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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Upper_Krust" data-source="post: 2553515" data-attributes="member: 326">Hey Ferret! <img src="https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/joypixels/assets/8.0/png/unicode/64/1f642.png" class="smilie smilie--emoji" loading="lazy" width="64" height="64" alt=":)" title="Smile    :)"  data-smilie="1"data-shortname=":)" />Not quite, we hadn't defeated England in Belfast since 1927, although we beat them at Wembley 25 years ago (and I think had only played them twice competitively since, though I could be wrong).The problem is that Sven is a fairly weak character, and has always pandored to public opinion and capitulated to pressure from his own 'star' players. Thats why hes now trying to squeeze both Wright-Phillips and Beckham into the team, even though they both favour the same positions.The England line up should be so obvious that it picks itself.4-4-2 (with Rooney playing just off the front man Owen)------- Owen  RooneyCole  Lampard  Gerrard  BeckhamCole    Terry  Ferdinand  Neville--------- Robinson**Or any keeper except David James.Give Beckham the nod, since his record in an England shirt is pretty good. But substitute him around the 60 minute mark to bring on Wright-Phillips whose fresh legs and pace can trouble the opponents defense who would be starting to get tired by this stage in the match.</blockquote>