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not too bothered about the game midweek but capello's picked an interesting squad

Goalkeepers
JOE HART (man city)
BEN FOSTER (birmingham)
ROBERT GREEN (west ham)

Defenders
MICAH RICHARDS (man city)
ASHLEY COLE (chelsea)
RIO FERDINAND (man united)
JOHN TERRY (chelsea)
KIERAN GIBBS (arsenal)
JOLEON LESCOTT (man city)
CHRIS SMALLING (man united)
PHIL JAGIELKA (everton)

Midfielders
GARETH BARRY (man city)
STEVEN GERRARD (liverpool)
JORDAN HENDERSON (sunderland)
THEO WALCOTT (arsenal)
JAMES MILNER (man city)
ADAM JOHNSON (man city)
JACK WILSHERE (arsenal)

Strikers
JAY BOTHROYD (Cardiff)
ANDY CARROLL (Newcastle)
GABRIEL AGBONLAHOR (Aston Villa)
PETER CROUCH (Tottenham)

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[SIZE="3"]Enjoy the present. Fear the future.[/SIZE]

I'm surprised by Bothroyd and Smalling - the rest have all been talked about as possibilities.

It's got nil-nil draw written all over it.

Ha! That would show those Frenchies!

Bothroyd - lol. He isn't that good.

I'm glad Jordan Henderson got picked, too.

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We are City.

What's Micah done to get back in the frame?

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To be fair, he's never been too far out of frame - England doesn't exactly suffer from an abundance of quality fullbacks.

Bothroyd is a joke it will be Beckford or some shitter like that next woudn't suprise me if Joey Barton got a recall TBF

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Sparky Never forgotten

I've got feelings of a great big fat nothing towards Wednesday.

I can name ten center halves off the top of my head who are better than Chris Smalling, and because that's an overused phrase, I'm actually going to; Gary Cahill, Michael Turner, Ryan Shawcross, Roger Johnson, Liam Ridgewell, Scott Dann, Phil Jones, Michael Mancienne, Nedum Onuoha and Titus Bramble would all be better choices than Chris Smalling, and don't worry if your favourite English center half isn't named as chances are they're better than Chris Smalling too.

I notice that we provide 6 of the squad even before the withdrawals.

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The Senior Member

England manager Fabio Capello has confirmed that Andy Carroll, Jordan Henderson and Kieran Gibbs will start against France on Wednesday.

Carroll returned to training on Tuesday after missing a session on Monday due to a groin injury, but Capello has revealed that he has no concerns over the controversial Newcastle striker's fitness.

Sunderland midfielder Henderson will also make his first senior-team appearance from the start, while Arsenal's Gibbs is in line to kick-off against France.

But midfielder Jack Wilshere will not make an England start because he is being sent back to Arsenal after sustaining an injury in Tuesday's training session at Wembley.

"Wilshere is going home because he will not be fit for tomorrow," said Capello.

The Italian is not worried about Phil Jagielka after the Everton defender missed training on Tuesday due to a fever, while he is also not overly concerned about an injury suffered by first-choice goalkeeper Joe Hart.

"Jagielka has the flu, but we think he will be okay for tomorrow," said the England boss.

"Hart, the doctor is waiting to decide what happened. But we think it will not be a big problem."

Asked whether he was concerned about allegations surrounding Carroll's personal life, Capello said: "No. I think you have to help him because he made a mistake but he is really young.

"I think everyone makes mistakes during their life and you have to help the young ones.

Focus

"He's a good player and I think he will understand, to stay with the senior (squad) will be really important for him because all the people, the newspapers, journalists will be focused on his life. I think he will improve."

Capello admits Carroll will take on more responsibility as a senior England player.

"Yes, I hope so," said the Italian. "He needs to improve things in his private life now because it's really important.

"I spoke with him about what you have to do on the pitch (on Tuesday morning). This afternoon I will speak to him about his private life.

"I didn't select him in the last game we played because the FA, myself and Stuart Pearce decided it was not okay to select him. I think this was really important for him and for us. Since then I think he learned something about this."

Capello also spoke in praise of another new cap, Henderson, and urged the crowd to support the emerging players even if they find it difficult to adjust to senior international football immediately.

"The three players (Carroll, Henderson and Gibbs), we have to support them if the performances are not okay," he said. "It's really, really important. Also, the senior players like Rio Ferdinand, Gareth Barry and Steven Gerrard have to help these players.

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Keep Calm and follow Jesus Navas

le meh

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'Fabio, the round thing there is the ball'

Aguero

Seems Hart has a back spasm and has been sent home from England.

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The Senior Member

Sounds like a repetative tequilla slamming injury to me.

Jagielka? Right back? Richards? Bench? Idiotic.

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Tristitia vestra vertetur in gaudium

Actually quite looking forward to this, exciting young players on both sides to run the rule over and no Shrek for the commentators to obsess over.

Nice....

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I Belong To City
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BJWB.1920-31/12/2010.

Carved open..that was a sweet goal....

France have been leathering england..

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I Belong To City
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BJWB.1920-31/12/2010.

What's that thing they're doing with the ball on the ground?

Come on England! Welly it up front.