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[Paddingtonwolf]

Rooney will be in the squad. Of course he will. However, I am rather less certain he will be in the starting line-up.

 

[North West Wanderer]

I don't know Paddy. I think he gets a hugely raw deal on here

 

[Paddingtonwolf]

Not on current form he doesn't. Vardy and Kane are miles ahead of him as front-men and have been for months. Maybe Rooney could be at the point of a diamond behind them?

 

[Deutsch Wolf]

Alli is a far better option there as well.

 

[The Bear]

If we only have one central striker he's 3rd choice for me. No point plating him anywhere else as Nando says because he's shite deep or wide.

 

[Tony Towner]

Not on current form he doesn't. Vardy and Kane are miles ahead of him as front-men and have been for months. Maybe Rooney could be at the point of a diamond behind them?

Instead of Alli, that would be criminal. I think he should go, he shouldn't start though, but probably will. I think we'll play 433 and he'll get one of the wide slots

 

[Nando]

He's clearly got an outstanding international goal record and is likely to be the leading scorer for some time.

I don't think I'm giving him a raw deal in saying he's no longer the player he used to be.I don't see how anybody can argue he's anywhere near his best.

This is his 14th season in which he's featured largely in 30+ games a season. It's quite natural for a decline to set in and he needs to learn to adapt his game to suit. The very best are able to do so, Wayne hasn't shown that yet.

 

[North West Wanderer]

I would go diamond with Rooney at the tip
Wilshire Alli
Dier

 

[North West Wanderer]

Rooneys form prior to injury was pretty decent, iirc

 

[BillyDee]

I'd put him 'at the tip' as well. Alli is much more versatile and won't be as much of a 'shoehorn' to put him elsewhere in a diamond.

 

[YoungWolf]

Rooney behind two forwards against a decent side would be asking for trouble. In the group stages you light get away with it but I wouldn't bother then either.

 

[Sniffer]

The Doherty dream is over?

Republic squad
Republic of Ireland v Netherlands (27 May, 19:45 BST)

Squad: Given (Stoke), Randolph (West Ham), Forde (Millwall), Westwood (Sheffield Wednesday), Coleman (Everton), Christie (Derby), McShane (Reading), Clark (Aston Villa), Keogh (Derby), O'Shea (Sunderland), Pearce (Bristol City), Duffy (Blackburn), Wilson (Stoke), Ward (Burnley), McGeady (Sheffield Wednesday), McClean (West Brom), Whelan (Stoke), McCarthy (Everton), Hendrick (Derby), Meyler (Hull), Quinn (Reading), Gibson (Everton), Arter (Bournemouth), Hoolahan (Norwich), O'Kane (Bournemouth), Pilkington (Cardiff), Brady (Norwich), Walters (Stoke), Hayes (Aberdeen), O'Dowda (Oxford), Keane (LA Galaxy), Long (Southampton), McGoldrick (Ipswich), Doyle (Colorado Rapids), Murphy (Ipswich).

 

[Donegal Wolf]

Swedish squad named, no longer full of players from English clubs,

Sweden squad -Carlgren (AIK Stockholm), Isaksson (Kasimpasa), Olsen (Copenhagen), Augustinsson (Copenhagen), Granqvist (Krasnodar), Jansson (Torino), Johansson (Copenhagen), Lustig (Celtic), Lindelof (Benfica), Olsson (Norwich), Durmaz (Olympiakos), Ekdal (Hamburg), Forsberg (Leipzig), Hiljemark (Palermo), Kallstrom (Grasshoppers Zurich), Larsson (Sunderland), Lewicki (Malmo), Wernbloom (CSKA Moscow), Zengin (Trabzonspor), Berg (Panathinaikos), Guidetti (Celtic Vigo), Ibrahimovic (PSG), Kujovic (IFK Norrkoping).

 

[Lycan]

How is Guidetti doing at Celta Vigo?

 

[Deutsch Wolf]

Not sure how Vermaelen has got in there, the massive chancer :icon_lol:

 

[Freddeno]

How is Guidetti doing at Celta Vigo?

doing ok after a tough start not getting a start

 

[Freddeno]

Not sure how Vermaelen has got in there, the massive chancer :icon_lol:

will be tough to face them..lots of attacking power..just hoping Vermaelen will play against us

 

[Freddeno]

as a matter of fact i think they will win the euros this year

 

[Deutsch Wolf]

I dunno, the talent is there but Wilmots doesn't come across as a very good manager to me. Last I saw he was still using Vertonghen and Alderweireld as full backs, they were pretty disappointing in the World Cup and weren't very good against Wales in either game in the qualifiers.

 

[slink]

I dunno, the talent is there but Wilmots doesn't come across as a very good manager to me. Last I saw he was still using Vertonghen and Alderweireld as full backs, they were pretty disappointing in the World Cup and weren't very good against Wales in either game in the qualifiers.

Wilmots is an awful manager and the example you have given is justt one of the reasons why. I don't see Belgium winning the Euro's.