Newcastle Fan Posted February 6, 2008 Share Posted February 6, 2008 Hope Owen does play..he needs more games if he's to go back to match sharpness, it seems like the more he plays the better he gets. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ally Posted February 6, 2008 Share Posted February 6, 2008 Its a good decision not to play Owen but i'm surprised about Richards. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Edd Posted February 6, 2008 Share Posted February 6, 2008 Its a good decision not to play Owen but i'm surprised about Richards. Well he's mainly played right back for England but he's playing centre back for City so if that's all Capello has seen then he'd have to displace Ferdinand or Upson. Based on current form there's not much in it. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
La Parka Posted February 6, 2008 Share Posted February 6, 2008 Its a good decision not to play Owen but i'm surprised about Richards. Well he's mainly played right back for England but he's playing centre back for City so if that's all Capello has seen then he'd have to displace Ferdinand or Upson. Based on current form there's not much in it. Basing an England team on form rather than reputation? Scandalous! Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest jcricthon Posted February 6, 2008 Share Posted February 6, 2008 England's squad to play Switzerland: Goalkeepers: David James (Portsmouth), Scott Carson (Liverpool on loan at Aston Villa), Chris Kirkland (Wigan) Defenders: Wayne Bridge (Chelsea), Ashley Cole (Chelsea), Rio Ferdinand (Manchester United), Wes Brown (Manchester United), Joleon Lescott (Everton), Micah Richards (Manchester City), Matthew Upson (West Ham United), Jonathan Woodgate (Tottenham Hotspur) Midfielders: Steven Gerrard (Liverpool), Gareth Barry (Aston Villa), Jermaine Jenas (Tottenham Hotspur), Owen Hargreaves (Manchester United), Joe Cole (Chelsea), Ashley Young (Aston Villa), Shaun Wright-Phillips (Chelsea), David Bentley (Blackburn Rovers) Forwards: Gabriel Agbonlahor (Aston Villa), Michael Owen (Newcastle United), Wayne Rooney (Manchester United), Peter Crouch (Liverpool), Jermain Defoe (Tottenham on loan at Portsmouth) I'd go: Carson Richards, Ferdinand, Woodgate, Cole Bentley, Barry, Gerrard, Young Rooney Owen Make Ferdinand captain, f*** Stevie. New away shirt is a bit cack innit? http://img222.imageshack.us/img222/4691/2008020414gyi0051333899vl2.jpg PS - any 'I don't care about England' merchants, prove it and piss off. Ta. I'd rather we finished in the top 4 than see England win the World Cup...... Proof enough? Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Skirge Posted February 6, 2008 Share Posted February 6, 2008 He is not even telling the squad who the starting 11 will be until they are on the coach on their way to the stadium. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
STM Posted February 6, 2008 Share Posted February 6, 2008 I hope he isn't picked for two reasons. 1. He won't get injured 2. Might spark some passion in his play. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Optimistic Nut Posted February 6, 2008 Share Posted February 6, 2008 Owen's 9/2 to 5/1 with most places to be LAST goalscorer tonight. Those are fantastic odds considering he's bound to play at least 20-30 minutes towards the end. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fugazi Posted February 6, 2008 Share Posted February 6, 2008 Expected team according to the BBC: James Brown Ferdinand Upson A.Cole Bentley Gerrard Hargreaves Young J.Cole Rooney SSN saying the same, although it's the infamous "Sky Sports News Sorces say...", plus it's gone from the ticker now. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dave Posted February 6, 2008 Share Posted February 6, 2008 Graham Taylor was on about Barry and Jenas starting earlier. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ally Posted February 6, 2008 Share Posted February 6, 2008 I'd be surprised if that is the team tbh, not that I don't agree with it but I think Capello will spring a surprise - Jenas is a good shout. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dr Spectrum Posted February 6, 2008 Share Posted February 6, 2008 Expected team according to the BBC: James Brown Ferdinand Upson A.Cole Bentley Gerrard Hargreaves Young J.Cole Rooney SSN saying the same, although it's the infamous "Sky Sports News Sorces say...", plus it's gone from the ticker now. Jenas and Barry instead of Hargreaves and Young... Just who the fuck is this SSN Source...? Nostrafuckingdamus? Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dave Posted February 6, 2008 Share Posted February 6, 2008 Barry on the left? Meh. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
ElDiablo Posted February 6, 2008 Share Posted February 6, 2008 Expected team according to the BBC: James Brown Ferdinand Upson A.Cole Bentley Gerrard Hargreaves Young J.Cole Rooney SSN saying the same, although it's the infamous "Sky Sports News Sorces say...", plus it's gone from the ticker now. Jenas and Barry instead of Hargreaves and Young... Just who the fuck is this SSN Source...? Nostrafuckingdamus? That's shit, Young has been the best left winger in the league this season. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dr Spectrum Posted February 6, 2008 Share Posted February 6, 2008 Barry on the left? Meh. BBC have Jenas on the left. Capello out? Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Legacy Posted February 6, 2008 Share Posted February 6, 2008 Anychance i can watch this? Decky you might know? BBC1 has the Northern Ireland match for me against bloody bulgaria, not exactly entertaining. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
iklgizmo Posted February 6, 2008 Share Posted February 6, 2008 When tv prgrammes and websites name the team and formation, are they just guessing at the formation? I noticed quite a lot on sky that when they put the formation up, they quite often get it wrong Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dave Posted February 6, 2008 Share Posted February 6, 2008 When tv prgrammes and websites name the team and formation, are they just guessing at the formation? I noticed quite a lot on sky that when they put the formation up, they quite often get it wrong The formation, aye. It's just an educated guess from a list of players iyam. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dragon55544 Posted February 6, 2008 Share Posted February 6, 2008 Owen not starting could be good for us, hopefully he will be eager to prove something now. Owen normally proves his critics wrong in situations like this. Imo he has been decent since KK has taken over Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Belfast Boy Posted February 6, 2008 Share Posted February 6, 2008 Anychance i can watch this? Decky you might know? BBC1 has the Northern Ireland match for me against bloody bulgaria, not exactly entertaining. Looking for the same myself. The BBC Website is no good, that has the Norn Iron game on too. Edit: Looks like it could be on Star Sports. Can't for the life of me think how you may be able to watch that though. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dave Posted February 6, 2008 Share Posted February 6, 2008 Anychance i can watch this? Decky you might know? BBC1 has the Northern Ireland match for me against bloody bulgaria, not exactly entertaining. Looking for the same myself. The BBC Website is no good, that has the Norn Iron game on too. Do you not have the regional variations on Sky like we do? Channel 971 and upwards. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Legacy Posted February 6, 2008 Share Posted February 6, 2008 I was thinking maybe BBCi might have the england match on, but I'm not sure. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Belfast Boy Posted February 6, 2008 Share Posted February 6, 2008 Not got Sky unfortunately, believe it or not there is no reception here apparently. Can't find any regional BBC on freeview. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
johnnypd Posted February 6, 2008 Share Posted February 6, 2008 all a sudden i'm a little less excited about the game. not suprised he has a centre-midfielder out wide, he's been doing that for years. wes brown at full-back is a bit meh, likewise upson instead of woodgate. thought joe cole would play out wide bit like camoranesi at juve or donadoni at milan, not sure about him playing in the middle, he's not the strongest in the world and tries to dribble his way out of trouble too often instead of playing quick short passes like Scholes would, coming up against big centre-halves and a defensive midfielder means he is not going to have the space to get shots away too often. furthermore, is rooney big and strong enough to do a targetman's job and is cole quick enough to race onto his flick ons. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dave Posted February 6, 2008 Share Posted February 6, 2008 So the team is: James Brown, Ferdinand, Upson, Cole Bentley, Gerrard, Barry, Jenas Cole Rooney Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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