please log in to view this image Team News Raheem Sterling will start for England against Italy in their World Cup opener in Manaus tonight, according to Sky sources. The Liverpool winger will start on the right wing in place of Adam Lallana, but England will otherwise be unchanged from the team which started in the 0-0 draw with Honduras in their last warm-up match. There are no surprises at the back, with Joe Hart in goal and the now well-established back four of Glen Johnson, Leighton Baines, Phil Jagielka and Gary Cahill Skipper Steven Gerrard and Liverpool team-mate Jordan Henderson will provide the steel in midfield, with Sterling providing the width on the right and Manchester United's Danny Welbeck on the left. Wayne Rooney will start â we believe â operating behind Daniel Sturridge. Team: Hart, Johnson, Baines, Jagielka, Cahill, Gerrard, Henderson, Sterling, Welbeck, Rooney, Sturridge please log in to view this image please log in to view this image
Good, youngish line up...just hope we get anything but a loss in this game as I think we will win the other two games.
I prefer the Italian lady Kilby. I might hand the female section of the match day threads over to the posters of our board next season. Your efforts are better than mine. It's a bit harder to match up a lady with a specific name though.
Would prefer to see Barkley start instead of the inconsistent Welbeck. Both Barkley and Oxclade-Chamberlin will define our progress
Miss Surrey 2008 Chloe Marshall vs. Miss England 2007-2008 Georgia Horsley please log in to view this image
What a great weekend. I'm alternating the WC matches with non-stop 24hr coverage of Le Mans on Eurosport. Its into the 9th hour now, a great race between Porsche Audi & Toyota. Big crashes and heavy downpours. Wish I was there, only the second time in 21 years I've missed it. For those mildly interested a certain Fabien Barthez of ex Man U goalkeeping fame is driving a 458 Italia Ferrari and Patrick Dempsey the Grey's Anatomy actor is currently leading his class in a Porsche 991 RSR. There's also a 16 year old lad driving (!) in between sitting his A Levels this week... http://www.autoweek.com/article/20140610/UNITEDSPORTSCAR/140619996 Football, the World's best motor race, decent wine and bbq food. It doesn't get much better than this
QPR being represented on the BBC, see the photo banner; http://www.bbc.com/sport/live/football/27441561
Just watched it for a few minutes, but they are not even showing the game, they are just talking about it then cutting to coverage of Le Mans.
Have a strong feeling England will win this convincingly. Might have to back it up with some £££...
Then during the national anthem they showed an England fan with QPR written across the middle...great stuff!
Slumber party? please log in to view this image England goalkeeper Siobhan Chamberlain: "The England girls watching from Belarus after our World Cup Qualifier today! #myworldcupseat" http://www.bbc.com/sport/live/football/27441561
