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ENGLAND SQUAD ANNOUNCED: Poland and Montenegro

• ENGLAND SQUAD ANNOUNCED: Poland and Montenegro

• ENGLAND SQUAD ANNOUNCED: Poland and Montenegro

  StrumSolo > 03/10/2013, 14:22

  ...for the games against Poland and Montenegro.
  
  And here it is.
  
  Goalkeepers: Fraser Forster, Joe Hart, John Ruddy.
  Defenders: Leighton Baines, Gary Cahill, Ashley Cole, Phil Jagielka, Phil Jones, Chris Smalling, Kyle Walker
  Midfielders: Ross Barkley, Michael Carrick, Tom Cleverley, Steven Gerrard, Frank Lampard, James Milner, Andros Townsend, Jack Wilshere.
  Strikers: Jermain Defoe, Rickie Lambert, Wayne Rooney, Daniel Sturridge, Daniel Welbeck.
  
  No real surprises. Rooney's shin injury isn't serious and he should be fit to play both games. Theo Walcott and Glen Johnson are the only major absentees.
  
  Hodgson has named five strikers and Rickie Lambert retains his place after impressing on his two previous call-ups. Though with Rooney, Sturridge and Welbeck now available he might find opportunities more limited.
  
  So what are your thoughts on this? Anyone else you'd like to have seen involved?
  
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• RE: ENGLAND SQUAD ANNOUNCED

  carl1984 > 07/10/2013, 21:00

  Very little out there that should be involved really, Cole has been replaced by Gibbs so likely Baines will start, bit concerned about Cahill at the back, he was easily turned by Miller against Scotland and I am sure Montenegro have sharper strikers than him

• RE: ENGLAND SQUAD ANNOUNCED

  imrani > 07/10/2013, 23:31

  Oh that squad looks a bit light at the back in general. Too many full backs and not enough full time centre backs. I don't think they have many options with width either.

• RE: ENGLAND SQUAD ANNOUNCED

  StrumSolo > 08/10/2013, 10:46

  Just don't have the centre backs these days do we?
  
  I'd give Michael Dawson a go I think, the West Ham game aside, he's been decent this season (and for a few years really). Lescott would be there if he was playing more, has Caulker done enough at Cardiff?

• RE: ENGLAND SQUAD ANNOUNCED

  rustee1 > 10/10/2013, 20:15

  i think dawson is a bit overrated and not good enough to be a starter for spurs. he is very slow and can get caught out very easily in home games when his team are more attacking and playing a higher line.

• RE: ENGLAND SQUAD ANNOUNCED

  carl1984 > 10/10/2013, 20:49

  Too many poor players at the back, Jagielka and Baines are good but Cahill is flat footed, Walker has been appalling the past 12 months, guarantee Milner will start tomorrow #boring

• RE: ENGLAND SQUAD ANNOUNCED

  rustee1 > 11/10/2013, 15:39

  i'm more worried about the lack of creativity and goals up front. they should be enough for this week, but come the summer it will be the attacking side of our game that will let us down more.
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