What would be a great formation for the England squad?
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Four-four two\n\nRobinson\n\nRichards, Ferdinand, Terry (C), A. Cole,\n\nLennon, Gerrard, Hargreaves, J. Cole,\n\nRooney, Owen\n\nLampard is good but not as good as Gerrard. They can't play together, one has to go. Hargreaves sits back to allow Gerrard the freedom to roam - bringing the best out in him and helping to link with Rooney, a striker who likes dropping deep.\n\nThe midfield is balanced width-wise as well - Lennon hugs the touchline and links nicely with the uber-athletic Micah Richards, and will take people on whilst Joe Cole on the left will dip infield when given the chance (the midfield is anchored around Hargreaves). Two pacey fullbacks who get up and down the pitch are an asset to any team.
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I wish there was a way to accommodate both of them, but their roles are quite similar and they both can be effective...maybe if England play a 4-5-1 formation, and Carrick comes in as the holding midfielder. both gerrard and lampard can then have attacking roles.
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I played 7-a side tournament and my advice would be play a formation that suits your team strengths, if you have 2 good strikers + 2 average defenders then put an extra defender in the back and drop your second best striker to mid-field playing a 1-1-3 formation in other words 1 forward+ 1 mid-field+ 3 defenders+ goalkeeper= 6 players, you can adopt this system to your strong points and strenght'en your weak points, identify both weak+ strong put it down on paper and now apply your best formation possible. I hope this will help you in choosing your strongest team ,good luck DKENGJW!!!
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Assuming Rooney won't be fit enough to be in the starting XI  :-(\n\n..............Robinson...........\nNeville..Terry...Ferdinand.A Cole\n............Carrick\nBeckham...................J Cole\n........Lampard....Gerrard\n...............Owen\n\nCrouch and hopefully Rooney available as 'impact subs' to come on the last 20-30 mins
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The new talents I could come out with are:\nGK: Michael Rensing (Bayern Munich)\nDefenders: Fabio Grosso (Inter Milan) - Anton Ferdinand (West Ham) - Sergio Ramos (Real Madrid) - Emmanuel Eboue (Arsenal)\nMidfielders: Aaron Lennon (Tottenham) - Kim Kallstrom (Lyon) - Tiago (Lyon) - Francesc fabregas (Arsenal)\nStrikers: Lionel Messi (Barcelona) - Theo Walcott (Arsenal)\n\nOnly one who is not young here is Fabio Grosso, but he bloomed late. Else, I would put Ivory Coast's Arthur Boka in his place. Alternatively, I would also choose Niko Kranjcar, Francois Clerc, Yohan Gourcuff, Stewart Downing, Sergio Aguero, Javier Mascherano.
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If rooney is 100% fit, lampard continues with his form, john terry awesome defending, crouch capitalizes on his chances, gerrard commanding the midfield, becks with his free kicks...\n\nnot sure what your question is, but that's my assessment of england....
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England will win their group most certainly.  I think whoever steps in for Rooney (i.e. Darren Bent, Crouch, Defoe, or even Joe Cole) could step in for him admirably.  He is a great player, but his absence should make the players still around play that much harder!  Keep in mind they have Owen, Gerrard, Lampard, and Joe Cole, guys who never seem to have a hard time finding the net when it is necessary!  I think they will get to at least the quarterfinals, but I am pulling for them to go all the way.
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Gk - Gordon Banks (England)\nD - Cafu (Brazil)\nD - Bobby Moore (England)\nD - Jaap Stam (Holland)\nD - Paolo Maldini (Italy)\nM - Dunga (Brazil)\nM - Ronaldinho (Brazil)\nM - Revilinho (Brazil)\nM - Marco Van Basten (Holland)\nSt - PELE (Brazil)\nSt - Jurgen Klinsman (Germany)\n Try and stop this team. COME ON BRASIL!!
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With Rooney - the best player in the World - supporting Owen - hugely experienced, world-class striker - England have the best strikers in the tournament.\n\nEngland also have a great midfield, with players like Beckham, Lampard, Gerrard, Joe Cole, Downing, and King to choose from.\n\nIn defence, there surely cannot be a better choice of centre-backs than Ferdinand, Terry, Campbell and Carragher.\n\nAt full back, England have the brilliant Ashley Cole, hugely experienced Gary Neville and the superb Luke Young.\n\nAnd, in goal, Paul Robinson is proviing to be amongst the top goalkeepers in the world.\n\nAdd to this list names like Darren Bent, Wayne Bridge, Peter Crouch and Bryan Hughes, and you can see why England's supporters are expecting their team to win.\n\nCome on, England!
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Play 5 across the midfield - Carrick in a central holding role, as he is good at nicking the ball off other players (rather than crunching tackles) and has great vision and passing ability, you could then play both Gerrard and Lampard along side him, which would allow both to make the forward runs that they like, on the left Joe Cole deserves to keep his place, but drop Beckham and replace him with Lennon.  Ecuador have played nice football but both wins against ordinary teams, so a good opportunity to change the formation and gain experience with that new system - this is our last chance to get the team formation right or we will crash out at the next round (assuming we beat Ecuador of course)
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4-1-3-2 ARE THE BEST WAY TO UTILISE SISSOKO AND GERRARD AND YOU CAN USE LIVERPOOLS QUALITY WINGERS. KUYT AND BELLAMY ARE THE BETTER PARTNERSHIP, IF LOOKING TO SIGN A STRIKER USE RAFAEL SOBIS FROM REAL BETIS
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i think sven should keep owen and crouch up front but have rooney in attacking centre mid so he can support owen and crouch but also help the defense.
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I pretty much agree with your line up, but if Beckhams having a slow game, sub him off for Lennon.\n\nWould be nice to see Carrick play, but Sven's in love with the usless Hargreaves
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GK - Dida (Brasil)\n\nD - Roberto Carlos (Brasil), William Gallas (France), Ashley Cole (Eng)\n\nM - Kaka (Brasil), Ronaldinho (Brasil), Zidane (France), Ribbery (France), Michael Ballack (Ger) \n\nF- Henry (France), Rooney (Eng)\n\nBench- Hernan Crespo (Arg), Beckham (Eng), Klose (Ger), Deco (Port)
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players- zizou, thierry, luiz ronaldo, cristiano ronaldo, torsten frings (sp.?), dwight yorke\ngoalies- gianluigi buffon, the great porras
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france if they use 4-4-2 formation with henry and trezeguet as forwards
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Lehman (Arsenal/Germany)  in goal.\nBack four would be Ashley Cole(Arsenal/England), Chivu(Roma/Romania, John Terry(Chelsea/England) and Cicinho(Real Madrid/Brazil).\nMidfield would be Gerrard(Liverpool/England), Ronaldinho (Barca/Brazil) and Lionel Messi (Barca/Argentina).\nForwards would be Schevchenko (AC Milan/Ukraine), Thierry Henry (Arsenal/France), and Zlatan Ibrahimovic (Juventus/Sweden)\nCoach would be Capello from Juve.\nThat is one good team, if I say so myself. :-)