Pick your Rooney-less England

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news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/football/world_cup_2006/england_selector/3914143.stm

[Higgy]

GK-Robinson

LB-Ashley Cole
CB-Jamie Carragher
CD-John Terry
RB-Gary Neville

RM-Beckham
CM-Steven Gerrard
CM-Frank Lampard
LM-Joe Cole

RF-Michael Owen
LF-Peter Crouch

[DoUrden]

GK: Robinson

LB: A Cole
CD: Terry
CD: Rio
RB: Carragher

LW: J Cole
CM: Gerrard(Captain)
CM: Lampard
RW: Phillips

CF: Owen
CF: Crouch

Subs
James(GK)
Campbell
King
Jenas
Beckham
Beattie
DeFoe

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higgy said:

GK-Robinson

LB-Ashley Cole
CB-Jamie Carragher
CD-John Terry
RB-Gary Neville

RM-Beckham
CM-Steven Gerrard
CM-Frank Lampard
LM-Joe Cole

RF-Michael Owen
LF-Peter Crouch

Same side except I would try Andy Johnson up front with Owen

Johnson an out n out striker used only once as a bloody winger

[Kimberley]

gk:robinson

rb: G. Neville
cb: J. Terry
cd: J. Carragher
ld: A. Cole

rm: S. wright-phillips
cm: S. Gerrard
cm: F. Lampard
lm: J. Cole

rf: P. Crouch
lf: M.Owen

subs:
Defoe
Ferdinand
King
Beckham
Jenas
Parker
James

[sunbeam]

Name me a team who wins without an anchor midfielder. You gotta have one.

This was Sven's problem. Gerrard or Lamps don't fit the position. No Rooney means we can pick a more balanced system of 4/1/4/1. All you need to decide is who plays as the anchor and whether it is Lamps or Gerrard who plays closer to Owen.

Robinson, Neville, Terry, Rio, Cole
Carrick or King
Becks, Lamps, Gerrard, Cole
Owen.

[Rich]

the worst thing about Rooney getting injured is having to play crouch!

Iv seen him a lot this season and altho I stuck up for him when he wasnt getting goals he single handedly ruins too many moves

[DaveE]

pantherrich said:

the worst thing about Rooney getting injured is having to play crouch!

Iv seen him a lot this season and altho I stuck up for him when he wasnt getting goals he single handedly ruins too many moves

Agreed.

My team would be:

GK - Paul Robinson

RB - Gary Neville
CB - Rio Ferdinand
CB - John Terry
LB - Ashley Cole

RM - David Beckham
CM - Frank Lampard
CM - Steven Gerrard *groans*
LM - Joe Cole

FW - Michael Owen
FW - Jermaine Defoe

Sub - David James
Sub - Ledley King
Sub - Jamie Carragher
Sub - Michael Carrick
Sub - Emile Heskey
Sub - Darren Bent

[Kimberley]

pantherrich said:

the worst thing about Rooney getting injured is having to play crouch!

Iv seen him a lot this season and altho I stuck up for him when he wasnt getting goals he single handedly ruins too many moves

Come on we already have a thread with this fight. Crouch is marmite we get that can we just let him settle the argument on the field.

[Rio]

GK-Paul Robinson

LB-Ashley Cole
RB-Gary Neville
CB-John Terry
CB-Rio Ferdinand

LM-Joe Cole
RM-David Beckham
CM-Steven Gerrard
CM-Frank Lampard

CF-Andy Johnson
CF-Michael Owen

SUBS
David James
Ledley King
Phil Neville
Jermaine Jenas
Aaron Lennon
Darren Bent
Jermain Defoe

[DaveE]

kimberley said:

pantherrich said:

the worst thing about Rooney getting injured is having to play crouch!

Iv seen him a lot this season and altho I stuck up for him when he wasnt getting goals he single handedly ruins too many moves

Come on we already have a thread with this fight. Crouch is marmite we get that can we just let him settle the argument on the field.

Don't like Marmite

[Adam]

I'd play a 4-4-2 Diamond...

GK Paul Robinson

LB Ashley Cole
RB Gary Neville
CB John Terry
CB Rio Ferdinand

LM Steven Gerrard
RM David Beckham
CM Joe Cole (Front of Diamond)
CM Frank Lampard (Back of Diamond)

CF James Beattie
CF Michael Owen

SUBS

David James
Jamie Carragher
Ledley King
Michael Carrick
Jermaine Jenas
Shaun Wright Phillips
Jermaine Defoe

[Drouin]

GK: Robinson

LB: A Cole
CD: Terry
CD: Campbell
RB: Carragher

LW: J Cole
CM: Gerrard
CM: Lampard
RW: Wright Phillips

CF: Owen
CF: Defoe

Subs:
James
Ferdinand
Carrick
Beckham
Crouch
G Neville
D Bent

[Alf Garnett]

Gk Robinson

LB Ash.Cole
CB Terry
CB Carragher
RB Neville

MF Beckham
MF Lampard
MF Gerrard
MF Wright - Phillips

FW Defoe
FW Ashton

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adam said:

I'd play a 4-4-2 Diamond...

GK Paul Robinson

LB Ashley Cole
RB Gary Neville
CB John Terry
CB Rio Ferdinand

LM Steven Gerrard
RM David Beckham
CM Joe Cole (Front of Diamond)
CM Frank Lampard (Back of Diamond)

CF James Beattie
CF Michael Owen

SUBS

David James
Jamie Carragher
Ledley King
Michael Carrick
Jermaine Jenas
Shaun Wright Phillips
Jermaine Defoe

You'd play Lampard as an anchor so he's furthest away from goal? There's no way that is going to happen.

In fact there is very little chance that Sven will pick 4/4/2. He hasn't done for 3 years so I don't see him doing it now. He likes somebody playing off Owen in the Sherringham/Beardsley role. 4/4/2 doesn't work for England so Defoe, Bent, Beattie, Johnson etc will not be partnering Owen even if Rooney is out.

[Rich]

adam said:

I'd play a 4-4-2 Diamond...

GK Paul Robinson

LB Ashley Cole
RB Gary Neville
CB John Terry
CB Rio Ferdinand

LM Steven Gerrard
RM David Beckham
CM Joe Cole (Front of Diamond)
CM Frank Lampard (Back of Diamond)

CF James Beattie
CF Michael Owen

SUBS

David James
Jamie Carragher
Ledley King
Michael Carrick
Jermaine Jenas
Shaun Wright Phillips
Jermaine Defoe

Agreed.
Sorry, i didnt read any Crouch threads, il shut up about him now.
I would say Beattie is the natural striker we need to partner Owen tho not Crotch

[NickThePanther44]

Robinson

A.Cole
Terry
Ferdinand
Neville

J.Cole
Gerrard
Lampard
Wright- Phillips

Owen
Bent

[newham]

We've not got many strikers, and we've got loads of midfielders fit. That instantly strikes me as a reason to play 4-5-1, why play with two strikers when one of them blatantly isn't good enough?

Robinson

Neville Terry Ferdinand/Carragher Cole

Beckham Gerrard Carrick Lampard Cole

I'd pick Bent or Marlon here, but i guess it has to be Crouch