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[kharma45]

Downing and Defoe in, Carrick out.

Fuck me.

Baffling squad choice from Hodgson.

 

[Manager]

No Carrick, Micah or Milner?

 

[Kenka]

Kagawa to ManU for 7M £, are you fokking kidding me.

Happy b-day Messi ! ))

 

[Wilbur]

Wait, is it Kharma's or Bungie's?

 

[Wes]

Hart
Green
Ruddy

Baines
Cahill
Cole
Johnson
Jones
Lescott
Terry

Ox
Parker
Barry
Downing
Gerrard
Lampard
Milner
Walcott
Young

Rooney
Caroll
Defoe
Welbeck

 

[kharma45]

Wait, is it Kharma's or Bungie's?

Mine dammit I got it from The Times.

 

[Carbonox]

Given how shit the squad is, would it really be that bad to take a punt on Sturridge, Johnson and Henderson, rather than having them on stand-by? Fuck the likes of Downing, Milner and co.

Truly terrible.

 

[Mastadon]

I'm pretty sure this is the squad.

Hart
Carson Green
Ruddy

Johnson
Jones
Cahill
Lescott
Terry
Cole
Baines

Ox
Walcott
Downing
Young
ASSASSIN
Parker
Gerrard
Lampard
Milner

Rooney
Defoe
Carroll
Welbeck

How many mediocre wingers can you fit in to one squad? Good job Downing is there to raise the level a bit.

 

[Awesome Animals]

Yep, complete man crush for me too. Fucker is good looking, plays like a champ and seems like a nice guy to boot.

Until he pushed an 8-yr old ball boy.

EDIT:

Sorry England, that looks like a pretty underwhelming squad. Baines and Oxlade-Chamberlain are the only exciting picks

 

[Slizz]

So who on the England squad is responsible for scoring goals?

 

[PaulLFC]

Press conf from Hodgson explaining his decisions at 2pm apparently.

 

[Gareth Bale]

No Carrick, Micah or Milner?

Milner made the squad

Mine dammit I got it from The Times.

Where's Milner then

 

[Plasma]

Meh at that squad selection, might find somebody else to support, really don't want to cheer on a team with John Terry in it >_>

 

[Mastadon]

Until he pushed an 8-yr old ball boy.

Have you ever interacted with an 8 year old? I'll bet he deserved it.

 

[Cindres]

EDIT: Oh just fuck it, this squad is wank compared to what we could have going. WTF Roy?

 

[Oxx]

Poor Micah.

 

[fadetoblack]

Juve is being linked with both Van Persie and Cavani. But it seems like if it's going to be possible, it'll be either one or the other of course (but imagine both!).

I'm torn. I think both strikers have their advantages. I think Van Persie is, frankly, a better striker, and I know he'll immediately benefit from playing in front of our midfield. I think once he hits his stride in Serie A, he'll be able to easily hit 20-25 goals. But that's the problem: I'm afraid he'll take a long time to adjust. See: Huntelaar for a prolific Dutch striker who could not adjust in Serie A. Goal.com is saying Juve is out of the race because of RVP's wage demands, but if today's Arsenal talks don't go as planned, then it's game on. The guy is 28. If he's going to try another European league it might be now or never. But that's why Cavani is, in some ways, a better option. He's already a Serie A veteran with a proven goal scoring record. He's Conte's type of player, coming back to help the defence, a tireless runner, creative on and off the ball. On the other hand, Juventus has a sordid recent history of prolific strikers who come to Juve and after a year of amazing football decide that their time is best spent cleaning the hot tubs rather than scoring goals. But, we'll also have to pay out of our ass because De Laurentiis hates us.

I think, all told, we'll probably end up with Cavani and hope things work out. He's younger, he's got a national teammate in our ranks in Caceres (Elia doesn't count as a national teammate of RVP :lol) and he'll slot in perfectly into our system. But I hope we don't come to regret not going for RVP. He's just so clinical.

 

[Salazar]

Embarrassing that Carrick didn't get in that huddle of numpties and knackered fuck wasters.

And fuck Terry. Filth.

 

[BlindCommunication]

No Darren Bent, incredible, the best English striker left out. No Crouch either even though he scored that stunning volley against PL champions. No Joe Cole even though he had 3 great games for Lille. You guys are doomed for Euros, 'Arry wouldn't have made those mistakes.

 

[Empty]

such a technically poor group of players.

 

[dc89]

Poor Micah.

I'm done with England guys. If the manager can't pick a Championship winning right back, who is 23 years old I don't know what to think.

 

[kharma45]

Where's Milner then

I was going to ask where's Green but you fixed it

 

[Awesome Animals]

(Elia doesn't count as a national teammate of RVP :lol)

Once upon a time he did.

Also, Cavani is younger than RVP.

 

[Manager]

Standby:
Adam Johnson
Sturridge
Jagielka
Henderson
Birming ham keeper

 

[elseanio]

Confirmed, same as above

Goalkeepers: Joe Hart (Man City), Rob Green (West Ham), John Ruddy (Norwich)

Defenders: Glen Johnson (Liverpool), Phil Jones (Man United), John Terry (Chelsea), Joleon Lescott (Man City), Gary Cahill (Chelsea), Ashley Cole (Chelsea), Leighton Baines (Everton)

Midfielders: Theo Walcott (Arsenal), Stewart Downing (Liverpool), Alex Oxlade-Chamberlain (Arsenal), Steven Gerrard (Liverpool), Gareth Barry (Man City), Frank Lampard (Chelsea), Scott Parker (Tottenham), Ashley Young (Man United), James Milner (Man City)

Forwards: Wayne Rooney (Man United), Danny Welbeck (Man United), Andy Carroll (Liverpool), Jermain Defoe (Tottenham)

 

[Gareth Bale]

I was going to ask where's Green but you fixed it

Yeah but I guessed mine. You got yours from The Times and it wasn't even a full squad!

 

[Freewheelin']

No Darren Bent, incredible, the best English striker left out. No Crouch either even though he scored that stunning volley against PL champions. No Joe Cole even though he had 3 great games for Lille. You guys are doomed for Euros, 'Arry wouldn't have made those mistakes.

I think Bent is injured. But yeah baffling really.

 

[WJD]

fuck me

 

[Sanjay]

Given how shit the squad is, would it really be that bad to take a punt on Sturridge, Johnson and Henderson, rather than having them on stand-by? Fuck the likes of Downing, Milner and co.

Truly terrible.

WTf would Henderson make it in? hes in the same boat as Downing.

 

[Wilbur]

Terrible squad. We're only bringing 4 strikers again?

 

[Manager]

Stuart fucking Downing?!?!

 

[Plasma]

Henderson as a backup choice, Downing in. Was this team randomly drawn out of a hat?

 

[PaulLFC]

England squad for Euro 2012:

Goalkeepers: Joe Hart (Man City), Rob Green (West Ham), John Ruddy (Norwich)

Defenders: Glen Johnson (Liverpool), Phil Jones (Man United), John Terry (Chelsea), Joleon Lescott (Man City), Gary Cahill (Chelsea), Ashley Cole (Chelsea), Leighton Baines (Everton)

Midfielders: Theo Walcott (Arsenal), Stewart Downing (Liverpool), Alex Oxlade-Chamberlain (Arsenal), Steven Gerrard (Liverpool), Gareth Barry (Man City), Frank Lampard (Chelsea), Scott Parker (Tottenham), Ashley Young (Man United), James Milner (Man City)

Forwards: Wayne Rooney (Man United), Danny Welbeck (Man United), Andy Carroll (Liverpool), Jermain Defoe (Tottenham)


Birmingham keeper Jack Butland is among the list of five standby players, which also includes Manchester City winger Adam Johnson, Chelsea striker Daniel Sturridge, Everton defender Phil Jagielka and Liverpool midfielder Jordan Henderson.

 

[Feorax]

Hang on, I thought Parker was injured?

Also, should have been Adam Johnson over Downing, easy.

 

[kharma45]

No Richards, Carrick, Lennon or Sturridge - but Defoe, ultra-cunt Terry and Stewart 'no assists, no goals' Downing are in?

I'd have done the England job for nowt and done a better job.

 

[Salazar]

Stuart fucking Downing?!?!

Hodgson needs to be grilled to a fucking crisp about that.

I don't want Clev associated with this circus of gobshites.

 

[Mastadon]

I'm not sure this could have actually been any more underwhelming.

 

[fadetoblack]

Uhhhh. A cinema near me is showing Juventus - Napoli, Coppa Italia sunday's final, in 3D. I've hever had the chance to watch football in 3D, so I think I'll be going. Should be fantastic on a giant screen, right? Did you guys experience something like this? How was it?

Depends. Do you have a 3G phone that you can read mobileGAF on? How else are we going to cry like babies when Del Piero scores a hattrick?

Once upon a time he did.

Also, Cavani is younger than RVP.

Absolutely. Cavani makes a lot of sense for us, not the least of which is the fact that he can give us three extra years that RVP can't.

Still, the prospect of signing RVP is something I'd find hard to resist even for all of Cavani's virtues.

 

[Vinegar Joe]

Stuart fucking Downing?!?!

My thoughts exactly.

That's an average bunch of midfielders at best. And Downing.

 

[Sanjay]

Terrible squad. We're only bringing 4 strikers again?

Don't worry we have 5 amazing wingers:-

Ox
Walcott
Downing
Young
Milner

 

[LabouredSubterfuge]

That has to be the weakest England squad I've seen in ears. Downing and Carroll's inclusion make it look like a practical joke.

 

[kharma45]

At least Terry will fit in well with the Ukrainian fans.

 

[Awesome Animals]

Well, it appears that the FA doesn't have the balls to remove the old guard. England is screwed until at least after the Brazil World Cup.

 

[Wilbur]

Should have been

Hart
Ruddy
Green

Richards
Johnson
Jones
Ferdinand
Cahill
Lescott
Baines
Cole

Carrick
Barry
Cole
Young
Ox
Gerrard
Lampard

Rooney
Welbeck
Crouch/Holt
Defoe
Sturridge

 

[MarshMellow96]

No Scholes..

 

[Bumhead]

Makes my decision to support the Germans easier.

 

[Sanjay]

Hang on, I thought Parker was injured?

Also, should have been Adam Johnson over Downing, easy.

Why would we take a player that can take on players to the Euros? It's all about keeping the ball and passing backwards.

 

[Plasma]

That has to be the weakest England squad I've seen in ears. Downing and Carroll's inclusion make it look like a practical joke.

It seems like the same old England picking people because of their names rather than their form over the season.

Also how the hell is Carrick not in the squad?

 

[Awesome Animals]

Also, Agbonlahor should be in before Defoe. Had a decent season of running as hard as he can in one direction until he loses the ball.

 

[PaulLFC]

Honestly not sure why Downing has been selected if this selection is based on recent form.