England World Cup squad announced
 

Who is Theo Walcott again?


Goalkeepers:

Paul Robinson
David James
Robert Green


Defenders:

Gary Neville
Rio Ferdinand
John Terry
Ashley Cole
Sol Campbell
Jamie Carragher
Wayne Bridge


Midfielders:

David Beckham
Michael Carrick
Frank Lampard
Steven Gerrard
Owen Hargreaves
Jermaine Jenas
Stewart Downing
Joe Cole
Aaron Lennon


Forwards:

Wayne Rooney
Michael Owen
Peter Crouch
Theo Walcott


Standby Players:

Scott Carson
Luke Young
Nigel Reo-Coker
Jermain Defoe
Andrew Johnson

where's Wright-Phillips????

WOW!! Theo Walcott is in instead of Jermaine Defoe!? Thats pretty fucked up. The kid is just out of nappies! Guys like Marlon Harewood and Bobby Zamora of West Ham deserve a place more than Walcott does.

somebody on the radio just said it was the two unknowns and a cripple upfront..lol

Aaron Lennon deserves it more than Wright-Phillips due to week in and week out football. Johnson should be out for Bent. Hargreaves should be out for Ledley King. Jenas could be sacrificed for Wright Phillips as hes not really an England player yet.

I'm gonna predict the team for the opening game...

In goal: Paul Robinson
Right back: Gary Neville Left Back: Ashley Cole: Centre Halves: Rio Ferdinand and John Terry
Right Mid: David Beckham Left Mid: Joe Cole Central Mid: Stevie Gerrard and Frank Lampard
Strikers: Michael Owen and Peter Crouch

Its got to be the team, Rooney is gonna be injured and the rest of them team basically picks itself.

If Owen isnt fit Joe Cole can play the Rooney role and Downing can take the left side as a natural left footer. That would personally be my team for the first game to test the system.

Good looking line up ! lets hope they play up to the ability of the squad :thumbsup

Yep you're right Downing is a great player tho, his accuracy of crossing is equal to Beckham. Imagine having both of them on the wings and Crouch in the middle? Shit, just hit it to his head and no one else could get near it.

not good enough for arsenal but good enough for england? ehhh

the 17-year-old has yet to play for Arsenal since moving to highbury from southampton in a high-profile transfer at the start of the year...

has the person already been chosen who is supposed to fail in the penalities against Germany? :Graucho

Henri? who's going to play anyone but him.

He's a seriously speedy fucker.. bounce the ball off Lurch he'll get the ball first.

haha..of course the fairy tale would be Walcott scoring the wining goal in the shoot out

you mean henry I suppose.. there are lots of games during a season.. walcott might be a speedy fucker.. but he is 17, hasn't played a minute for arsenal and this is the world cup... what on earth makes him a natural choice?

I guess it stops the talk that Sven never takes risks.

Look at the England lineup and now look at Brazils :

G Dida
D Cafu
D Lúcio
D Roque Júnior
D Roberto Carlos
M Emerson
M Zé Roberto
M Kaká
F Ronaldinho
F Ronaldo
F Adriano

KILLER lineup, especially the fearsome four of Kaka, Ronaldinho, Ronaldo and Adriano.. yeowch!

A game between the two would be fun.

I can't wait! It's been a long 4 years :)

I think Wayne Rooney won't be there, he is injured

For the Netherlands it's been 8 years since they attended at the FIFA world cup, look forward to it :thumbsup

He should be ready for the later rounds.

after all Rooney will play... good news for England

i just dont want to see brazil taking it again

as far as I could see on the schedule that could happen in the semi-finals...

Germany will win :pimp

mmmmmm........bratwurst :upsidedow

LOL with the worst German team in 50 years, I'll give the penalties a go :thumbsup

PS I the manager comming home for the world cup or is he to busy? :)

darren bent should be in it

he will be there..playing is a different matter but I bet he does in the later games

3 Lions on a Shirt

Aaron Lennon will be the break out star of the World Cup. The kid is well talented

football's coming home....

I use that song as my guide to how much more I have come to understand British culture. I moved here the week of Euro '96 so that song was everywhere and I didn't get any of the references. Now, I understand all of them and can probably hold a conversation about them individually.

why is it that englands goalkeepers suck all the time ?



and i can only cry when looking at brazils team...
they will own us soooo hard

Looks like Sven is gonna do his best to fuck things up. :winkwink:

For me, he looks like a man who doesn't really care about what happens over this summer. He knows he is away anyway.

England find themselves in a strange position...

He isn't going to want to fuck up too much. Afterall, chances are he will want to coach somewhere else.

Australia's at the world cup too.. we're just making a guest appearance for a few games though, a bit of warm up practise for Brazil :)