April 26, 201213 yr Hart walker, cahill, terry, cole wallcott, lampard, gerrard, young Holt Defoe Bench, Johnson, gk, crouch, barry, adaam johnson I know i will get stick for that line up but it would be a well balanced side plus you would have the pace of kyle walker at the back. Edited April 26, 201213 yr by pwned
April 26, 201213 yr If Kyle Walker is in the England team XI ahead of Johnson or Richards then I will have lost all faith in English football. That's suicide, especially with Walcott as a right sided attacker.
April 26, 201213 yr English Strikers in the Premier League this season: (Players with 5+ goals) Wayne Rooney: 26 goals in 31 games Grant Holt: 13 goals in 33 games Jermain Defoe: 10 goals in 23 games Daniel Sturridge: 10 goals in 26 games Danny Graham: 10 goals in 33 games Darren Bent: 9 goals in 22 games Peter Crouch: 9 goals in 29 games Danny Welbeck: 9 goals in 29 games Bobby Zamora: 7 goals in 26 games Gabriel Agbonlahor: 5 goals in 31 games I'd take Rooney, Sturridge, Welbeck, Defoe and then one of Crouch or Holt
April 26, 201213 yr Peter Crouch without doubt, sure, Grant Holt has scored 13 goals this season - but to start him in our Euro side would be ridiculous. As said before, the Euros aren't the time to experiment by throwing in a 'good' Norwich striker straight into the mix. Rooney, Defoe, Strurridge, Bent and Welbeck would be my personal choice of 5, should we take 5, although I certainly wouldn't begrudge Peter Crouch a place.
April 26, 201213 yr I don't think it's confirmed that he's out for the Euro's but he almost certainly won't play for Villa again. I can't see him being fit, which is a shame, as he's worked well with Young and Rooney for England. My team would probably be: Hart Richards Cahill Lescott Cole Parker Carrick Walcott Gerrard Young Welbeck When Rooney returns replace either Parker, Gerrard or Welbeck. Also take Carson, Green, Walker, Smalling, Jagielka, Baines, Lampard, Ox-C, A Johnson, Crouch & Defoe
April 26, 201213 yr Hart Richards Ferdinand Cahill Cole Parker Carrick Walcott Gerrard Young Welbeck Alternatively maybe drop Carrick and play a 4-4-2 with Crouch and Defoe, I certainly would play a 4-4-2 when Rooney is back because having him doing his usual teamwork is his strength but then again none of our strikers are really consistant goalscorers so maybe it might be an idea to swap him for Welbeck. I really, really, REALLY hope Wenger plays Walcott upfront next season, that's where he should be playing and I think he'd be much better there for England as well. Also take: Green, Carson, G Johnson, Smalling, Lescott, Baines, Lampard, A Johnson, Milner, Rooney, Defoe, Crouch Might rethink those later as there is no way you could leave Barry out but in a perfect world you'd leave out John Terry. Oxlade-Chamberlain won't be ready yet but I'm sure he'll be a big part of the qualifiers. I'm with the crowd who think the FA should really name Harry Redknapp as the coach sooner rather than later (if he is their choice that is)
April 29, 201213 yr England are 13/8 to not qualify ALL over that. Maybe finally the world will understand why Liverpool fans hate Roy Hodgson. The guy is clueless, we're going to get massively embarrassed.
April 29, 201213 yr It's far from confirmed anyway, they've just got permission, they've always said they'd interview more than one candidate. I don't think he'll be that bad a manager, he's absolutely superb at certain levels and has mixed results above that. England have been a laughing stock for years anyway, maybe a coach like Hodgson is actually what's needed? I don't really think he's that worse than Harry, he's had just as many successes as Redknapp yet he's got far more support.
April 29, 201213 yr It's far from confirmed anyway, they've just got permission, they've always said they'd interview more than one candidate. I don't think he'll be that bad a manager, he's absolutely superb at certain levels and has mixed results above that. England have been a laughing stock for years anyway, maybe a coach like Hodgson is actually what's needed? I don't really think he's that worse than Harry, he's had just as many successes as Redknapp yet he's got far more support. The thing is with this appointment (and what probably makes it even more laughable...) is that the English FA are trying to do the right thing. Hodgson will be on a lower salary than Redknapp, and the costs to get him out of his contract won't be as much as Redknapp. Plus the FA are really big on this new football centre at Burton and they need a head figure for it. Hodge is big on his UEFA coaching bollox, and will visit people whereas Redknapp wouldn't. I don't think either of them would be brilliant, but they've hired a plonker in Hodgson. The guy knows nothing about tactics. He's still in good old 442 school. He claimed that 4231 was the same as 442, laughable! Anyway anyone wanting any of the 'older' players out certainly won't see it. Ferdinand and Terry and the back. Gerrard and Lampard in centre midfield. Rooney and Zamora up front. I don't know, maybe his tactics might suit England. I highly doubt it though. We're about to become even more of a joke than we were before. Certainly don't expect to see any proper footballers in the starting XI, he doesn't like those.
April 29, 201213 yr Well, Hodgson has won as many league games at Anfield as Dalglish this year. Thanks to a complete fluke. Liverpool are more interested in hitting the woodwork than the back of the net.
April 29, 201213 yr It's a bit harsh to judge him based on a 6 month stint at Liverpool which was a shambles of a club anyway... And Zamora and Rooney could be our best partnership upfront. Hodgson is the only manager that's ever made Zamora look like anything other than a poor/average Premier League striker. It's not an appointment that fills me with hope but no English manager's would've done. Hodgson works best when managing the plucky underdog. There doesn't seem to be many English fans that don't think we'll crash out at the group stages with embarrassment anyway, so is the underdog not what we've become?
April 29, 201213 yr It's a bit harsh to judge him based on a 6 month stint at Liverpool which was a shambles of a club anyway... And Zamora and Rooney could be our best partnership upfront. Hodgson is the only manager that's ever made Zamora look like anything other than a poor/average Premier League striker. It's not an appointment that fills me with hope but no English manager's would've done. Hodgson works best when managing the plucky underdog. There doesn't seem to be many English fans that don't think we'll crash out at the group stages with embarrassment anyway, so is the underdog not what we've become? Hodgson arrived midst a civil war at the club. But it was after the old owners left that the darkest days were inflicted on us. He doesn't have a clue. 4-4-2 is how his mind works and nothing can change that. He got 3 points at Liverpool the other week but not once was the game under his control. The game bypassed his team and if we didn't predictablit hit the woodwork twice then we would have won easily. And the Zamora question is a good one. My honest answer is his tactics suit Zamora. That's why Zamora has looked pathetic everywhere since he hit the top flight bar that 18 month spell at Fulham. The thing is thought we shouldn't be crashing out at the group stages. We're better than Sweden and Ukraine on paper. We should be getting to the quarter finals. The mean has no idea about tactics in modern day football and is a media whore. He failed miserably at the two big clubs he's managed, and I fully expect him to fail massively at England. Can't believe we've swapped Capello for Hodgson.
April 29, 201213 yr Author He failed miserably at the two big clubs he's managed, and I fully expect him to fail massively at England. Can't believe we've swapped Capello for Hodgson. Did he fail miserably at Inter?
April 29, 201213 yr Did he fail miserably at Inter? Yes, and he was well backed financially aswell by the chairman. Did quite well in the UEFA Cup again, but got beat by when they should have won. Did his same Liverpool speech by saying he didn't have a brilliant group of players. Got the sack though.
April 30, 201213 yr People say "Oh but Liverpool are a shambles anyway". I'll be the first to admit it hasn't been great for us this season in the league under Kenny, but it wasn't just about the results with Hodgson Our style of football was awful, he failed to understand what the club was about and was more interested in protecting how he was perceived in the public eye rather than supporting his players. He tends to alienate players and isn't a great man manager, so I fail to see how he'd be able to handle the bigger personalties within the England squad But obviously that'll just be dismissed as "Oh poor Roy having to deal with those scousers" I do hope he recognises that he's no longer managing UAE or Switzerland and is now managing a country with higher expectations. I don't think he coped well with the increase in expectations from Fulham to Liverpool
April 30, 201213 yr Author He's been an outside contender for the job before, and I think now is the only time that it makes any kind of sense for him to take over when our pre-tournament expectations are lower than any other time in the last 20 years. As for his time at Liverpool, his win % was higher than Dalglish's has been this season so how much does that tell you?
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