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[GYBS]

If I were Capello I would play a fully fit England:

                                  James
Gerrard           Terry                Ferdinand        A. Cole
               Beckham      Carrick           Barry
                    Lampard                 J. Cole
                                 Rooney

gerrard at right back ?!

Fully Fit and firing on all cyclinders for Engerland i would play

Kirkland

Richards
Rio
Terry
Bridge

Carrick
Hargreaves/Barry

Rooney
Gerrard
J.Cole

Owen

[Madmax]

I would leave gerrard in the subs if i was capello... Better for us feck england! I hate internationals!!!!!!

[JoeTerp]

in international play, it seems that having bombing fullbacks really completes your team. Imagine a left winger trying to mark Gerrard? The way Beckham plays at Milan his movement is from sort of a Xabi deep midfield role to advancing wide on the right to do what he does best.  This movement would open up space for Gerrard to bomb forward cutting inside, playing one-twos with Lampard and Rooney.  On the left, The Coles are more likely to move wide and then open up the space for Barry to fill on a run from midfield.

I guess it really comes down to how good is Owen when fit. I am not so sure he is good enough to start.  Owen is hurt so much that even in a fantasy "when everybody is fit" scenario, Owen still does pass his fitness test

[Judge]

team for the friendly against slovakia

                                   ben foster

          micah richards    terry     ferdinand    ashley cole

               beckham     lampard  carrick       barry

                                Gerrard

                                    Rooney

[Bam]

If I were Capello I would play a fully fit England:

                                  James
Gerrard           Terry                Ferdinand        A. Cole
               Beckham      Carrick           Barry
                    Lampard                 J. Cole
                                 Rooney

Stick to the NFL or whatever the feck it's called. 

[GYBS]

in international play, it seems that having bombing fullbacks really completes your team. Imagine a left winger trying to mark Gerrard? The way Beckham plays at Milan his movement is from sort of a Xabi deep midfield role to advancing wide on the right to do what he does best.  This movement would open up space for Gerrard to bomb forward cutting inside, playing one-twos with Lampard and Rooney.  On the left, The Coles are more likely to move wide and then open up the space for Barry to fill on a run from midfield.

I guess it really comes down to how good is Owen when fit. I am not so sure he is good enough to start.  Owen is hurt so much that even in a fantasy "when everybody is fit" scenario, Owen still does pass his fitness test

Never in a million years should gerrard play as a right back .

[tubby]

He is good in any position he plays in. And I think in Istanbul he did play at RB at one point towards the end of the match. Having said that his best position will always be the position in which he is able to score and bring in others into the game - ie Torres. From that position he is proving to be devastating not only in scoring himself but generally causing chaos for the opposition, bringing in Torres ect....

[Judge]

If I were Capello I would play a fully fit England:

                                  James
Gerrard           Terry                Ferdinand        A. Cole
               Beckham      Carrick           Barry
                    Lampard                 J. Cole
                                 Rooney

Stick to the NFL or whatever the feck it's called. 

[loopyliverpool]

He is England's best player so should be played in his best position which is attacking midfielder/striker. I agree with the bloke in the article above, the argument is no longer about Gerrard and Lampard playing in the same position but Gerrard and Rooney. I don't see Rooney as an out and out striker so something has to give - dropping Rooney? No; playing Rooney on the left midfied? No; leaving Rooney where he is and utilising Gerrard's better versatility elsewhere probably on the left? almost certainly.

[lfcdude]

Torres upfront, Gerrard playing behind..........the proof is in the 'most recent' pudding!!

[tubby]

If I were Capello I would play a fully fit England:

                                  James
Gerrard           Terry                Ferdinand        A. Cole
               Beckham      Carrick           Barry
                    Lampard                 J. Cole
                                 Rooney

Stick to the NFL or whatever the feck it's called. 

Stevie at quater back. Or is it line back? 

[JoeTerp]

team for the friendly against slovakia

                                   ben foster

          micah richards    terry     ferdinand    ashley cole

               beckham           lampard        barry

                                Gerrard

                                    Rooney

I thought soccer had Eleven players?  Or maybe I was thinking of NFL 

[tubby]

Soccer.

[JoeTerp]

I don't believe in picking a team's best player and building the team around that player. I believe in  building the team around the best team.

[tubby]

I believe in leaving Stevie out of the team but that's just me.

Anyway this England team needs someone to build it around it isn't capable of thinking for itself and hasn't done for years.