Bittners a Legend
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Johnson Jagielka Cahill Baines
Gerrard Henderson
Milner Ox Lallana
Rooney
Sturridge misses so many opportunities it is unreal. You can get away with it when you're getting 8 a game at Liverpool but doubt the Italians will be quite so generous. I find it baffling the way this country is so keen to attack it's best players...and Wayne Rooney is most definitely one of our best players.
Barkley is so raw and utterly inconsistent. If you promise not to complain when England get knocked out of the group stage then you could argue starting him but it's a pretty big gamble to start the kid.
Sterling off the bench in the final 30 minutes is a tantalising prospect but Milner is a far better player than most give him credit for and is intelligent enough to protect Johnson better than anybody else.
Johnson Jagielka Cahill Baines
Gerrard Henderson
Milner Ox Lallana
Rooney
Sturridge misses so many opportunities it is unreal. You can get away with it when you're getting 8 a game at Liverpool but doubt the Italians will be quite so generous. I find it baffling the way this country is so keen to attack it's best players...and Wayne Rooney is most definitely one of our best players.
Barkley is so raw and utterly inconsistent. If you promise not to complain when England get knocked out of the group stage then you could argue starting him but it's a pretty big gamble to start the kid.
Sterling off the bench in the final 30 minutes is a tantalising prospect but Milner is a far better player than most give him credit for and is intelligent enough to protect Johnson better than anybody else.