lb almost as much as he's played midfield this season and i'm certain he a better lb than neville.

i just imagine barry getting a half hr run out in 2nd half, making one bad pass or something and, having no time to make up for it, getting dismissed as 'not international class' forever more.

Most likely, that's what happened to Downing.

Terry too.

Although this is by the 100,000,000 fans as oppose to the management, who get to see him on a much more regular basis.

No it isnt terry starts all games. and downing started a few. clearly not international class. hes young possible for the future certainly not now.

I'm pretty sure if this was a competitive fixture that McLaren would have raided the U21's for a couple of strikers and a let back. Hopefully his thinking is not to unsettle the U21 players who wouldn't get a look in on a fully fit squad. Lita, Nugent and co are a long way down the list after Crouch, Rooney, Owen, Defoe, Johnson, and Bent afterall. The left back position is between Cole and Bridge so I suppose he sees Barry as a midfileder, otherwise he would have surely started ahead of Neville.

No left footers does concern me, but no point in picking someone for the sake of it.

L r d wrote:

S4P wrote:

borocooper wrote:

debaser wrote:not too bad. but why phil neville over barry? barry's played lb almost as much as he's played midfield this season and i'm certain he a better lb than neville.

i just imagine barry getting a half hr run out in 2nd half, making one bad pass or something and, having no time to make up for it, getting dismissed as 'not international class' forever more.

Most likely, that's what happened to Downing.

Terry too.

Although this is by the 100,000,000 fans as oppose to the management, who get to see him on a much more regular basis.

No it isnt terry starts all games. and downing started a few. clearly not international class. hes young possible for the future certainly not now.

He obviously has the "X-Factor" though lerd.