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Goalkeepers
Scott Carson (Bursapor), Joe Hart (Manchester City), David Stockdale (Ipswich Town - loan from Fulham)
Defenders
Leighton Baines (Everton), Gary Cahill (Bolton Wanderers), Ashley Cole (Chelsea), Phil Jagielka (Everton), Glen Johnson (Liverpool), Phil Jones (Manchester United), Joleon Lescott (Manchester City), John Terry (Chelsea), Kyle Walker (Tottenham Hotspur)
Midfielders
Gareth Barry (Manchester City), Stewart Downing (Liverpool), Adam Johnson (Manchester City), Frank Lampard (Chelsea), James Milner (Manchester City), Scott Parker (Tottenham Hotspur), Jack Rodwell (Everton), Theo Walcott (Arsenal)
Forwards
Gabby Agbonlahor (Aston Villa), Darren Bent (Aston Villa), Daniel Sturridge (Chelsea), Danny Welbeck (Manchester United), Bobby Zamora (Fulham)
Sturridge in there  and Rodwell.... and no Rooney as promised
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Steve
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Shame no young we are going to get pwned 
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Ben J
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Couldn't GAF.
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Russ
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No Micah Richards?
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Rick Draper
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No Micah Richards?
Fucking delighted that twat capello does not pick him. As i am sure every other football fan would be if he did not pick players from there club as well. Fucking waste of time England friendlies are. In fact the whole lots a waste of air.
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Ben J
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Bet RVP gets injured with Holland. It's fucking nailed on. Cunting international break.
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Eck
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Wellbeck again 
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Robbo
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No Ashley Young or Micah Richards?
No Rio or Carroll though 
Gareth Barry
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Robbo
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Originally posted by Eck
Wellbeck again
Scoring goals for Man Utd tbf
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Eck
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You're right, he has scored a couple. But he is just not international quality  Maybe in the future, you never know. But right now he isn't. Especially not for a nation that expects to be up there with the best.
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Robbo
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Perhaps but we arent exactly blessed with quality forwards these days Esp with cockface
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mwg
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England are shit.
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Eck
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 For the squad they have, they never seem to bring in a manager that could make them work as a unit. Although why Young hasn't been picked is beyond me. They have been struggling for a left winger for years
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Robbo
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presumably hes not fit? otherwsie of course he's a shoe in. no joe cole either i see
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mwg
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He's injured, not played for United for the past 2 or 3 games.
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Eck
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Iker Casillas (Real Madrid), Jose Reina (Liverpool), Victor Valdes (Barcelona); Sergio Ramos (Real Madrid), Alvaro Arbeloa (Real Madrid), Carles Puyol (Barcelona), Gerard Pique (Barcelona), Jordi Alba (Valencia), Raul Albiol (Real Madrid), Nacho Monreal (Malaga); Xavi (Barcelona), Xabi Alonso (Real Madrid), Sergio Busquets (Barcelona), Santi Cazorla (Malaga), Javi Martinez (Athletic Bilbao), Cesc Fabregas (Barcelona), Andres Iniesta (Barcelona); David Villa (Barcelona), David Silva (Manchester City), Fernando Torres (Chelsea), Fernando Llorente (Athletic Bilbao), Juan Mata (Chelsea), Jesus Navas (Sevilla).
That's a decent squad
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kennySRi
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@ the strength of that squad!
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Eck
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I've been lol'ing at some of the potential squads
Casillas
Ramos Puyol Pique Monreal
Iniesta Alonso Xavi
Fabregas
Torres Villa
So many possibilities
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Robbo
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In a few years they'll settle back down like the French did after the Clarefontaine group got old [/fingerscrossed.gif]
+ still weak defensively (ish)
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Eck
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I wouldn't say Pique and Puyol were weak defenders? Some of the older ones like Xabi Alonso and Xavi won't have much time left in terms of Internationals, but they will be replaced by Busquets and Fabregas Silva/Mata/Fabregas/Ramos/Xavi Martinez etc are still mid 20's And the young players coming through are ridiculous. Current International champions at all major levels RM's Canales will be a superstar.
[Edited on 07-11-2011 by Eck]
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mwg
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Originally posted by Eck
Iker Casillas (Real Madrid), Jose Reina (Liverpool), Victor Valdes (Barcelona); Sergio Ramos (Real Madrid), Alvaro Arbeloa (Real Madrid), Carles Puyol (Barcelona), Gerard Pique (Barcelona), Jordi Alba (Valencia), Raul Albiol (Real Madrid), Nacho Monreal (Malaga); Xavi (Barcelona), Xabi Alonso (Real Madrid), Sergio Busquets (Barcelona), Santi Cazorla (Malaga), Javi Martinez (Athletic Bilbao), Cesc Fabregas (Barcelona), Andres Iniesta (Barcelona); David Villa (Barcelona), David Silva (Manchester City), Fernando Torres (Chelsea), Fernando Llorente (Athletic Bilbao), Juan Mata (Chelsea), Jesus Navas (Sevilla).
That's a decent squad
Can pick an 11 that wouldn't necessarily be there normal choice and it's still pretty handy
Valdes
Ramos Puyol Pique Monreal
Martinez Alonso Fabregas Silva
Mata Llorente
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mwg
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Probably still beat England with that side.
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Robbo
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quote:
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I wouldn't say Pique and Puyol were weak defenders?
Yeah they are, compared to some other teams. They have a big benefit in that play togetehr a lot of the time but neither of them are that great, same weakness at Barca too tbh. Ramos is a great player but a suspect defender at times and LB has been a Spanish problem for years now.
Not a huge weakness and a ncie one to have compared to say England but even so
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mwg
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I think they are good. But they do have a bit of a luxury in that they don't have to do a right lot defensively due to the opposition never really having a chance to get at them.
Barcelona can play Mascherano at centre back and be ok just cos he rarely has to do much
[Edited on 07-11-2011 by mwg]
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Eck
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quote:
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quote:
Originally posted by Eck
I wouldn't say Pique and Puyol were weak defenders?
Yeah they are, compared to some other teams. They have a big benefit in that play togetehr a lot of the time but neither of them are that great, same weakness at Barca too tbh. Ramos is a great player but a suspect defender at times and LB has been a Spanish problem for years now.
Not a huge weakness and a ncie one to have compared to say England but even so
Well that's a given that compared to some defenders they won't be great But as Matty said, they can put Abidal and Macherano, or Busquets as the defenders and they still usually win There are better stoppers around, but they aren't really weak. About as weak as the England defence really? Rio is past it, Terry hasn't been at his best for years, and King, who is arguably one of the best CB's you've got, struggles to stay fit!
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