Soccer talk eg. prem league, champ league, serie a etc (3 Viewers)

[copious]

southgate is a decent replacement, so is terry. i would give terry the nod with the extra pace.

 

[flyin']

Is Woodgate still injuried? (Btw, Woodgate, Southgate... any more *gates for England's Central defenders?)

They can also recall Upson, I think, considering BC recent run.

Edit -

http://soccernet.espn.go.com/
The 23-man England squad to face Turkey in this Saturday's Euro 2004 qualifier is:

(Goalkeepers) James (West Ham), Robinson (Leeds), Walker (Leicester);

(Defenders): P Neville (Man Utd), G Neville (Man Utd), A Cole (Arsenal), Bridge (Chelsea), Mills (Leeds), Campbell (Arsenal), Terry (Chelsea), Upson (B'ham City);

(Midfielders): Beckham (Real Madrid), Lampard (Chelsea), J Cole (Chelsea), Hargreaves (Bayern Munich), Butt (Man Utd), Dyer (Newcastle), Gerrard (Liverpool), Scholes (Man Utd);

(Forwards): Owen (Liverpool), Heskey (Liverpool), Beattie (Southampton), Rooney (Everton).

 

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Woodgate is out for like 6wks...hernia problem i think

edit:

P.neville is way better in central mid!!!

>.<

 

[reynaldo]

i despise the Nevilles

-----------------James
Mills-------Terry---Campbell--Bridge
Beckham-Scholes-Gerrard----Dyer
-----------Beattie----Rooney

throw on Joe Cole and Lampard later on, they'll go good.

 

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hell no!
how did Mills get into the picture...

dun play Scholes in central mid >.<

play him in the hole!

>.<

 

[flyin']

James

G Neville, Campbell, Upson, Bridge

Beckham, Gerrard, Lampard, Hargreaves

Scholes, Rooney


England have major problems in terms of strikers.

 

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no no no!

how did Upson get in there!!!!

dun play rooney, he ain't suitable as a lone striker, in fact, rooney is known as a supporting striker..like henry

a risk, play beattie ahead of rooney...(1.cos beattie is a centre forward more than rooney 2. beattie is in awesome form)

take Upson for terry, terry is good...

 

[simmmo]

James

P Neville Cambell Bridge

Beckham Gerrard Lampard Hargreaves

Scholes

Rooney Beattie

 

[flyin']

As much as I'm a Chelsea fan... Terry is part of what I can only describe as a leaky defense. In fact I'd pull out Bridge and Neville and chuck in Terry... and have a back three. And maybe throw in Cole to Midfield for the sake of it.

Beattie may be in great form ... but only domestically. When it comes down to it, Rooney has more chances delievering.

 

[simmmo]

who would you replace in midfeild though? play a mid 5 and scholes and a striker?

 

[flyin']

I'd use a 3-5-2 formation. And just have three Centre backs.

James


Campbell, Terry, Upson


Beckham, Gerrard, Lampard, Hargreaves

(Cole or Beattie)
Scholes, Rooney

 

[simmmo]

so almost the same as mine then

when does the team get announced?

 

[flyin']

The team has already been announced. I'd say sometime earlier today. But as for the first XI, we'll just have to wait and see. (I doubt Owen will recover, tho.)

Your team was very similar to my team (esp Midfield). Ref a few posts above.

 

[simmmo]

england dont have that many great players in each position. they have some great players like beckham, gerrard, etc and owen plays everytime except when he's injured, but tyhey dont have a lot of depth

 

[flyin']

England, as Southgate put it, are overrated and in terms of achievements - ordinary. They actually haven't found players to play Left Wing... besides the possiblity of Thompson from the SPL. And Dyer just isn't good enough, imo.

 

[simmmo]

lol

totally agree.... continue the enlgish tradition of being the "home" of sports and not being any good at them

 

[flyin']

But it's not really surprising... just look at the Azzuri and Spanish... the memories of Japan/Korea 2002! (Or better still France's EPL squad progressing ... well, rather not progressin'.)

 

[simmmo]

yep just wait for australie we'll win the world cup in....well maybe 200 years or so....

 

[copious]

the 3-5-2 i think will never work with the current england team, their two central mids aernt defensive minded enough. they would essentially need two viera type midfielders for it to work. I dont think gerrard,butt or lampard have what it takes right now.

Looks like Owen is gonna play, theyd idnt even call up vassel.

GK James
DL Bridge
DR Neville, G
DC Campbell
DC Terry
ML Cole, J/Hargreeves
MR Beckham
MC Gerrard
AMC Scholes
FC Owen (assuming he's fit)
FC Heskey

 

[simmmo]

yeah...it'd be risky changing the formation now...

heskey? might work with owen playing but not with anyone else. thats interesting though..he looked bad (owen) on the weekend