Robbo
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no start for torres, cesc or xabi alonso... theyd better come on, i want to see them up close 
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Originally posted by Robbo
i want to see them up close
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Thoday
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It is a friendly it is called trying other people out. 
The only gripe i have is if he makes 6 subs 2nd half .. 3 is reasonable 
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Robbo
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Trying other people out does not cover playing phil neville and fat useless cunt lampard
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Carl
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Crouch isn't crap.
Thank fuck there's at least 1 sane fan who understands you can't have 11 on the deck fleet footed sprinters.
its football not volleyball, if he could head i would agree, he can't. end of!
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Marc
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Hasn't he scored from headers??
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Hammer
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Originally posted by Carl
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Originally posted by Hammer
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Originally posted by Marc
Crouch isn't crap.
Thank fuck there's at least 1 sane fan who understands you can't have 11 on the deck fleet footed sprinters.
its football not volleyball, if he could head i would agree, he can't. end of!
It's called having a physical presence, it's what most modern football clubs use up front along side a more technically gifted faster forward.
In any case he scores more goals for England than any other player picked in the squad or out the squad yet he is crap. OK.
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Robbo
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True true however, the key word is alongside... hes gonna be on his own againsta very misely spanish defence!
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Hammer
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I would agree with that yeah he can't play as a lone striker you defeat the purpose of using him.
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Marc
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Once play starts the it won't really be a 4-5-1. Gerrard, Lampard and Dyer can all move forward.
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Thoday
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Phil Neville is our only fit left back.
Lampard 17 goals this season surely deserves another crack.. he was Englands form player before the World cup and thats the only time he was average.
Its not the players its usually the tactics.. look at Gerrard play him where hes best central and hes scoring goals again and Liverpool are winning. When England dont play with a holding midfielder Lampard cannot play his natural game.
Lennon for Wright Philips easily though.
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Robbo
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Umm, Gareth Barry  10 times the player Phil neville is!!!
Lampard aka John barnes deserves to be left at home... he simply doesnt do it and IMO hes had enough chances!!
Gerrard & Hargreaves ervery time for me with Lennon on the right
That said Lennons sick mate
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Robbo
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Originally posted by Marc
Once play starts the it won't really be a 4-5-1. Gerrard, Lampard and Dyer can all move forward.
Im pleased about Dyer but intrigued as to how hes gonna fit in... last tiem he played for england he was RB 
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Thoday
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Apparently Barry is injured.. Hargreaves has just come back, Rooneys got a slight strain and we need to test our sub keepers so the team i think is right.. id just bring Shorey in at left back
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Robbo
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Barry isnt injured  Is he??
I wouldnt play hargreaves now either but its a shame!
Still surprised he rates foster above carson! carson literally stopped charlton from getting beat 10+ nil at the emirates not so long ago and thats no joke
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Hammer
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In reply to your original thread title Robbo and although its only a squad pick for a friendly you'll probably find McLaren isn't really the answer short mid or long term. He doesn't come across as being the real deal anyway I dont understand the reasoning behind O'Neills snub in the 1st place but Villas gain I suppose!
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Robbo
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Agreed mate! I don't mind him but his flat refusal to drop donkeys like Lampard and Phil neville smacks of Sven and his so-called experimenting is half assed... any XI with ben foster in should surely have Micah Richards etc.
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Marc
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How many more friendlies are lined up after this? Surely theres plenty of time try other players. I think Richards will be in the squad soon.
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Robbo
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None! Next home match is Estonia 8th Sept but Wembley opens before then so should eb a few in the summer for that!!
Richards is in the squad!
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Marc
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Ah right wasn't sure if he was!!!
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Robbo
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I personally reckon Scotland then germany for the 1st 2 Wembley friendlies!
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Hammer
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Looking for an easy first win aye
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Lennon sent home with stomach bug, ROoney unfit to start
AGreed cannot beelieve Carson is not ahead fo foster, he is much better IMO!!
SWP - how long as he played this season Dyer there and then Barry LM!!! surely?!
Whats crouch gonna do on his own up front with kieron dyer?
English striking line:
SWP
Dyer
Crouch
Spanish:
Cesc
Villa
Torres
Last time i saw fabregas play, he was a midfielder, not a striker
If players arent fit, why risk them!! after all its only a friendly, and if there injury flared up, etc we'd all be saying why was he playing etc!!
And foster is better than carson, and likewise, woodgate is better than carragher, carragher is an average defender but plays with a lot of heart (but you need more than that against world class strikers)
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For me, when all fit,. its gotta be:
Robinson
G Neville/Richards Terry Rio Cashley/Bridge
Lennon/SWP Gerrard Hargreaves Barry
Rooney Owen
JESUS, Do you have a thing for Barry?? How can you pick him ahead of Joe Cole when everyones fit?? Please be serious
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Marc
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Lets face it, Cole needs a game
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