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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Salty25" data-source="post: 231430" data-attributes="member: 185281">Well, you mates can't help it if they're gifted<img src="data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP///yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7" class="smilie smilie--sprite smilie--sprite8" alt=":D" title="Big Grin    :D" loading="lazy" data-shortname=":D" /> .I think everyone is in agreement that the blame is firmly on Sven. After all, you'd have to think Lippi/Klinnsman/Hiddink would have got us to the final AT LEAST.i agree, i think its the only way now, refs just cant be either expected, or in some cases trusted, to see and deal with every single incident by the book or in a way that lets the game flow naturally, although it must be said that some refs have been good, although as with all good refs... i cant remember who. what particularly chokes me is that the ref of the England-Portugal game got the final, when Markus Merk could have done it. It seems to me that FIFA have selected him just to put one over us and say that were right.Oh, and since Rooney is suspended for Andorra and Macedonia, I've thought about selections for them games as well:You have to feel that against Andorra, McLaren has some license to take some risks, heres the kind of XI I'd like to see vs Andorra:----------------Robinson---------------Hargreaves---Terry------Rio-----A. Cole----------------Carrick----------------Lennon--------------------------J. Cole----------------Gerrard---------------------------Crouch------Bent------------In this formation, Hargreaves would be allowed to push forward, so in attack it would become a 3-1-3-1-2 or something like that.Against Macedonia away, England need to show the hosts some respect, we must remember they drew in England in a previous campaign, so they are no mugs. We should be slightly more cautious, and based on the performances against Andorra, pick a strong side:----------------Robinson---------------Neville-----Terry-------Rio-----A. Cole---------------Hargreaves--------------Lennon/Beckham------------------J. Cole----------------Gerrard---------------------------Crouch------Bent/Defoe------What ya think?</blockquote>

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