EURO Team selection, a different way.

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ilovedelia

ilovedelia

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I thought this might test a few brains.
We need to pick a team for the Euro's!
You can only have 1 player from each of the below teams, all positions must be covered for a starting line up (4-4-2), they must of course all be English, the other 8 will be the subs and can be for any position.
You are the Manager!

ARSENAL
ASTON VILLA
BLACKBURN
BOLTON
CHELSEA
EVERTON
FULHAM
LIVERPOOL
MAN CITY
MAN U
NEWCASTLE
NORWICH
QPR
SPURS
STOKE
SUNDERLAND
SWANSEA
WBA
WIGAN
WOLVES

Have fun.

ILD OTBC
 
Challenge accepted! I like these sort of threads!
Keeper: John Ruddy
Rightback: Micah Richards
Leftback: Ashley Cole
Centreback: Michael Dawson
Centreback: Phil Jagielka
Right Winger:Alex Oxlade Chamberlain
Defensive Midfield: Lee Cattermole
Centre Midfield: Leon Britton
Centre Midfield: Steven Gerrard
Left Winger: Matthew Etherington
Forward: Wayne Rooney


Sub: Darren Bent
Sub: Scott Dann
Sub: Danny Murphy
Sub: Danny Guthrie
Sub: Chris Eagles
Sub: Shaun Wright Phillips
Sub: Ben Foster
Sub: Ben Watson
Sub: Jamie O'Hara
 
right, this was NOT easy... i tried to make the team balanced!

alex oxlade-chamberlain
stephen warnock
paul robinson (i managed to get him out of retirement!)
mark davies
ashley cole
leon osman
danny murphy
andy carroll
joe hart
wayne rooney
danny simpson
ryan bennett
nedum onuoha
scott parker
matthew etherington
kieron richardson
steven caulker (technically spurs but on loan)
liam ridgewell (wba have no english players!)
ben watson (neither do wigan!!)
matt jarvis

team would be:

hart

simpson bennett caulker cole

oxlade-chamberlain parker osman etherington

carroll rooney
 
Something like this assuming injuries and retirements are not involved

GK: Ruddy (NCFC)
RB: Simpson (NUFC) CB: Cahill (CFC) CB: Lescott (MCFC) LB: Baines (EFC)
RM: Jarvis (WWFC) CM: Parker (THFC) CM: Gerrard (LFC) LM: Ox (AFC)
ST: Rooney (MUFC) ST: Graham (SCFC)

Subs: Stockdale (FFC), Cattermole (SAFC), Crouch (SCFC), Watson or Moses if he can still play for England (WAFC), Davis.M (BWFC), Ferdinand (QPR), Dunn (BRFC), Warnock (AVFC), Ridgewell (WBA)
 
Hart (City)

Cole (Chelsea) Shawcross (Stoke) Simpson (Newcastle) Johnson (Liverpool)

Oxlade-Chambelain (Arsenal) Parker (Tottenham) Osman (Everton) Matt Jarvis (Wolves)

Rooney (Manchester United) Holt (Norwich City)

Shaun Wright-Phillips (QPR), Kirkland (Wigan), Bent (Aston Villa), Dann (Blackburn), Eagles (Bolton), Murphy (Fulham), Bridge (Sunderland), Sinclair (Swansea), Foster (WBA)
 
tipsycanary said:
Something like this assuming injuries and retirements are not involved

GK: Ruddy (NCFC)
RB: Simpson (NUFC) CB: Cahill (CFC) CB: Lescott (MCFC) LB: Baines (EFC)
RM: Jarvis (WWFC) CM: Parker (THFC) CM: Gerrard (LFC) LM: Ox (AFC)
ST: Rooney (MUFC) ST: Graham (SCFC)

Subs: Stockdale (FFC), Cattermole (SAFC), Crouch (SCFC), Watson or Moses if he can still play for England (WAFC), Davis.M (BWFC), Ferdinand (QPR), Dunn (BRFC), Warnock (AVFC), Ridgewell (WBA)
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Tragically that is probably a better line-up than the one which will start the Euro's. Maybe you should consider a career change.
 
Really struggled with this!

Arsenal - Oxlade-Chamberlain
Aston Villa - Bent
Blackburn - Dann
Bolton - Eagles
Chelsea - A Cole
Everton - Osman
Fulham - Murphy
Liverpool - Carroll
Manchester City - Hart
Manchester United - Rooney
Newcastle - S Taylor
Norwich - R Bennett
QPR - Onuoha
Stoke - Crouch
Sunderland - Richardson
Swansea - Allen
Tottenham - Walker
West Brom - Foster
Wigan - Watson
Wolves - M Jarvis

GK - Hart
RB - Walker
CB - Dann
CB - S Taylor
LB - A Cole
RM - Oxlade-Chamberlain
CM - Osman
CM - Allen
LM - M Jarvis
ST - Rooney
ST - Crouch
 
Norfolkbhoy said:
Tragically that is probably a better line-up than the one which will start the Euro's. Maybe you should consider a career change.
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Haha I might take a few more coaching badges, I will take over after the next world cup. England will, once again dominate world football <cheers>
 
My Best Combination:

-----------------------------------------Foster------------------------------------------------

Richards---------------Cahill--------------------R.Bennett--------------------------Baines

-----------------------------------------Parker------------------------------------------------

Jarvis------------------Gerrard---------------------Oxlade-Chamberlain------------Sinclair

----------------------------------------Rooney-------------------------------------------------


Subs:

GK Kirkland (severe lack of options, will the rules permit me Robert Green instead?)
RB Ryan Taylor
CB Scott Dann (NOT SUB)
CB Zat Knight
CB Ryan Shawcross
CM Danny Murphy
CM Joey Barton (refuse to have Zamora as a principle, will rules permit me Joe Cole instead?) (NOT SUB)
FW Frazier Campbell (lack of options at Sunderland, will rules permit me Rickie Lambert/Jordan Rhodes instead?)
FW Darren Bent

:laugh:
 
Foster, Richards, Cahill, Shawcross, Baines, Parker, Jarvis, Gerrard, Oxlade-Chamberlain, Sinclair, Rooney

Subs: Green, R.Taylor, Bennett, Murphy, J.Cole, J. Rhodes, Bent

This team would be Champions in a tournament amongst us Norwich fans. <somersault>
 
tipsycanary said:
Something like this assuming injuries and retirements are not involved

GK: Ruddy (NCFC)
RB: Simpson (NUFC) CB: Cahill (CFC) CB: Lescott (MCFC) LB: Baines (EFC)
RM: Jarvis (WWFC) CM: Parker (THFC) CM: Gerrard (LFC) LM: Ox (AFC)
ST: Rooney (MUFC) ST: Graham (SCFC)

Subs: Stockdale (FFC), Cattermole (SAFC), Crouch (SCFC), Watson or Moses if he can still play for England (WAFC), Davis.M (BWFC), Ferdinand (QPR), Dunn (BRFC), Warnock (AVFC), Ridgewell (WBA)
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Great 1st XI, but I really do have to point out that besides Crouch the rest of the bench offers precisely zero threat!!!
 
Goldeneye175 said:
Great 1st XI, but I really do have to point out that besides Crouch the rest of the bench offers precisely zero threat!!!
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Sadly there is very little to pick from in those teams. I would have Bent but he is injured and could have Campbell from Sunderland sadly very few options. In some ways it would be easier to do this for championship sides.
 
tipsycanary said:
Sadly there is very little to pick from in those teams. I would have Bent but he is injured and could have Campbell from Sunderland sadly very few options. In some ways it would be easier to do this for championship sides.
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Blackburn, Fulham, Bolton, Wigan, Villa and Sunderland do not offer much in the way of good English players, whereas Norwich offer at the very least Ruddy and Holt.
 
It is actually quite amazing how few good English players some of these teams have. Whereas Norwich have a host of very good young English talent.
 
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