Choose your England Euro 2012 match day squad

What is it?

Hart, Richards, Rooney + 8

---------------Bent
Chamberlain-Gerrard-Lennon
-------Wilshere--Parker
Cole--King----Dawson---Walker
--------------Hart

Then when Rooney is back swap him for Bent.

Seriously, we have one of the most average squads in football and our press and deluded fans still expect so much.

- - - -Earnshaw - - - - -
Bale - Ramsey - Bellamy

Wales have arguably got more talent up-fron than us

Since it looks like your manager is going to be 'Arry, you may as well assume you'll be playing 4-4-2.

Hart
Richards Ferdinand Dawson Cole
Carrick Parker Wilshere
Sturridge Rooney Chamberlain

If we're playing 4-4-2 as mena said...


I feel as if we're weak at left midfield, unless we play someone out of position.

Bench
Green
Stockdale
Jones
Terry
G. Johnson
Baines
Gerrard
Lampard
Barry
Bent
Welbeck
A. Johnson

Why have none of you picked squads?

Zzonked wrote:If we're playing 4-4-2 as mena said...

Hart
Richards - Lescott - Ferdinand - Cole
Lennon - Milner - Wilshere - A. Johnson
Rooney - Sturridge

I feel as if we're weak at left midfield, unless we play someone out of position.

Chamberlain.

ResurrectionRooney wrote:Why have none of you picked squads?

Too depressing

----------------Hart
Richards--Cahill---Lescott--Cole
----------Parker---Barry
Sturridge-------Wilshere----Young
--------------Rooney

Bench:
A goalkeeper
G Johnson (He can play both right and left back)
Phil Jones (He can play all across the backline + in midfield)
Lampard
A Johnson
Chamberlain
Zamora


I know you will laugh at Zamora, but he is the best option outside of Rooney if only one is played up front. Pretty good in the air, works fairly hard and gives England a target at crosses.

It was tough choosing 2 out of Walcott, Chamberlain and Downing for the bench so I went for pace over delivery.


EDIT: Knew i'd forget someone. Replaced Walcott with Sturridge.

I was just wondering, does England have a hard tackling defensive midfielder? I'm talking about the Torrado, Mendel, Arevalo type player.

Well actually I'm sure you have lots of that type of player but I never really see them on the England team sheets. Admittedly I'm quite ignorant about English football in general but I think that's the role Scott Parker is supposed to fill right?

By the way I'm talking about a Lee Cattermole type player but you know, not Lee Cattermole.

menalawyerguy wrote:Since it looks like your manager is going to be 'Arry, you may as well assume you'll be playing 4-4-2.

We've played 4-2-3-1 lately, with Parker and someone else behind a front 4. So don't assume anything. Harry will play the best formation that suits the players, players he knows well as he works in this country and is English.

Ché Guayaba wrote:I was just wondering, does England have a hard tackling defensive midfielder? I'm talking about the Torrado, Mendel, Arevalo type player.

Well actually I'm sure you have lots of that type of player but I never really see them on the England team sheets. Admittedly I'm quite ignorant about English football in general but I think that's the role Scott Parker is supposed to fill right?

By the way I'm talking about a Lee Cattermole type player but you know, not Lee Cattermole.

Scott Parker does it really well for Tottenham.

To be fair, it doesn't matte if England play 4-4-2 as long as Rooney is playing because he'll drop back often anyway. Rooney + Bent could replicate the Rooney-Hernandez partnership I guess. Although I bet Bent isn't even in the squad if Harry is in charge


This is why I want a foreign manager who has no bad history with players for England.

Britfag wrote:To be fair, it doesn't matte if England play 4-4-2 as long as Rooney is playing because he'll drop back often anyway. Rooney + Bent could replicate the Rooney-Hernandez partnership I guess. Although I bet Bent isn't even in the squad if Harry is in charge


This is why I want a foreign manager who has no bad history with players for England.

Harry will pick who's best for the game/tournament. I trust Harry for England *just not til the summer*

easley91 wrote:

Britfag wrote:To be fair, it doesn't matte if England play 4-4-2 as long as Rooney is playing because he'll drop back often anyway. Rooney + Bent could replicate the Rooney-Hernandez partnership I guess. Although I bet Bent isn't even in the squad if Harry is in charge


This is why I want a foreign manager who has no bad history with players for England.

Harry will pick who's best for the game/tournament. I trust Harry for England *just not til the summer*

He will already be influenced on the likes of Bent though.

Britfag wrote:

easley91 wrote:Harry will pick who's best for the game/tournament. I trust Harry for England *just not til the summer*

He will already be influenced on the likes of Bent though.

So? it means he knows his players. He knows Bent doesn't work well with Defoe, and what system Bent is not good in.

The majority of you picking Bent over Welbeck depresses me.

Kuled wrote:The majority of you picking Bent over Welbeck depresses me.

Bent's 9 goals to Welbeck's 6 doesn't lie.

easley91 wrote:

Britfag wrote:


He will already be influenced on the likes of Bent though.

So? it means he knows his players. He knows Bent doesn't work well with Defoe, and what system Bent is not good in.

Sigh. Defoe isn't better than Bent in any system. This is the problem.

Britfag wrote:

easley91 wrote:
So? it means he knows his players. He knows Bent doesn't work well with Defoe, and what system Bent is not good in.

Sigh. Defoe isn't better than Bent in any system. This is the problem.

He's got Welbeck, Rooney, Sturridge and Chamberlain on his list. He's hardly going to pick Defoe ahead of them.

Really wouldn't surprise me.

And Crouch.