[SPOILERS]England vs Bulgaria - Euro 2012 Qualifying

Gilly · 3 Sep 2010 at 09:54

England v Bulgaria
Euro 2012 Qualifying - 19:30

Setanta Ireland (19:30-22:00 Ireland Only)
ITV1 (19:30-22:10 Excluding Scotland)
ITV HD (19:30-22:10 Excluding Scotland)

ENGLAND squad:

Goalkeepers: Scott Carson, Ben Foster, Joe Hart.

Defenders: Gary Cahill, Ashley Cole, Michael Dawson, Kieran Gibbs, Phil Jagielka, Glen Johnson, Joleon Lescott , Matthew Upson.

Midfielders: Gareth Barry, Michael Carrick, Steven Gerrard, Adam Johnson, James Milner, Theo Walcott, Shaun Wright-Phillips, Ashley Young.

Forwards: Darren Bent, Carlton Cole, Peter Crouch, Jermain Defoe, Wayne Rooney.

BULGARIA squad:

Goalkeepers: Vladislav Stoyanov (Sheriff), Nikolay Mihaylov (FC Twente).

Defenders: Zahari Sirako (Amkar Perm), Ilian Stoyanov (Sanfrecce Hiroshim), Veselin Minev (Levski Sofia), Stanislav Manol (PSV Eindhoven), Ivan Ivanov (Alania Vladikavkaz), Zhivko Milano (Vaslui).

Midfielders: Stanislav Angelov (Steaua Bucureşti), Stanislav Genchev (Vaslui), Chavdar Yankov (Rostov), Georgi Peev (Amkar Perm), Martin Petrov, (Bolton Wanderers), Nikolay Dimitrov (Kasımpaşa), Stiliyan Petrov (c) (Aston Villa).

Forwards: Martin Kamburov (Dalian Shide), Valeri Bojinov (Parma), Dimitar Rangelov (Borussia Dortmund), Valeri Domovchiyski (Hertha Berlin), Iliyan Mitsanski (Kaiserslautern), Ivelin Popov (Gaziantepspor).

Gilly · 3 Sep 2010 at 11:27

I thought they needed 3 keepers. Is that just the big tourneys?

Gilly · 3 Sep 2010 at 13:32

Pigeon_Killer said:
That squad has 3 world class players in it at most :/

That's pretty generous.

Gilly · 3 Sep 2010 at 13:48

Worrying times for England fans.

However, if everyone is fit you add Hargreaves, Terry, Lampard, Ferdinand. Anyone else? Does that make a difference to the number of World Class players?

I personally think that, based on form in an England shirt, only Ash Cole is in the upper echelons of players in the world, even if everyone is available.

Gilly · 4 Sep 2010 at 12:39

I didn't think Rooney was effective in the first half. He looked like a passenger for long stretches. Full backs looked good but Dawson was suspect. Barry wasn't particularly good but gerrard was marginally better. Milner and Defoe looked good, Walcott was really poor, young looked promising and Adam Johnson needs more game time now.