Subject: Capello's 30 man squad

So here it is, England's provisional 30 man World Cup squad. I'm surprised that neither Defoe nor Zamora made the team.

THE SQUAD:
Goalkeepers: Joe Hart, David James, Robert Green.

Defenders: Leighton Baines, Jamie Carragher, Ashley Cole, Michael Dawson, Rio Ferdinand, Glen Johnson, Ledley King, John Terry, Matthew Upson, Stephen Warnock.

Midfielders: Gareth Barry, Michael Carrick, Joe Cole, Steven Gerrard, Tom Huddlestone, Adam Johnson, Frank Lampard, Aaron Lennon, James Milner, Scott Parker, Theo Walcott, Shaun Wright-Phillips.

Forwards: Darren Bent, Peter Crouch, Jermain Defoe, Emile Heskey, Wayne Rooney.

I'm surprised that neither Defoe nor Zamora made the team.

Forwards: Darren Bent, Peter Crouch, Jermain Defoe, Emile Heskey, Wayne Rooney.

im suprised carragher is included, he is way ast his best and has really struggled this year, i would have picked jagielka, this is difficult to say as a liverpool fan.

im suprised carragher is included, he is way ast his best and has really struggled this year, i would have picked jagielka, this is difficult to say as a liverpool fan.

im suprised carragher is included, he is way ast his best and has really struggled this year, i would have picked jagielka, this is difficult to say as a liverpool fan.

davis> heskey

bobby zamora> bent
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whoops, missed that!

I agree with mattius that Carragher is past his best :(

Heskey is STILL in the squad?? :S

How Heskey still warrants a place in the squad I'll never know. As much as Zamora isn't a world class player, he's had a much better season than him and he's the same kind of player.
Apart from that it's not really surprising, if Carragher or Upson made the final squad ahead of Dawson I'd be very disappointed considering he's been immense recently.

carlton cole, kevin davis and bobby z are all better than heskey haha

yeah, Dawson was immense against burnley the other night hahaha
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Where the heck is Ashley Young? I considered him a certain final squad member!

he is not that good in my opinion, joe cole, lennon, wright phillips are all better imo.

I agree... man, Heskey!!!! WTF???

when was the lat time he scored? like 5 years ago? :)

i think heskey should be included, he doesn't score many but he brings the best out of the others, i wouldn't start him but i'd have him in there.

@mattius: i agree accept SWP. i like the inclusion of adam johnson he's looked good recently :)

Lennon is fine, but they play on different sides of the pitch, so no harm there. Joe Cole - when did you saw a top level performance of him? He's out of form, hardly been playing for Chelski, Malouda took his place what say everything I guess. SWP was never as good, I always liked him - but he always lacked something.

Young is pure quality, together with Milner he was my favorite winger throughout this season! Of course Milner was moved to the centre of midfield at some point but still...I also thought that Bale will make it, he had some kick-ass performances in the latter part of the season.