30 Man England Squad...

[Ginger Ninja]

the 7 i would cut:

upson
huddlestone
warnock
heskey
wright phillips
king
carrick

[Goddard]

assuming all fit, i would wager a sizeable sum on the following starting XI against USA

James
Cole
Terry
Rio
Johnson
Gerrard
Barry
Lampard
Walcott
Heskey
Rooney

I'd take you up on that bet!

Only because Lennon would start ahead of Walcott.
Apart from that, I think you might be right.

Personally would have Crouch over Heskey, but I'm not Fablaaah.

[BennyBoyRs]

These are the 23 who should make the final squad I reckon

Goalkeepers
Joe Hart, David James, Robert Green

Defenders
Leighton Baines, Jamie Carragher, Ashley Cole, Rio Ferdinand, Glen Johnson, Ledley King, John Terry

Midfielders
Gareth Barry (Parker), Michael Carrick, Joe Cole, Steven Gerrard, Adam Johnson, Frank Lampard, Aaron Lennon, James Milner, Theo Walcott

Forwards
Darren Bent, Peter Crouch, Jermain Defoe, Wayne Rooney

I'd have Dawson in for Carragher and drop Walcott to keep a better option (Parker)

[luke_qpr832]

i think heskey is kep to the way england play.not the best of players ill admit that but leads the line well.holds the ball up and wins his majority of headers.crouch does the same but referees always pick him out cos of his height so gives away to many free kicks

[Jeff]

Lennon vs Walcott is the *one* position that i am not sure of. personally, I think that Lennon should probably start, but Capello does like what he sees in Walcott.

i'd start Heskey every time, purely because his inclusion improves everyone around him.

Crouch has a very impressive scoring record granted, but, and this is a horrible cliche, i'd keep him on the bench for "nuisance value" or "plan B" if you will.

willing to bet a fiver or a pint that, injury permitting, i've got 10 of the starting XI right.

[Goddard]

Lennon vs Walcott is the *one* position that i am not sure of. personally, I think that Lennon should probably start, but Capello does like what he sees in Walcott.

i'd start Heskey every time, purely because his inclusion improves everyone around him.

Crouch has a very impressive scoring record granted, but, and this is a horrible cliche, i'd keep him on the bench for "nuisance value" or "plan B" if you will.

willing to bet a fiver or a pint that, injury permitting, i've got 10 of the starting XI right.

No.
Because I think you have.

[hoaresta]

Has anyone heard the rumour about Paul Scholes coming out of retirement?? He is nailed on to be in the 30 man squad!!!

[stanistheman]

Carragher should never play for England again after giving his comp tickets to his dad who is a tout and how the hell does Heskey get in the squad ahead of Zamora??

He should never play for England after writing in his book that losing out on penalties would hurt even more had it been with Liverpool.

And I totally agree about Heskey & Zamora.

Heskey wins headers and works for his team, but so does Zamora. However, Zamora is capable of hitting a cow's #### with a banjo, Heskey isn't.

I am relieved to see that Dawson & Huddlestone are included and Hargreaves isn't, the latter, has barely kicked a football this season.

[Jeff]

[QUOTE=stanistheman;355729]
Heskey wins headers and works for his team, but so does Zamora. However, Zamora is capable of hitting a cow's #### with a banjo, Heskey isn't.
[QUOTE]

Capello has empirical evidence that the inclusion of Heskey has a dramatic positive effect on the overall play of the England team. he's played Heskey and Rooney for the ENTIRE qualifying campaign, to great effect.

i seriouslt don't see Capello changing a clearly winning formula a month before the world cup...

[luke_qpr832]

Has anyone heard the rumour about Paul Scholes coming out of retirement?? He is nailed on to be in the 30 man squad!!!

not in the squad mate

[Nik29]

Green, James, Hart, Terry, Carragher, Ferdinand, Baines, A Cole, King, G Johnson, Gerrard, Lampard, Barry, Lennon, Carrick, A Johnson, Milner, J Cole, Rooney, Bent, Crouch, Defoe, Walcott.

[luke_qpr832]

heskey for me over zamora any day of the week.although heskey doesnt score much he does a great job for england and proved that during the qualifying.gets to much criticism IMO all the squad always say how much of an unsung hero heskey is and love having him in the team

[stanistheman]

Lennon vs Walcott is the *one* position that i am not sure of. personally, I think that Lennon should probably start, but Capello does like what he sees in Walcott.

i'd start Heskey every time, purely because his inclusion improves everyone around him.

Crouch has a very impressive scoring record granted, but, and this is a horrible cliche, i'd keep him on the bench for "nuisance value" or "plan B" if you will.

willing to bet a fiver or a pint that, injury permitting, i've got 10 of the starting XI right.

I'd start with Crouch.

Heskey also concedes free kicks. Remember the one against France that cost England so heavily in Euro 2004? He'd ony been on the pitch for about a minute when he came back to help the defence and clumsily bundled over a player on the edge of the box.

Crouch has proven time and again that he not only scores goals for England, but wins headers and can hold onto the ball to bring others into play.

[WeAreQPR12]

Heskey makes the squad and in fact the starting line up by virtue of being the fulcrum of the team that all other players operate under.

he's never going to score the goals to win us the world cup, but his workrate up front means that the players operating under him (not only Rooney, but Lampard, Gerrard et al) all operate better when Heskey is playing.

Post of the day! Isleworth has lost it and has also only picked 1 target man in crouch. Rooney is englands main man and for that reason Heskey has to start!

He also brings our world class players lampard and gerrard into the game. Does the donkey work that QPR as well as england have been crying out for.

[hermitage10]

9 of the starting line up are secure in my view, only Rooneys strike partner and right mid are up for debate. Personally I would go with Crouch, i think he is quality and his scoring record is awesome. Lennon on the right because walcott is a better option off the bench and lennon has started regularly under capello