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"The England Squad To Face Australia"

Goalkeepers:

David James (West Ham)
Paul Robinson (Leeds),
Richard Wright (Everton)

Defenders:

G Neville (Man Utd)
A Cole (Arsenal)
Mills (Leeds)
Konchesky (Charlton)
Ferdinand (Man Utd)
Campbell (Arsenal)
King (Tottenham)
Brown (Man Utd)
Upson (Birmingham)

Midfielders:

Beckham (Man Utd)
Scholes (Man Utd)
Lampard (Chelsea)
Hargreaves (Bayern Munich)
Dyer (Newcastle)
Jenas (Newcastle)
Davis (Fulham)
Parker (Charlton)
Murphy (Liverpool)
J Cole (West Ham)

Strikers:

Owen (Liverpool)
Rooney (Everton)
Beattie (Southampton)
Vassell (Aston Villa)
Jeffers (Arsenal)

I think this is a very strong squad.

What are your thoughts?

Ashley Cole, Paul Scholes and Frank Lampard could all miss England's friendly against Australia at Upton Park.

Manager Sven Goran Eriksson is waiting on the fitness of the trio, who missed their first training session for three months.

Midfielder Scholes sustained a groin problem in the Manchester derby while Lampard and Cole have ankle and groin injuries respectively.

Scholes and Cole have been regulars for Eriksson and Lampard was also expected to start against the Socceroos in the absence of Steven Gerrard and Nicky Butt.

And their absences would further weaken a squad already deprived of David Seaman, Emile Heskey, Jonathan Woodgate, Alan Smith and Wayne Bridge.

If Cole were forced to miss the match, which is live on Sky Sports, Charlton left back Paul Konchesky seems certain to win his first cap.

Indeed, while Eriksson was able to see Wayne Rooney for the first time in the flesh, he was only able to work with 16 of his 27-man squad, with seven uncapped players among the 13 outfield players training.

As well as the three players receiving treatment, a further eight squad members who were involved in games yesterday for Arsenal, Manchester United, Newcastle and Bayern Munich were also rested.

All you people who are putting rooney up front, do you support everton ??

Goalkeeper:
Paul Robinson (Leeds),

Defenders:

G Neville (Man Utd)
A Cole (Arsenal)
Ferdinand (Man Utd)
Brown (Man Utd)

Midfielders:

Beckham (Man Utd)
Scholes (Man Utd)
Dyer (Newcastle)
J Cole (West Ham)

Strikers:

Rooney (Everton)
Vassell (Aston Villa)

GK Paul Robinson

DL Ashley Cole
DC Rio Ferdinand
DC Sol Campbell
DR Gary Neville

ML Danny Murphy
MC Paul Scholes
MC Frank Lampard
MR David Beckham

ST Darius Vassell
ST James Beattie

Paul Robinson

Gary Neville
Rio Ferdinand
Sol Campbell
Wes Brown

David Beckham
Paul Scholes
Danny Murphy
Hargreaves

Durius Vessell
Wayne Rooney

Paul Robinson

G Neville
Campbell
Ferdinand
A Cole

David Beckham
Paul Scholes
Frank Lampard
Danny Murphy

James Beattie
Wayne Rooney

David James

Rio Ferdinand
Sol Campbell
Ashley Cole
Gary Neville

David Beckham
Paul Scholes
Joe Cole
Danny Murphy

James Beattie
Wayne Rooney

Out of those players named at the top who you pick for your starting 11?

I think David James and Richard Wright are woeful, and shouldn't play for England under any circumstances, barring a nuclear holocaust wiping out 95% of the UK population. Even so, James would stil be my second choice keeper.

Fortunately, Robinson is having an excellent season. We're fine so long as he's fit.

As for the rest of the squad, it's mostly fairly solid, though I might be forgiven for not wanting any Liverpool players to make the first team.

No Heskey in the squad (even though that's probably due to the injury he picked up yesterday) so to me it's a pretty good squad. I'd like to see Beattie and Vassell start though and then bring Owen on in the 2nd half