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Official England vs Switzerland thread Jan 31, 2008 16:20:22 GMT -5

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Beckham left out of England squad

England squad to play Switzerland:

Goalkeepers: David James (Portsmouth), Scott Carson (Liverpool on loan at Aston Villa), Chris Kirkland (Wigan)

Defenders: Wayne Bridge (Chelsea), Ashley Cole (Chelsea), Curtis Davies (West Brom on loan at Aston Villa), Rio Ferdinand (Manchester United), Glen Johnson (Portsmouth), Ledley King (Tottenham Hotspur), Nicky Shorey (Reading), Wes Brown (Manchester United), Joleon Lescott (Everton), Micah Richards (Manchester City), Matthew Upson (West Ham United), Jonathan Woodgate (Tottenham Hotspur)

Midfielders: Michael Carrick (Manchester United), Steven Gerrard (Liverpool), Gareth Barry (Aston Villa), Jermaine Jenas (Tottenham Hotspur), Owen Hargreaves (Manchester United), Joe Cole (Chelsea), Ashley Young (Aston Villa), Stewart Downing (Middlesbrough), Shaun Wright-Phillips (Chelsea), David Bentley (Blackburn Rovers)

Forwards: Emile Heskey (Wigan Athletic), Gabriel Agbonlahor (Aston Villa), Michael Owen (Newcastle United), Wayne Rooney (Manchester United), Peter Crouch (Liverpool)

UPDATE6/2:Expected starting lineup:
Expected team: David James (Portsmouth), Wes Brown (Manchester United), Rio Ferdinand (Manchester United), Matthew Upson (West Ham), Ashley Cole (Chelsea); David Bentley (Blackburn), Steven Gerrard (Liverpool), Owen Hargreaves (Manchester United), Ashley Young (Aston Villa); Joe Cole (Chelsea), Wayne Rooney (Manchester United).

Michael Owen to be on the bench.

SOURCE:BBC SPORT

Right guys, i have turned this into the Official match thread as Capello's first night as Da Boss of our under-acheiving nation. I have updated this post to include the expected lineup, Owen to be on the bench which i think is right to do but only Rooney up top, bit dodgy imo.

Anyway, you can talk about the game, how Capello will get on and post you're score predictions in here.

My prediction is a tight game where we get a goal in both halves of the game and win 2-0, Joe Cole with one goal and an own goal for the other goal.

I'm hoping it is good game as we could all do with seeing England look and play like we all know they can.

Discuss.

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Andrew Main Eventer Joined on: Aug 25, 2006 6:45:29 GMT -5 Posts: 3,302	Official England vs Switzerland thread Jan 31, 2008 16:55:26 GMT -5 Quote Select Post Deselect Post Link to Post Back to Top Post by Andrew on Jan 31, 2008 16:55:26 GMT -5 Beckham isnt playing football at the moment, would have been stupid to put him in the squad, he will get his 100th so get over it
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Dan WF Hall of Famer Joined on: Jul 10, 2004 14:44:09 GMT -5 Posts: 19,350	Official England vs Switzerland thread Jan 31, 2008 18:33:36 GMT -5 Quote Select Post Deselect Post Link to Post Back to Top Post by Dan on Jan 31, 2008 18:33:36 GMT -5 So glad I didn't buy Tickets for that England Game now. I was going to purely so I could see Beckham once and for all. Think I'll do the Brazil V Sweden Game instead now, and see Ronaldinho and Kaka.

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Official England vs Switzerland thread Feb 1, 2008 2:37:46 GMT -5

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Capello or what ever his name is, is a complete arse prick and is gonna imo pay the price for not having one of the best free kick takers, best crossers, one of the best mid-fielders at that, in his squad. He's the biggest pillock since Steve McClaren, and that wasn't long back.

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scottsteiner Guest	Official England vs Switzerland thread Feb 1, 2008 9:07:43 GMT -5 Quote Select Post Deselect Post Link to Post Back to Top Post by scottsteiner on Feb 1, 2008 9:07:43 GMT -5 Chris Kirkland Curtis Davies Glen Johnson Nicky Shorey None of those should be in the squad.

Dan WF Hall of Famer Joined on: Jul 10, 2004 14:44:09 GMT -5 Posts: 19,350	Official England vs Switzerland thread Feb 1, 2008 9:58:08 GMT -5 Quote Select Post Deselect Post Link to Post Back to Top Post by Dan on Feb 1, 2008 9:58:08 GMT -5 No idea how Green didn't make it into the Squad, what more has he got to do. Lennon should definately be included if Beckham isn't.

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Official England vs Switzerland thread Feb 3, 2008 9:25:44 GMT -5

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vettel360 said:

Beckham left out of England squad

Beckham (right)

Am I going blind or...?

Anyway, IMO I think its kinda ironic Beckham goes to America for the Billions of $ and cant even buy a place in the England team TBH im quite happy

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Official England vs Switzerland thread Feb 5, 2008 16:36:20 GMT -5

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John Terry out for season.

Gerrard named Captain for game against the Swiss, is this good or not IYO?

For me no, he leads like a bloke ballrooming for Liverpool but for England he vanishes and i don't think the captaincy will change this. For me Rio is the right choice as i think he is a better leader than anybody else available.

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Official England vs Switzerland thread Feb 6, 2008 16:53:46 GMT -5

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eh, 2-1, the beeb are hyping Bentley - did i miss something, Jenas was the best out there tonight. Gerrard did do a few good passes but nothing which set up a scoring op. James again in a England shirt looked shocking. Good for Pompey not 4 England. The players don't look like they care about it.

Capello got the win but i want to see a more free-flow game next time, ideally.

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Official England vs Switzerland thread Feb 8, 2008 18:29:26 GMT -5

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titchstar said:

Jenaldo with the goal in the first half. What a hero that lad is.

Most improved player in the Premiership over the last year or so, by far. To be fair, this time last year he couldn't really get much worse. Glad we kept faith in him though, he's been a gem this season.

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