Dyer included as expected. Beckham Captain, Seth Johnson and Paul Robinson (GK), Ball, Wright the new keeper?

England squad: Anderton (Tottenham), Ball (Everton), Barmby (Liverpool), Barry (Aston Villa), Beckham (Man Utd, capt), Brown (Man Utd), Butt (Man Utd), Carragher (Liverpool), Dyer (Newcastle), R Ferdinand (West Ham), Fowler (Liverpool), Gerrard (Liverpool), Heskey (Liverpool), James (Aston Villa), Johnson (Derby), Lampard (West Ham), G Neville (Man Utd), P Neville (Man Utd), Owen (Liverpool), Parlour (Arsenal), Phillips (Sunderland), Robinson (Leeds), Scholes (Man Utd), Smith (Leeds), Southgate (Aston Villa), Wright (Ipswich)

-- Anonymous, November 09, 2000

Answers

Go on then name your formation and team to play in that formation. Mine is as follows: 3-5-1-1 Wright

Southgate, Brown, Barry

Dyer, Lampard, Beckham, Gerrard, Johnson

Scholes

Owen Subs: Johnson, James, Heskey, Parlour, Ferdinand

-- Anonymous, November 09, 2000

no cole and the keeper sitch looks strange .. brilliant stuff very progressive , i wonder how much say ericsson had ?

-- Anonymous, November 09, 2000

Won't it be funny when this young team gets turned over as well.....that'll be another grasped straw out of the window....

-- Anonymous, November 09, 2000

Nice to see your optomistic even when you're quiet , still coming to me party on Saturday ?

-- Anonymous, November 09, 2000

Aye but it's only England ;))

Still trying for Saturday but it's not looking good....gotta work late Friday, Saturday and Sunday....he knows I want to get out early on Saturday and start early on Sunday so I'm first in line if anyone can get out.....

-- Anonymous, November 09, 2000

Here's hoping this call up doesn't mean another injury on the way for Andy Griffin, mind you with his track record it doesn't take a call up to the U21's for him to break down.

No Joe Cole in either squad today??

Weaver (Manchester City), Taylor (Arsenal), Carrick (West Ham), Chadwick (Manchester United), Christie (Derby Co), Cole (Arsenal), Davis (Fulham), Dunn (Blackburn Rovers), Greening (Manchester United), Griffin (Newcastle Utd), Hargreaves (Bayern Munich), Ledley (Tottenham), Naylor (Wolverhampton Wanderers), Newton (West Ham), Prutton (Nottingham Forest), Riggott (Derby County), Smith (Watford), Terry (Chelsea), Upson (Arsenal), Vassell (Aston Villa), Vernazza (Arsenal), Young (Tottenham).

-- Anonymous, November 09, 2000

Joe Cole is injured....

-- Anonymous, November 09, 2000

IMHO, Andy Griffin is good enough to play for the first team IF he can avoid injury for an extended spell, which sadly seems increasingly unlikely.

-- Anonymous, November 09, 2000

..on the same theme, the full squad looks very weak at FB. For a "one off" I fancy they'll look to play a flexible 4-4-2 system.
My guess (definitely not my choice):

Wright (over-rated IMO)
Brown...Ferdinand...Southgate...Barry
Beckham...Gerrard...Scholes...Johnson (the only m/f lefty)
Heskey...Owen

They could get tanked.

-- Anonymous, November 09, 2000

Anybody know why Flowers isn't in the squad. He's been awesome for the last 18 months.

-- Anonymous, November 09, 2000

Er..................to protect him from injury perhaps?

-- Anonymous, November 09, 2000

I think the DT should have a one-off comp. Guess the aggregate age of the team (subs excluded).

I'll start the ball rolling - Two Hundred and Fifty

-- Anonymous, November 09, 2000