Pick your England team for Russia 2018

After last night laborious performance from our national team, who would you pick to play in Englands first game in Russia?

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In terms of strike force, id want to see Andy Carroll paired with Jamie Vardy. If I remember correctly, Carroll does actually win a fair amount of flick on headers. Set Vardy up with his pace which in fairness is blistering, I’d put money on him scoring.

Hart

Walker
Stones
Jones
Rose

Dier
someone other than Henderson or Livermore

Rashford
Alli
Lingard

Kane

Butland

Walker
Stones
Cahill
Rose

Dier
Fuck knows

Lallana
Alli
Rashford

Kane

Quoted from MarinerBen

In terms of strike force, id want to see Andy Carroll paired with Jamie Vardy. If I remember correctly, Carroll does actually win a fair amount of flick on headers. Set Vardy up with his pace which in fairness is blistering, I’d put money on him scoring.

I love Vardys hunger and work ethic.Refreshing to see

We need to be like the Republic of Ireland under Jack Charlton and search for all those foreigners who have English connections, any body else would be better than most of this lot.

Quoted from Gaffer58

We need to be like the Republic of Ireland under Jack Charlton and search for all those foreigners who have English connections, any body else would be better than most of this lot.

Ive never really rated Kane as top draw and always preferred Rashord. However credit to him as he keeps on banging them in

I don't think Stones is actually particularly good at defending at the moment. It's all well saying he's a good footballer but defenders need to defend first and foremost. I'd prefer to see Smalling in at the back, I think, as I don't really rate Jones. I suppose Cahill in there for experience, though I don't think he's that good either.

Back four:  Walker, Cahill, Smalling, Rose

In midfield, I'd play a central 3 because I don't think that any of our attacking players are much cop defensively (and neither are the defensive players!). No idea who, however, as most of them aren't very good. Dier alongside a couple of nippier midfielders, perhaps? Maybe Delph if he plays a bit this season and A.N. Other. Are any of the Under-20s or Under-21s going to be up to the job come next summer, I wonder?

In attack, I'm not at all convinced by Alli at international level. Endlessly loses possession with attempted flicks, tricks and dribbles then spends the rest of the time falling over in an attempt to win free-kicks/penalties. I'd play 4-3-1-2 with Rashford in 'the hole' and Welbeck alongside Kane to do a lot of his running for him. Welbeck has a fine record for England and he'd prove a handful for most defences. Kane is in great form but is often isolated up front on his own in an England shirt.

No room for Sterling in my starting 11 because he doesn't seem to have a flipping clue what he should be doing when he's wearing an England shirt. OK as an impact sub when the opposition defence have tired a bit. Same goes for Alli.

Quoted from Maringer

Welbeck has a fine record for England and he'd prove a handful for most defences. i.

Along with Vardy a players work ethic who  I greatly admire whenever Ive seen him on tv

Yep, Vardy or Welbeck alongside Kane would be useful. Only thing about Vardy is that he's not ideally suited to play against packed defences. He'd probably do better against better opposition who are willing to push forwards more.