World cup squad confirmed

[Robbie]

how Lennon could get on the team after missing that shot against Japan I will never know....

Yes because the selection is based entirely around one game isn't it...

[JackBuddy]

I think Walcott should be on the team, he's a good winger, he plays well, how Lennon could get on the team after missing that shot against Japan I will never know....

He was playing on the left wing and shot with his left foot. Lennon is England's best right sided player, can't leave him out.

[immense]

what dya reckon starting XI is gna be

[JackBuddy]

James

Usual suspects in defence.

Barry Lampard
Lennon Gerrard Cole
Rooney

[CHA!NGANG]

I recon it will be:

------------------ Green ------------------
Johnson - Ferdinand - Terry - A. Cole
Lennon - Lampard - Barry - Gerrard
----------- Rooney - Heskey -----------

If we had to play that formation, I'd prefur it to be:

------------------- Hart -------------------
Johnson - Ferdinand - Terry - A. Cole
Lennon - Lampard - Barry - Gerrard
----------- Rooney - Crouch -----------

But over anything I'd prefur:

------------------- Hart -------------------
Johnson - Ferdinand - Terry - A. Cole
------------------- Barry ------------------
---------- Lampard - Gerrard ----------
------ Lennon - Rooney - J. Cole ------

[Browney]

Hart
Johnson - King - Terry - Ferdinand - Cole
Lampard - Barry
Milner ------------- Gerrard
Rooney

>:}

[immense]

idk about keeper

johnson ferdinand terry cole

lennon lampard barry gerrard

heskey rooney

[JackBuddy]

Hart

Johnson - King - Terry - Ferdinand - Cole
Lampard - Barry
Milner ------------- Gerrard
Rooney

>:}

No Bent?

[Browney]

a forward scores goals... he can do it against PL defences. not against the best defences in the world.

Vidic, Ferdinand, Evra, Vermaelen, Sagna, Gallas, King, Dawson, Skrtl, Agger, Carragher.

Not a bad resume to score goals past.

Bent isn't world-class. Nor is Crouch/Defoe/Heskey. I think we should use the full-backs' attacking skills better, by using them as wing-backs with 3 CBs and 2 CDMs and reduce the dependence on strikers, in which the depth is poor. So to attack, the formation would be:

Hart

King - Ferdinand - Terry
Johnson ------- Barry - Lampard ------- Cole
Milner ------------------- Gerrard
Rooney

[CHA!NGANG]

If Hargreaves was fit:

---------------------- Hart ----------------------
---------- King - Ferdinand - Terry ----------
G. Johnson - Hargreaves - Barry - A. Cole
---------- Lampard -------- Gerrard ----------
-------------------- Rooney --------------------

Too defencive though