World Cup 2018

PostRe: World Cup 2018 by **Moggy** » Wed May 16, 2018 2:07 pm

Photek wrote:
Moggy wrote:
Photek wrote:Triggered AF.

I'm not the one sending PMs crying for the other one to stop.

Asked you to take a break.

And yet you keep posting at me. And then cry when I respond in kind.

:simper:

PostRe: World Cup 2018 by **Drumstick** » Wed May 16, 2018 2:21 pm

How does Welbeck get into the squad.

Also, knew I should have waited for the official confirmation on Cahill.

PostRe: World Cup 2018 by **Preezy** » Wed May 16, 2018 2:23 pm

The state of that midfield, makes me pine for the Golden Generation™

PostRe: World Cup 2018 by **Ploiper** » Wed May 16, 2018 2:27 pm

don't know how Rose has got into the squad, that one baffles me.

PostRe: World Cup 2018 by **Preezy** » Wed May 16, 2018 2:30 pm

PsychicSykes wrote:Goalkeepers: Jordan Pickford (Everton), Jack Butland (Stoke), Nick Pope (Burnley)

Defenders: Trent Alexander-Arnold (Liverpool), Kyle Walker, Kieran Trippier, Danny Rose (all Tottenham), Harry Maguire (Leicester), Phil Jones (Man Utd), John Stones (Man City), Gary Cahill (Chelsea)

Midfielder: Jordan Henderson, (Liverpool), Eric Dier, Dele Alli (both Tottenham), Jesse Lingard, Ashley Young (both Man Utd), Fabian Delph (Man City), Ruben Loftus-Cheek (Chelsea),

Forwards: Raheem Sterling (Man City), Jamie Vardy (Leicester), Harry Kane (Tottenham), Marcus Rashford (Man Utd), Danny Welbeck (Arsenal).

Quoted for new page so we can all marvel at the awesome mediocrity.

PostRe: World Cup 2018 by **BTB** » Wed May 16, 2018 2:32 pm

No Jonjo Shelvey :cry:

But that does seem like a lot of fullbacks/wing backs no?

PostRe: World Cup 2018 by **Drumstick** » Wed May 16, 2018 2:32 pm

I see full-back Ashley Young been shrewdly listed in the midfielders section in a cunning yet obvious attempt to make the squad seem stronger.

PostRe: World Cup 2018 by **Mafro** » Wed May 16, 2018 2:35 pm

Fuming Wilshere hasn’t been called up. Not even on the standby list.

PostRe: World Cup 2018 by **darksideby182** » Wed May 16, 2018 2:35 pm

Think the squad looks alright, lets be honest its not gonna get much better as players who are not in the squad haven't been great or played enough for their club.

PostRe: World Cup 2018 by **Blue Eyes** » Wed May 16, 2018 2:40 pm

Can't be having too many complaints about that squad to be fair. I love that Heaton is on standby instead of Hart despite not playing all season lol.

PostRe: World Cup 2018 by **Preezy** » Wed May 16, 2018 2:41 pm

Mafro wrote:Fuming Wilshere hasn’t been called up. Not even on the standby list.

England's best player, FACT

PostRe: World Cup 2018 by **Benzin** » Wed May 16, 2018 2:50 pm

Guess would be:

Pickford

Walker- Cahill - Stones

Trippier - Dier - Henderson - Rose

Sterling - Kane - Vardy

Though replace Henderson with Alli and it doesn't actually look all that bad?

PostRe: World Cup 2018 by **Blue Eyes** » Wed May 16, 2018 2:54 pm

I hope we don't play no Dier in midfield against Tunisia or Panama.

Should go mental in those games:

Pickford

Walker - Stones - Cahill

Trippier - Alli - Henderson - Rose

Sterling - Kane - Rashford

PostRe: World Cup 2018 by **Rex Kramer** » Wed May 16, 2018 2:59 pm

I don't see what else Southgate had to work with aside from the players he's called up. I'd have probably taken Lallana ahead of Wellbeck. All looks very workmanlike though, no player who really fires the imagination.

PostRe: World Cup 2018 by **Preezy** » Wed May 16, 2018 3:12 pm

Preezy wrote:“And Jake Livermore lifts the famous trophy aloft, man of the match in the final”

#believe

Hopes dashed :cry:

PostRe: World Cup 2018 by **Moggy** » Wed May 16, 2018 3:42 pm

It’s probably just because I am old and bitter, but that squad just doesn’t seem to be as full of “stars” as England squads used to. Gazza and Lineker, Shearer and Sheringham, Beckham and Owen, Gerrard and Lampa….well ok maybe it is a good thing that they are not as overhyped as they used to be.

Still, I can’t picture any of those players lifting the World Cup in the way that I used to be able to picture Beckham doing it.

NickSCFC · PostRe: World Cup 2018 by **NickSCFC** » Wed May 16, 2018 3:52 pm

Blue Eyes wrote:I hope we don't play no Dier in midfield against Tunisia or Panama.

Should go mental in those games:

Pickford

Walker - Stones - Cahill

Trippier - Alli - Henderson - Rose

Sterling - Kane - Rashford

That's probably the best we can do now but Harry Kane is the only world class player there, expect us to go out in the first knockout round.

Edit: We'd be against the winner of group H which looks pretty average too.

NickSCFC · PostRe: World Cup 2018 by **NickSCFC** » Wed May 16, 2018 3:55 pm

Moggy wrote:It’s probably just because I am old and bitter, but that squad just doesn’t seem to be as full of “stars” as England squads used to. Gazza and Lineker, Shearer and Sheringham, Beckham and Owen, Gerrard and Lampa….well ok maybe it is a good thing that they are not as overhyped as they used to be.

Still, I can’t picture any of those players lifting the World Cup in the way that I used to be able to picture Beckham doing it.

It's a sorry state of affairs compared to the teams we had in 1986, 1990, 1998, 2002 and 2006.

Possible worse than the team that got knocked out of the Euros by Iceland too.

PostRe: World Cup 2018 by **Moggy** » Wed May 16, 2018 3:58 pm

NickSCFC wrote:
Moggy wrote:It’s probably just because I am old and bitter, but that squad just doesn’t seem to be as full of “stars” as England squads used to. Gazza and Lineker, Shearer and Sheringham, Beckham and Owen, Gerrard and Lampa….well ok maybe it is a good thing that they are not as overhyped as they used to be.

Still, I can’t picture any of those players lifting the World Cup in the way that I used to be able to picture Beckham doing it.

It's a sorry state of affairs compared to the teams we had in 1986, 1990, 1998, 2002 and 2006.

Possible worse than the team that got knocked out of the Euros by Iceland too.

I don’t really remember 1986, but I agree on the others. Things just seemed so much more exciting then.

But I accept that it is probably just my age. 2010 kind of killed off England for me, after that I just feel apathetic towards them.

PostRe: World Cup 2018 by **DML** » Wed May 16, 2018 4:02 pm

Ultimately as I have said before, its up to the England team themselves to recapture that excitement. They havent suprised a single team at a major tournament in 20+ years.

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