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England potential squad for World Cup 2018
SELR_addicks
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Oxlade-Chamberlain is confirmed to be out for the rest of the season and even the World Cup with a knee ligament injury.
With that in mind, who would your 23 players be to take with us to the World Cup?
With that in mind, who would your 23 players be to take with us to the World Cup?
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That’s a shame, he was looking the part for Liverpool and would have been close to, if not staring in Russia.3
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Would have made my 11 right now. Shame.3
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as long as none of this lot are there ....
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Would've had him starting. That's a shame.1
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Does anybody else think it's a shame?2
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Huge shame, The Ox was having a brilliant season.
Pope, Butland, Pickford
Walker, Tripper, Jones, Stones, Maguire, Gomez, Rose, Young
Alli, Wilshere, Dier, Hendo, Winks, Lallana, Lingard, Sterling
Vardy, Kane, Rashford & Welbeck.1 -
Please Gareth, whatever you do, do not start Dier and Henderson together against Tunisia and Panama. Play a possession player, like Wilshere or Lallana, alongside Henderson.5
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Shame as he was coming into form at the right time. Gives Shelvey a better chance possibly?0
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Anyway my choices:
Butland, Pickford, Joe Hart
Walker, Trippier, Stones, Cahill, Smalling, Maguire, Bertrand, Jones
Dier, Alli, Henderson, Young, Wilshere, Delph, Lallana (if fit)/Cook
Sterling, Rashford, Kane, Lingard, Vardy0 -
Pope, Butland, Pickford
Walker, Tripper, Jones, Stones, Maguire, Betram, Rose, Milner.
Alli, Wilshere, Dier, Hendo, Winks, Shelvey, Lingard, Sterling
Vardy, Kane, Rashford & Wellbeck
Milner is probably having the best season of his life and was superb last night. Great provider and knows how to defend. Must be close.
Edit. Taken Young out and put Milner in. Proper player and not a diving twat.
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Milner retired from International football3
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For the people picking Wilshere and Lallana, would you not be worried about both of them breaking down what with their injury history0
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Pope | Butland | Pickford
Walker | Trippier | Stones | Maguire | Gomez | Young | Rose | Tarkowski
Alli | Dier | Henderson | Shelvey | Lingard | Sterling | Cook
Kane | Vardy | Rashford | Sessegnon1 -
I’d use them against Panama and Tunisia, where we will have high possession and need creativity to break them down. Belgium and later stages, if we get there, then they could be useful off the bench,cafcdave123 said:For the people picking Wilshere and Lallana, would you not be worried about both of them breaking down what with their injury history
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With the absense of Chamberlain we're desperate for creativity in the middle. Even if one manages to stay fit it'll be worth it rather than sticking in Loftus-Cheek or Livermore.cafcdave123 said:For the people picking Wilshere and Lallana, would you not be worried about both of them breaking down what with their injury history
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Ashley Young has to go. Been the best English left back this season.4
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Butland, Pickford, Pope
Walker, Tripper, Rose, Bertrand
Maguire, Cahill, Stones, Gomez
Dier, Henderson, Wilshere, Milner,
Sterling, Alli, Lallana, Lingard
Kane, Welbeck, Vardy, Rashford
It's a weak squad though, players like Lingard shouldn't be in that squad but we have no alternatives.3 -
He hasn't though, he's been bang average. The only reason he's got near the team is because Jose doesn't rate Blind and is devoting the current majority of his career to bullying Luke Shaw. Young has been surprisingly good for a washed up winger but he's so far from the standard needed for the England squad. His most recent display of brilliance was somehow getting away with nearly removing Aguero's leg in the penalty area, which should have been a pen and a red. He would get shown up so badly at a World Cupcrookester said:Ashley Young has to go. Been the best English left back this season.
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agreed, he's only about as good as Cresswell and Baines if that. Bertrand and Rose have certainly earned spots ahead of him.Garrymanilow said:
He hasn't though, he's been bang average. The only reason he's got near the team is because Jose doesn't rate Blind and is devoting the current majority of his career to bullying Luke Shaw. Young has been surprisingly good for a washed up winger but he's so far from the standard needed for the England squad. His most recent display of brilliance was somehow getting away with nearly removing Aguero's leg in the penalty area, which should have been a pen and a red. He would get shown up so badly at a World Cupcrookester said:Ashley Young has to go. Been the best English left back this season.
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Rose?! He's barely played this season.cafcfan1990 said:
agreed, he's only about as good as Cresswell and Baines if that. Bertrand and Rose have certainly earned spots ahead of him.Garrymanilow said:
He hasn't though, he's been bang average. The only reason he's got near the team is because Jose doesn't rate Blind and is devoting the current majority of his career to bullying Luke Shaw. Young has been surprisingly good for a washed up winger but he's so far from the standard needed for the England squad. His most recent display of brilliance was somehow getting away with nearly removing Aguero's leg in the penalty area, which should have been a pen and a red. He would get shown up so badly at a World Cupcrookester said:Ashley Young has to go. Been the best English left back this season.
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Lingard has had a great season. He deserves to be in the squad.cafcfan1990 said:Butland, Pickford, Pope
Walker, Tripper, Rose, Bertrand
Maguire, Cahill, Stones, Gomez
Dier, Henderson, Wilshere, Milner,
Sterling, Alli, Lallana, Lingard
Kane, Welbeck, Vardy, Rashford
It's a weak squad though, players like Lingard shouldn't be in that squad but we have no alternatives.9 -
Wouldnt go near Welbeck in terms of selection4
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I know, but the squad is the one I would pick.ValleyGary said:Milner retired from International football
Also like forever-addicts Tarkowski pick. My son raves about him and saw him against WHU and he was very impressive. I don’t think he would let us down.1 -
Yes, wouldn't have had him starting, but definitely a shame. He's struggled to set international football alight but he's coming off maybe his best, most consistent season as a pro. He was given so much at such a young age and it's nice to see him finally nail down a position and consistently influence games.Callumcafc said:Does anybody else think it's a shame?
It's one of Dier/Henderson and Whilshere (maybe Lallana) in the middle for me against Belgium and Tunisia. 4-2-3-1 against Panama because I can't see the need for three center backs. But yeah definitely someone who could have been influential, especially against tiring legs.0 -
Young may have weaknesses defensively, but offers a lot going forward, which seems to be key these days. He's played regularly too, unlike Rose.cafcfan1990 said:
agreed, he's only about as good as Cresswell and Baines if that. Bertrand and Rose have certainly earned spots ahead of him.Garrymanilow said:
He hasn't though, he's been bang average. The only reason he's got near the team is because Jose doesn't rate Blind and is devoting the current majority of his career to bullying Luke Shaw. Young has been surprisingly good for a washed up winger but he's so far from the standard needed for the England squad. His most recent display of brilliance was somehow getting away with nearly removing Aguero's leg in the penalty area, which should have been a pen and a red. He would get shown up so badly at a World Cupcrookester said:Ashley Young has to go. Been the best English left back this season.
Until this season, Lallana's injury record was very good. By contrast Wilshere this season has played a lot of games, the exception being when he got injured just before the last England squad was picked!cafcdave123 said:For the people picking Wilshere and Lallana, would you not be worried about both of them breaking down what with their injury history
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Cant believe that some people relate Oxlade-Chamberlain to creativity !0
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I don't necessarily agree with a majority of the post, but you definitely got a like for the great line "Jose doesn't rate Blind and is devoting the current majority of his career to bullying Luke Shaw."Garrymanilow said:
He hasn't though, he's been bang average. The only reason he's got near the team is because Jose doesn't rate Blind and is devoting the current majority of his career to bullying Luke Shaw. Young has been surprisingly good for a washed up winger but he's so far from the standard needed for the England squad. His most recent display of brilliance was somehow getting away with nearly removing Aguero's leg in the penalty area, which should have been a pen and a red. He would get shown up so badly at a World Cupcrookester said:Ashley Young has to go. Been the best English left back this season.
I think Young has been good. I don't think he's been brilliant. I think it's another example of English players are increasingly fringe players at their clubs, and thus there aren't a plethora of options, which means "good" is good enough to get on the plane in a lot of positions. I don't think he'd be massively shown up though. I think he'd do an alright job, get found out a couple times, get forward well a couple times.
Ryan Bertrand isn't exactly setting the world on fire, and Danny Rose hasn't been playing. That said, I'd still bring Rose, I think he's the best option. From there it becomes a numbers game for me. I think bringing Young makes sense if you want to bring Walker as a right back/center back and then take one fewer center back. Young's advantage is he can play on both sides. If not, I'd probably take Bertrand. I also think that Bertrand is a good option to play on the left side of a back three with two other center backs and Walker at right wingback, as Walker did in the last two friendlies.1 -
Need to convince Milner to come out of retirement.0
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I’d be tempted to pick a target man like Carroll as a plan B to come off the bench for last 15 mins if game not going to plan1
