The Three Lions

Welbeck should NOT be starting.

If Sturridge is fit for the Euros then it's a no brainer he should be the starter. If Kane can reproduce his last season form then maybe worth a punt partnering them up. But I don't think Sturridge would work with someone like Kane. He needs someone very technical and versatile next to him. If only Ox or Barkley had top quality goalscoring instincts or Sterling had a shot stronger than a toddlers.

Don't call me James wrote:Welbeck should NOT be starting.

If Sturridge is fit for the Euros then it's a no brainer he should be the starter. If Kane can reproduce his last season form then maybe worth a punt partnering them up. But I don't think Sturridge would work with someone like Kane. He needs someone very technical and versatile next to him. If only Ox or Barkley had top quality goalscoring instincts or Sterling had a shot stronger than a toddlers.

Solanke got this

If Vardy ends up being the highest-scoring English forward in the Prem this season, should he start for England at the Euros?

He's already got 11 goals.
Kane's got 5.
Rooney, Sturridge and Walcott have 2.

Inbe4 not even in the squad.

England squad to play Spain and France:

Goalkeepers: Jack Butland (Stoke City), Joe Hart (Manchester City), Tom Heaton (Burnley)

Defenders: Ryan Bertrand (Southampton), Gary Cahill (Chelsea), Nathaniel Clyne (Liverpool), Kieran Gibbs (Arsenal), Phil Jones (Manchester United), Chris Smalling (Manchester United), John Stones (Everton), Kyle Walker (Tottenham Hotspur)

Midfielders: Dele Alli (Tottenham Hotspur), Eric Dier (Tottenham Hotspur), Ross Barkley (Everton), Michael Carrick (Manchester United), Fabian Delph (Manchester City), Adam Lallana (Liverpool), James Milner (Liverpool), Jonjo Shelvey (Swansea City), Raheem Sterling (Manchester City)

Forwards: Harry Kane (Tottenham Hotspur), Wayne Rooney (Manchester United), Jamie Vardy (Leicester City)


Missing players:

Phil Jagielka, Luke Shaw, Jack Wilshere, Jordan Henderson, Alex Oxlade-Chamberlain, Theo Walcott, Danny Welbeck, Daniel Sturridge

Such an average squad ffs.

Cylne-Smalling-Stones-Gibbs should be back 4

Lads, 3 of Englands 5 U-21s midfielders are Chelsea player

The future is coming

Kick wrote:Lads, 3 of Englands 5 U-21s midfielders are Chelsea player

The future is coming

like they will get a chance under mourinho.

England XI to face Spain: Hart, Walker, Jones, Smalling, Bertrand, Carrick, Lallana, Delph, Barkley, Kane, Sterling.

What's the point of playing Garrick at all, even less in a friendly, experimental, forward-looking XI like this, I'll never know.

Anyway, that's a great video game XI, but I doubt it's going to work irl.

Walker, Bertrand, Delph

Art Morte wrote:What's the point of playing Garrick at all, even less in a friendly, experimental, forward-looking XI like this, I'll never know.

Anyway, that's a great video game XI, but I doubt it's going to work irl.

Because he's the only holding midfielder available and we need someone in that midfield who can actually pass the ball well.

GoonerJay29 wrote:

Art Morte wrote:What's the point of playing Garrick at all, even less in a friendly, experimental, forward-looking XI like this, I'll never know.

Anyway, that's a great video game XI, but I doubt it's going to work irl.

Because he's the only holding midfielder available and we need someone in that midfield who can actually pass the ball well.

I can think of at least three players who would overall contribute more. Garrick is a passenger at his age. It's no good being a good passer at this level if players are just going to run circles around you when they have the ball and close you out of the game like a turtle when you have the ball.

GoonerJay29 wrote:

Art Morte wrote:What's the point of playing Garrick at all, even less in a friendly, experimental, forward-looking XI like this, I'll never know.

Anyway, that's a great video game XI, but I doubt it's going to work irl.

Because he's the only holding midfielder available and we need someone in that midfield who can actually pass the ball well.

do you think carrick will get a touch with Iniesta in mf.

you clowns

stop talking about unimportant stuff and start telling me what happened with THIAGO

for heavens sake

He just wasn't good enough. Not everyone can be Fabian Delph. Move on, Hans. There will be others who'll look good in the lederhosen. Like me.

Thiago limped out. Not sure why


Hopefully it's as a precaution but knowing him it's a month + out

Jesse Lingard called up for England

Excellent strike from Delle Alli.

England have actually looked good tonight with that Dier-Alli-Barkley midfield. Rooney out on the left not ruining everything. Kane and Sterling playing well, too.

Hodgson might have some selection headache picking the midfield for the Euros. Lots of candidates.

I wouldn't make any conclusions based on this game.  France is barely playing... they're just counting the minutes. Emotionally drained and it shows. They're going through the motions.

Selection headaches for England

Just pick the least scrubby players.

Thought this was probably the best moment from the game:

Wembley
It was touching

Russia, Slovakia and Wales...

This could be the most embarrassing tournament for England yet.