Rooney needs to be played up top. He's bagged 30-odd goals for man u in that role. Hopefully if Barry is fit for Friday we'll see Gerrard pushed upto just behind Rooney in attack.

The problem we have is centre half. King's WC could be over so who goes into that role now? No pace and a lack of time to build a partnership is extremely worrying for me.

Green should keep his place. Ok he cocked up with the goal, that happens and rather him get it out of the way in game 1 rather than the knockout stages. Let's not forget the world class save he pulled off in the second half, that showed character.

I laugh at all the people who say we should go back to James, as if he has some great blemish-free record. I'd stick with Green too.

Re the world class save, we was about an inch from getting beaten at his near post, and a double slating, and a bigger post mortem. Not sure it was a world class save, it would have been poor to concede from there.

I'd agree on both, not sure what dropping Green would achieve and the save was not what I would bracket as world class, I think it was the commentator trying to redeem a bit of cred for Green.

Putting Wright-Phillips on the left was an even bigger mistake! Unless Cole wasn't 100% there was no reason to play SWP down the left hand side, he's proven that he can't cross the ball from the right hand side, so to ask him to do it from the left is stupid, it was never going to happen.

Green had already anticipated Altidore (?) going across him and had begun to move to dive that way (A mistake in it's own right). That meant he had to stop, change direction and make the save from close range. A top class stop IMO.

If Capello was picking players on form like he said he would, Joe Hart would be the keeper and deservedly so. He's had a great season and should be the keeper instead of Green or James, they've both had poor season's. I know Hart is young(23) and hasn't played much at this level but look at other teams who've gone with young keepers. Neuer (23) for Germany, Lloris (23) for France, Romero (23) for Argentina. If there good enough, there old enough IMO.
Heskey shouldn't be playing, he played quite well the other day but we drew and he didn't score, infact he never scores and you cant just rely on Rooney. Either bring Barry in and play Gerrard behind Rooney or play Crouch/Defoe with Rooney, atleast there a threat upfront.
Lennon/SWP cannot cross to save there lives, same as Walcott. SWP on the left was a poor choice by Capello IMO, Joe Cole should of played there.
In defence, Carragher will get terrorised by better teams. He's far too slow and although the others aren't much better i'd go with Dawson. He's had the best season out of them all and if Capello stuck to his word then Dawson would start. Lampard was terrible against the Yanks but so were most of the team.
We should win the group still but we wont go very far, QF at best IMO. Spain will walk it even if Torres doesn't play, best team by far IMO.

I'm with you on this mate!
The team should of been picked on form and Green has dropped some howlers for West Ham this year and imo James shouldn't of even gone.
I was surprised Capello didn't pick on form and if he continues down this path we are going nowhere.
The team should be imo.
Hart,Johnson,Dawson,Terry,A.Cole,J,Cole,Barry,Lampard,Lennon,Gerrard,Rooney.

Radio commentary the other day was completely ruined by a persistent, high-pitched droning. I just wish 5live would ditch Alan Green and Mark Lawrenson.

agree with that team. Only issue i have is having out and out wingers and attacking fullbacks, they seemed to get in each others way against USA. Lennon was skinning their fullback but the ball hardly went to him in the second half.

Why isn't Bang's name on this thread yet?

Utter scandal it is. Presumably because the OP is too up himself to change it?