England v Italy - Your Predictions & Team Line-up

If we are going to try and win I would go for:

GK: Hart
RB: Johnson
LB: Baines
CB: Cahill
CB: Jagielka
CM: Gerrard
CM: Henderson
CAM: Barkley
LAM: Sterling
RAM: Lallana
ST: Sturridge

Prediction: 1-1

Wouldn't play Welbeck or Rooney - not due to injury concerns - but due to sh*te-ness concerns.

Can't really argue with the team you have picked although there would be absolutely enormous pressure on Barkley's shoulders there. 

1-1 if Italy start with the loon Balotelli, the Azzuri play Insigne and Immobile can see them winning 2 or 3-1. They looked superb together the other night in Italy's friendly against Fluminese.

That seems to be about the best team and I think Barkley's ready to step up to the plate, I so wish we could buy him.

This certainly doesn't look promising....
http://www.theguardian.com/football/2014/jun/11/manaus-pitch-brazil-world-cup-2014-england-italy

This certainly doesn't look promising....
http://www.theguardian.com/football/2014/jun/11/manaus-pitch-brazil-world-cup-2014-england-italy

Embarrassing! Feel sorry for people in Brazil who aren't happy with the World Cup being held in their country.

This certainly doesn't look promising....
http://www.theguardian.com/football/2014/jun/11/manaus-pitch-brazil-world-cup-2014-england-italy

Better than my local park though.

Ah well, suppose nothing a lick of grass paint won't cover.

11pm KO! Yikes, OK for the majority, but soft lad is in work at 7.30am on Sunday morning.

That pitch looks dreadful, slightly better that the old Baseball ground on a cold wintery Saturday afternoon.

If we play typical Hodgson football we won't have to worry about the pitch. Just keep the ball in the air.... where's Andy Carroll when you need him

I think we will win this game comfortably even if we keep the ball on the floor. Going for a 2-0 win Sturridge to get both. Rooney to start and play well.

If we play typical Hodgson football we won't have to worry about the pitch. Just keep the ball in the air.... where's Andy Carroll when you need him

I think we will win this game comfortably even if we keep the ball on the floor. Going for a 2-0 win Sturridge to get both. Rooney to start and play well.

If I was a betting man, I'd say in the Pub.

If I was a betting man, I'd say in the Pub.

If we play typical Hodgson football we won't have to worry about the pitch. Just keep the ball in the air.... where's Andy Carroll when you need him

I think we will win this game comfortably even if we keep the ball on the floor. Going for a 2-0 win Sturridge to get both. Rooney to start and play well.

I think we'll see a lot of passing the ball along the back 4 along with Gerrard. Given the much talked about conditions I'd be surprised if this match is anything but a scrappy, slow affair. It should have 0-0 written all over it but considering both sides have potent strikers in Balotelli and Sturridge then you never know.

Brand new pitch? Where did they get it from? eBay.

I'm optimistic, Italy aren't the scary force that they were a few years ago.

Hart
Johnson
Cahill
Jagielka
Baines
Henderson
Gerrard
Lallana
Sterling
Rooney
Sturridge

That's what I think Hodgson will play.

2-1

If we are going to try and win I would go for:
GK: Hart
RB: Johnson
LB: Baines
CB: Cahill
CB: Jagielka
CM: Gerrard
CM: Henderson
CAM: Barkley
LAM: Sterling
RAM: Lallana
ST: Sturridge
Prediction: 1-1

 

If we are going to try and win I would go for:

GK: Hart
RB: Johnson
LB: Baines
CB: Cahill
CB: Jagielka
CM: Gerrard
CM: Henderson
CAM: Barkley
LAM: Sterling
RAM: Lallana
ST: Sturridge

Prediction: 1-1

Can't argue with the team, I think Rooney will play instead of Barkley though and possibly Wilshire instead of Henderson

Bet you Woy goes for Welbeck over Sterling.

Bet you Woy goes for Welbeck over Sterling.

I certainly wouldn't be surprised. Then again I would see it as a tactical ploy to stretch the game and keep it tight for an hour and then when the opposition are tired bring on Sterling for full force because if there's one man who could change the whole game for England through sheer individual skill, it's going to be Raheem Sterling. Then again you are having to bank on it being 0-0 which is a fairly presumptuous and naive tactical plan. There's no room for ifs and buts so I see no solid reason why Roy wouldn't start Raheem.

                                          Hart

Johnson                Jagielka        Cahill                Baines

                            Gerrard        Henderson

       Milner                       Rooney                    Lallana

                                     Sturridge

Don't think he will play sterling in this one. Hodgsons too defensive.

Thierry Henry saying he wants to see Sterling start. Give the man what he wants Hodgson!

Hope it's

Hart
Jagielka
Cahill
Baines
Smalling

Lampard
Wilshere
Milner

Welbeck
Rooney
Oxlade

Italy 5-0

4 - 1 to England. Sturridge 2 .. sterling 1.

4 - 1 to England. Sturridge 2 .. sterling 1.

Does Casper get the 4th ?