Zola has just been sacked

Slaven Bilić anyone ?

hargreaves should be no where near the england team in the summer

would risk taking barry if not think parker would do a good job for us

Aye.

RIP

Grant is odds on.

Wonder if McLaren had wished he'd held out for a few more days?

I was just saying the same thing regarding Schteve McLarensh

I win £100 off my mate if Hargreaves gets called up.

would feel sorry for the player been dropped for a guy who has only played one game

Edited.



TBF, he's better than any of the alternatives.

would rather take dyer

Nah, why would he want to come back to England where he's a figure of fun when he can to Germany and be judged on what he actually does on the field rather than what went on in a previous job?

30-man England squad announced for World Cup www.dailymail.co.uk/sport/footba ... ds-newsxml

30-man England squad announced for World Cup www.dailymail.co.uk/sport/footba ... ds-newsxml

Quote ="Fully"30-man England squad announced for World Cup www.dailymail.co.uk/sport/footba ... ds-newsxml'" Goalkeepers: Joe Hart, David James, Robert Green. Defenders: Leighton Baines, Jamie Carragher, Ashley Cole, Michael Dawson, Rio Ferdinand, Glen Johnson, Ledley King, John Terry, Matthew Upson, Stephen Warnock. Midfielders: Gareth Barry, Michael Carrick, Joe Cole, Steven Gerrard, Tom Huddlestone, Adam Johnson, Frank Lampard, Aaron Lennon, James Milner, Scott Parker, Theo Walcott, Shaun Wright-Phillips. Forwards: Darren Bent, Peter Crouch, Jermain Defoe, Emile Heskey, Wayne Rooney. I'd leave the ones in bold out. Capello will drop Warnock, Parker, Bent, Wright-Phillips, Cole, Dawson and Huddlestone I'd say.

Quote ="Fully"30-man England squad announced for World Cup www.dailymail.co.uk/sport/footba ... ds-newsxml'" Goalkeepers: Joe Hart, David James, Robert Green. Defenders: Leighton Baines, Jamie Carragher, Ashley Cole, Michael Dawson, Rio Ferdinand, Glen Johnson, Ledley King, John Terry, Matthew Upson, Stephen Warnock. Midfielders: Gareth Barry, Michael Carrick, Joe Cole, Steven Gerrard, Tom Huddlestone, Adam Johnson, Frank Lampard, Aaron Lennon, James Milner, Scott Parker, Theo Walcott, Shaun Wright-Phillips. Forwards: Darren Bent, Peter Crouch, Jermain Defoe, Emile Heskey, Wayne Rooney. I'd leave the ones in bold out. Capello will drop Warnock, Parker, Bent, Wright-Phillips, Cole, Dawson and Huddlestone I'd say.

GOALKEEPERS
Joe Hart, David James, Robert Green

DEFENDERS
Leighton Baines, Jamie Carragher, Ashley Cole, Michael Dawson, Rio Ferdinand, Glen Johnson, Ledley King, John Terry, Matthew Upson, Stephen Warnock

MIDFIELDERS
Gareth Barry, Michael Carrick, Joe Cole, Steven Gerrard, Tom Huddlestone, Adam Johnson, Frank Lampard, Aaron Lennon, James Milner, Scott Parker, Theo Walcott, Shaun Wright-Phillips

FORWARDS
Darren Bent, Peter Crouch, Jermain Defoe, Emile Heskey, Wayne Rooney

Those in bold to miss out IMO.

Carragher- has he played since the last world cup? Can't believe he's even in 30 man squad, turns his back on his country, not as if he's had a good season really.

Warnock- May be biased but i'd have Baines as they second left back to A Hole.

Carrick- Not been at his best this season, too much quality infont of him.

J Cole- Not played enough club football, many better performers ahead of him.

Parker- Gave 110% for West Ham but not upto England standard.

Walcott- Between him and Wright- Phillips...gotta feeling Fab will pick Theo but too many times his final ball lets him down.

Heskey- No doubt he'll go and be Rooney's partner upfront but can;t score and he's a striker...hmmm.

I'd drop:
Warnock - Baines is much better in my honest opinion.
Dawson - Not a bad player, was a choice between him and Upson.
Adam Johnson - too inexperienced at international level.
Parker - not international quality, only looked good in a poor West Ham team.
Huddlestone - not international quality.
Heskey - doesn't score enough goals.
Joe Cole - hasn't played enough at club level this season.

My starting XI to win us the World Cup :

1. David James

2. Glen Johnson
5. Rio Ferdinand
6. John Terry
3. Ashley Cole

7. Shaun Wright-Phillips
4. Steven Gerrard
8. Frank Lampard
11. James Milner

9. Wayne Rooney
10. Peter Crouch

Therein lies the problem, starting 11's don't win World Cups.....

My starting XI would be

Hart

Johnson
Terry
Ferdinand
Cole

Barry

Walcott
Gerrrard
Lampard
Cole/Milner

Rooney.

Johnson, Cole, Walcott and Cole/Milner all have enough in their engines to keep our flanks occupied, and allow us a really flexible formation. It also allows Gerrard and Lampard to play in their natural positions. Rooney doesn't exactly struggle up front on his own does he? The decision between Cole and Milner is a tight one and I really hope Barry is fit as the likely alternative (Carrick) is awful.

Crouchy and Adam Johnson off the bench offer us some real game changing abilities and if King can be fit for the whole tournament I'd even consider sitting him in front of the back 4.

4-4-2 with Gerrard on the left is UTTERLY ridiculous. If he goes 4-4-2......are you ready? Get the quotations ready......Gerrard shouldn't start on current form.

I agree 100%. There's no point shoehorning him in on the left just for the sake of getting him in the side, because he just hasn't performed to the level he can this season

Don't agree actually. He's been an international player in the making for many years now, and he's had a superb season this year. I still vividly remember watching him play for the under 15's years back and thinking that he was some player. I think he was alongside Stephen Schumacher in midfield whose career went the opposite way

Come on Blackpool

Indeed, a devastating tragedy, hopefully the likes of which will never be seen again.

Thoughts and prayers go out to the families of the 56.

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As long as Cardiff dont go up Im happy now

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What's this persistence with Gerrard and Lampard in midfield together?

It's obvious that both players prefer to be the most advanced midfielder in a midfield '3', Lampard is a better 4-4-2 player but neither player suits the formation, nor does the formation get the best out of their strengths.

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