World Cup Squad. The Excellent and The Poor Choices
Cissy Fairfax
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These pages tomorrow night are likely to be full of posts about Hodgsons dreadful choices for the squad - and hopefully a few for inspired picks. Many will be in hindsight, so is anyone willing to say now:
What would be a good ommission and a dreadful ommission?
Who would be a good choice and a bad selection, of the realistic candidates?
Any you can go either way with too?
You don't have to apply this to England either. Anyone with an interest in the France, Spain squads etc, can do likewise.
For me, the good picks would be Barkley, Lambert and Lallana - although I think all three should be pretty safe and would be bad ommisions.
Another good choice would be only 7 defenders with Jones and Smalling as back up right backs. Leaves 8 midfielders and 5 strikers.
Defoe would be a bad choice cor me, unless as a fifth striker. Cleverley too and Ciri and Stones this would be a bit early for - although theres a decent argument for bringing them along as a non player.
I'm nonplussed on Cole or Shaw, cannot really go wrong with either choice and decent benefits in either.
I have Milner edging out Carrick and Lampard for the 23rd spot but no great preferences on them.
Im always keen on 5 strikers. There isnt a lot out there after the main four, so Carroll wouldnt be the worst option, nobody else comes to mind.
What would be a good ommission and a dreadful ommission?
Who would be a good choice and a bad selection, of the realistic candidates?
Any you can go either way with too?
You don't have to apply this to England either. Anyone with an interest in the France, Spain squads etc, can do likewise.
For me, the good picks would be Barkley, Lambert and Lallana - although I think all three should be pretty safe and would be bad ommisions.
Another good choice would be only 7 defenders with Jones and Smalling as back up right backs. Leaves 8 midfielders and 5 strikers.
Defoe would be a bad choice cor me, unless as a fifth striker. Cleverley too and Ciri and Stones this would be a bit early for - although theres a decent argument for bringing them along as a non player.
I'm nonplussed on Cole or Shaw, cannot really go wrong with either choice and decent benefits in either.
I have Milner edging out Carrick and Lampard for the 23rd spot but no great preferences on them.
Im always keen on 5 strikers. There isnt a lot out there after the main four, so Carroll wouldnt be the worst option, nobody else comes to mind.
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Baffling, England need his big game experience.
According to Oliver 'Alice' Holt of the Mirror, Carrick and Cleverly are out, Barkley, Milner and Lampard are all in.
He is ultra reliable and is the only defender I've seen to have Ronaldo on his pocket
Didn't realise that he was such a fan.
This should be the last tournament for lampard, gerrard Milner as well
I wouldn't of taken Lampard though.
Hope Cole does make himself available as stand by, you'd edge for him over Gibbs or Flanagan.
Id be surprised to see Lampard in. That would suggest only 7 defenders unless one of Liverpool/Arsenal 5 midfielders does not get in?
If Jones and Smalling go then 7 defenders it will be.
If all football fans shared this attitude, for most of us there'd be no point in even starting the season.
I'm not sure why we're even wasting time and effort to go tbh....
The 23 looks fairly encouraging though.
Indeed. Almost faultless squad for me. I always like 5 strikers, may have edged Carroll over Lampard but close.
Worrying lack of depth below, with no Walcott, Townsend, Walker. Not sure who else there is though.
I wouldn't have brought Wilshere either, but the rest look good.
Who would you take instead of Lampard?
Only 6 of the squad have World Cup experience as it is, worth having Lampard in the squad (not the team) for that reason.