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Originally Posted by NBC

Hart, A. Cole, Lampard, Gerrard, Rooney, these guys are world class. Terry, Lescott, Parker, I'd have in my squad based purely on football acumen (Terry no because he's a jerk). True there are some guys who may not inspire much confidence, but when you look back to that star-studded 2006 WC side, they didn't perform - at all. Rooney, Owen, Beckham, Lampard, Gerrard, Ferdinand, Terry, A. Cole, Neville, all top players. And as usual for England the total was less than the sum of the parts. Reduced expectations, and blooding youngsters, (AOC, Jones) will be good in the long run.

2006. Hargreaves was the only one who rose to the challenge.

2006 we should have been semis. I blame that on Carragher, Rooney and an unbelievable PK performance by Ricardo. Of course English pk luck factors in.

From Carragher to Glen Johnson. sigh.