if you were sven / kerr / vogts/ whatever

u can always drop one of those midfielders :-) Which of those two do you think WILL go steve? defoe played well under the careful watch of mr. gripp at the weekend. my money is on he.

Robinson
James
Martyn (playing better than Walker despite his age)

G Neville
A Cole
Bridge
Terry
Campbell
Southgate
Mills

Lampard
Gerrard
Beckham
Scholes
Barry (criminally overlooked so far and can play left midfield or leftback if called upon)
Parker (more versatile than Hargreaves and generally better IMO)
Cole
Butt

Rooney
Owen
Defoe
Heskey

I might put Phil Neville in to play in central midfield but not at fullback, but I reckon there's enough cover there.

my guess:

james

g.neville
terry
campbell
a.cole

becks
lampard
scholes
gerrard (strong hints that he will be used narrow on the left, did a great job there home to turkey, but may be a mistake)

rooney
owen

probably about right there weasel, although i'd prolly go for bridge over cole (cole to solve the left-wing problem?)

neville
southgate
cole
campbell
neville
bridge
terry
carragher

rooney
gerrard
scholes
beckham
lampard
parker
hargreaves
butt

beattie
owen
defoe
vassell

ken's crazy 11

               Robinson
    neville     campbell       cole
                gerrard
beckham                             rooney
                     Lampard
            Scholes
         Beattie            Owen

Neville Campbell Terry Bridge

Gerrard and Lampard in central midfield, Beckham right, Barry left in a straight 4-4-2, or Beckham-Gerrard-Lampard-Scholes in the diamond, with Gerrard on the left.

Rooney and Owen upfront

haha you were expecting different?

james, robinson, martyn

g.neville, p. neville, terry, campbell, southgate, bridge, cole

beckham, dyer, scholes, lampard, gerrard, hargreaves, barry, butt

heskey, rooney, owen, defoe

final place = fite between vassel and parker

James, Robinson, Walker, G Neville, Terry, Campbell, Cole, Bridge, Mills, Southgate, Upson, Beckham, Gerrard, Lampard, Hargreaves, Dyer, Scholes, Butt, Owen, Heskey, Rooney, Vassell

i forgot about upson. he has been in a few squads, and with woodie and ferdy absent, tou never know...

Zak Knight [Southgate is not going to recover intime]
Gareth Barry [can play at Left Back, Left Midfield or even Central Defence]

11 [+ 5 Subs] his so called strongest team options
play against
11 [+ 5 subs] next top 16 selected

You would learn a lot more about players stengths/weaknesses from such a game than a so called friendly.

What year did England scrap B squads?

Phil Neville is in - Why !
also ...
Gareth Southgate
Wes Brown
Ledley King
Jamie Carragher

Gareth Barry is better, versatile, and physically fit - than all of the above

GOALKEEPERS
David James
Paul Robinson
Ian Walker

DEFENDERS
John Terry
Sol Campbell
Gary Neville
Ashley Cole
Wayne Bridge
Phil Neville
Gareth Southgate
Wes Brown
Ledley King
Jamie Carragher

MIDFIELDERS
David Beckham
Nicky Butt
Steven Gerrard
Paul Scholes
Scott Parker
Owen Hargreaves
Kieron Dyer
Frank Lampard

STRIKERS
Michael Owen
Emile Heskey
Wayne Rooney
Darius Vassell
Jermain Defoe

ENGLAND PROFILES

GOALKEEPERS
David James
Paul Robinson
Ian Walker

DEFENDERS
Wayne Bridge
Sol Campbell
Jamie Carragher
Ashley Cole
Ledley King
Gary Neville
Phil Neville
John Terry

MIDFIELDERS
David Beckham
Nicky Butt
Joe Cole
Kieron Dyer
Steven Gerrard
Owen Hargreaves
Frank Lampard
Paul Scholes

STRIKERS
Emile Heskey
Michael Owen
Wayne Rooney
Darius Vassell

Phil Neville is in because he can play in three different positions on the pitch, even if he's only really any good in central midfield. I'm surprised to see Southgate in there, but Matthew Upson, how your stock has plummeted.

Yay Scotty Parker! Go there! Now someone break Owen Hargreaves' leg so Parker can go to Portugal.

Jermain Defoe (Tottenham), Richard Wright (Everton), Matthew Upson (Birmingham), Gareth Southgate (Middlesbrough), Scott Parker (Chelsea), Alan Smith (Leeds).

(what a dull, dull line-up. England are never going to win anything.)

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http://www.soccernetwork.org.uk/premiership/liverpool/heskey/heskey_lfc5.jpg

shame Defoe couldn't make it but Vassell really earned his place i feel

considering Owen didn't score in the group matches at the World Cup I think he actually will score against France. the biggest best strikers usually net in their first tournament game tho there is always the odd exception and hopefully Owen's got that out of the way and will start brightly in Portugal.

where was Steve Stone?? :( ;)

Dadaismus it's not about who's better, it's about who can best be used and how