England Squad

[unrecogniseduser]

Oh my god, don't know where to start talking about this. Lets just say

[Kinetic]

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Downing and Hargreaves in?

Bent and Defoe out?

Big gambles by Sven, if it turns out well he´ll be a genius, but the lack of experience might hurt England´s hopes.

Oh, and honest question, is the hype around Walcott justified? I haven´t seen much of him yet...I think Darren Bent is a great player, on the other hand.

[anonin]

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without henry the squad is doomed imo

[peloquin]

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its a big fucking joke... how the fuck can you justify bringing a player who has never played 1 minute of premiership football??? sven has completely lost the plot.

[thesightless]

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newland was at my place this weekend and told me about this team being poisoned>? too funny.

[Huggie Smiles]

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sports forum IMO

[unkownartist]

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is rooney deffinately out?

[Huggie Smiles]

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is rooney deffinately out?

ask Poto for sure - but I think so

[unkownartist]

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ask Poto for sure - but I think so

he's going but still injured..

[geoffgulley]

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"For me it's a good squad, an interesting squad. There are some new players, some young players and it is an attacking squad with a lot of pace which is necessary in a World Cup."

Sven-Goran Eriksson

W.T.F?????

[palmer]

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sports forum IMO

Good Call!

[unkownartist]

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England coach Sven Goran Eriksson has named a preliminary 23-man squad with five players on stand-by ahead of this summer's World Cup finals in Germany.
The Swede has selected Middlesbrough's Stewart Downing, Tottenham youngster Aaron Lennon and untried rookie Theo Walcott of Arsenal.
Walcott's inclusion will rock the football world as he has yet to even make one Premiership appearance since joining The Gunners from Championship side Southampton.
Lennon's fine end-of-season form has earned him inclusion in the provisional squad at the expense of Chelsea winger Shaun Wright-Phillips, who is not even on the stand-by list.
Downing will add the balance to the left-hand side, but it is Walcott's inclusion as one of the four strikers which has created the most ripples.
Jermain Defoe, a regular in the squad over the past two seasons, is only on stand-by, while Charlton Athletic's Darren Bent has been overlooked.
Eriksson has opted not to gamble on the fitness of Ledley King, who has recently suffered a foot injury, while Manchester United defender Wes Brown is also absent.
The England coach has picked five players to be on stand-by - Liverpool's rookie keeper Scott Carson, Charlton full back Luke Young, West Ham midfielder Nigel Reo-Coker, Defoe and Crystal Palace striker Andy Johnson.
England squad:
Paul Robinson (Tottenham), David James (Manchester City), Robert Green (Norwich); Gary Neville (Manchester United), Rio Ferdinand (Manchester United), John Terry (Chelsea), Ashley Cole (Arsenal), Sol Campbell (Arsenal), Jamie Carragher (Liverpool), Wayne Bridge (Chelsea); David Beckham (Real Madrid), Michael Carrick (Tottenham), Frank Lampard (Chelsea), Steven Gerrard (Liverpool), Owen Hargreaves (Bayern Munich), Jermaine Jenas (Tottenham), Stewart Downing (Middlesbrough), Joe Cole (Chelsea), Aaron Lennon (Tottenham); Wayne Rooney (Manchester United), Michael Owen (Newcastle), Peter Crouch (Liverpool), Theo Walcott (Arsenal).

http://msnsport.skysports.com/list.asp?hlid=385352&CPID=4&clid=114&lid=4161&title=England+name+World+Cup+squad

[phazon]

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Sven has gone fucking insane. He's never taken a gamble in years as England manager, and now at the world cup he pulls this squad out... He says why not gamble on one player, Walcott, but what about the massive gamble on Owen and Lennon, not to mention Rooney.

Bollocks.

[simonr]

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So if Owen and Rooney don't make it then that leaves Crouch & Walcott up front then .. hmm.

[Dhar_2]

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