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Preliminary World Cup Squad:

Robinson (Tottenham), James (Manchester City), Green (Norwich), G Neville (Manchester United), R Ferdinand (Manchester United), Terry (Chelsea), A Cole (Arsenal), Campbell (Arsenal), Carragher (Liverpool), Bridge (Chelsea), Beckham (Real Madrid), Carrick (Tottenham), Lampard (Chelsea), Gerrard (Liverpool), Hargreaves (Bayern Munich), Jenas (Totenham), Downing (Middlesbrough), J Cole (Chelsea), Lennon (Tottenham), Rooney (Manchester United), Owen (Newcastle), Crouch (Liverpool), Walcott (Arsenal).

So, no Ledley King who's been outstanding for most of the season, but Theo Walcott's in, who has yet to play in the Premiership. Talk about a surprise selection - no-one else will know anything about him (including the England players!

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Walcott is in the England squad! :p:

He hasn't even played for Arsenal

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This squad is going to be trimmed, so he may not go, why is Hargreaves included again.

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I still reckon that Hargreaves has got some dirt on Sven - it's the only reason I can think of for his continued inclusion :disturbd:

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More to the point, why has he only picked 4 strikers? Two injured, one 17 year old with half a dozen championship games and a giraffe.

Looks to me like you'll be playing 4-5-1 (ie lump the ball to the giraffe)
:D :D :D

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A Giraffe would be better in the air than Crouch. Also why has he picked Jenas ahead of Shaun Wright-Phillips, who is a better player and not currently injured.

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Well, Joe Cole can play in the 'support' striker role if he has to. As for Wright-Phillip,s the problem he has is that he's hardly played this season. Granted, more than Walcott, but still not a lot :shrug:

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Because SWP is crap, have you seen him play for Chelsea this season?

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He is better than Jenas and because he has hardly played this season at least he is well rested :) and we all know what the lad is capable off.

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has Sven actually seen Walcott play somehow i doubt it.. he might as well have picked me

Defoe should get the nod in front of Theo as should AJ.. King too

wouldn't take Hargreaves or Jenas.. Rooney is unlikely to play at all even if we make the final and Owen is still injured too so apart from a 17 yo we have no strikers.. at int level Crouch won't be able to cope and think most world class defenders can deal with him easy plus he can't head the ball anyway..

looks like Cole will play on the left which means each time he gets the ball he cuts in on his right foot again something that is easy for defenders to cope with..

not sure if we will get out of the group now

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Arsene Wenger said in the paper that he had phoned Sven to tell him about Walcott, you are right alot of this squad are either injured or recovering from injuries both left backs for instance

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Didn't Arsene also say that Arsenal's last few games had too much riding on them to give a young player his debut?

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if he wasn't good enough to play in them games then he's not good enough for the WC

getting worried now.. has bridge been playing for Fulham the past few games ?

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i can't believe bridge and campbell got in ahead of WES BROWN!!!!

and theo walcott, whos he lol, defoe will be kickin himself, what does he need to do to get on england team. and lets not forget darren bent has scored upward of 20 goals this season and where is he?

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I think Bridge and Campbell got in ahead of Brown for two reasons - firstly, Brown has had a few fairly serious injuries that kept him out for long stretches, and secondly because he's crap ;)