Should England make it to Brazil in 2016.

[Leekbrookgull]

Two or three of us at work were discussing England in Brazil should they qualify in 2016. Now leading on from Greg Dykes statement and assuming Hodgson was still in charge i would suspect most fans don't expect England to 'do much' so why not say take to old heads i/e Gerrard/Lampard but the rest of the squad is simply youngester's simply to give them the experience and a game ?

 

[Paris]

Enjoy the Olympics

 

[Tricky Dicky]

What's happening in 2016 ? The world cup is next year, unless you mean the Olympics, but football at the Olympics is essentially irrelevent

 

[MICK PATCHAM]

 

[ozseagull]

Anyone know what he's talking about?

 

[Taybha]

 

[Leekbrookgull]

Sorry,2014.

 

[Eksman]

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Hahahahahahahahahahahah

 

[Paris]

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[ExmouthExile]

I don't think the FA will be looking at it that way. What's the point in spending 2 years qualifying for a tournament and then going into it with the attitude "we've got no chance of winning it, so let's use it to experiment for the future". The World Cup Finals is neither the time or place for that. Yes you and I both know realistically that we don't stand a snowball in hells chance of winning it (that's even if we get there) but every one of the 32 teams that qualify will be going there to make as big an impact in the tournament as possible.

 

[Pavilionaire]

The first team picks itself but I agree that the second XI should be largely the talented hungry kids we have, rather than the Milners, Downings, Lennons, Defoes and Lescotts. More kids means changing the squad dynamic; this could rejuvenate the likes of Gerrard and Lampard.

 

[Knotty]

Two or three of us at work were discussing England in Brazil should they qualify in 2016. Now leading on from Greg Dykes statement and assuming Hodgson was still in charge i would suspect most fans don't expect England to 'do much' so why not say take to old heads i/e Gerrard/Lampard but the rest of the squad is simply youngester's simply to give them the experience and a game ?

Ignoring the wrong date, the rest of it is so wrong too.

 

[Leekbrookgull]

Ignoring the wrong date, the rest of it is so wrong too.

Knotty,why ?Like you schoolboy error on date but why get the young ones a run out ?

 

[CorgiRegisteredFriend]

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This thread is worth reading for this alone.

 

[Leekbrookgull]

Well at least i tried !!!