Could your team field an all-English XI? And how crap would it be?

**Pirate** · 9th January '11, 03:58 PM

Just wondering which teams would actually be able to...
None of this "they've been here 6+ years so we'll allow them even they're not English" bullshit.
And, a maximum of 3 Welsh/Scottish 'cause they ain't English but it's hard to ban them entirely.

Newcastle

Harper
Danny Simpson
Steven Taylor
Sol Campbell
Mike Williamson
Wayne Routledge
Joey Barton
Alan Smith
Kevin Nolan
Shola Ameobi
Andy Carroll

Can your team?

**Alfie** · 9th January '11, 04:11 PM

yeah and it would probably still beat west ham

**`Row** · 9th January '11, 06:52 PM

Man U

Ben Amos, Wes Brown, Chris Smalling, Rio Ferdinand, Gary Neville, Ryan Giggs, Michael Carrick, Paul Scholes, Owen Hargreaves/Tom Cleverley, Wayne Rooney, Danny Welbeck/Owen

Other players : Evans, Gibson, Fletcher, Oshea (unless its only welsh and scottish, not irish)

Decent enough I guess...?

**Ro-Man Roader** · 9th January '11, 06:55 PM

Originally Posted by `Row

Man U

Ben Amos, Wes Brown, Chris Smalling, Rio Ferdinand, Gary Neville, Ryan Giggs, Michael Carrick, Paul Scholes, Owen Hargreaves, Tom Cleverley, Danny Welbeck

Other players : Evans, Gibson, Fletcher, Oshea (unless its only welsh and scottish, not irish)

Decent enough I guess...?

lol Owen? Rooney?

**`Row** · 9th January '11, 06:58 PM

Originally Posted by Ro-Man Roader

lol Owen? Rooney?

Good point hahaha, would still pick welbeck over owen currently

Forgetting about rooney cause he hasn't played the last couple games

**Pirate** · 9th January '11, 07:03 PM

Originally Posted by `Row

Man U

Ben Amos, Wes Brown, Chris Smalling, Rio Ferdinand, Gary Neville, Ryan Giggs, Michael Carrick, Paul Scholes, Owen Hargreaves/Tom Cleverley, Wayne Rooney, Danny Welbeck/Owen

Other players : Evans, Gibson, Fletcher, Oshea (unless its only welsh and scottish, not irish)

Decent enough I guess...?

Not allowing lol
No Irish players, 'cause they're not British, but the argument's for another thread. Tiocfaidh ar la etc

Good side tho tbf

**Samir_NasG** · 9th January '11, 07:08 PM

Originally Posted by `Row

Man U

Ben Amos, Wes Brown, Chris Smalling, Rio Ferdinand, Gary Neville, Ryan Giggs, Michael Carrick, Paul Scholes, Owen Hargreaves/Tom Cleverley, Wayne Rooney, Danny Welbeck/Owen

Other players : Evans, Gibson, Fletcher, Oshea (unless its only welsh and scottish, not irish)

Decent enough I guess...?

Giggs is Welsh u poon.

Almunia (legal), Eastmond, Bartley, ? , Gibbs, Lansbury, Frimpong, Wilshere, JET, Afobe, Theo.

Decent still.

**Eric Cantona** · 9th January '11, 07:11 PM

Man Utd would have the best starting 11 out of all the Premier League teams, can't be botherd writing it out

**Matt91** · 9th January '11, 07:15 PM

Spurs
Alnwick, Woodgate, Dawson, King, O'Hara, Lennon, Huddlestone, Jenas, Andros Townsend, Defoe, Crouch.

Pretty decent side bar GK

*could also have Bentley*

**Xtra P** · 9th January '11, 07:15 PM

Gavin Hoyte Thomas Cruise Daniel Boateng Kieran Gibbs

Henri Lansbury Craig Eastmond Aaron Ramsey

Jay Emmanuel-Thomas Jack Wilshere

Benik Afobe Theo Walcott

It would have to be a rush goaly situation

**Pirate** · 9th January '11, 07:29 PM

Originally Posted by Samir_NasG

Giggs is Welsh u poon.

Almunia (legal), Eastmond, Bartley, ? , Gibbs, Lansbury, Frimpong, Wilshere, JET, Afobe, Theo.

Decent still.

I said you could 3 Welsh/Scots lol

NO ALMUNIA, as said in OFP

**The Don** · 9th January '11, 07:36 PM

turnbull, clifford mancienne terry cole, lampard mceachran mellis... sturridge

im struggling

**Clive Eboue** · 9th January '11, 09:31 PM

Na we have that young guy in goal, Shea or something? Or am I just making this up

**Josh** · 9th January '11, 09:33 PM

Originally Posted by Clive Eboue

Na we have that young guy in goal, Shea or something? Or am I just making this up

He's Irish I think?

There'd be no point in doing my team cos we're in League 2 and you won't know any of our players but it'd be significantly worse than most teams as most teams in League 2 have home grown English players and we have a lot of Scots and a Welshman and a couple other nationalities floating about.

**Xtra P** · 9th January '11, 09:41 PM

Nah Clives right, James Shea is eligible to play for England as he was born here, remember when Cappello drafted him into the England squad lol

**Clive Eboue** · 9th January '11, 09:44 PM

Originally Posted by Xtra P

Nah Clives right, James Shea is eligible to play for England as he was born here, remember when Cappello drafted him into the England squad lol

I thought I was fabricating this whole story in my head lol

**Mayfair Smooth** · 9th January '11, 09:49 PM

Originally Posted by Xtra P

Nah Clives right, James Shea is eligible to play for England as he was born here, remember when Cappello drafted him into the England squad lol

thats not what happened i swear it thought that england and arsenal training fields are connected (or england train at arsenal) and an england goalie got injured so cappello got shea to train with them for a day

**Clive Eboue** · 9th January '11, 09:51 PM

Yeah England use our Colney Hatch training facilities. The pitches there are immense, unfortunately my playing ability is not.

**Mayfair Smooth** · 9th January '11, 09:56 PM

Originally Posted by Clive Eboue

Yeah England use our Colney Hatch training facilities. The pitches there are immense, unfortunately my playing ability is not.

yeah whole thing is meant to be sick, england cricketers do their rehab there iirc

**Xtra P** · 9th January '11, 10:14 PM

Originally Posted by B&H

thats not what happened i swear it thought that england and arsenal training fields are connected (or england train at arsenal) and an england goalie got injured so cappello got shea to train with them for a day

Yeah thats what I mean't

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/sport/foo...a-England.html