If England played in the football league.......

[ExmouthExile]

Just imagine for a minute, if the England national side were an ordinary football club, where would you place them in the league? Mid table in the Premiership? Top half of the Championship? I'm just curious

 

[vegster]

They would be either Everton or Aston Villa, close, but no cigar

 

[SeagullSongs]

I'd agree with Vegster, although perhaps slightly more pessimistic; maybe more like a Newcastle or Sunderland.

 

[seagullondon]

They are a Tottenham in my opinion.

 

[HP Seagull]

They would easily be top two. The quality of player is there for all to see when everybody is fit and there would be a totally different mentality without the national pressure.

 

[Kazenga <3]

If you pretend that the England players are clones or something and can play for their clubs too then top 6. If the best English players are taken out of their clubs then England would win the league easy.

 

[farawaysaint]

I voted league 1 although I don't genuinely believe this it would give me the greatest pleasure to see the overhyped, overpaid media darlings having the stuffing kicked out of them by league 1 defences

 

[HastingsSeagull]

Would be Arsenal, have done quite alot over the past 10 years but consistantly just missing out recently, on decline, but might bounce back with youngsters if get fit and act together

 

[Conkers]

Someone voted League One?

 

[Art Vs Science]

Top half of the Premiership easily. Bearing in mind they would be training together every week rather than once in a while and i presume the manager could pick any English player at any given week

 

[pasty]

If you pretend that the England players are clones or something and can play for their clubs too then top 6. If the best English players are taken out of their clubs then England would win the league easy.

Is the right answer.

 

[Randsta]

Would be Arsenal, have done quite alot over the past 10 years but consistantly just missing out recently, on decline, but might bounce back with youngsters if get fit and act together

Agreed not use to winning so not able to get over the final hurdle

 

[mcshane in the 79th]

If you pretend that the England players are clones or something and can play for their clubs too then top 6. If the best English players are taken out of their clubs then England would win the league easy.

Really, would Man City suffer that much from having their International players taken out? I'm sure they'd get a replacement for Joe Hart easy enough.

I'd put England in the 3rd-6th place battle. The top clubs would easily replace their England players with cheaper foreigners

 

[Kalimantan Gull]

What?

That group of players training together week in week-out, with incredible strength in depth....they would win the league easily.

 

[Poyetry In Motion]

For me, England are like Fulham
When they're on form and on fire, they'll knock you for 6. Catch them on a bad day however and it's pushover time

 

[Commander]

What?

That group of players training together week in week-out, with incredible strength in depth....they would win the league easily.

That's the thing though, it makes the question impossible. If there was a club side that had the top 20 players in England then they would be right up there. If the question is where would the England team rank on current performances, then they'd probably be about 6th or 7th. United, City and even Chelsea would tear them apart.

 

[W.C.]

Mid table for me. Can't see teams like Man Utd, Chelsea, Man City and a few others being troubled by England.

Then again, I'm taking players like Rooney and Gerrard as their ENGLAND selves. Which is a lot worse than their PREMIER LEAGUE selves.

Tricky question...