The Official England Thread-The Team We All Support [Vol 2]

[RichB]

316Mining said:

England won a trophy just a few years ago. Unless you are under 15 years old you've already seen them win.

Shearer, Sheringham, Seaman, Scholes... etc. but go on then I'm stumped, What trophy is this?

[nw28840]

TerryThomas already mentioned "Le Tournoi"

Famous for 'that' Roberto Carlos free-kick.........

[Murph7355]

RichB said:

hearer, Sheringham, Seaman, Scholes... etc. but go on then I'm stumped, What trophy is this?

I looked it up having been corrected.

A 4 team (France, Italy, Brazil and England) pre-98 World Cup warm up.

That era of England team should probably have won more proper trophies...

[fathomfive]

Klinsmann just became available...

[Fittster]

Goalkeepers: Fraser Forster (Southampton), Joe Hart (Torino, on loan from Man City), Tom Heaton (Burnley).

Defenders: Ryan Bertrand (Southampton), Gary Cahill (Chelsea), Nathaniel Clyne (Liverpool), Phil Jones (Man Utd), Michael Keane (Burnley), Luke Shaw (Man Utd), Chris Smalling (Man Utd), John Stones (Man City), Kyle Walker (Tottenham).

Midfielders: Dele Alli (Tottenham), Michail Antonio (West Ham), Ross Barkley (Everton), Eric Dier (Tottenham), Adam Lallana (Liverpool), Jesse Lingard (Man Utd), Jake Livermore (West Brom), Alex Oxlade-Chamberlain (Arsenal), Nathan Redmond (Southampton), Raheem Sterling (Man City), James Ward-Prowse (Southampton).

Strikers: Jermain Defoe (Sunderland), Marcus Rashford (Man Utd), Jamie Vardy (Leicester).


Not an impressive squad of players.

[mickk]

Just three strikers?

[alfie2244]

3 similar strikers, no target man options and 11 midfielders.

[Challo]

Fittster said:

Goalkeepers: Fraser Forster (Southampton), Joe Hart (Torino, on loan from Man City), Tom Heaton (Burnley).

Defenders: Ryan Bertrand (Southampton), Gary Cahill (Chelsea), Nathaniel Clyne (Liverpool), Phil Jones (Man Utd), Michael Keane (Burnley), Luke Shaw (Man Utd), Chris Smalling (Man Utd), John Stones (Man City), Kyle Walker (Tottenham).

Midfielders: Dele Alli (Tottenham), Michail Antonio (West Ham), Ross Barkley (Everton), Eric Dier (Tottenham), Adam Lallana (Liverpool), Jesse Lingard (Man Utd), Jake Livermore (West Brom), Alex Oxlade-Chamberlain (Arsenal), Nathan Redmond (Southampton), Raheem Sterling (Man City), James Ward-Prowse (Southampton).

Strikers: Jermain Defoe (Sunderland), Marcus Rashford (Man Utd), Jamie Vardy (Leicester).


Not an impressive squad of players.

Just shows how very average our team looks.

[Mothersruin]

Challo said:

Fittster said:

Goalkeepers: Fraser Forster (Southampton), Joe Hart (Torino, on loan from Man City), Tom Heaton (Burnley).

Defenders: Ryan Bertrand (Southampton), Gary Cahill (Chelsea), Nathaniel Clyne (Liverpool), Phil Jones (Man Utd), Michael Keane (Burnley), Luke Shaw (Man Utd), Chris Smalling (Man Utd), John Stones (Man City), Kyle Walker (Tottenham).

Midfielders: Dele Alli (Tottenham), Michail Antonio (West Ham), Ross Barkley (Everton), Eric Dier (Tottenham), Adam Lallana (Liverpool), Jesse Lingard (Man Utd), Jake Livermore (West Brom), Alex Oxlade-Chamberlain (Arsenal), Nathan Redmond (Southampton), Raheem Sterling (Man City), James Ward-Prowse (Southampton).

Strikers: Jermain Defoe (Sunderland), Marcus Rashford (Man Utd), Jamie Vardy (Leicester).

I dunno, there's mediocracy in depth there.
Not an impressive squad of players.

Just shows how very average our team looks.

[M3ax]

I see these comments every time a team sheet gets published. What are the alternatives? Just asking as I have no idea.

[epom]

Is Roy still in charge?

[TwigtheWonderkid]

M3ax said:

I see these comments every time a team sheet gets published. What are the alternatives? Just asking as I have no idea.

I'm not saying it's wrong, just average. He only has mediocrity to choose from. There are no world class English players currently. When we won the world cup we had 3. Most of the time since then we've had none, occasionally 1.

[PurpleAki]

Did Southgate get the job permanently or is he still interim manager? Honestly can't remember.

[TwigtheWonderkid]

PurpleAki said:

Did Southgate get the job permanently or is he still interim manager? Honestly can't remember.

He's permanent, well until we fail to get out of the group in Russia.

[PurpleAki]

Cheers.

It's indicative of how little the national team means to me these days, that I didn't know the answer.

Edited by PurpleAki on Thursday 16th March 20:27

[Fittster]

M3ax said:

I see these comments every time a team sheet gets published. What are the alternatives? Just asking as I have no idea.

Is Jack Livermore really a better bet than Tom Carroll or Jack Wilshere?

[M3ax]

TwigtheWonderkid said:

M3ax said:

I see these comments every time a team sheet gets published. What are the alternatives? Just asking as I have no idea.

I'm not saying it's wrong, just average. He only has mediocrity to choose from. There are no world class English players currently. When we won the world cup we had 3. Most of the time since then we've had none, occasionally 1.

But why is that? There are so many kids playing/being coached in England, what's going wrong? Why are other countries producing better talent? My son just started playing this year and there are some in his group that seem to have great natural talent. What happens to them? I arrived here in 2000. I have no clue about the game but all I have experienced is people talking about the England team "under performing ". Surely 17 years is long enough to identify what's wrong.
Just to add, I'm not English but would dearly love the English team show something in major tournaments!

[RichB]

TwigtheWonderkid said:

...When we won the world cup we had 3 <world class players>...

Moore, Charlton & Banks?

[Adam B]

Yep, time we stopped talking about "under-performing" and accept this is our level. The media might then stop blowing hot air up our arses and we could enjoy tournaments more with realistic expectations.

Yes it is good stuff

[hornetrider]

Bang average.