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Thread: Your 'Favourite' England 11 + subs

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    Your 'Favourite' England 11 + subs

    So on the eve of the 2018 FIFA World Cup I thought it might be interesting to see what everyone's 'favourite' England 11 is + 5 subs of 4 outfield plays (any position) and a GK.

    Can use any players from any era so long as they have represented England at senior level. Only other rule is it must be a recognised formation ie 442 or 532 etc. Might be nice to choose your favourite manager as well.

    Here is my team - 442:

    GK: Gordon Banks
    RB: Phil Neal
    LB: Stuart Pearce (sorry)
    CB: Terry Butcher
    CB: Jackie Charlton
    MR: John Barnes
    ML: Paul Gascoine
    MC: Bryan Robson
    MC: Trevor Brooking
    CF: Gary Lineker
    CF: Kevin Keegan

    Manager: Bobby Robson

    Subs:
    Ray Clemence (GK)
    Tommy Lawton (would have been in first 11 but never saw him play)
    David Beckham
    Marcus Rashford
    Steve Coppell

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    Quote Originally Posted by ncfcog View Post
    So on the eve of the 2018 FIFA World Cup I thought it might be interesting to see what everyone's 'favourite' England 11 is + 5 subs of 4 outfield plays (any position) and a GK.

    Can use any players from any era so long as they have represented England at senior level. Only other rule is it must be a recognised formation ie 442 or 532 etc. Might be nice to choose your favourite manager as well.

    Here is my team - 442:

    GK: Gordon Banks
    RB: Phil Neal
    LB: Stuart Pearce (sorry)
    CB: Terry Butcher
    CB: Jackie Charlton
    MR: John Barnes
    ML: Paul Gascoine
    MC: Bryan Robson
    MC: Trevor Brooking
    CF: Gary Lineker
    CF: Kevin Keegan

    Manager: Bobby Robson

    Subs:
    Ray Clemence (GK)
    Tommy Lawton (would have been in first 11 but never saw him play)
    David Beckham
    Marcus Rashford
    Steve Coppell
    I don't know how Booby Moore and Bobby Charlton can be left out. Damn it - just put the 1966 squad there - the stats prove it.

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    Banks
    Neville G. Ray Wilson
    Moore. J Charlton
    R Charlton, Gascoine. Robson. Ball
    Shearer. Lineker

    Subs. Shilton. Neal. Mc Farland. Keegan. Hoddle. Greaves. Stiles

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    I've put the two Bobbys (Bobbies?) in and eradicated the Red menace.

    4-1-3-2, which was the formation used in the 1966 final (see link), but back then they called it 4-4-2. It isn't really though, because it's not two banks of 4. Could call it 4-4-2 with a diamond, but this team is designed to attack. Bryan Robson steps into the Nobby Stiles role and Bobby Charlton plays as himself.

    GK Gordon Banks
    RB: Gary Neville
    LB: Ashley Cole
    CB: Terry Butcher
    CB: Bobby Moore
    DM: Bryan Robson
    LM: Paul Gascoigne
    AM: Bobby Charlton
    RM: Paul Scholes
    CF: Gary Lineker
    CF: Michael Owen

    Manager: Glenn Hoddle

    Subs:
    David Seaman
    Alan Ball
    Frank Lampard
    Alan Shearer
    Jimmy Greaves

    https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1966_FIFA_World_Cup_Final

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    Not an easy task

    Banks
    Cohen Moore Campbell Pearce
    Charlton Hoddle Robson
    Gascoigne
    Rooney Lineker

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    Quote Originally Posted by the_anticlough View Post
    Not an easy task

    Banks
    Cohen Moore Campbell Pearce
    Charlton Hoddle Robson
    Gascoigne
    Rooney Lineker
    Forgot my subs:
    Swift, Wright, Edwards, Finney, Matthews, Keegan, Dean (give youth a chance off the bench)

    Manager has to be Graham Taylor with Phil Neal as assistant

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    Cannot believe you lot, bloke scores a hat-trick in a Wembley World Cup Final and he doesn't even get a place in any of your teams so far, and not even on a subs bench.... and he's a Sir...

    Well he's one of my favourites, along with Sir Bobby Charlton

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    I'll go with the 1966 team as my favourite.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Wedgie_pie View Post
    Cannot believe you lot, bloke scores a hat-trick in a Wembley World Cup Final and he doesn't even get a place in any of your teams so far, and not even on a subs bench.... and he's a Sir...

    Well he's one of my favourites, along with Sir Bobby Charlton
    We are probably looking at performances over a period of time not one match and being a sir means nothing when Bobby Moore was over looked imo.

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    There are many reasons why people have different ‘favourite’ players, the thread is not necessarily about achievement but about choosing players who have had an impact on you for one reason or another. I would imagine most will be because they were the players you watched as a youngster when you were more susceptible to their influence.

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