Comments on: Our pick: England squad for South Africa

By: HeComesFromSerbia

HeComesFromSerbia — Fri, 16 Apr 2010 09:34:11 +0000

i think this needs updating.

- Robert Green + Joe Hart

- Becks & Ashley Cole (due to injuries) + A Johnson and ?

- Carlon Cole + Bobby Z or Crouch?

By: Mitch Dakota

Mitch Dakota — Thu, 15 Apr 2010 16:55:52 +0000

my 23 would be
GK-James, Robinson, Hart
DF-G Johnson, Terry, Ferdinand, Dawson, A Cole, Brown, Baines
MF-Milner, Gerrard, J Cole, Lampard, A Johnson, Barry, Parker, Lennon, Walcott
FW-Rooney, Defoe, Crouch, Bent

By: Kieran Beckles

Kieran Beckles — Sat, 05 Dec 2009 23:08:59 +0000

@Bernard

When the list was compiled Joe Cole was injured so I seemingly omitted him. But he has been impressive since his return to the Chelsea side and I fully agree with you. I would take Cole over Young.

I don’t know when Owen Hargreaves will be fit? But I didn’t include him because I think he has to get back playing for United first then worry about England.

What would your 23 man squad be?

By: Bernard

Bernard — Sat, 05 Dec 2009 12:32:32 +0000

Not entirely convinced about one or two these selections. Ashley Young rather than Joe Cole? Walcott as a striker? Bent rather than Heskey or Owen?
Also, where’s the central midfield tackling machine? Oh for a fit Owen Hargreaves!
But, if we really want to think outside the box,
I wonder whether we might be better off just taking two goalkeepers (James & Green) and Jagielka!
What do you think of that?

By: Dan

Dan — Tue, 10 Nov 2009 09:50:20 +0000

Seriously, where is Joe Cole, he was one of the best players in 2006, and has to be there if fit. Also, what is Carlton Cole doing in there. He is basically a weaker, less experienced, less skillful version of Emile Heskey. Lastly, why is Darren bent there instead of owen. Bent is just on good form. Put it this way if we are in the 90th minute of the world cup final 1-1 against Spain, and Gerrard slots a ball through the defence for a one on one between Iker Casilias and either Darren Bent or Michael Owen who would you prefer?

By: world cup 2010 africa

world cup 2010 africa — Tue, 03 Nov 2009 08:02:22 +0000

England is going to be the big success of this World Cup

By: cc

cc — Wed, 21 Oct 2009 11:21:11 +0000

still a huge lack of first team football. Crouch has scored goals against chelsea, united and arsenal plus a good record in the champions league and various hat-tricks. Apart from scoring against a liverpool team that have conceded 2 goals every other game what has Carlton Cole done against world class defenders?

By: HeComesFromSerbia

HeComesFromSerbia — Tue, 20 Oct 2009 23:36:54 +0000

yeah only cus of injuries though…

By: cc

cc — Tue, 20 Oct 2009 19:10:14 +0000

Theo Walcott? week-in week-out? more like week-in month-off

By: HeComesFromSerbia

HeComesFromSerbia — Mon, 19 Oct 2009 07:25:54 +0000

na, seriously although crouch has been scoring goals for fun for england put him up against some quality defenders and he will fail miserably.
take players who are faster, have better ball control, are good at passing and who play first team football for the clubs week-in week-out (ie all stikers mentioned above!).