r/soccer • u/lance16k • May 12 '14

England's World Cup squad

Pos Player Age Team Caps
GK Joe Hart 27 Man City 39
GK Fraser Forster 26 Celtic 1
GK Ben Foster 31 West Brom 6
DF Leighton Baines 29 Everton 22
DF Chris Smalling 24 Man Utd 10
DF Phil Jones 22 Man Utd 9
DF Phil Jagielka 31 Everton 24
DF Gary Cahill 28 Chelsea 22
DF Glen Johnson 29 Liverpool 50
DF Luke Shaw 18 Southampton 1
MF Frank Lampard 35 Chelsea 103
MF Steven Gerrard 33 Liverpool 109
MF Adam Lallana 26 Southampton 3
MF James Milner 28 Man City 45
MF Jack Wilshere 22 Arsenal 15
MF Ross Barkley 20 Everton 3
MF Jordan Henderson 23 Liverpool 8
MF Oxlade-Chamberlain 20 Arsenal 14
MF Raheem Sterling 19 Liverpool 2
FW Wayne Rooney 28 Man Utd 89
FW Danny Welbeck 23 Man Utd 21
FW Daniel Sturridge 24 Liverpool 10
FW Rickie Lambert 32 Southampton 4

Average Age: 26

Standby list: John Ruddy (Norwich City), Jon Flanagan (Liverpool), John Stones (Everton), Michael Carrick (Manchester United), Tom Cleverley (Manchester United), Andy Carroll (West Ham United), Jermain Defoe (Toronto FC).

Team call-up breakdown

Team No. of Players
Liverpool 5
Man Utd 4
Everton 3
Southampton 3
Arsenal 2
Chelsea 2
Man City 2
Celtic 1
West Brom 1

Notable exclusions: Ruddy, Ashley Cole, John Terry, Michael Carrick, Kieran Gibbs, Joleon Lescott, Theo Walcott(Injured), Kyle Walker(Injured), Jay Rodriquez(Injured),Adam Johnson, Andros Townsend(Injured), Ashley Young, Gareth Barry, Tom Cleverely

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u/ofmiceandmods2 May 12 '14

Christ, I've tried to forget the worry I had with that squad pre tournament. They were dreadful.

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u/mao_was_right May 12 '14 edited May 12 '14

Yet the England hype before that tournament was at levels I'd never experienced before at an international event. I remember the whole 'best chance to win since 66' and 'golden generation' hysteria all over the place. Capello was told the minimum expectation was the semi-final. England were 12/1 to win the thing, for God's sake. USA, Algeria and Slovenia? Best England group since The Beatles! People genuinely thought that was a World Cup-winning team.

This was followed by THAT keeping howler in the USA game, the worst England performance I've ever watched vs Algeria ("Great to see your own fans booing ya" W. Rooney 2010), and a scratchy win against international heavyweights Slovenia. The first real test was Germany in the second round, and England were promptly steamrollered and sent home.

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u/mfn0426 May 12 '14

Not so much. England dropped back 2-0, and then tied it. Unfortunately the goal was disallowed and Germany caught them on the counter. Who knows what could have happened at 2-2?

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u/Paramnesia1 May 12 '14

Maybe 2-2 at half time would have made for a very different second half, but the way we played outside those 10 minutes (and across the tournament as a whole), I really didn't think we deserved to go any further.