PaulC Posted May 11, 2014 Share Posted May 11, 2014 Good on Hodgson to pick Shaw ahead of Cole. He's not the old fuddy duddy that a lot people think.... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KAZZAM Posted May 11, 2014 Share Posted May 11, 2014 Wow Roy is so bad how can u leave Ashley Cole out,So if Baines gets injured we got someone whos played 45 mins international football to bring on-Take a penalty-Mark Ronaldo-Mark Messi yeh good plan. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Condimentalist Posted May 11, 2014 Share Posted May 11, 2014 Out of Cole and Lampard I think Cole should have gone and Lampard not. Rumours are it's the other way around. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CardiffGreens Posted May 11, 2014 Share Posted May 11, 2014 Personally I felt out of the 3 left backs I'd have left Baines at home - which is daft after the last couple of seasons he's had. But in terms of pure defensive ability Cole trumps the other 2 (and there'll be times we'll need to keep it tight at the back out there), and I'm quite the fan of heaping pressure onto the youth in an effort to make them crack and ruin their development in the international arena (see Scott Carson) so I'd have taken Shaw over Baines for the other spot. As it turns out, this is clearly another reason to add to the heap as to why I'm not managing international football teams. And frankly it wasn't the most important selection headache that'll have been made. It'd be nice if we had the same sort of problem for right back as well really. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kurtsimonw Posted May 11, 2014 Share Posted May 11, 2014 Yeah I'm not sure how you leave Cole out. I know he hasn't played an awful lot for Chelsea this season but he's so good defensively think it is a mistake. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nicho Posted May 12, 2014 Share Posted May 12, 2014 Surely hell take Barkley, hes got to take Barkley, please take Barkley. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Zatman Posted May 12, 2014 Share Posted May 12, 2014 could they not put Cole at right back as he would offer a lot more defensively than Johnson Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CardiffGreens Posted May 12, 2014 Share Posted May 12, 2014 (edited) Squad named: Joe Hart Fraser Forster Ben Foster Glen Johnson Phil Jones Gary Cahill Phil Jagielka Chris Smalling Leighton Baines Luke Shaw Steven Gerrard Jack Wilshere Jordan Henderson Frank Lampard James Milner Ross Barkley Adam Lallana Raheem Sterling Alex Oxlade-Chamberlain Wayne Rooney Daniel Sturridge Danny Welbeck Rickie Lambert Standby: John Ruddy Jon Flanagan John Stones Michael Carrick Tom Cleverley Andy Carroll Jermain Defoe Edited May 12, 2014 by CardiffGreens Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PaulMcgrathsknees Posted May 12, 2014 Share Posted May 12, 2014 Lampard and Lambert................ Hope they both get nowhere near the pitch..... How naff are our forwards? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The_Steve Posted May 12, 2014 Share Posted May 12, 2014 That's a very fragile defence. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
andykeenan Posted May 12, 2014 Author Share Posted May 12, 2014 England World Cup squad Goalkeepers Hart, Foster, Forster Defenders Johnson, Cahill, Jagielka, Jones, Smalling, Baines, Shaw Midfielders: Gerrard, Wilshere, Sterling, Milner, Lampard, Henderson, Barkley, Lallana, Oxlade-Chamberlain Strikers Rooney, Sturridge, Welbeck, Lambert Stand-Ruddy, Flanagan, Stones, Carrick, Cleverley, Carroll Defoe. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jarpie Posted May 12, 2014 Share Posted May 12, 2014 What? No Cleverley? IMPOSSIBLE! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
villaglint Posted May 12, 2014 Share Posted May 12, 2014 Squad is very weak at CB, and wide pacey forwards. An injury to Jagielka or Cahill and we are struggling (I'm not even a fan of the two of them as a pair) Only seems to be Sterling and Oxlade who can play wide - I know Jimmy and Welbeck can do it but neither are going to scaring the worlds best too much. Shame we had injuries for Walcott and Townsend just disappeared for a season after such a bright start. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mikeyp102 Posted May 12, 2014 Share Posted May 12, 2014 (edited) Would substitute Foster, Lampard and Smalling for Butland, Flanaghan and Barry but that aside it's probably the best available. Fair play to RH for fielding youth though. England used to have a plethora of good cbs and that has diminished recently and replaced with left backs (as you could easily take cole and Gibbs with those selected). From that squad my line up would be: Hart Johnson Cahill Jagielka Baines Henderson Gerard Wilshire Sterling Sturridge Rooney Edited May 12, 2014 by mikeyp102 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AVFCforever1991 Posted May 12, 2014 Share Posted May 12, 2014 Glad Carroll and Cleverley haven't made it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jarpie Posted May 12, 2014 Share Posted May 12, 2014 Squad is very weak at CB, and wide pacey forwards. An injury to Jagielka or Cahill and we are struggling (I'm not even a fan of the two of them as a pair) Only seems to be Sterling and Oxlade who can play wide - I know Jimmy and Welbeck can do it but neither are going to scaring the worlds best too much. Shame we had injuries for Walcott and Townsend just disappeared for a season after such a bright start. Especially Walcott is a huge loss for England IMO, but hopefully Liverpool's Tony Daley can fill the role. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
villa4europe Posted May 12, 2014 Share Posted May 12, 2014 Lambert is the right shout IMO in great form too, Carroll has hardly played all year and done little when he has Not really sure who else he could have named, jones, smalling, wilshere, lampard all aren't playing well enough to be there but when you look at the reserves none of them should really be going either Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The_Steve Posted May 12, 2014 Share Posted May 12, 2014 England are going to leak goals. Depends if they score enough at the other end. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Zatman Posted May 12, 2014 Share Posted May 12, 2014 England are going to leak goals. Depends if they score enough at the other end. will they. Hodgson will have a solid back 4 and a shield in front of that and the wingers helping the full backs, also probably Welbeck for his work rate Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jarpie Posted May 12, 2014 Share Posted May 12, 2014 I know I sound like a broken record but Hodgson is wrong manager for england now, way too cautious and he will shackle the creative players into his ultra-defensive tactics and this will be yet another turgid display. English football would IMO really need something like Bobby Robson and 1990 world cup. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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