Is Wilshere playing on the right or is it Milner? I think I'd actually prefer it if Wilshere was on the right and Milner in CM
Day 13: Costa Rica vs. England
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How soon after this do the England players return?
Milner on the right.
6000 England fans in the stadium.....
Be nice for Lampard to get a goal on his final game and an England win would be something for the travelling fans to cheer about.
Does anybody believe what Harry Redknapp is spouting, about player not wanting to play for England and asking him to get them out of it.
I certainly do.
I also believe that United have stopped our players reporting for international duty before.
He's opened a can of worms now hasn't he. Now every Spurs players under his tenure is being suspected of it. The best way to stop it is if someone is injured, unless genuine, then make sure they don't play for a month after. Club wouldn't dare withdraw players for nothing then.
I like that shirt that the England player have on in the warm up.
Every Spurs player? He specifically mentioned England.
So its Dawson, Lennon, King or Defoe? Huddleston maybe?
"If I was a selfish person, I'd stay on" (to beat Beckham's outfield cap record)
Confirmation Gerrard won't be retiring then.
Confirmation Gerrard won't be retiring then.
He sure has, I am not sure what to think, like you said it must be Spuds players.
I dont think any United player has been stopped from joining the England squad.
well he should and if he does not , he should be told he wont play again.
Plenty of times Rio would miss a mid week England friendly but be fit for the weekend. And as for Giggs and Wales.....
fair point.
Would have been even better had he not been in the squad in the first place.
He already had his fun day in the friendlies before the WC.
I do. I can't imagine players not wanting a World Cup call up, but friendlies I could definitely imagine.
I seem to remember him saying something like this a couple of years ago too, possibly while he was at Tottenham even.
There is the most bizarre advert on ITV Player at the moment.
I don't really get why we took him? He is only playing in this game as a farewell. Would have been better to have taken a younger player. Still hindsight eh.
Come on boys, win this and we become the unofficial world champions
http://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Unofficial_Football_World_Championships
http://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Unofficial_Football_World_Championships
we'll choke it then!
2-1 CR
If it's any of them then I think we did alright out of it.
If Gerrard got injured I would think Roy wanted another older player to take his place.
There's not exactly a queue of great centre mids to pick from.
Agreed. One of the players that I respect most outside of United. Also, I'd rather see him trying to score than watch either one of Gerrard or Henderson bottling it in the middle.
Edit: mentioned it earlier
I don't really mind him playing Lampard. He's just giving him a chance to play for England one last time. I also can't think of any other candidates that would make that much of a difference in midfield. Gerrard? Jones? Henderson? Not really the crème de la crème.
Woy of the chokers.
we really do have a crap National Anthem.
A bit of passion at least and Woy's chins, shaking in the breeze.
Need to change it sooner rather than later. Also it never fails to amaze me how incapable people are of singing it in time with the music,
Looking forward to the backline ... Smalling, Jones, Shaw. 
Only took 53 seconds for Townsend to sound like a fecking tool.
How's that not a corner 
I quite like it
I think Townsend is giving me an aneurysm.
Should have been an older player who could play the holding role. Like Barry or Carrick.
How is Townsend not working behind the counter at McDonalds?
Perhaps he failed the interview?
Exactly, in fact he would have been better taking both & leaving Gerrard & Lampard at home.
Smalling is so horrible on the ball. That won't please van Gaal one bit.
Has Wilshere ever gone through a match of football without at some point injuring himself?
Harsh on Jones.
It's weird that Hodgson is treating this like a ceremonial match to give some seniors a last hurrah. This should have been an opportunity for the younger players to get more experience at a major tournament.
He's just a bad bad bell.
He's just a bad bad bell.