Dr_Pangloss Posted March 20, 2017 Share Posted March 20, 2017 Jake Livermore is an utterly hilarious inclusion. He is an absolute clogger of a player. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BOF Posted March 20, 2017 Moderator Share Posted March 20, 2017 While that squad does seriously lack in world class stars, there is a good team buried in there if he can get the mix right. Big 'if' with him in charge though. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
VillaChris Posted March 20, 2017 Share Posted March 20, 2017 I'd have liked to have seen Harry Maguire called up. I'm not saying he's going to be world class or anything but he's a young player who offers something a little different to the usual CB stoppers England continue to produce like Ben Gibson and Michael Keane. Maguire has been playing as a ball playing centre half in Hull's 3-5-2 and a few times it's been highlighted some of his runs from the back. Calling up someone like him would give England the flexibility to try 3-5-2 which I'd have thought would be an obvious idea given Walker and Rose could play as wing backs no problem and Cahill plays in a back 3 regularly now. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dr_Pangloss Posted March 20, 2017 Share Posted March 20, 2017 6 hours ago, BOF said: While that squad does seriously lack in world class stars, there is a good team buried in there if he can get the mix right. Big 'if' with him in charge though. At best it's basically a very average international team which does not have a cat in hell's chance of ever doing anything remotely good at an international tournament. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PaulC Posted March 21, 2017 Share Posted March 21, 2017 It doesn't matter at this stage anyway. We'll qualify with ease and you never know there might be one or two world class players come through next year like our Jack Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BOF Posted March 21, 2017 Moderator Share Posted March 21, 2017 Germany are 8/11 to win tomorrow. I don't usually back friendlies as they're inherently risky due to experimental line-ups etc, but this is about as unfriendly as a friendly gets, so it might be safer than most. Hmm, tempting. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
villa4europe Posted March 21, 2017 Share Posted March 21, 2017 dunno, germany seem to have a fair few gerrard-esque injury drop outs so they might not be taking it too seriously and england always have that carrot dangling we're actually a decent team meaningless friendly performance in them (didnt we beat ze germans last time?) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BOF Posted March 21, 2017 Moderator Share Posted March 21, 2017 1 minute ago, villa4europe said: dunno, germany seem to have a fair few gerrard-esque injury drop outs so they might not be taking it too seriously and england always have that carrot dangling we're actually a decent team meaningless friendly performance in them (didnt we beat ze germans last time?) Yes, I've just read that England haven't lost in Germany since 1987. I might, ehh, keep my powder dry this time. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
villa4europe Posted March 21, 2017 Share Posted March 21, 2017 germany team missing draxler, ozil, neuer, gundogan, boateng, ginter, goretzka, meyer, reus, gotze... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Villan4Life Posted March 21, 2017 Share Posted March 21, 2017 (edited) I'm going to Wembley on Sunday with the Mrs to the England vs Lithuania match. Never been to a England international game before so looking forward to it. Predictions: Germany 1 - England 1 England 4 - Lithuania 0 Edited March 21, 2017 by Villan4Life Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rodders0223 Posted March 21, 2017 Share Posted March 21, 2017 Podolski is still playing for Germany. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bobzy Posted March 21, 2017 Share Posted March 21, 2017 1 hour ago, villa4europe said: germany team missing draxler, ozil, neuer, gundogan, boateng, ginter, goretzka, meyer, reus, gotze... ...will still beat English national football team. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Zatman Posted March 21, 2017 Share Posted March 21, 2017 3 hours ago, BOF said: Germany are 8/11 to win tomorrow. I don't usually back friendlies as they're inherently risky due to experimental line-ups etc, but this is about as unfriendly as a friendly gets, so it might be safer than most. Hmm, tempting. Its the opposite, I would expect England to get a result and then the bandwagon will build up again Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BOF Posted March 21, 2017 Moderator Share Posted March 21, 2017 14 minutes ago, Zatman said: Its the opposite, I would expect England to get a result and then the bandwagon will build up again Yeah you may well be right. As you can see above I've chickened out Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
VillaChris Posted March 21, 2017 Share Posted March 21, 2017 4 hours ago, rodders0223 said: Podolski is still playing for Germany. It's his farewell game. More reason not to back Germany tomorrow! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PaulC Posted March 21, 2017 Share Posted March 21, 2017 4 hours ago, Zatman said: Its the opposite, I would expect England to get a result and then the bandwagon will build up again Yes we do well in friendlies against them. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TrentVilla Posted March 22, 2017 Moderator Share Posted March 22, 2017 Does anyone still care about the England team? I mean I'm not even sure the England team care about the England team any more, for a lot of them I just think it's an inconvenience. Won't be watching. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dudevillaisnice Posted March 22, 2017 Share Posted March 22, 2017 Not like I used to no but I'll still watch it. A bit like Villa over the years I won't get too excited/downbeat on the results now. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nigel Posted March 22, 2017 VT Supporter Share Posted March 22, 2017 18 hours ago, villa4europe said: germany team missing draxler, ozil, neuer, gundogan, boateng, ginter, goretzka, meyer, reus, gotze... So are England! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PaulC Posted March 22, 2017 Share Posted March 22, 2017 2 hours ago, TrentVilla said: Does anyone still care about the England team? I mean I'm not even sure the England team care about the England team any more, for a lot of them I just think it's an inconvenience. Won't be watching. Not normally but an England Germany game always interests me because of the history between the two countries, footballing wise that is. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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