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It often seems like Henry Winter is the only person in the world interested in the England national team, but with this being the last friendly before Roy Hodgson selects his 23 man squad for this summers World Cup the players at least should be interested in how the 90minutes will unfold tomorrow night.
The 30 man squad for tomorrow's game hardly inspires confidence for the forthcoming World Cup in Brazil, many players seemingly selected on their reputation rather than their playing ability. The Man United duo of Cleverly and Smalling have surely been selected because of the company they keep rather than their own merits. Whilst, players at more unfashionable teams like Hull's Tom Huddlestone and Sunderland's Adam Johnson have failed to make the cut even in this inflated squad despite having very good seasons.
Johnson in particular who performed so well at Wembley can feel aggrieved, but strength in wide players is something this current England crop have in abundance. Adam Lallana, James Milner, Oxlade-Chamberlain, Raheem Sterling and Andros Townsend all offer England varied and effective options on either wing, despite the latter's poor form for his club side Tottenham he was integral in England's qualifying campaign.
The match as ever with International friendlies falls at an unwanted time, particularly for Everton fans with it taking place before their biggest game of the season. With Jagielka ruled out with injury our focus us on Leighton Baines and Ross Barkley. It seems that Baines has established himself as England's no. 3 eventually usurping Ashley Cole, but his space in the squad is not completely guaranteed with the emergence of Luke Shaw at Southampton and Cole's big game temperament might be favourable options to take to Brazil. As little as a month ago Barkley's spot on the plane sandwiched in between Steven Gerrard and Wayne Rooney seemed as clear cut as a Suarez dive, but recent poor form puts his place in doubt with Hodgson most likely to favour Lallana in a central role in tomorrow's friendly.
The FA have taken the rather defensive view that this World Cup should be used as a a stepping stone towards the ultimate goal of winning the 2022 World Cup in the human rights paradise of Qatar. With that in mind England are likely to field a mix of youth and experience and will be looking to tap into the current form of Daniel Sturridge to provide goals. England can pride themselves on not losing a single game in qualifying for the World Cup but even a target of success in 2022 looks currently out of reach and should probably look a little further down the line when it will be possible to field a whole starting XI of Raheem Sterling's sons.
Denmark are decent opposition and can boast having won a major international tournament in the last 25 years which is something England cannot. Denmark failed to make the play off stages in qualifying and turned out mixed performances in qualifying including a 4-0 home defeat to football hipster's Armenia. Their squad throws up familiar names even Everton old Lars Jacobsen makes an appearance, there are several players who never quite made it, a solid defence pairing of Daniel Agger and Simon Kjaer is more impressive on paper than on the pitch whilst 'wünderkid' Christian Erikson has failed to live up to his billing in his first season in the Premier League. Leading the attack is Nicklaus Bentdner, a man who readily compares himself to the likes of Zlatan without any trace of sarcasm, somewhat of a laughing stock in England he will likely cause a makeshift English back four some distress.
England XI from:
Goalkeepers: Fraser Forster (Celtic), Ben Foster (West Bromwich Albion), Joe Hart (Manchester City), John Ruddy (Norwich City).
Defenders: Leighton Baines (Everton), Gary Cahill (Chelsea), Steven Caulker (Cardiff City), Ashley Cole(Chelsea), Glen Johnson (Liverpool), Luke Shaw (Southampton), Chris Smalling (Manchester United), Kyle Walker (Tottenham Hotspur).
Midfielders: Ross Barkley (Everton), Michael Carrick (Manchester United), Tom Cleverley (Manchester United), Steven Gerrard (Liverpool), Jordan Henderson (Liverpool), Adam Lallana (Southampton), Frank Lampard (Chelsea), James Milner (Manchester City), Alex Oxlade-Chamberlain (Arsenal), Raheem Sterling (Liverpool), Andros Townsend (Tottenham Hotspur), Jack Wilshere (Arsenal).
Forwards: Jermain Defoe (Toronto FC), Rickie Lambert (Southampton), Jay Rodriguez (Southampton), Wayne Rooney (Manchester United), Daniel Sturridge (Liverpool), Daniel Welbeck (Manchester United).
Denmark XI from:
Goalkeepers: Stephan Andersen (Go Ahead Eagles), Jonas Lossl (Midtjylland), Kasper Schmeichel (Leicester City)
Defenders: Daniel Agger (Liverpool), Peter Ankersen (Esbjerg), Andreas Bjelland (Twente), Lars Jacobsen (Copenhagen), Jesper Juelsgaard (Midtjylland), Simon Kjaer (Lille)
Midfielders: Thomas Delaney (Copenhagen), Christian Eriksen (Tottenham Hotspur), William Kvist Jorgensen (Fulham), Thomas Kahlenberg (Brondby), Kasper Kusk (AaB), Emil Larsen (OB), Danny Olsen (AGF), Casper Sloth (AGF), Niki Zimling (Mainz),
Forwards: Nicklas Bendtner (Arsenal), Martin Braithwaite (Toulouse), Michael Krohn-Dehli (Celta Vigo), Morten Rasmussen (Midtjylland).
The 30 man squad for tomorrow's game hardly inspires confidence for the forthcoming World Cup in Brazil, many players seemingly selected on their reputation rather than their playing ability. The Man United duo of Cleverly and Smalling have surely been selected because of the company they keep rather than their own merits. Whilst, players at more unfashionable teams like Hull's Tom Huddlestone and Sunderland's Adam Johnson have failed to make the cut even in this inflated squad despite having very good seasons.
Johnson in particular who performed so well at Wembley can feel aggrieved, but strength in wide players is something this current England crop have in abundance. Adam Lallana, James Milner, Oxlade-Chamberlain, Raheem Sterling and Andros Townsend all offer England varied and effective options on either wing, despite the latter's poor form for his club side Tottenham he was integral in England's qualifying campaign.
The match as ever with International friendlies falls at an unwanted time, particularly for Everton fans with it taking place before their biggest game of the season. With Jagielka ruled out with injury our focus us on Leighton Baines and Ross Barkley. It seems that Baines has established himself as England's no. 3 eventually usurping Ashley Cole, but his space in the squad is not completely guaranteed with the emergence of Luke Shaw at Southampton and Cole's big game temperament might be favourable options to take to Brazil. As little as a month ago Barkley's spot on the plane sandwiched in between Steven Gerrard and Wayne Rooney seemed as clear cut as a Suarez dive, but recent poor form puts his place in doubt with Hodgson most likely to favour Lallana in a central role in tomorrow's friendly.
The FA have taken the rather defensive view that this World Cup should be used as a a stepping stone towards the ultimate goal of winning the 2022 World Cup in the human rights paradise of Qatar. With that in mind England are likely to field a mix of youth and experience and will be looking to tap into the current form of Daniel Sturridge to provide goals. England can pride themselves on not losing a single game in qualifying for the World Cup but even a target of success in 2022 looks currently out of reach and should probably look a little further down the line when it will be possible to field a whole starting XI of Raheem Sterling's sons.
Denmark are decent opposition and can boast having won a major international tournament in the last 25 years which is something England cannot. Denmark failed to make the play off stages in qualifying and turned out mixed performances in qualifying including a 4-0 home defeat to football hipster's Armenia. Their squad throws up familiar names even Everton old Lars Jacobsen makes an appearance, there are several players who never quite made it, a solid defence pairing of Daniel Agger and Simon Kjaer is more impressive on paper than on the pitch whilst 'wünderkid' Christian Erikson has failed to live up to his billing in his first season in the Premier League. Leading the attack is Nicklaus Bentdner, a man who readily compares himself to the likes of Zlatan without any trace of sarcasm, somewhat of a laughing stock in England he will likely cause a makeshift English back four some distress.
England XI from:
Goalkeepers: Fraser Forster (Celtic), Ben Foster (West Bromwich Albion), Joe Hart (Manchester City), John Ruddy (Norwich City).
Defenders: Leighton Baines (Everton), Gary Cahill (Chelsea), Steven Caulker (Cardiff City), Ashley Cole(Chelsea), Glen Johnson (Liverpool), Luke Shaw (Southampton), Chris Smalling (Manchester United), Kyle Walker (Tottenham Hotspur).
Midfielders: Ross Barkley (Everton), Michael Carrick (Manchester United), Tom Cleverley (Manchester United), Steven Gerrard (Liverpool), Jordan Henderson (Liverpool), Adam Lallana (Southampton), Frank Lampard (Chelsea), James Milner (Manchester City), Alex Oxlade-Chamberlain (Arsenal), Raheem Sterling (Liverpool), Andros Townsend (Tottenham Hotspur), Jack Wilshere (Arsenal).
Forwards: Jermain Defoe (Toronto FC), Rickie Lambert (Southampton), Jay Rodriguez (Southampton), Wayne Rooney (Manchester United), Daniel Sturridge (Liverpool), Daniel Welbeck (Manchester United).
Denmark XI from:
Goalkeepers: Stephan Andersen (Go Ahead Eagles), Jonas Lossl (Midtjylland), Kasper Schmeichel (Leicester City)
Defenders: Daniel Agger (Liverpool), Peter Ankersen (Esbjerg), Andreas Bjelland (Twente), Lars Jacobsen (Copenhagen), Jesper Juelsgaard (Midtjylland), Simon Kjaer (Lille)
Midfielders: Thomas Delaney (Copenhagen), Christian Eriksen (Tottenham Hotspur), William Kvist Jorgensen (Fulham), Thomas Kahlenberg (Brondby), Kasper Kusk (AaB), Emil Larsen (OB), Danny Olsen (AGF), Casper Sloth (AGF), Niki Zimling (Mainz),
Forwards: Nicklas Bendtner (Arsenal), Martin Braithwaite (Toulouse), Michael Krohn-Dehli (Celta Vigo), Morten Rasmussen (Midtjylland).
