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
― Matt DC (Matt DC), Tuesday, 11 May 2004 12:48 (twenty years ago) link
― ken c (ken c), Tuesday, 11 May 2004 12:48 (twenty years ago) link
haha you were expecting different?
― ken c (ken c), Tuesday, 11 May 2004 12:51 (twenty years ago) link
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
― weasel diesel (K1l14n), Tuesday, 11 May 2004 12:57 (twenty years ago) link
James, Robinson, Walker, G Neville, Terry, Campbell, Cole, Bridge, Mills, Southgate, Upson, Beckham, Gerrard, Lampard, Hargreaves, Dyer, Scholes, Butt, Owen, Heskey, Rooney, Vassell
― Matt DC (Matt DC), Tuesday, 11 May 2004 13:00 (twenty years ago) link
i forgot about upson. he has been in a few squads, and with woodie and ferdy absent, tou never know...
― weasel diesel (K1l14n), Tuesday, 11 May 2004 13:02 (twenty years ago) link
― Matt DC (Matt DC), Tuesday, 11 May 2004 13:15 (twenty years ago) link
Zak Knight [Southgate is not going to recover intime]Gareth Barry [can play at Left Back, Left Midfield or even Central Defence]
― DJ Martian (djmartian), Tuesday, 11 May 2004 13:30 (twenty years ago) link
― CarsmileSteve (CarsmileSteve), Tuesday, 11 May 2004 13:31 (twenty years ago) link
― CarsmileSteve (CarsmileSteve), Tuesday, 11 May 2004 13:32 (twenty years ago) link
― weasel diesel (K1l14n), Tuesday, 11 May 2004 13:33 (twenty years ago) link
― DJ Martian (djmartian), Tuesday, 11 May 2004 13:33 (twenty years ago) link
― DJ Martian (djmartian), Tuesday, 11 May 2004 13:35 (twenty years ago) link
― stevem (blueski), Tuesday, 11 May 2004 13:38 (twenty years ago) link
11 [+ 5 Subs] his so called strongest team optionsplay 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.
― DJ Martian (djmartian), Tuesday, 11 May 2004 13:46 (twenty years ago) link
― stevem (blueski), Tuesday, 11 May 2004 13:49 (twenty years ago) link
What year did England scrap B squads?
― DJ Martian (djmartian), Tuesday, 11 May 2004 13:53 (twenty years ago) link
― weasel diesel (K1l14n), Tuesday, 11 May 2004 13:56 (twenty years ago) link
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
― DJ Martian (djmartian), Monday, 17 May 2004 12:07 (twenty years ago) link
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
― DJ Martian (djmartian), Monday, 17 May 2004 12:09 (twenty years ago) link
ENGLAND PROFILES
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
― DJ Martian (djmartian), Monday, 17 May 2004 12:10 (twenty years ago) link
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.
― Matt DC (Matt DC), Monday, 17 May 2004 12:12 (twenty years ago) link
― Matt DC (Matt DC), Monday, 17 May 2004 12:13 (twenty years ago) link
Jermain Defoe (Tottenham), Richard Wright (Everton), Matthew Upson (Birmingham), Gareth Southgate (Middlesbrough), Scott Parker (Chelsea), Alan Smith (Leeds).
― DJ Martian (djmartian), Monday, 17 May 2004 12:13 (twenty years ago) link
(what a dull, dull line-up. England are never going to win anything.)
― Markelby (Mark C), Monday, 17 May 2004 12:14 (twenty years ago) link
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― Ronan (Ronan), Monday, 17 May 2004 12:16 (twenty years ago) link
― DJ Martian (djmartian), Monday, 17 May 2004 12:16 (twenty years ago) link
http://www.soccernetwork.org.uk/premiership/liverpool/heskey/heskey_lfc5.jpg
― Ronan (Ronan), Monday, 17 May 2004 12:18 (twenty years ago) link
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.
― stevem (blueski), Monday, 17 May 2004 12:24 (twenty years ago) link
― stevem (blueski), Monday, 17 May 2004 12:25 (twenty years ago) link
― Matt DC (Matt DC), Monday, 17 May 2004 12:25 (twenty years ago) link
― Matt DC (Matt DC), Monday, 17 May 2004 12:26 (twenty years ago) link
where was Steve Stone?? :( ;)
― stevem (blueski), Monday, 17 May 2004 12:27 (twenty years ago) link
― Ronan (Ronan), Monday, 17 May 2004 12:27 (twenty years ago) link
― stevem (blueski), Monday, 17 May 2004 12:29 (twenty years ago) link
― weasel diesel (K1l14n), Monday, 17 May 2004 12:29 (twenty years ago) link
― Dadaismus (Dada), Monday, 17 May 2004 12:29 (twenty years ago) link
Dadaismus it's not about who's better, it's about who can best be used and how
― stevem (blueski), Monday, 17 May 2004 12:32 (twenty years ago) link
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― Matt DC (Matt DC), Monday, 17 May 2004 12:35 (twenty years ago) link
― stevem (blueski), Monday, 17 May 2004 12:37 (twenty years ago) link
― stevem (blueski), Monday, 17 May 2004 12:38 (twenty years ago) link
Ferdinand aside, is this *gasp* the first time England have gone to a major tournament with all their key players fit and available? On the current form of Gerrard, Lampard, Terry and Campbell England should be pretty difficult to beat if not exactly scoring a boatload.
― Matt DC (Matt DC), Monday, 17 May 2004 12:40 (twenty years ago) link
― stevem (blueski), Monday, 17 May 2004 12:42 (twenty years ago) link
My changes would have been Wes Brown or Gareth Barry for P.Neville, Wright-Phillips for Dyer (SWP is really on a roll now and could have been an interesting sub to bring on - doesn't lack confidence, also does anyone else think that Dyer is really fairly ordinary),Parker for Hargreaves and Defoe for Heskey (surely the idea of Emile as an effective international striker is well and truly dead by now - why is he going?)
― Dr. C (Dr. C), Monday, 17 May 2004 12:44 (twenty years ago) link
― Dadaismus (Dada), Monday, 17 May 2004 12:45 (twenty years ago) link