That team has ignominious defeat to Slovakia and down to nine men written all over it.
In fact, any feasible team does.
That team has ignominious defeat to Slovakia and down to nine men written all over it.
In fact, any feasible team does.
As long as 'Wazza' isn't involved then we've a shot.
Interestingly, my Mac autocorrected 'Wazza' to 'Gazza'
Is there no one else for wide right with Wellbeck missing?
Sturridge was always shit out there, wasn't he?
Milner or Sterling out there for me.
Townsend.
You don't need to play with wingers. Just fight like fuck and let Vardy mong about up front and Kane finish everything off.
Townsend isn't the worst shout to have on the bench, you know. Probably more of a cup player than a league player. He only needs to get it right once.
If you're going to play Kane you might as well have Albrighton in there as well.
Get Danny Simpson at right back.
Hart; Clyne, Smalling, Cahill, Rose; Milner, Dier, Henderson; Alli; Kane, Vardy.
When's the squad announced?
Is there any chance of Defoe going?
I'm a twit
Thursday.
I'd be surprised if Defoe wasn't on the reserve list.
Keane was apparently watching some fella for Brentford at the weekend. It'll be a mockery if he gets included even on a standby list.
I hope Townsend is taken. I prefer him to Walcott for example.
Walcott is hopeless thesedays. He'll be at West Ham in a couple of years.
He just needs a run of games up front.
There's a case for never capping an Arsenal player again.
Alternatively, what about building the side around Oxlade-Chamberlain?
I'd take Defoe as a goal chasing sub, especially now Welbeck's injury has freed up a spot.
Fucking hell.Originally Posted by Reg
This summer.
Care to explain?
What's your problem? He the third top scoring Englishman in the Premier League and has been playing well for 18 months.
We've been saying that about Jermaine Defoe since 2003 and it's never worked. Why go backwards now?
Wellbeck being out changes nothing as he plays on the wing anyway. You'd have to swap to a 4-4-2 which nowadays unless you're totally dedicated to it and have the midfield to cope (Atletico, Leicester, occasionally Juve) you just get overrun.
Andy Carroll as goal-chasing sub.
Isn't Sturridge the GCS?
Nah, start him with Kane and Vardy. Milner, Dier and Alli in midfield.
4-3-3
His tournament stats:
World Cup 3 apps, 1 goal
Euros 1 app, 0 goals
So it's not Rooney we're talking about, where everybody watching knows the outcome.
Defoe plays up top on his own for Sunderland. Also Roy keeps switching between 4-4-3 and 4-4-2 diamond.
4-4-3?!
No wonder England qualified easily.
Well Joe Ledley's either 'broke his leg' (Sky) or 'fractured his fibula' (Crystal Palace), so he's out of the Wales squad for sure.
One of the rumours on the BBC this morning was that Jesse Lingard will go in place of Welbeck, but I still can't see it not being Sterling.
Townsend.
Sterling would be going anyway, shirley.
Danny Welbeck's out for nine months:
It didn't look particularly serious when he came off, so would that suggest they have missed a longer-term problem?
Nah different knee. He's fucked his meniscus which from what I gather is the muscle that stops your kneecap from smashing into the socket.
These things can be quite innocuous when they first happen.
I'm sure Lucas played on for a bit (the whole match?) when he did his, and then was out for a year.
The Belgium Squad
Goalkeepers: Mignolet (Liverpool), Gillet (don't know), Courtois (Chelsea)
Defenders: Alderweireld (Spurs), Boyata (Celtic), Denayer (Man City), Engels (don't know), Lukaku (don't know), Lombaerts (Zenit), Meunier (don't know), Vermaelen (Barca), Vertonghen (Spurs)
Midfielders: Dembele (Spurs), Fellaini (Man Utd), Naingolan (Roma), Witsel (Zenit)
Forwards: Batshuayi (Marseille), Benteke (Liverpool), Carrasco (Atletico), de Bruyne (Man City), Hazard (Chelsea), Lukaku (Everton), Mertens (Napoli), Origi (Liverpool)
Backups: Chadli, Ciman, De Bock, Gillet, T. Hazard, Sels, Mirallas.
Has their ever been such a gulf in quality between a teams defence and attack.
City reserve, Celtic defender and a permacrock at the back, Hazard, KdB and Batshuayi going forward......
Is Batshuayi nice? I hear a lot of things about him but i dont think ive ever seen him play. Not even youtube clips ive watched. The announced squads should also be the original post. Keep it organised.
I had no idea Lukaku had a brother who was a defender.
They have a very good first XI but you know they haven't got a chance.
Chadli.
Alderweireld & Vertonghen are good. It's the lack of depth that's an issue really. Lombaerts is probably just about good enough from what I've seen.
Not sure about the fullbacks but the rest of the XI is pretty damn good.
OP updated to include squads.
In fairness they're missing their best one through injury and the Tottenham pair are better than most in the tournament.
France
Goalkeepers: Hugo Lloris (Tottenham), Steve Mandanda (Marseille), Benoit Costil (Rennes)
Defenders: Lucas Digne (Roma), Patrice Evra (Juventus), Christophe Jallet (Lyon), Laurent Koscielny (Arsenal), Eliaquim Mangala, Bacary Sagna (Manchester City), Jeremy Mathieu (Barcelona), Raphael Varane (Real Madrid)
Midfielders: Yohan Cabaye (Crystal Palace), Lass Diarra (Marseille), N'Golo Kante (Leicester), Blaise Matuidi (PSG), Paul Pogba (Juventus), Moussa Sissoko (Newcastle)
Attackers: Kingsley Coman (Bayern Munich), Andre-Pierre Gignac (Tigres), Olivier Giroud (Arsenal), Antoine Griezmann (Atletico Madrid), Anthony Martial (Manchester United) Dimitri Payet (West Ham)
Standby: Alphonse Areola (Villarreal), Hatem Ben Arfa (Nice), Kevin Gameiro (Sevilla), Alexandre Lacazette (Lyon), Adrien Rabiot (PSG), Morgan Schneiderlin (Manchester United), Djibril Sidibe (Lille), Samuel Umtiti (Lyon)
Austria (24)
Goalkeepers: Robert Almer (Austria Vienna), Heinz Lindner (Eintracht Frankfurt), Ramazan Ozcan (Ingolstadt)
Defenders: Aleksandar Dragovic (Dynamo Kiev), Christian Fuchs (Leicester City), Gyorgy Garics (Darstadt), Martin Hinteregger (Borussia Monchengladbach), Florian Klein (Stuttgart), Sebastian Prodl (Watford), Markus Suttner (Ingolstadt), Kevin Wimmer (Tottenham)
Midfielders: David Alaba (Bayern Munich), Julian Baumgartlinger (Mainz), Martin Harnik (Stuttgart), Stefan Ilsanker (Leipzig), Jakob Jantscher (Luzern), Zlatko Junuzovic (Werder Bremen), Valentino Lazaro (Red Bull Salzburg), Marcel Sabitzer (Red Bull Leipzig), Alessandro Schopf (Schalke)
Forwards: Lukas Hinterseer (Ingolstadt), Rubin Okotie (1860 Munich), Marc Janko (FC Basel), Marko Arnautovic (Stoke)
Sweden
Goalkeepers: Andreas Isaksson (Kasimpasa), Robin Olsen (Copenhagen), Patrik Carlgren (AIK).
Defenders: Mikael Lustig (Celtic), Martin Olsson (Norwich City), Ludwig Augustinsson, Erik Johansson (Copenhagen), Andreas Granqvist (Krasnodar), Victor Lindelof (Benfica), Pontus Jansson (Torino).
Midfielders: Kim Kallstrom (Grasshoppers), Pontus Wernbloom (CSKA Moscow), Oscar Lewicki (Malmo), Emil Forsberg (RB Leipzig), Jimmy Durmaz (Olympiacos), Sebastian Larsson (Sunderland), Erkan Zengin (Trabzonspor), Albin Ekdal (Hamburg), Oscar Hiljemark (Palermo).
Attackers: Zlatan Ibrahimovic (Paris Saint-Germain), Marcus Berg (Panathinaikos) John Guidetti (Celta de Vigo), Emir Kujovic (IFK Norrkoping).
Kevin Gameiro must be frustrated. What's a man gotta do?
I'm a twit
Patrice Evra still going.
Posting Permissions
Reply With Quote