Klose is going to start.I have a feeling Khedira too.

I don't know for Brazil I would've swapped Maxwell for Filipe and either Dante/Henrique for Miranda. Especially if its team chemistry your after, considering both Miranda and Filipe have a great understanding and have played over 50 games with one another.

RealGunner wrote:Del Bosque will take 4 fullbacks:

RBs: Carvajal and Juanfran
LBs: Alba and Azpilecueta
[AS]

Thank god no Arebloa.

Yohan Modric wrote:------------------Neuer
--Lahm----Boateng----Hummels----Schmelzer
-----------Schweinsteiger---Kroos
------Muller-------Ozil--------Reus
------------------Gotze

Comparing that possible line up to USAs best possible 11 that l can think of just makes me want to cry. This is going to be a difficult game to watch.

Is today the official deadline for the coaches to submit their squads for the World Cup?

Rumours that Diaby made the provisional French squad. Morgan Schneiderlin set to be called up as well.

Yohan Modric wrote:------------------Neuer
--Lahm----Boateng----Hummels----Schmelzer
-----------Schweinsteiger---Kroos
------Muller-------Ozil--------Reus
------------------Gotze

You forgot Khedira and Mertesacker, 100% starters if fit.

As for Diaby, really glad for him if true - there are so many players who probably deserve that chance instead though. Schneiderlin is one of them and a wise decision to call him up.

windkick wrote:Is today the official deadline for the coaches to submit their squads for the World Cup?

Nope, that's June 2nd, IIRC.

RealGunner wrote:Rumours that Diaby made the provisional French squad. Morgan Schneiderlin set to be called up as well.

I know Diaby is good, but the guy hasn't played one second of football this season...
Crazy. But anyway it's just the provisional squad, would be really surprised if he made the plane to Brazil.

Mexico squad:

Goalkeepers: Jesus Corona (Cruz Azul), Guillermo Ochoa (Ajaccio), Alfredo Talavera (Toluca)

Defenders: Paul Aguilar (Club America), Andres Guardado (Bayer Leverkusen), Miguel Layun (Club America), Rafael Marquez (Leon), Hector Moreno (Espanyol), Diego Reyes (Porto), Francisco Javier Rodriguez (Club America), Carlos Salcido (Tigres)

Midfielders: Isaac Brizuela (Toluca), Marco Fabian (Cruz Azul), Hector Herrera (Porto), Juan Carlos Medina (Club America), Luis Montes (Leon), Carlos Pena (Leon), Jose Juan Vazquez (Leon)

Forwards: Giovani Dos Santos (Villarreal), Javier Hernandez (Manchester United), Raul Jimenez (Club America), Oribe Peralta (Santos), Alan Pulido (Tigres)

http://www.theguardian.com/football/2014/may/09/mexico-world-cup-squad-salcido-in-aquino-out

Rafa Marquez.

Well seems like Vela really did *bleep* himself over with the National Team. He'd be their best player too if he was called up. Pity.

there are many rumors with Vela, he does not want to play for Mexico because unlike some other national teams, he wont get money from it.
he has also openly said he doesn't like football at the much and sees it more of a job then a passion.
the other rumor is he is trying to rebel against a coach or staff that has insulted him.

and gio > vela for NT

There are many stories about Vela, I heard that he has refused to play because he was punished more severely than any other player after that party.

To be honest it's a shame, he's losing out on an absolutely fantastic opportunity.

On another note if Diaby makes the France squad provisional or actual I will laugh my head off, the guy hasn't racked up 20 top level games in the last 2 years.

How in the world his weak body will be able hack a WC I will not know.

England World Cup 2014 Squad:

Goalkeepers: Joe Hart (Manchester City), Fraser Forster (Celtic), Ben Foster (West Brom)

Defenders: Glen Johnson (Liverpool), Phil Jones (Manchster United), Phil Jagielka (Everton), Gary Cahill (Chelsea), Chris Smalling (Manchester United), Luke Shaw (Southampton), Leighton Baines (Everton)

Midfielders: Steven Gerrard (Liverpool), Frank Lampard (Chelsea), Jordan Henderson (Liverpool), Ross Barkley (Everton), Jack Wilshere (Arsenal), Alex Oxlade-Chamberlain (Arsenal), Raheem Sterling (Liverpool), Adam Lallana (Southampton), James Milner (Manchester City)

Forwards: Daniel Sturridge (Liverpool), Wayne Rooney (Manchester United), Danny Welbeck (Manchester United), Rickie Lambert (Southampton)

STAND-BY:
John Ruddy (Norwich City), John Stones (Everton), Jon Flanagan (Liverpool), Tom Cleverley (Manchester United), Michael Carrick (Manchester United), Jermain Defoe (Toronto), Andy Carroll (West Ham)

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Vela and the mexican federation have been feuding for years... stop making ignorant posts ffs.

Japan World Cup squad:

Goalkeepeers: Shuichi Gonda (Tokyo), Eiji Kawashima (Standard Liege), Shusaku Nishikawa (Urawa Reds)

Defenders: Masahiko Inoha (Jubilo Iwata), Yasuyuki Konno (Gamba Osaka), Masato Morishige (Tokyo), Yuto Nagatomo (Inter), Gotoku Sakai (Stuttgart), Hiroki Sakai (Hannover), Atsuto Uchida (Schalke), Maya Yoshida (Southampton)

Midfielders: Toshihiro Aoyama (Sanfrecce Hiroshima), Yasuhito Endo (Gamba Osaka), Makoto Hasebe (Nuremberg), Keisuke Honda (Milan), Shinji Kagawa (Manchester United), Yoichiro Kakitani (Cerezo Osaka), Hiroshi Kiyotake (Nuremberg), Manabu Saito (Yokohama F Marinos), Hotaru Yamaguchi (Cerezo Osaka)

Forwards: Shinji Okazaki (Mainz), Yoshito Okubo (Kawasaki Frontale), Yuya Osako (1860 Munich)

Equador 24 man pre-squad:

Goalkeepers: Maximo Banguera (Barcelona, Ecuador), Adrian Bone (El Nacional), Alexander Dominguez (Liga de Quito).

Defenders: Gabriel Achilier (Emelec), Walter Ayovi (Pachuca), Oscar Bagui (Emelec), Frickson Erazo (Flamengo), Jorge Guagua (Emelec), Juan Carlos Paredes (Barcelona, Ecuador), Cristian Ramirez (Fortuna Duesseldorf).

Midfielders: Segundo Castillo (Al Hilal), Carlos Gruezo (Stuttgart), Renato Ibarra (Vitesse Arnhem), Fidel Martinez (Tijuana), Cristian Noboa (Dynamo Moscow), Pedro Quinonez (Emelec), Luis Saritama (Barcelona, Ecuador), Antonio Valencia (Manchester United).

Forwards: Jaime Ayovi (Tijuana), Felipe Caicedo (Al-Jazira), Jefferson Montero (Morelia), Joao Rojas (Cruz Azul), Enner Valencia (Pachuca), Armando Wila (Universidad Catolica).

Algeria 30 man pre-squad:

Goalkeepers: Izzedine Doukha (USM El-Harrach), Rais M'bolhi (CSKA Sofia), Cedric Si Mohamed (CS Constantine), Mohamed Lamine Zemmamouche (USM Alger)

Defenders: Essaid Belkalem (Watford), Madjid Bougherra (Lekhwlya Club), Liassine Cadamuro (Mallorca), Faouzi Ghoualm (Napoli), Rafik Halliche (academica Coimbra), Nacereddine Khoualed (USM Alger), Aissa Mandi (Stade Reims), Carl Medjani (Valenciennes), Djamel Mesbah (Livorno), Mehdi Mostefa (AC Ajaccio)

Midfielders: Nabil Bentaleb (Tottenham), Ryad Boudebouz (Bastia), Yasine Brahimi (Granada), Adlene Guedioura (Crystal Palace), Amir Karaoui (Entente de Setif), Medhi Lacen (Getafe), Saphir Taider (Inter Milan), Hassan Yebda (Udinese)

Forwards: Abdelmoumene Djabou (Club Africain), Rafik Djebbour (Nottingham Forest), Sofiane Feghouli (Valencia), Nabil Ghilas (Porto), Foued Kadir (Rennes), Ryad Mahrez (Leicester), Islam Slimani (sporting Lisbon), Hilal Soudani (Dinamo Zagreb).

Russia 30 man pre-squad:

Goalkeepers: Igor Akinfeev (CSKA Moscow), Yury Lodygin (Zenit St Petersburg), Sergei Ryzhikov (Rubin Kazan)

Defenders: Alexander Anyukov (Zenit St Petersburg), Alexei Berezutsky, Vasily Berezutsky, Sergei Ignashevich, Georgy Shchennikov (all CSKA Moscow), Vladimir Granat, Alexei Kozlov (both Dynamo Moscow), Andrei Yeshchenko (Anzhi Makhachkala), Dmitry Kombarov (Spartak Moscow), Andrei Semenov (Terek Grozny)

Midfielders: Igor Denisov, Yury Zhirkov (both Dynamo Moscow), Alan Dzagoev (CSKA Moscow), Yury Gazinsky, Roman Shirokov (both FC Krasnodar), Denis Glushakov (Spartak Moscow), Pavel Mogilevets (Rubin Kazan), Viktor Faizulin, Oleg Shatov (both Zenit St Petersburg)

Forwards: Vladimir Bystrov (Anzhi Makhachkala), Alexander Kerzhakov (Zenit St Petersburg), Artem Dzyuba (Rostov), Alexei Ionov, Alexander Kokorin (both Dynamo Moscow), Maxim Kanunnikov (Amkar Perm), Pavel Pogrebnyak (Reading/ENG), Alexander Samedov (Lokomotiv Moscow)

Ghana 26 man pre-squad:

Goalkeepers: Adam Kwarasey (Stromsgodset), Fatua Dauda (Orlando Pirates), Stephen Adams (Aduana Stars).

Defenders: Samuel Inkoom (Dnipro), Daniel Opare (Standard Liege), Jonathan Mensah (Evian TG), Harrison Afful (Esperance), Jeff Schulpp (Leicester City), John Boye (Stade Rennes), Jerry Akaminko (Eskisehirspor) and Rashid Sumaila (Mamelodi Sundowns).

Midfielders: Sulley Muntari (AC Milan), Mubarak Wakaso (Rubin Kazan), Mohammed Rabiu (Kuban Krasnodar), Michael Essien (AC Milan), Emmanuel Agyemang Badu (Udinese), Afriyie Acquah (Parma), Andre Ayew (Olympique Marseille), Kwadwo Asamoah (Juventus), Christian Atsu (Vitesse Arnhem), Albert Adomah (Middlesbrough), David Accam (Helsingborg).

Forwards: Jordan Ayew (Sochaux), Abdul Majeed Waris (Valenciennes), Asamoah Gyan (Al Ain) and Kevin Prince Boateng (Schalke 04).

South Korea World Cup squad:

Goalkeepers: Jung Sung-ryong (Suwon Bluewings), Kim Seung-gyu (Ulsan), Lee Bum-young (Busan IPark)

Defenders: Kim Jin-su (Albirex Niigata), Kim Young-gwon (Guangzhou Evergrande), Yoon Suk-young (QPR), Hwang Seok-ho (Sanfrecce Hiroshima), Hong Jeong-ho (Augsburg) Kwak Tae-hwi (Al Hilal), Lee Yong (Ulsan), Kim Chang-su (Kashiwa Reysol)

Midfielders: Ki Sung-yueng (Sunderland), Ha Dae-sung (Beijing Guoan), Han Kook-young (Kashiwa Reysol), Park Jong-woo (Guangzhou R&F), Kim Bo-kyung (Cardiff City), Lee Chung-yong (Bolton Wanderers), Ji Dong-won (Augsburg), Son Heung-min (Bayer Leverkusen)

Forwards: Koo Ja-cheol (Mainz), Lee Keun-ho (Sangju Sangmu), Park Chu-young (Watford), Kim Shin-wook (Ulsan)

Mr Nick09 wrote:hart
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More or less yeah, if Wilshere is fit he will start as will Gerrard and Henderson.

Which means Sterling or Lallana will be a impact sub along with Barkley and one of the two will start.

Anyone but Glen frigging Johnson at RB. He is one of the worse rb in the premier league. A horrid player who I feel will cost England dearly if he starts.

Lampard and Milner being chosen is baffling to me.

Ashley Cole should have been picked instead of Baines, who I don't really rate tbh.

I agree with the rest.

RED who would you pick over Johnson, Lampard and Milner?

I struggle to think of anyone, maybe Barry for Lampard but that's about it.

We just have no decent defenders other than whats picked and same goes for CM, those who have been picked are all we have.