England

[McCormick]

Thought he meant Newcastle but yeah Foden, Kane, Saka front 3 for sure.

[gbandit]

There’s no way I’d play Rashford over Gordon in our side, wouldn’t even consider it based on form over the last 12 months 

[Shearergol]

18 minutes ago, gbandit said:

There’s no way I’d play Rashford over Gordon in our side, wouldn’t even consider it based on form over the last 12 months 

 

Imagine Burn coping on his own

[mondonewc]

Task for anyone with some free time

 

So much hype about the current squad, disgrace if we don't win Euro's etc etc... pick an England 11 choosing players from Italia 90 to now, selecting based purely on ability rather than how they performed for England, how many of the current group are getting in that team? 

 

For me back 5 can only really consider Walker, front 6 is interesting...

 

 

Edited March 25, 2024 by mondonewc

[Shearergol]

21 minutes ago, mondonewc said:

Task for anyone with some free time

 

So much hype about the current squad, disgrace if we don't win Euro's etc etc... pick an England 11 choosing players from Italia 90 to now, selecting based purely on ability rather than how they performed for England, how many of the current group are getting in that team? 

 

For me back 5 can only really consider Walker, front 6 is interesting...

 

 

 

 

What era are they playing in? Present day? I think I'd only bring Terry and Cole in for Maguire and Chilwell (lolz) in the back 5. There's an argument for Rooney but you can't drop Kane. Bellingham, Rice, Saka, Foden all start for me too. I'd stick Gazza in to complete it.

[Froggy]

24 minutes ago, Shearergol said:

What era are they playing in? Present day? I think I'd only bring Terry and Cole in for Maguire and Chilwell (lolz) in the back 5. There's an argument for Rooney but you can't drop Kane. Bellingham, Rice, Saka, Foden all start for me too. I'd stick Gazza in to complete it.

 

He did say it's based purely on ability and not how they performed for England, so the likes of Rooney and Scholes have to be in surely. Terry and Cole nailed on. 

 

 

[The College Dropout]

Terry was never excellent for England imo. Rio was the better player at international tournaments. Sol too.

 

At club level I might have Terry at #1. But international? Nope.

[The College Dropout]

Again Scholes - even at CM, never really did it for England. I think he said himself he struggled physically with summer tournaments and could only play 60-70 minutes if the weather was too hot for him.

 

As good as he is - has Foden ever truly shone for England?

[Froggy]

58 minutes ago, mondonewc said:

selecting based purely on ability rather than how they performed for England

 

[mondonewc]

41 minutes ago, Shearergol said:

 

What era are they playing in? Present day? I think I'd only bring Terry and Cole in for Maguire and Chilwell (lolz) in the back 5. There's an argument for Rooney but you can't drop Kane. Bellingham, Rice, Saka, Foden all start for me too. I'd stick Gazza in to complete it.

Their own era

[McCormick]

A midfield of Rice, Bellingham and Gerard would be great, in theory.

 

I’d also go for Rooney in on the left, Rio in for Maguire and obviously Ashley Cole. Possibly unfair to not have Beckham or the Raheem Sterling of a few years ago in this xi too.

[Interpolic]

Peak Hargreaves / Ince / Batty would get in this England team if we must persist with the current system. Putting Lampard, Gerrard or Scholes in would probably cause similar problems except this time they're nullifying Bellingham instead of each other. 

[The College Dropout]

Peak Tom Huddlestone would get into this team.

 

Scott Parker would get into this team.

[joeyt]

Carrick too?

[The College Dropout]

1 minute ago, joeyt said:

Carrick too?

Carrick would be perfect.

 

That Jorginho & Rice balance works really well. You get all of Rice's athleticism all over the pitch and someone sitting deeper focussing on distribution.

[joeyt]

Seaman for Pickford too I reckon

[SUPERTOON]

1 hour ago, The College Dropout said:

Peak Tom Huddlestone would get into this team.

 

Scott Parker would get into this team.

Did Tom Huddleston have a peak ?

[Shearergol]

4 hours ago, The College Dropout said:

Peak Tom Huddlestone would get into this team.

 

Scott Parker would get into this team.

 

Give over man. 

[Kid Icarus]

Terry was never excellent for England. I've seen it all now.

 

 

Edited March 25, 2024 by Kid Icarus

[Shearergol]

6 minutes ago, Kid Icarus said:

Terry was never excellent for England. I've seen it all now.

 

 

 

 

I swear we're living in a simulation with him in control.

[lovejoy]

5 hours ago, The College Dropout said:

Peak Tom Huddlestone would get into this team.

 

Scott Parker would get into this team.

 

Tom Huddlestone ?

 

Fuck me!

[lovejoy]

and I liked Huddlestone by the way, lovely striker of a ball, but howay man ?

[The College Dropout]

Which tournament was he great at?

 

Sol & Ferdinand were better in 2002 than Terry ever was at a major tournament for England.

 

I remember thinking Terry was at fault for Portugal's goals in 2004.

 

2006 England for some reason I struggle to remember any goals except Joe Cole's against Sweden. 

[gbandit]

Aye, Huddlestone was amazing at striking a ball and have it glide along the ground or just kiss the turf at huge pace. Seemed a good lad, not exactly a complete player though. Scott Parker is like a less physical version of Conor Gallagher 

[The College Dropout]

2 minutes ago, lovejoy said:

 

Tom Huddlestone ?

 

Fuck me!

That's my point. I think Huddlestone would start in this squad. At least make the squad. Peak Huddlestone was better than this version of Henderson or Philips. And he's better suited to international football than Conor Gallagher in this role.

 

Conor Gallagher isn't good at that deeper role man.