World Cup Squads

England 30-man provisional squad announced:

Goalkeepers
Joe Hart, David James, Robert Green

Defenders
Leighton Baines, Jamie Carragher, Ashley Cole, Michael Dawson, Rio Ferdinand, Glen Johnson, Ledley King, John Terry, Matthew Upson, Stephen Warnock

Midfielders
Gareth Barry, Michael Carrick, Joe Cole, Steven Gerrard, Tom Huddlestone, Adam Johnson, Frank Lampard, Aaron Lennon, James Milner, Scott Parker, Theo Walcott, Shaun Wright-Phillips

Forwards
Darren Bent, Peter Crouch, Jermain Defoe, Emile Heskey, Wayne Rooney

^ ^ No massive surprises. Adam Johnson may be the wild-card

England 30-man provisional squad announced:

Goalkeepers
Joe Hart, David James, Robert Green

Defenders
Leighton Baines, Jamie Carragher, Ashley Cole, Michael Dawson, Rio Ferdinand, Glen Johnson, Ledley King, John Terry, Matthew Upson, Stephen Warnock

Midfielders
Gareth Barry, Michael Carrick, Joe Cole, Steven Gerrard, Tom Huddlestone, Adam Johnson, Frank Lampard, Aaron Lennon, James Milner, Scott Parker, Theo Walcott, Shaun Wright-Phillips

Forwards
Darren Bent, Peter Crouch, Jermain Defoe, Emile Heskey, Wayne Rooney

Pretty much predictable apart from the fact Ashley Young has been replaced by Theo Walcott.

Thank god Bobby Zamora ain't going. I don't care for England but that bloke at a World Cup is like alliphone at a convention for intelligence.

I would actually put Ashley Young ahead of Walcott.

To be fair thats a two bob sqaud!!

Wow if they preform theres no point anyone else turning up! Especially if Pepe is in goal.

No Ashley Young? That's harsh on the lad. Should be in the top 30.

Young is a spoilt brat

O'neill brainwashed him when big clubs wanted him and he hasn't performed in and out since.

Personally good squad, A.Johnson suprise, glad to see D.bent in there deserves it

so what do we think then...

Goalkeepers: Joe Hart, David James, Robert Green.

Defenders: Leighton Baines, Jamie Carragher, Ashley Cole, Michael Dawson, Rio Ferdinand, Glen Johnson, Ledley King, John Terry, Matthew Upson, Stephen Warnock.

Midfielders: Gareth Barry, Michael Carrick, Joe Cole, Steven Gerrard, Tom Huddlestone, Adam Johnson, Frank Lampard, Aaron Lennon, James Milner, Scott Parker, Theo Walcott, Shaun Wright-Phillips.

Forwards: Darren Bent, Peter Crouch, Jermain Defoe, Emile Heskey, Wayne Rooney.

England 30-man provisional squad announced:

Goalkeepers
Joe Hart, David James, Robert Green

Defenders
Leighton Baines, Jamie Carragher, Ashley Cole, Michael Dawson, Rio Ferdinand, Glen Johnson, Ledley King, John Terry, Matthew Upson, Stephen Warnock

Midfielders
Gareth Barry, Michael Carrick, Joe Cole, Steven Gerrard, Tom Huddlestone, Adam Johnson, Frank Lampard, Aaron Lennon, James Milner, Scott Parker, Theo Walcott, Shaun Wright-Phillips

Forwards
Darren Bent, Peter Crouch, Jermain Defoe, Emile Heskey, Wayne Rooney

Good stuff!

I can see Dawson, Upson, Warnock, Huddlestone, Parker, Johnson and Bent dropped from the squad list.

Cameroon

Goalkeepers: Hamidou Souleymanou (Kayserispor) Idris Carlos Kameni, (RCD Espanyol Barcelona), Guy Roland Ndy Assembe (FC Valenciennes), Amour Patrick Tignyemb (Bloemfontein Celtic FC).

Defenders: John Patrick Abouna NDZANA (The Stars FC Yaounde), Benoit ASSOU-EKOTTO (Tottenham Hotspur FC), Sebastien BASSONG (Tottenham Hotspur FC), Gaetan BONG (Valenciennes FC), Aurelien CHEDJOU (Lille OSC), Nathan Eccleston (OSC Lille), Geremi NJITAP (MKE Ankaragücü), Stephane MBIA (Olympique de Marseille), Makadji BOUKAR (AL Nahdha Club), Nicolas NKOULOU (AS Monaco,), Rigobert SONG (Trapzonspur).

Midfielders: Marcel Ndjeng (FC Augsburg) EYONG TAKANG ENOH, (AFC Ajax Amsterdam) Takang Eyong Enoh (AFC Ajax Amsterdam), Jean II MAKOUN (Olympique Lyonnais), Georges MANDJECK (FC Kaiserslautern), Joel MATIP (FC Schalke 04), Patrick MEVOUNGOU (Canon Sportif), Landry NGUEMO (Celtic Glasgow), Alexandre SONG (Arsenal FC,).

Strikers: Vincent Abubakar (Cotton Sport FC of Garoua Eric CHOUPO-MOTING (FC Nuremburg), Achille EMANA (Real Betis), Samuel ETO'O (Inter Milan), Mohamadou IDRISSOU (SC Freiburg), Rostard Dorge KOUEMAHA (FC Bruges), Achille WEBO (Real Mallorca, Spain), Jacques ZOUA (FC Basel 1983).

Japan

Goalkeepers : Seigo Narazaki (Nagoya Grampus), Eiji Kawashima (Kawasaki Frontale), Yoshikatsu Kawaguchi (Jubilo Iwata)

Defenders : Yuji Nakazawa (Yokohama F. Marinos), Marcus Tulio Tanaka (Nagoya Grampus), Yuichi Komano (Jubilo Iwata), Daiki Iwamasa (Kashima Antlers), Yasuyuki Konno (FC Tokyo), Yuto Nagatomo (FC Tokyo), Atsuto Uchida (Kashima Antlers)

Midfielders : Shunsuke Nakamura (Yokohama F. Marinos), Junichi Inamoto (Kawasaki Frontale), Yasuhito Endo (Gamba Osaka). Kengo Nakamura (Kawasaki Frontale), Daisuke Matsui (Grenoble), Yuki Abe (Urawa Reds), Makoto Hasebe (Wolfsburg), Keisuke Honda (CSKA Moscow)

Forwards : Keiji Tamada (Nagoya Grampus), Yoshito Okubo (Vissel Kobe), Kisho Yano (Albirex Niigata), Shinji Okazaki (Shimizu S-Pulse), Takayuki Morimoto (Catania)

New Zealand

Goalkeepers: James Bannatyne (Team Wellington), Glen Moss (Melbourne Victory), Mark Paston (Wellington Phoenix)

Defenders: Andy Boyens (New York Red Bulls), Tony Lochhead (Wellington Phoenix), Ryan Nelsen (Blackburn Rovers), Winston Reid (FC Midtjylland), Ben Sigmund (Wellington Phoenix), Tommy Smith (Ipswich Town), Ivan Vicelich (Auckland City)

Midfielders: Andy Barron (Team Wellington), Leo Bertos (Wellington Phoenix), Tim Brown (Wellington Phoenix), Jeremy Christie (FC Tampa Bay Rowdies), Aaron Clapham (Canterbury United), Simon Elliott (unattached), Michael McGlinchey (Motherwell), David Mulligan (unattached)

Strikers: Jeremy Brockie (Newcastle Jets), Rory Fallon (Plymouth Argyle), Chris Killen (Middlesbrough), Shane Smeltz (Gold Coast United), Chris Wood (West Bromwich Albion)

Nigeria

Goalkeepers: Vincent Enyeama (Hapoel Tel Aviv), Dele Aiyenugba (Bnei Yehuda), Austin Ejide (Hapoel Petah Tikva), Bassey Akpan (Bayelsa United)

Defenders: Taye Taiwo (Marseille), Elderson Echiejile (Rennes), Chidi Odiah (CSKA Moscow), Onyekachi Apam (OG Nice), Joseph Yobo (Everton), Daniel Shittu (Bolton Wanderers), Ayodele Adeleye (Sparta Rotterdam), Rabiu Afolabi (SV Salzburg), Terna Suswan (Lobi Stars)

Midfielders: Chinedu Ogbuke Obasi (TSG Hoffenheim), John Utaka (Portsmouth), Brown Ideye (FC Sochaux), Peter Utaka (Odense Boldklub,) , Kalu Uche (Almeria), Dickson Etuhu (Fulham), John Mikel Obi (Chelsea), Sani Kaita (Alaniya), Haruna Lukman (AS Monaco), Yusuf Ayila (Dynamo Kiev), Osaze Odemwingie (Lokomotiv Moscow)

Strikers: Yakubu Aiyegbeni (Everton), Victor Anichebe (Everton), Nwankwo Kanu (Portsmouth), Obafemi Martins (Wolfsburg), Ikechukwu Uche (Real Zaragoza), Victor Obinna Nsofor (Malaga)

Greece

Goalkeepers: Michalis Sifakis (Aris Salonika), Alexandros Tzorvas (Panathinaikos), Kostas Chalkias (PAOK Salonika).

Defenders: Giorgos Seitaridis (Panathinaikos), Loukas Vintra(Panathinaikos), Evangelos Moras (Bologna), Socrates Papastathopoulos (Genoa), Sotiris Kyrgiakos (Liverpool), Avraam Papadopoulos (Olympiakos), Vasilis Torosidis (Olympiakos), Nikos Spiropoulos (Panathinaikos), Stelios Malezas (PAOK Salonika), Giorgos Tzavellas (Panionios), Kostas Manolas (AEK Athens), Giorgos Galitsios (Olympiakos), Stergos Marinos (Panathinaikos).

Midfielders: Kostas Katsouranis (Panathinaikos), Alexandros Tziolis (Siena), Giorgos Karagounis (Panathinaikos), Sotiris Ninis (Panathinaikos), Christos Patsatzoglou (Omonia), Grigoris Makos (AEK Athens), Sakis Prittas (Aris Salonika), Lazaros Christodoulopoulos (Panathinaikos).

Forwards: Angelos Charisteas (Nuremberg), Dimitris Salpigidis (Panathinaikos), Pantelis Kapetanos (Steaua Bucharest), Theofanis Gekas (Hertha Berlin), Giorgos Samaras (Celtic), Kostas Mitroglou (Olympiakos).

I can see Dawson, Upson, Warnock, Huddlestone, Parker, Johnson and Bent dropped from the squad list.

Walcott will get dropped before Johnson.

Hope Parker isn't dropped. I'd have him as back-up for Barry / the other CM's.

Netherlands - 30 players

Goalkeepers: Sander Boschker (FC Twente), Michel Vorm (FC Utrecht), Maarten Stekelenburg (Ajax)

Defense: Vurnon Anita (Ajax), Khalid Boulahrouz (VfB Stuttgart), Edson Braafheid (Celtic), John Heitinga (Everton), Joris Mathijsen (HSV), André Ooijer (PSV), Ron Vlaar (Feyenoord), Gregory van der Wiel (Ajax), Giovanni van Bronckhorst (Feyenoord)

Midfielders: Ibrahim Afellay (PSV), Otman Bakkal (PSV), Mark van Bommel (Bayern München), Wout Brama (FC Twente), Orlando Engelaar (PSV), Nigel de Jong (Manchester City),  Stijn Schaars (AZ), Wesley Sneijder (Inter), Rafael van der Vaart (Real Madrid), Demy de Zeeuw (Ajax), David Mendes da Silva (AZ),

Forwards: Klaas Jan Huntelaar (AC Milan), Dirk Kuyt (Liverpool), Jeremain Lens (AZ), Robin van Persie (Arsenal), Arjen Robben (Bayern München), Ryan Babel (Liverpool), Eljero Elia (HSV)

No Van Nistelrooij, which is absurd to me seeing some of the players that did get included over him. Not happy with that. And think it's obvious our defense sucks.

15 minutes to Brazilian squad announcement.

I'm so anxious

15 minutes to Brazilian squad announcement.

I'm so anxious

I'll look forward to seeing that.

Have Italy announced theirs yet?

Ivory Coast

Goalkeepers: Vincent Angban (ASEC Abidjan), Boubacar Barry (Lokeren), Aristides Zogbo (Maccabi Netanya), Daniel Yeboah (ASEC Abidjan).

Defenders: Souleymane Bamba (Hibernian), Arthur Boka (VfB Stuttgart), Benjamin Brou Angoua (Valenciennes), Guy Demel (Hamburg SV), Emmanuel Eboue (Arsenal), Abdoulaye Meite (West Bromwich Albion), Steve Gohouri (Wigan Athletic), Siaka Tiene (Valenciennes), Kolo Toure (Manchester City).

Midfielders: Emerse Fae (Nantes), Jean-Jacques Gosso Gosso (Monaco), Abdelkader Keita (Galatasaray), Emmanuel Kone (International Curtea Arges), Gervais Yao Kouassi (Lille), Christian Koffi Ndri (Sevilla), Cheik Ismael Tiote (Twente Enschede), Yaya Toure (Barcelona), Gilles Yapi Yapo (Young Boys Berne), Didier Zokora (Sevilla).

Forwards: Kanga Akale (Racing Lens), Aruna Dindane (Racing Lens), Seydou Doumbia (Young Boys Berne), Didier Drogba (Chelsea), Salomon Kalou (Chelsea), Bakary Kone (Olympique Marseille).

Italy

Goalkeepers: Gianluigi Buffon (Juventus), Morgan De Sanctis (Napoli), Federico Marchetti (Cagliari), Salvatore Sirigu (Palermo)

Defenders: Salvatore Bocchetti (Genoa), Leonardo Bonucci (Bari), Fabio Cannavaro (Juventus), Mattia Cassani (Palermo), Giorgio Chiellini (Juventus), Domenico Criscito (Genoa), Fabio Grosso (Juventus), Christian Maggio (Napoli), Gianluca Zambrotta (AC Milan)

Midfielders: Mauro Camoranesi (Juventus), Antonio Candreva (Juventus), Andrea Cossu (Cagliari), Daniele De Rossi (Roma), Gennaro Gattuso (AC Milan), Claudio Marchisio (Juventus), Riccardo Montolivo (Fiorentina), Angelo Palombo (Sampdoria), Simone Pepe (Udinese), Andrea Pirlo (AC Milan)

Forwards: Marco Borriello (AC Milan), Antonio Di Natale (Udinese), Alberto Gilardino (Fiorentina), Vincenzo Iaquinta (Juventus), Giampaolo Pazzini (Sampdoria), Fabio Quagliarella (Napoli), Giuseppe Rossi (Villarreal)

No Aquilani then?

This may be a stupid question but how do I put the country's name in a headlines section in red like the rest of you?  

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Actually a pretty handy team that.

BRASIL

Goalkeepers: Júlio César (Inter), Gomes (Tottenham), Doni (Roma)

Fullbacks: Maicon (Inter), Daniel Alves (Barcelona), Gilberto (Cruzeiro), Michel Bastos (Lyon)

Center backs: Juan (Roma), Lúcio (Inter), Luisão (Benfica), Thiago Silva (Milan)

Midfielders: Gilberto Silva (Panathinaikos), Felipe Melo (Juventus), Josué (Wolfsburg), Kleberson (Flamengo), Elano (Galatasaray), Ramires (Benfica), Kaká (Real Madrid), Julio Baptista (Roma)

Strikers: Luis Fabiano (Sevilla), Nilmar (Villarreal), Robinho (Santos), Grafite (Wolfsburg)

He didnt listen to the people who were asking for Neymar and Ganso, which is a shame. I'd take the boys, especially Ganso. If Kaká gets injured, who will we play in that position? Julio Baptista?

And he called Kleberson, FFS. He was on the bench of my team (Flamengo) till last week. Most overrated Fla player of all time... he's far from being our best midfielder, cant believe he is going to the World Cup. On the other hand, he decided to keep Adriano out of the team, who is a better player than Grafite, but honestly he didnt deserve to go, his commitment is terrible, missing training at Flamengo all the time, and Dunga do not like this kind of attitude.

Also, DONI is a f***in joke. He is warming the bench for Roma. Victor (Gremio) is a much better player, and so are many other keepers. I'm not Luisão biggest fan either, I'd much rather take Alex (Chelsea).

Adryan: [n ews=Ivory Coast]

No Ronaldinho also?

I actually rate Adriano but doesn't he have some problems or something.

Adryan: [n ews=Ivory Coast]

Cheers, Dexter.

By the way, Ross. Italy added.

I'm not Luisão biggest fan either, I'd much rather take Alex (Chelsea).

Yeah, crazy Alex isn't included there, I really rate him.