England v France (Friendly) Wed 26 March, Stade de France [R]

he should pick the senior member of the club. Thats what italy does the man who has the most caps. when cannavaro retires it will be buffon and so on. That is the italian way

 

My take on it, too. An over-rated position and that's why Capello is playing musical chairs with it. Unfortunately we don't seem to have the wit to suss it out.

 

SSN came up with this a few minutes ago.

James

Johnson-Ferdinand-Terry-A.Cole

Lampard-Barry

Bentley-Gerrard-J.Cole

Rooney

That was just their prediction, though, so it could be wrong.

 

sorry...don't agree there.

it may work for italy when a player like cannavaro also happens to have the most caps. but what happens when cannavaro and buffon are gone, and say, camaronesi has the most caps (purely hypothetical). should he be captain just because he has the most caps?

every club/national team is different. the most "experienced" player doesn't necessarily equate to being the best captain. and one shouldn't deserve to be captain just because he has the most caps.

other than beckham, who's the most capped player for england? michael owen? you think he'd make a good captain just because he has the most caps or is technically the most experienced?

Seaside Mafia has it pretty much spot on.

rio has his flaws, and while i was in the group that thought terry should be captain under mcclaren's reign, i don't think you can go wrong with rio at this point. if it's a one-off, then so be it. but i think capello's doing the right thing by seeing who he's most comfortable with.

 

Hope for a great match and no injuries on either side!

 

how long till the game starts?

 

3pm central time

 

MatchTracker anywhere online?

 

beckham starts!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

 

Team announced

------------James

Brown-Ferdinand-Terry-A.Cole

Beckham-Hargreaves-Barry-J.Cole

-------Gerrard
--------------Rooney

 

Meet the new team. Same as the old team.

 

not exactly what i expected.

so is gerrard wearing the #10 again? haha...

 

rio is an excellent player but a retard of a human being

i hope he is a good captain though

 

Anyone know a website or link to watch the game--thanks...

 

And you know this from your numerous conversations with him, i take it? Perhaps you work for sky sports and have interviewed him many times so therefore you can make that observation. All good.

 

ive heard plenty of his interviews, seen the missed drug test and watched that awful program where he 'tricked' other england players and said they got 'murked' after each one

hes a fecking imbecile

but an awesome defender

 

actually, this lineup really isn't all that surprising at all.

we know capello likes a 4-2-3-1 formation with 2 defensive/holding mids. so hargreaves and barry. check.

we knew rooney was gonna start over owen. check.

i guess the only surprise was beckham over bentley. but capello's seen firsthand that beckham can play in this system.

sorry, i'm just rambling.

 

dont u mean

....................hargreaves

...........becks................barry

.......gerrard..........................cole

......................rooney

?

becks as an advanced attacking mid? lol

 

other than the drug test, which he's admitted to being a mistake, how does his merked show prove his lack of intelligence?

it's humor. it's supposed to be silly and dumb. if you didn't like it, then so be it. but it doesn't make him a "fecking imbecile."