Your England XI?

Question

Seeing as everyone complains about what should be the england XI, what would yours be? mine is -
GK Foster,
RB Richards, LB Cole, CB Ferdinand, CB Terry,
RM Lennon, LW Ashley Young, CM Gerrard, CM Hargreaves,
ST Rooney, ST Defoe

Answer 1

GK- Robinson (He's struggled in the Premiership, but unless England wants to go back to Calamity James there's no one else.)

Def- Richards, Campbell, Terry, Cole (Campbell has shown this season that he still belongs on the national team.)

Mid- Lennon, Hargreaves, Gerrard, Joe Cole (England should have the best midfield in the world. Maybe adding some of these younger players will help things. Lennon & Hargreaves certainly looked good in the Cup, and Joe Cole always plays fantastically for Chelsea. Cole doesn't get nearly enough credit for his slashing attacks!)

Stk- Rooney, Defoe (Defoe belonged in the last Cup. Sven's biggest failing was his selection of strikers. Crouch & Wolcott before Defoe? Are you crazy?)

Answer 2

Paul Robinson
G Neville RB Ashley Cole LB Ferdinand CB Terry CB
Lennon RM Downing LM Gerrard CM Lampard CM
Defoe ST Rooney ST

Answer 3

GK: Robinson
Def: Neville, Terry, Ferdinand, A.Cole
Mid: Lennon, Gerrard, Hargreaves, J.Cole
Fwd: Rooney, Owen

Sub:
GK: Foster
Def: Richards, King
Mid: Lampard, Carrick, Parker
Fwd: Defoe, Johnson

Manager: Sir Alex Ferguson

*it would really help if Scholes came out of retirement.

Answer 4

GK Robinson (though he's been struggling in the Premiership)

RB Neville CB Terry CB Ferdinand LB Ashley Cole (Bridge close behind)

LM Downing CM Gerrard CM Lampard RM Joe Cole (Shaun Wright-Phillips close behind)

ST Rooney ST Defoe

Answer 5

has to be Foster

Richards Terry Woodgate P. Neville

Beckham Gerrard Hargreaves Lennon

Lita Owen



and on the bench Weaver
Carragher
Nolan
Walcott
DeFoe or Ashley Young

Answer 6

Paul Robinson
Jamie Carragher
Rio Ferdinand
John Terry
Ashley Cole
Aaron Lennon
Frank Lampard
Owen Hargreaves or Steven Gerrard
Stewart Downing
Wayne Rooney
Jermain Defoe (if ever Michael Owen was injured.)

Answer 7

Foster
Richards Rio Terry Cole
Lennon Haregraves Gerrard Downing
Rooney Crouchy

Richards at RB in stead of Neville for sure. I'd like to see Downing given 90 mins on the left, he's impressed when he's been on.

Answer 8

I'd like to see us play a sort of 4-2-3-1

GK: Foster/James

RB: G Neville
LB: A Cole
CB: R Ferdinand
CB: Terry

CM: Gerrard
CM: Hargreaves

RW: Lennon
LW: J Cole

ACM: Rooney

CF: Defoe/Owen

* Paul Robinson is an awful goalkeeper with the agility of a concrete block
* Stewart Downing is also a useless lump - his kick & run tactic only works agianst full backs with one leg.
* Frank Lampard is one of the most overrated players in the world

Answer 9

Personally, with the possible exception of Terry, I'd pick none of the above.
I'd rather pick a team of players from the lower leagues . Granted, they would probably get beaten but I'd rather see an England team with hungrier players who are proud to wear the shirt, instead of the current crop of overpaid, preening Nancy boys who seem to view England games as a disruption to their pampered lives as opposed to being an honour.
Stuart Pearce was bang on recently when he made his comment about today's players preferring a Ferrari to an England cap. And it is for that reason that England will NEVER win another major tournament.

Answer 10

your line up is good but cole is injured right now so u have to switch, heres mine

Gk: Scott Carson
Rb: Richards
Cb: John Terry
Cb: Jaime Carragher
Lb: Gareth Barry

Lm: James Milner
Cm Steven Gerrard
Cm: Owen Hargreaves
Rm: Aaron Lennon

St: Wayne Rooney
St: Jermain Defoe

Subs
Paul Robinson
Rio Ferdinand
Kevin Nolan
Steven Taylor
Peter Crouch

a good mix of all stars and players who actually work for their spot in the squad

to Otis: Capmbell said he doesnt want to play international right now, hes more focused on Portsmouth, but im sure he will be back before the Euros