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I'm hoping Capello is only going to take Ferdinand, Terry and King as specialist centre backs, because he'll have Carragher and Barry who can fill in there if necessary. In any case, I don't think the other contenders - Upson and Dawson - are any better.

 

That would free up one more place in the midfield for SWP, who I really think should go.

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Adam Johnson should definitely be a  starter, on the right or left.

 

Based on what? He's good but he's nowhere near the finished article and not quite yet up to the standard of Joe Cole and Lennon.

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Adam Johnson should definitely be a  starter, on the right or left.

 

Based on what? He's good but he's nowhere near the finished article and not quite yet up to the standard of Joe Cole and Lennon.

Agree, those two should be on the wings. Johnson should still be on that plane. Certainly the type of player you'd want to be able to bring on if your wingers are struggling, much more so than SWP and Walcott.

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I'd take:

 

Goalkeepers

 

All 3 obviously, just the norm.

 

Defenders

 

G.Johnson

Terry

Ferdinand

A.Cole

King

Dawson

Carragher

 

Midfielders

 

Barry (seems like he could be fit in time)

Gerrard

Lampard

Lennon

Walcott

J.Cole

Huddlestone

A.Johnson

Milner

 

Forwards

 

Rooney

Defoe

Crouch

Heskey

 

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Our ESPN thing is awful:

 

http://www.worldcupbuzz.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/05/Nigeria1.jpg

:lol: Yes, that is Mikel Obi flying on a bird.

 

Played to a 1-1 draw with Colombia today. I liked the look of the team tbh. Obviously the result isn't what we would have desired, but several players impressed and the team was pretty industrious and played well together. Haruna Lukman was pretty good again and got himself a goal. It's absolutely imperative for us that Obi Mikel and Ike Uche get themselves fully fit, though. It's not all in place, yet but I think we can make noise in SA.

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You must be loving the free flowing, sexy football of Lagerbäck with your one goal scored under him so far :lol:

The players seemed to have some sort of plan. That was a massive improvement to what we've been treated too under Amodu :lol: Tbf man, it's only been two matches, both against decent teams. The team looked prepared and was cohesive. We do need Mikel in the middle though, as I thought the midfield lacked the composure to feew the ball well to strikers.

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11 days  :frantic:

Can't. Fucking. Wait.

 

Who you supporting Towelie?

 

Hopefully I can get away with watching matches at work.

England. Always have been an England fan, don't care much for Sweden, although it would have been fun if they would have qualified.

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Who does everyone think will qualify from Group A and Group E? I think they're both the most unpredictable groups....

 

France will scrape through Group A with Uruguay. Holland and Denmark from E.

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Our ESPN thing is awful:

 

http://www.worldcupbuzz.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/05/Nigeria1.jpg

:lol: Yes, that is Mikel Obi flying on a bird.

 

Played to a 1-1 draw with Colombia today. I liked the look of the team tbh. Obviously the result isn't what we would have desired, but several players impressed and the team was pretty industrious and played well together. Haruna Lukman was pretty good again and got himself a goal. It's absolutely imperative for us that Obi Mikel and Ike Uche get themselves fully fit, though. It's not all in place, yet but I think we can make noise in SA.

 

Bit off topic, but I've wondered for a while if you had an opinion on the old Obi Mikel transfer saga when he signed for Man Utd, but then went to Chelsea and in that way fucked over his Norwegian club, Lyn, who now are bankrupt and facing relegation to the Norwegian third tier?

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I'd take:

 

Goalkeepers

 

All 3 obviously, just the norm.

 

Defenders

 

G.Johnson

Terry

Ferdinand

A.Cole

King

Dawson

Carragher

 

Midfielders

 

Barry (seems like he could be fit in time)

Gerrard

Lampard

Lennon

Walcott

J.Cole

Huddlestone

A.Johnson

Milner

 

Forwards

 

Rooney

Defoe

Crouch

Heskey

 

Same here, who would you start in goal?
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