[TroyPimbley]

I know there might be a thread for this already, but if you were England manager, who would you choose to take to the Euro Finals;
(Starting XI + 7 Subs)

GK
Hart
Foster
Carson

DEF
R Ferdinand
Terry
Baines
A Cole
P Jones
G Cahill

MID
A Young
A Lennon
S Parker
S Gerrard
F Lampard
A Johnson

STR
D Welbeck
D Sturridge
J Defoe

[ayrshire ace]

I'm not English but here goes.

GK:

Joe Hart
Ben Foster
Ben Amos

Def:
John Terry
Jolean Lescott
Gary Cahill
Leighton Baines
Ashley Cole
Glen Johnson

Mid:
Ashley Young
Aaron Lennon
Theo Walcott
Frank Lampard
Steven Gerrard
Scott Parker

Forwards:

Wayne Rooney
Gary Hooper
Daniel Sturridge

[Luhar]

GK
Hart
Foster
Ruddy

DEF
Lescott
Terry
Baines
A Cole
G Cahill
Richards

MID
A Young
Lampard
Parker
Gerrard
A Johnson
Walcott

STR
Welbeck
Sturridge
Rooney

[Zyyz]

(Original post by TroyPimbley)
I know there might be a thread for this already, but if you were England manager, who would you choose to take to the Euro Finals;
(Starting XI + 7 Subs)

GK
Hart
Foster
Carson

DEF
R Ferdinand
Terry
Baines
A Cole
P Jones
G Cahill

MID
A Young
A Lennon
S Parker
S Gerrard
F Lampard
A Johnson

STR
D Welbeck
D Sturridge
J Defoe

Lol, you wouldn't take our best player?

GK
Hart
Foster
Amos

DEF
R Ferdinand
Terry
lescott
A Cole
Kyle Walker
G Cahill

MID
A Young
Walcott
S Parker
S Gerrard
F Lampard
A Johnson

STR
D Welbeck over sturridge, better in Europe
Defoe
Rooney

[TroyPimbley]

(Original post by Zyyz)
Lol, you wouldn't take our best player?

GK
Hart
Foster
Amos

DEF
R Ferdinand
Terry
lescott
A Cole
Kyle Walker
G Cahill

MID
A Young
Walcott
S Parker
S Gerrard
F Lampard
A Johnson

STR
D Welbeck over sturridge, better in Europe
Defoe
Rooney

With Rooney out of the first two games, I would suggest he play in the Olympics lol

[Zyyz]

(Original post by TroyPimbley)
With Rooney out of the first two games, I would suggest he play in the Olympics lol

I suppose lol, but I think it would be a mistake not to take him, especially if we get out of the groups. Plus if defoe or welbeck got injured you could shove walcott up there

I'd even be inclined to take crouch as well he's awsome for england

[rickjames]

(Original post by Zyyz)
Lol, you wouldn't take our best player?

GK
Hart
Foster
Amos

DEF
R Ferdinand
Terry
lescott
A Cole
Kyle Walker
G Cahill

MID
A Young
Walcott
S Parker
S Gerrard
F Lampard
A Johnson

STR
D Welbeck over sturridge, better in Europe
Defoe
Rooney

And you wouldn't take Carrick!?

[Wawasan]

GK:
Hart
Foster
Carson

DF:
G.Johnson
Cahill
Terry
Cole
P.Jones
Lescott

MF:
Johnson
Gerrard
Lampard
Young
Lennon
Parker

ST:
Rooney
Defoe
Sturridge

[reuben99]

With Rooney out of the first two games, I would suggest he play in the Olympics lol

[postman pat]

After some thinking here is my updated squad taking injuries into account:

Gk
Joe Hart (Man City)
John Ruddy (Norwich)
Rob Green (West Ham)

Def
Micah Richards (Man City)
Glen Johnson (Liverpool)
John Terry (Chelsea)
Gary Cahill (Chelsea)
Joeleon Lescott (Man City)
Phil Jones (Man Utd)
Ashley Cole (Chelsea)
Leighton Baines (Everton)

Mid
Steven Gerrard (Liverpool)
Scot Parker (Tottenham)
Frank Lampard (Chelsea)
Gareth Barry (Man City)
Theo Walcott (Arsenal)
Ashley Young (Man Utd)
James Milner (Man City)
Alex Oxlade-Chamberlain (Arsenal)

Fwds
Wayne Rooney (Man Utd)
Danny Welbeck (Man Utd)
Daniel Sturridge (Chelsea)
Jermaine Defoe (Tottenham)

Starting Line up 4-4-2 Diamond

Hart

Richards
Terry
Cahill
Cole

Parker
Walcott
Young
Gerrard

Rooney
Welbeck

[MittenRef]

(Original post by postman pat)
If England play 4-3-3 like they should:

GK
Hart
Foster
Green

Def
Walker
Richards
Terry
Cahill
Lescott
Jagielka
Cole
Baines

Mids
Wilshere
Parker
Lampard
Gerrard
Milner
Barry

Wingers
Walcott
Young
Johnson
Sturridge (Also good back up for Striker)

Strikers
Rooney
Welbeck

Starting Lineup:
Hart

Richards
Terry
Cahill
Cole

Parker
Wilshere
Lampad

Walcott
Rooney
Young

What about for the first 2 games when Rooney is suspended?

And also, (I saw one post above that mentioned him), but I'm AMAZED none of the pundits have even considered Ruddy as Hart's backup. He's been fantastic at Carrow Road this season!

[ROYP]

^I've seen Ruddy on Football Focus and Sky Sports News in the last 2 days talking about England so I'd say he hasn't gone unnoticed

Starting XI (with Rooney)

Hart
Richards, Terry, Ferdinand, Cole
Lampard, Carrick
Sturridge -----------------Young

Gerrard
Rooney

[jhuntley93]

gonna put a name out in the open, no one will even give a chance

GARY HOOPER

i reckon he is worth a try atlest. i know the spl is **** but to score 5 in 1 game takes talent

[Playa4Real007]

Ideal lineup for Euros

Hart in goal

Cole
Ferdinand or Terry (one of the two)
Richards
Walker

CM's
Gerrard
Parker

Advanced wingers:

Young
Walcott

Rooney just behind Welbeck

[Adman32]

GK
Joe Hart
Rob Green
Ben Foster (would have preffered David James or Paul Robinson)

DF:
Ashley Cole
Micah Richards
John Terry
Glen Johnson
Gary Cahill
Joleon Lescott
Leighton Baines
Phil Jones

MF:
Frank Lampard
Steven Gerrard
Paul Scholes (hoping he makes the squad)
Theo Walcott
Gareth Barry
Ashley Young
Aaron Lennon
Scott Parker

S:
Wayne Rooney
No really great strikers after him but:
Peter Crouch (not my favourite player, but proven at international level)
Jermaine Defoe
Danny Welbeck

[Gary Barlow]

Gutted that Scholes isn't in the squad. Is he still retired from International football?

[JCotterill]

(Original post by Gary Barlow)
Gutted that Scholes isn't in the squad. Is he still retired from International football?

Yeah.

[Jim-Jam]

To the OP...

You'd take Ben Foster even though he's retired? Good luck with that. And you haven't even included a right back?!

And is it just me who thinks Scholes can **** off? He retired from England when he was still doing his best for club. He turned down a chance to return at the World Cup in 2012 too, so he can get stuffed.

[py0alb]

I don't really see the point of taking another **** squad full of the same old faces who have been there and failed miserably time and time again. Just grow some balls and throw the kids in, its not like they could do any worse.

The old, slow, tired, jaded, overpaid bunch of useless ***** we're taking will be lucky to scrape out of the group, and certainly won't get further than the quarters.