The Official 2010 FIFA World Cup

[Geoff Tipps]

anybody predict the 7 men Capello will leave out today.

Im going for :-

Upson
Warnock
Huddlestone
Johnson
Parker
Wright-Phillips
Heskey

Can't see him leaving Heskey at home. Think he'll have him instead of Bent and Warnock instead of Baines.

[Capt Pat]

What time is it being announced?

[Capt Pat]

Walcott and Bent are droped according to Sky sources. Walcott is fast but not a great player. Why did the Swede take him to the last world cup??? It shows what a bad decision that was.

[paco]

Heskey or Bent left out?

[Hoof Hearted]

 its looking like

Baines
Dawson
Parker
Huddlestone
Walcott
Bent
Johnson

Why oh why do so many managers rate Heskey. Even Martin O'Neill always plays him when he's fit, which isnt too often.
But i only got 3 out of 7 right so what do i know

[paco]

Adam Johnson's left out? Strange one. Can't understand how Carragher got in over Dawson either.

[TacadoirArdMhacha]

Upson was 5/6 to go earlier. Thought that might have been a decent bet. Apparently some journo has put a rumour on twitter that Dawson is going instead of King.

[Capt Pat]

Why did South Africa drop McCarthy? Are they blessed with star strikers?

[bingobus]

Why did South Africa drop McCarthy? Are they blessed with star strikers?

Because he is overweight and couldn't hit a barn door with a banjo. I'm guessing.

[BennyHarp]

I heard Sven has named Walcott in a shock call up for Ivory Coast

[mountainboii]

Adam Johnson's left out? Strange one. Can't understand how Carragher got in over Dawson either.

He can play RB.

[Billys Boots]

Adam Johnson's left out? Strange one. Can't understand how Carragher got in over Dawson either.

He can play RB badly.

Just fixed that for you.

[T O Hare]

England's 23-man squad for the World Cup finals:

Goalkeepers: Joe Hart (Manchester City), David James (Portsmouth), Robert Green (West Ham).

Defenders: Jamie Carragher (Liverpool), Ashley Cole (Chelsea), Rio Ferdinand (Manchester United), Glen Johnson (Liverpool), Ledley King (Tottenham), John Terry (Chelsea), Matthew Upson (West Ham), Stephen Warnock (Aston Villa).

Midfielders: Gareth Barry (Manchester City), Michael Carrick (Manchester United), Joe Cole (Chelsea), Steven Gerrard (Liverpool), Frank Lampard (Chelsea), Aaron Lennon (Tottenham), James Milner (Aston Villa), Shaun Wright-Phillips (Manchester City).

Forwards: Peter Crouch (Tottenham), Jermain Defoe (Tottenham), Emile Heskey (Aston Villa), Wayne Rooney (Manchester United).

[The Real Laoislad]

Looking at that squad its hard to see how England could win a World Cup...which is nice 

No World Class or even top class Goalkeepers IMO..

Carra is past his best,Rio is a donkey,Glen Johnson hasn't been fit for a lot of the season,King has two dodgy knees.
Upson and Warnock are decent players but thats about it.

Carrick  need I say anymore,Stevie G also had a poor season by his standards,I don't rate Wright Philips.

Hesky,Crouch and Defoe are decent players but not in the same league as Rooney,and he can't be expected to do it all on his own..


All in all apart from Terry,Cole,Lampard(oops I see a trend starting here)  Rooney,Gerrard if he gets his form back and maybe Milner I don't think England have much else for any team to be worried about..

[paco]

Darren Bent has to be raging, 20+ goals and he didn't make it. Enough has been said about Heskey but how many did Crouch score this season and how many games did he play, roughly?