If he's fit he'll definitely go. Gomez has played about 3 minutes of football. The rest are inexperienced. They'll probably start without a striker on the pitch though.
Anyone know if Defoe is going to be on the English team?
I'm hoping the fact that he went to the MLS keeps him off the team (he plays for my hometown team Toronto, and yes I know MLS is LOLworthy compared to European leagues)
I'm 99% certain he won't be in the 23-man squad, barring a horrific injury crisis.
Welbeck, Sturridge, Rooney (if you count him as a 'striker') and probably even Lambert are all well ahead of him in the packing order at the minute, no way we're taking more than 4 forwards especially with the formation that Roy plays. Even if one of them gets injured he'll still probably take someone like Rodriguez or Barkley or Chamberlain who missed out originally in their place.
Barkley will go. There is absolutely no way he'll get left behind.
Taking 3 keepers and 8 defenders leaves space for 12 forwards/midfielders. Gerrard, Wilshere, Henderson, Ox, Sterling, Rooney, Sturridge, and Welbeck are all pretty much certainties, which leaves space for 4 others from the pool of Barkley, Lallana, Carrick, Cleverley, Lambert and Milner (may have forgot some but those are the main candidates). I can't see any combination of those players that doesn't result in Barkley getting picked. The likely scenario is widespread riots if both Carrick and Cleverley end up going ahead of Barkley.
Wouldn't be shocked if Barkley doesn't go. If we play a CAM them maybe he has a better shot but Lallana will be ahead of him and will he sacrifice a CM in favour of him. Based on past squads he'll have 4 traditional CMs and 4 wingers that can play inside along with Rooney as one of the strikers who can play the CAM position. I'd say Lallana, Sterling and Milner are certs for the other 4 Midfield spots so maybe there's one left for him but I can see him taking a more traditional winger over him. If he's in the squad he won't play anyway. Ah shit of course Woy's face Ox will go ahead of him. Yeah Barkley isn't going ahead of either of them 4 and he'll take 4 traditional strikers and 4 traditional CMs.
May as well but this is what I THINK the squad will be. What it SHOULD be is much different.
Hart
Who
Cares
Johnson
Walker
Cahill
Jagielka
Smalling
Jones
Baines
Cole
Well there's no point to a lot of the likely picks. Jones and Smalling aren't great at RB anyway but they're still better than Walker. If a 2nd RB goes it should be Clyne but that won't happen. Hodgson is too much of a creature of habit and a traditionalist.
See now i'd say that coming off the bench Lambert would still be the more rounded person to work with in order to generate something out of nothing.
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