Delima Posted February 8, 2009 Share Posted February 8, 2009 What would be your starting line up for England against Spain? England Goalkeepers: Green (West Ham), Hart (Man City), James (Portsmouth). Defenders: Bridge (Man City), A Cole (Chelsea), R Ferdinand (Man Utd), Jagielka (Everton), G Johnson (Portsmouth), Terry (Chelsea), Upson (West Ham), L Young (Villa). Midfielders: Beckham (LA Galaxy), Barry (Villa), Carrick (Man Utd), Downing (Middlesbrough), Lampard (Chelsea), Milner (Villa), Wright-Phillips (Man City), A Young (Villa). Forwards: Agbonlahor (Villa), C Cole (West Ham), Crouch (Portsmouth), Heskey (Villa). Look at the strikers - are England experiencing a drought of decent strikers? My choice would be 442 with the following players Green L Young, Jagielka, Ferdinand, A Cole Milner, Carrick, Lampard, A Young Agbonlahor, Heskey Spain Goalkeepers: Iker Casillas (Real Madrid), Jose Reina (Liverpool). Defenders: Raul Albiol (Valencia), Alvaro Arbeloa (Liverpool), Joan Capdevila (Villarreal), Juanito (Real Betis),Carlos Marchena (Valencia), Carles Puyol (Barcelona), Sergio Ramos (Real Madrid), Gerard Pique (Barcelona). Midfielders: David Silva (Valencia), Xabi Alonso (Liverpool), Santi Cazorla (Villarreal), Sergio Busquets (Barcelona), Xavi (Barcelona), Andres Iniesta (Barcelona), Albert Riera (Liverpool), Marcos Senna (Villarreal). Forwards: David Villa (Valencia), Daniel Guiza (Fenerbahce), Fernando Torres (Liverpool), Fernando Llorente (Athletic Bilbao). Casillas, Ramos, Puyol, Pique, Capdevila Iniesta, Senna, Xavi, Silva Villa, Torres Compare Spain and England ... Hopefully Capello works his magic. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
ElDiablo Posted February 8, 2009 Share Posted February 8, 2009 Hart Johnson Jagielka Terry Cole SWP Carrick Lampard Young Agbonlahor Heskey Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
James Posted February 8, 2009 Share Posted February 8, 2009 Wonder how long Hart will last in the squad now he's lost his place... Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
James Posted February 8, 2009 Share Posted February 8, 2009 Based on current form: Green Young Ferdinand Terry Cole Milner Lampard Barry Young Agbonlahor Heskey Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rich Posted February 8, 2009 Share Posted February 8, 2009 James Johnson Ferdinand Terry A. Cole Beckham Carrick Lampard Barry Agbonlahor Heskey Bit pedestrian in midfield, but then Spain are hardly rapid either. I think there'll be a fair few injuries before the game though, as always, which will see things shuffled about a fair bit. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
James Posted February 8, 2009 Share Posted February 8, 2009 With the Villa boys being the best English players in the Premier League at the moment, I think it would be an interesting experiment to play all of them. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rich Posted February 8, 2009 Share Posted February 8, 2009 With the Villa boys being the best English players in the Premier League at the moment, I think it would be an interesting experiment to play all of them. Think Agbonlahor/Heskey/Barry will be enough as Milner and Young would potentially get shown up against a team as technically good as Spain, Milner in particular. Luke Young is simply not that good and hasn't even been playing right-back for Villa, although I appreciate that Johnson and Portsmouth are hardly having a great time of it at the back. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
ElDiablo Posted February 8, 2009 Share Posted February 8, 2009 Based on current form: Green Young Ferdinand Terry Cole Milner Lampard Barry Young Agbonlahor Heskey Ferdinand hasn't played for ages has he? Still don't think Milner deserves a call up. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
James Posted February 8, 2009 Share Posted February 8, 2009 With the Villa boys being the best English players in the Premier League at the moment, I think it would be an interesting experiment to play all of them. Think Agbonlahor/Heskey/Barry will be enough as Milner and Young would potentially get shown up against a team as technically good as Spain, Milner in particular. Luke Young is simply not that good and hasn't even been playing right-back for Villa, although I appreciate that Johnson and Portsmouth are hardly having a great time of it at the back. I dunno, I just think that if there was ever a time to experiment with a bunch of players who know each other very well and see how much of an effect that can have, the time is now. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rich Posted February 8, 2009 Share Posted February 8, 2009 Fair enough! I think it would certainly be interesting. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
hakka Posted February 8, 2009 Share Posted February 8, 2009 Harper Johnson Jagielka Terry Cole SWP Carrick Lampard Young Agbonlahor Heskey I like this line up, but made one change. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
nkcgd Posted February 8, 2009 Share Posted February 8, 2009 Hart Johnson Ferdinand Terry Cole Beckham Carrick Barry Young Agbonlahor Heskey Wouldn't play Milner yet, and SWP hasn't looked great this season Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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