Het Engeland Topic #1

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Op dinsdag 2 mei 2006 12:41 schreef Nywuob het volgende:

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Wat een onzin. Zonder Rooney heeft Engeland geen enkele creativiteit voorin. Echt een aderlating voor dat team. En dat halen van domme rode kaarten is ook allang achterhaald. Dat valt tegenwoordig heel erg mee.

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Op woensdag 3 mei 2006 22:50 schreef Erasmusch het volgende:
Ik zou m sowieso meenemen, desnoods voor de achtste finale. Die moet je toch ook wel kunnen halen zonder Rooney.

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Op woensdag 3 mei 2006 22:42 schreef tong80 het volgende:
Is zonde van zo'n voetballer.

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Op donderdag 4 mei 2006 18:06 schreef stevengerrard het volgende:
Met rooney erbij was Engeland mijn bewuste favoriet voor de titel...Nu moet Defoe, Crouch of D Bent naast Owen de goals maar maken.

Mijn opstelling voor de Titel:
Robinson

G neville Terry Carragher A. Cole

Beckham Lampard Carrick J Cole

Gerrard
Owen

Of Gerrard ipv Carrick en dan Crouch naast Owen voor de voorzetten van Beckham

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Op donderdag 4 mei 2006 18:54 schreef stevengerrard het volgende:
Ja op papier denk ik dat Engeland het meest uitgebalanceerde team heeft...Ook een team dat helaas net steeds niet de verwachtingen heeft waar kunnen maken...Of waarbij een Ster zich van de verkeerde kant liet zien...Beckham in de laatste jaren vooral...

Ik hoop echter niet dat Sven Carragher uit het centrum haalt voor z'n langzame klungel genaamd Campbell of Ferdinand die ook niet weten wat opbouwen is

* Dos37 ook weer eens is. Dit lijkt me het beste duo

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England to unveil World Cup squad

England coach Sven-Goran Eriksson will on Monday name a provisional squad to take to this summer's World Cup. The Swede will make his announcement at 1400 BST in London. Eriksson can take 23 men to Germany and is expected to name a squad comprising that number of players - with an extra three or four on a standby list. Strikers Wayne Rooney and Michael Owen will be included but doubts over their fitness could see a shock call-up for Arsenal's 17-year-old Theo Walcott.

England assistant coach Tord Grip told BBC Sport that the squad had not yet been finalised. Grip said he, Eriksson and goalkeeping coach Ray Clemence were due to meet at Soho Square at 1100 BST to confirm the squad, with coaches Sammy Lee and Steve McClaren, the future manager, joining in via telephone. Owen and Rooney are recovering from broken metatarsal injuries and Walcott has emerged as a surprise candidate as a possible replacement.

The teenager is likely to be placed on standby with reports that Eriksson has watched him during visits to the Arsenal training ground where the Swede also ran the rule over defenders Ashley Cole and Sol Campbell. Walcott has yet to make a first-team outing for the Gunners since his move to the club from Southampton in January but his cause has been championed by manager Arsene Wenger. "If Sven calls me to ask should he take Walcott, I would not stop him doing that," said Wenger. "Theo needs games at the moment but he has something very special. It would be a gamble, but he is an option."

Eriksson gave Rooney his England debut at 17, although he had played for former club Everton's first-team before becoming the country's youngest ever player. Manchester United forward Rooney's chances of being fit for the World Cup in Germany appear to be slim, despite the 20-year-old spending sessions in an oxygen chamber to improve his chances of recovering from a broken foot. United boss Sir Alex Ferguson is wary of Rooney being taken to the World Cup in the hope he will recover for the later stages and then being pressured into playing when not fully-fit.

"I think Wayne will be in the squad. I'd do the same if I was in Sven-Goran Eriksson's position," said Ferguson. "Wayne is showing a great determination to try to get ready for the World Cup. We know it is a forlorn hope but we will give it a try. "We will see how he gets on over the next few weeks. That's the important time for him."

Former England captain Bryan Robson has voiced his concerns about taking Rooney and told BBC Radio Four: "I think if he is not fit then what is the point of him going? "You have other squad players who you know will be champing at the bit to impress and improve themselves at international level.

"If Wayne Rooney is not fit then he should not go and should stay back in Manchester. "But I think the manager should give him every chance right up to the last minute before making his decision as to whether he goes or not."

Owen raised concerns over the state of his fitness when he was not included in Newcastle's squad for their final game of the season against Chelsea. He could now play a part in Alan Shearer's testimonial at St James' Park on Thursday as he bids to recover from his own foot injury.
"That will be left down to Michael completely now," said Newcastle caretaker-manager Glenn Roeder. "If between the medical team and Michael, they thought there was any mileage in giving him a short run-out, that would happen.

"But if they didn't, he wouldn't take part. Michael wasn't on the bench because, exactly how he was after the game against Birmingham, he wasn't 100% happy with it. "He's done some light training this week, but he's not 100% happy with it. "There's still a dull ache there. It's nothing serious and he hasn't needed to visit the surgeon or have any more scans or X-rays since Sunday, and it's just a question now of being more patient and building him up.

"I'm sure there still is time for the World Cup, but with this injury now as far as Michael is concerned, I think you will have to take a weekly view of it rather than making long-term statements that can make you end up looking silly."

Eriksson's squad may have major worries in the striking department but the rest of his squad appears mostly to be the players he has kept faith during his five-year reign. Central defender Ledley King is expected to be included, despite his foot injury, while the only other doubts are over whether he will include Aaron Lennon ahead of Shaun Wright-Phillips and Stewart Downing in place of Jermaine Jenas.

Probable squad: Robinson, James, Green; G Neville, King, Campbell, R Ferdinand, Terry, Carragher, A Cole, Bridge; Beckham, Wright-Phillips, Gerrard, Lampard, Carrick, J Cole, Downing; Rooney, Owen, Crouch, Defoe, Bent.

Stand-by: Carson, Hargreaves, Lennon, Walcott.