England squad announced.

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The new england squad has now been announced :-

Robinson (Tottenham), Kirkland (Liverpool), Foster (Man Utd); Bridge (Chelsea), Brown (Man Utd), Carragher (Liverpool), A Cole (Arsenal), Dawson (Tottenham), Ferdinand (Man Utd), G Neville (Man Utd), P Neville (Everton), Terry (capt, Chelsea), Young (Charlton); Downing (Middlesbrough), Gerrard (Liverpool), Hargreaves (Bayern Munich), Jenas (Tottenham), Lampard (Chelsea), Lennon (Tottenham), Richardson (Man Utd), Wright-Phillips (Chelsea); Ashton (West Ham), Bent (Charlton), Crouch (Liverpool), Defoe (Tottenham).

Pretty good team, lots of new young players.

[Grindie]

Finally Ashton has his chance ;)

[Smiddy]

Any bets on the squad being like this..
Robinson
G Neville - Ferdinand - Terry - A Cole
Gerard - Hargreaves - Lampard - Downing
Crouch - Defoe

Nice list though!

[Victimized]

Steve McClaren looks like he is kicking Sven's arrse already.

[--ss--]

omgz he didnt pick theo walcott :o

[Smiddy]

Steve McClaren looks like he is kicking Sven's arrse already.Agreed.

omgz he didnt pick theo walcott :oHe has some sense doesn't he ;D

[Azul]

Great and bold decision on dropping Becks, but why is Jenas still in the squad!! FFS, he must be one of the most inaffective players in the history of the England team.

[bingoking]

I think Ashton and Bent have waited for there chance for long enough now, i,m glad James is out!

[cocacola]

You Aint Put Rooney He Will Get Picked

[RareIce]

oh is rooney banned yes hes banned isnt he?

[jordybumz!]

nice squad :]

[brandon]

All hail McClaren.

[bingoking]

Who, out of Ashton, Defoe, Crouch and Bent are they going to start then!

[brandon]

Who, out of Ashton, Defoe, Crouch and Bent are they going to start then!
Hopefully Ashton will start, perform and if he moves to a big club for a bit of million we'll make a few bob out of it ;D

[bingoking]

Hopefully Ashton will start, perform and if he moves to a big club for a bit of million we'll make a few bob out of it ;D

As the Greece game is a friendly i think it would be a good choice giving Ashton an England start!

[Victimized]

We'll still lose though. Or under-perform.

[brandon]

As the Greece game is a friendly i think it would be a good choice giving Ashton an England start!
yeah, I think he will start or come on as a subsitute definately.

[bingoking]

We'll still lose though. Or under-perform.

We normally do but with a new manager i think the players will want to impress!

[edible]

Glad to see Phil in the frame again.
Sven has common sense!

[sock]

When Joe Cole recovers from his injury, He will take Kieron Richardson out. But when Roney gets over his suspension I think we should drop Crouch tbh, Hes good in the air, but he is poor at shooting, and tbh, he only got his hattrick cos Jamaica are a poor side, not cos hes good, cos other team is poor.

[djcafc]

im glad luke young and darren bent finally got a chance but im sure dean ashton and jermain defoe will be out as soon as michael owen and wayne rooney get back from injury and suspension

[A4AOwen]

I cant believe he left Beckham out, I know he didn't do much in the World Cup but he is a value to the team.

[MsTanya]

i just realised that joe cole is out injured atm so will downing get a start in this week's friendly?

[Azul]

Hope not, he's crap.

[sock]

I want the squad to be like this..

Robinson

G. Neville J.Carragher J.Terry A. Cole


A. Lennon S.Gerrard O. Hargreaves S.Downing


D. Bent D. Ashton

[Corq]

I want the squad to be like this..

Robinson

G. Neville J.Carragher J.Terry A. Cole


A. Lennon S.Gerrard O. Hargreaves S.Downing


D. Bent D. Ashton

I'm not so sure about the defence but this is the starting midfield/strikers

Gerrard Lampard Hargreaves Downing

Defoe Crouch


Dean Ashton has broke his ankle aswell so he will be out for a fair bit now.

[Corq]

Oops, sorry...

[Smiddy]

Any bets on the squad being like this..
Robinson
G Neville - Ferdinand - Terry - A Cole
Gerard - Hargreaves - Lampard - Downing
Crouch - Defoe

Nice list though!:8 The actual squad has been announced, and look who got it right. :)

http://home.skysports.com/list.aspx?hlid=409960&CPID=219&clid=114&lid=2&title=McClaren+feels+for+Ashton
England's starting XI v Greece:
Robinson, G Neville, Ferdinand, Terry, A Cole, Gerrard, Hargreaves, Lampard, Downing, Defoe and Crouch.

:)!

[MsTanya]

Hope not, he's crap.
i think he will, just hope he does well

[Smiddy]

i think he will, just hope he does well
:8 The actual squad has been announced, and look who got it right. :)

http://home.skysports.com/list.aspx?hlid=409960&CPID=219&clid=114&lid=2&title=McClaren+feels+for+Ashton
England's starting XI v Greece:
Robinson, G Neville, Ferdinand, Terry, A Cole, Gerrard, Hargreaves, Lampard, Downing, Defoe and Crouch.

:)!He is. ;)

Although it would be better with Aaron Lennon I think.

[Azul]

McClaren will play Gerrard on the right to fit Fat Frank into the team, which is a disgrace.

Robbo
Neville Rio Terry A Cole

Lennon Hargreaves Gerrard Wright-Phillips

Crouch Defoe

This should be the line up for the friendly, obviously when certain players are fit, it would be a stronger team. I'd play Shaun WP out of position to keep Downing out of the team!