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"if one player could be english"

if you could have one footbaler from any country who would it be. I think it would be a left sided player for midfield but im just thinking who it should be. Nedved on the left sounds good

I'm English, and I don't think England will win the World Cup again for ages!! - untill I play in it lol!
I also think they're aim is to work hard, do their best and get as far as possible. And if they don't then all the hype will die down and the FA may do something stupid, like Eriksson, or abandon the Wembley plans!!
As for the Welsh player in the England squas, who is he?? I heard Owen's half Welsh, is it him??

I read this thread and all I could see is the word 'inexperienced' repeated all the time!

What are you guys thinking?!! Your all deluded.

Firstly let me just say I'm not English - so I am quite unbiased when it comes to English football and I don't let myself get eaten up by all this English hype that they can win the World cup... it laughable really.

You need to sit down and think reasonably. What are Englands aims for this world cup?.... Obviously the 'target' is to win it, but realistically that is just not going to happen. For starters No European team has EVER one outside of Europe. Nor is that likely to change - one of the reasons is because of climatic conditions... anyway... lets get to the point here.

England should plan to do as well as possible. And the best thing they should do, is to play as many 'inexperienced' players as possible? ... Why? .... for them to GAIN experience on the WORLD stage UNDER PRESSURE... so that they can learn faster and become BETTER players.

Just look at your England Squad for young players... Ashley Cole, Rio Ferdinand, Joe Cole, Gerrard, Michael Owen, Alan Smith, Beckham (kinda) to name the big guns. Stick em in with some old guns Seaman, Keown, Cambell, Fowler etc and they'll learn loads.

Then by the European Championships comes around England will be highly likeley to wins something with a STILL young and Experienced squad... then... 2 years later.. you can seriously start thinking about winning the world cup.




And as for the 'If One player could be English' ... it would have to be RYAN GIGGS. England need a top left sided player and he's one of the best in the world. Besides the England squad already has one Welsh player in it, perhaps you can pinch another one? ~g~

Yeah he apparently could have played for England cuz his Dad's English and he therefore has an English passport!! But being a true Aussie he chose Australia. Such a shame!

Harry Kewell?

the point was a decent team like argentina aren't gonna give Beckham go after go before he finally bothers to get it right. the point was someone like roberto carlos only needs 1 or 2 decent opportunities before scoring especially against a mediocre side like greece. everyone claimed beckham was god after the greek game god knows why my grandmother could have probably stuck one in after about the fifth go. Beckham better get his act together if he's to lead us into the finals of the world cup.

So what if Beckham needed 10 attempts to score!! The point is that England HAVE made it, and he got it when all hopes seemed to be dying! Man Utd style, leave it till the end. Well, not this season obviously!

yea i was going to suggest roberto carlos best left back ever in my opinion plus we need someone who'll be able to score a free kick without having to have 10 goes first (cough beckham against greece cough cough) i don't think anyone can beat him in the free kick departments i mean who else could drill one in from the halfway line with the keeper on his line. get him in the oppositions half and he's dangerous and he'll be alot better going down the wing to support the attack than ashley cole plus he's as fast as 2 cheetahs on speed

What about Roberto Carlos as left-back??? The rest of the defence, the midfield and the forwards all seems to be looking good, but I still feel that Ashley Cole is in-experienced to play in the World Cup next year.

Carlos would definitley be able to help the attcks down the left, especially if the left wing postion hasn't been sorted.

Such as shame he's not English! I don't think we'll EVER find an English Roberto Carlos. We all live in houses for starters!!

I think that Thuram should be the one because sice the England defenders are young and inexperienced, they should be able to learn a thing or two from him. Imagine this line up: Ashley Cole, Thuram, R.Ferdinand & G.Nevvile.

Ryan Giggs could not play for England, any further than Schoolboy level. This is because he did not have any english parents or grandparents so he could not play for England.