whats your england team, all being fit??

[action man]

mine is quite strange,  opting for out and out wingers (old skool) who have pace and the ability to skin players, get to the byline and produce a telling cross, and i feel with gerrard and lampard in the centre they can feed the through balls to the wingers and the pacey owen and rooney,

                                                                             Robinson


g neville                                      carragher                                      Terry (c)                              a.cole






Pennant                                      lampard                                     Gerrard                                   Richardson





                                                  owen                                                rooney




now this would work........and i havent been smoking funny fags

[turny]

gk james
lb a cole
rb g neville
cb j.terry
cb r.ferdinand
cm f.lampard
cm s.gerrard
lm j cole
rm d beckham
cf w rooney
cf m owen

and i think youll find without doubt that will be svens team if all fit.

[vampitup]

Agree with inthebelly totally.  That's definitely the best side IMO.  Not many teams can match that.  Plenty of cover in all positions except left mid. 

Does anyone think there will be any surprises in the squad, ie Aaron Lennon or Darren Bent for example?

[Ironside]

i would go for

gk james
lb cole
rb dywer
cb ferdinand
cd campbell
dm becks
cm hargreeves
cm robinson (c) best player in england so has to get a game even if its outside the 18 yard box
am bret omerod
cf heskey
cf crouch

[vampitup]

Ironside, I think that team would still beat Scotlands, lol!

[Ironside]

oops i put the wrong guy in goal

[The Baron]

gk james
lb a cole
rb g neville
cb j.terry
cb r.ferdinand
cm f.lampard
cm s.gerrard
lm j cole
rm d beckham
cf w rooney
cf m owen

and i think youll find without doubt that will be svens team if all fit.

Agreed but Vs top 5 nations it'll be 4-5-1.

J Cole dropped, Rooney out to the left, and hopefully Carrick holding (but I fear it will be King).

This 4-5-1 actually looks great as Lampard AND Gerrard can attack simultaneously.

[ifm]

How can ANYBODY want James in goal?

Defies belief

[The Baron]

How can ANYBODY want James in goal?

Defies belief

I want James in goal.

[The Baron]

For Brazil.

[TightEnd]

4-4-2

Robinson
Neville
A Cole
Terry
Ferdinand
Beckham
Lampard
Gerrard
J Cole
Owen
Rooney

4-5-1 for when he gets inevitably defensive around the QF stages

Robinson
Neville
A Cole
Ferdinand
Terry

Ledley King in the holding role

Beckham
Gerrard
Lampard all strung across the middle

and Rooney in the hole behind

Owen

[Ironside]

on a serious note bridge is better defensively than cole on the left hand side

lack of chances at chelsea and injury  have curtailed his chances of being an england regular

but did i note read of him going on loan to fullham or something

if this is the case i would put bridge in ahead of cole in any game that england are not likely to dominate

ie against any of the top european or south american sides

[TightEnd]

Bridge has gone on loan to fulham and I agree is an excellent player

the chances of him playing in a first choice team ahead of ashley cole are zero, quite rightly

[Ironside]

cole is better going forward than bridge but he lacks something defensively that bridge can offer

chances of sven noticing this are zero

[ifm]

Cole is a dirty, rotten cheat.
He should be in the olympic high board team not the footie team.