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 ?

1-1

I'm astonished that Wellbeck gets into an international team.

I'm astonished that Wellbeck gets into an Premier League team.

Far too generous, so fixed.

England XI: Hart, Johnson, Jagielka, Cahill, Baines, Gerrard, Henderson, Welbeck, Sterling, Rooney, Sturridge

Welbeck over Lallana. This has to be some kind of sick F***ing joke.

Far too generous, so fixed.

Hodgson has gone for pace. Personally think a weird decision as Italy will play deep.

I think....cough cough feel bloody dirty saying it, but Neville has had a lot of input into that side. He's been banging on how the lads should be playing together all year on sky. Feeling very optimistic now.

I'm astonished that Wellbeck gets into an international team.

I'm astonished that someone had a time machine, went back to the eighties and out of all the football players in the world they brought welbeck back.

Word.

As for the match, 1-1 score bore. ingerland to score first and then shut up shop for 60 minutes.

England XI: Hart, Johnson, Jagielka, Cahill, Baines, Gerrard, Henderson, Welbeck, Sterling, Rooney, Sturridge

Welbeck over Lallana. This has to be some kind of sick F***ing joke.

Why are the teams released 2 hours before kick off? It's at 11pm right?

England XI: Hart, Johnson, Jagielka, Cahill, Baines, Gerrard, Henderson, Welbeck, Sterling, Rooney, Sturridge

Welbeck over Lallana. This has to be some kind of sick f**king joke.

The problem with Welbeck isn't his work rate - that side of his game is genuinely good. It's his intelligence on the ball which isn't great. Numerous times in the three friendlies played prior to tonight he picked the ball up and ran with it into an opposition defender. He can't do that tonight otherwise he will get murdered by all in the stadium and on social media. I can understand Roy's approach to this game and it's much better to have Lallana as an insurance policy from the bench than having Welbeck. Given the conditions of this game it's important that an impact player is on there.

I'm really wanting to see our Redmen do great tonight so I'm very keen for England to do well at this tournament and I feel it should be in the best manners of all us Liverpool fans to wish the best for them. And I say that as a Scot.

Why are the teams released 2 hours before kick off? It's at 11pm right?

Ignore me, I forgot that we used to know our team two hours before kick off when he was F***ing us up. *shudders*

Who knows how this will go. Hopefully me. Got Rooney first scorer and England half time and the draw full time.

Seems Costa Rica have just fu**ed my bet up I have done another bet on this one.

Danny Sturridge, England 2-1. Decent odds.

I think we Roy has made a mistake in losing the extra central midfield player especially against a team like Italy. I think we may see Gerrard run ragged in this game.

Not a happy chap

I think we Roy has made a mistake in losing the extra central midfield player especially against a team like Italy. I think we may see Gerrard run ragged in this game.

Not a happy chap

Will be interesting. Perhaps Rooney will have to do a lot of tracking back.

What's the actual lineup in the end?

A certain Gabriel Paletta is playing for Italy tonight. Remember he was the young Argentinian who Rafa bought back in 2006? Seem to recall only one game of his - the league cup tie against Arsenal at Anfield in January 2007 when they thrashed us 6-3 (Baptista scoring 4). Paletta had a shocker especially under the high ball. He was all over the place. Tim Vickery the BBC South American Football Correspondent said his move to Liverpool came to early in his career so it will be fascinating to see how much he has progressed tonight.


Diego the teams are...


England: Hart, Johnson, Cahill, Jagielka, Baines, Gerrard, Henderson, Welbeck, Sterling, Rooney, Sturridge.

Italy: Sirigu, Darmian, Paletta, Barzagli, Chiellini, De Rossi, Pirlo, Verratti, Marchisio, Candreva, Balotelli.

Can't say that Italy line up looks impressive.

Diego the teams are...


England: Hart, Johnson, Cahill, Jagielka, Baines, Gerrard, Henderson, Welbeck, Sterling, Rooney, Sturridge.

Italy: Sirigu, Darmian, Paletta, Barzagli, Chiellini, De Rossi, Pirlo, Verratti, Marchisio, Candreva, Balotelli.

Thanks. I quite liked England's lineup, with the exception of Welbeck's inclusion of course. I'd switch him for a midfielder, Wilshere or maybe Barkley.

Hopefully Roy won't try to make them play long ball football though.