Come anticipate Roy Hodgson's three months in charge og England with me.

Worth discussing

Kyle Walker possibly ahead of him too.

though to many he's shite, glen johnson can move at a running pace so that puts him at an advantage to rooney

What happened to Leighton Baines by the way? Is it just persistent injuries or has he dropped out of the reckoning altogether?

I mean maybe the group stages clash with that Cast reunion gig, who knows?

he was exposed as a hilarious Sacha Baron Cohen character iirc

https://twitter.com/Vondopoulos/status/714396713017020416

Marcus Rashford

Done enough for Roy to take him with him?

lol

Extra CB might actually be worth taking.

Shane Long

Harry Arter

England team to play Portugal: Hart; Walker, Cahill, Smalling, Rose; Dier, Milner, Alli, Rooney (c); Kane, Vardy

No fucking around there.

Apart from the obvious?

This looks almost exactly like a potent attacking side pulled completely out of shape to allow Rooney to play in a position he isn't even any good in.

Kane taking free kicks is complete bullshit.

I've never seen a higher foot

Not since cantona anyway

Good point

Been watching man u all season and this is still one of the most boring games I've seen all year

Something common to spurs and england is almost total lack of ambition off the ball from the midfield. Really conservative in what theyll offer the man on the ball ito options.

Smalling has looked a total mess at every instance

Nice finish though.

Last 3 goals for England have all been scored by united players iirc

OG?

aye, you can have that one.

still not totally convinced by smalling's worth as a player, but he has turned a little corner in my affections this season on account of his surprisingly squeaky voice and his oddly guileless twitter game: https://twitter.com/ChrisSmalling/status/722346925610168320

djpd25 ‏@DJ0725 Apr 19
@ChrisSmalling tell van gaal fuck off

just got a weird pang of nostalgia

Yeah that was one of transvision vamp's better songs

Harry Kane and Jamie Vardy were split far too wide with the captain thrust up between them like an eager wet dog plonking itself in an unwelcome lap

https://www.theguardian.com/football/blog/2016/jun/02/england-roy-hodgson-wayne-rooney-out-of-shape

This is surely, surely obvious to everyone apart from Rooney himself now. If he must start it has to be in place of Vardy.

The point about pulling Kane and Alli further apart is a good one. How many goals did that partnership lead to this season?

Obviously Alli is getting sent off in our disastrous final game, that much is a foregone conclusion.

Would be interesting to see kane in a two tbh

More interesting to see him in an xi tbh

RIP

“I don’t remember Roberto Martínez holding a major conference when he left Everton,” he complained.

can't believe he actually said this in 2013.

Hodgson said: “I defy anybody to come up with 240 names. I don’t think, quite
frankly, you would be able to come up with 30 or 40.

danny murphy - there should be something in place so ex-players can skip coaching badges, it's too much trouble with too many hurdles in the way. I could have passed my 'b' license at 14, i knew it all at 12".

the same danny murphy who said england did really well in the group stages and that england would have no problem vs iceland or portugal.

where did he say this?

Why would you even be sceptical of that?

I'm not sceptical. I'd just like the context

5live's tuesday night england post mortem which lasts about 2 1/2 hours but murphy is just on for the first hour. scary stuff. lots of stuff about the fa not knowing football, how they should invite him and waddle in to 'teach' them etc etc

the final hour is danny mills, neil ashton, and henry winter. imagine that.

Is Hoddle really the second favourite with the bookies?

Jurgen Klinsmann is “in discussion with England” and possesses the “courage” to resurrect the nation’s football fortunes, according to former Germany team-mate Oliver Bierhoff.

glad to see that the fa are asking for fergie's input into who should be the next england manager after it worked out so well for utd.

give it giggsy

klinsman plzzzzzzzzz

nah gotta be big sam. feels so close now. it will be the funniest shit ever.

btw that story that the fa favours big sam because he'll "mentor a successor" seems like classic stupidity. why would you appoint your favoured choice but demand they make a plan for who comes after they inevitably get sacked?

The Big Sam must be built

https://www.google.co.uk/url?sa=i&rct=j&q=&esrc=s&source=images&cd=&ved=0ahUKEwjCuKaspfDNAhXLAsAKHSOrCzYQjRwIBw&url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.theguardian.com%2Fculture%2F2013%2Fsep%2F24%2Fhow-we-made-wicker-man&psig=AFQjCNFhHK09tVNSL-hV6GnSdXSeLuaVJQ&ust=1468494154181417&cad=rjt

http://www.bigsamtheballoonman.com/assets/images/BigSamShow.jpg