Your Squad for England against France??

[Oasis]

ok here is my formation for england V/s france


---------------James-------------

-----G.Neville----Terry---Cambpell-

---Beckham----Lampard----Scholes--Bridge

-----------------Dyer---------

---------Rooney------Owen-------

[Robin]

I'm really not sure about Rooney up front, has he got the right temperament to play for England and does he make a decent partner for Owen?

[Oasis]

well who else can play up front Heskey isn't that good but he is more experienced than rooney.maybe Vassell?.or they could go with Owen as a self striker and Dyer and scholes be hind him?

[frag]

If you play that formation, you might as well put Woodgate in defence alongside Terry and Campbell. And you do NOT drop Gerrard!

as i've said:
GK: James
LB: Cole/Bridge
RB: G.Neville
CB: Campbell
CB: Terry
DMF: Butt
DMF: Gerrard
LMF: Dyer
RMF: Beckham
AMF: Lampard
ST: Owen

[Oasis]

Mate woodgate hasn't been selected for england as he is injured, so if he was fit i would put him at the back along with terry and campbell.as for Gerrard i suppose i should have put him in.

[frag]

Oasis said:

Mate woodgate hasn't been selected for england as he is injured, so if he was fit i would put him at the back along with terry and campbell.as for Gerrard i suppose i should have put him in.

ah, ok... he is still apparently in the squad, though
soccernet.espn.go.com/euro2004/squad?id=448&cc=5739 but in his absence with three centre backs i would go for gary neville, yes.

[frag]

OK, soccernet is stupid... here is the full 23:

Squad (with numbers):
1 David James (Manchester City),
13 Paul Robinson (Tottenham),
22 Ian Walker (Leicester),

2 Gary Neville (Manchester United),
3 Ashley Cole (Arsenal),
5 John Terry (Chelsea),
6 Sol Campbell (Arsenal),
12 Wayne Bridge (Chelsea),
14 Phil Neville (Manchester United),
15 Ledley King (Tottenham),
16 Jamie Carragher (Liverpool),

4 Steven Gerrard (Liverpool),
7 David Beckham (Real Madrid),
8 Paul Scholes (Manchester United),
11 Frank Lampard (Chelsea),
17 Nicky Butt (Manchester United),
18 Owen Hargreaves (Bayern Munich),
19 Joe Cole (Chelsea),
20 Kieron Dyer (Newcastle),

9 Wayne Rooney (Everton),
10 Michael Owen (Liverpool),
21 Emile Heskey (Birmingham),
23 Darius Vassell (Aston Villa)

[frag]

So how about Cole being given a chance against Switzerland?

[frag]

Meanwhile, we're facing this lot:

1 Mickael Landreau,
16 Fabien Barthez,
23 Gregory Coupet.

2 Jean-Alain Boumsong,
3 Bixente Lizarazu,
5 William Gallas,
8 Marcel Desailly,
13 Mikael Silvestre,
15 Lilian Thuram,
19 Willy Sagnol,

4 Patrick Vieira,
6 Claude Makelele,
7 Robert Pires,
10 Zinedine Zidane,
14 Jerome Rothen,
17 Olivier Dacourt,
18 Benoit Pedretti,

9 Louis Saha,
11 Sylvain Wiltord,
12 Thierry Henry,
20 David Trezeguet,
21 Steve Marlet,
22 Sidney Govou,


no chance

[Oasis]

well Our main concern is that France are bloody good at going forward so i think we have to try and play a sort of defensive game and hit them on the counter attack.

[frag]

Exactly, hence my formation choice...