I think Rooney will be phased out by Euro 2016.

Will Hughes

Stones will push Jones and Cahill.

Stones does look like he could be something special. Will need experience at the back though

Is will Hughes going to be better than Barkley?

Hughes is a very different player to Barkley, he's more of a Scholes type player

That team would struggle due to lack of discipline.
Henderson will have a long term place in the England team, and would provide stability in that midfield, which might look good on paper, but would be taken apart by most decent international teams.
As for raising a question mark over a player with a current goalscoring record like Sturridge, well I'm afraid players are picked for their country, due to how well they play at club level, so there might be a few more question marks over most others, before Sturridge.

Good career choices over the next two transfer windows could see Caulker join that list IMO. He's currently a regular starter and should keep this in mind should he leave Swansea.

RB- Joel Ward (Well a definite contender imo)

Five years on...


Hart
Butland

Chambers
Flannagan
Jenkinson

Jones
Stones
Smalling

Shaw
Garbutt

Wilshere
Henderson
Rodwell
Barkley

Morrison
Lallana
Oxlade-Chamberlain
Sterling
Redmond

Welbeck
Wickham
Zaha
Kane

*also Sturridge

comment by Pundit /\_/\ (U16869)
posted 18 seconds ago
Five years on...


Hart
Butland

Chambers
Flannagan
Jenkinson

Jones
Stones
Smalling

Shaw
Garbutt

Wilshere
Henderson
Rodwell
Barkley

Morrison
Lallana
Oxlade-Chamberlain
Sterling
Redmond

Welbeck
Wickham
Zaha
Kane
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James Wilson
Jordan Ibe

5 years is a lifetime in any top flight career. For all we know, Berahino might have won the Pichichi by then.

*and Theo Walcott

Hart
Butland
Johnstone

Walker
Chambers
Flannagan
Jenkinson

Jones
Stones
Smalling

Shaw
Gibbs
Garbutt

Wilshere
Henderson
Rodwell
Barkley

Morrison
Lallana
Oxlade-Chamberlain
Sterling
Redmond
Ibe

Walcott
Welbeck
Wickham
Zaha
Kane
Sturridge
Wilson

comment by Gillespie Road (U18361)
posted 15 minutes ago
Good career choices over the next two transfer windows could see Caulker join that list IMO. He's currently a regular starter and should keep this in mind should he leave Swansea.
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Eh? Check your facts Sir.

comment by Gillespie Road (U18361)
posted 13 minutes ago
Good career choices over the next two transfer windows could see Caulker join that list IMO. He's currently a regular starter and should keep this in mind should he leave Swansea.
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Considering he plays for Cardiff, I think he should have much more on his mind if he's leaving Swansea.

_________________Butland_____________
Chambers__Lascalles_Stones__Shaw
___________Hendo__Wilshere_________
__Ox_________Barkley_____Sterling___
_____________Wickham___________

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comment by Jordan Henderson's Backheel (Formally Kelly Is God) (U6983)
posted 2 minutes ago
comment by Gillespie Road (U18361)
posted 15 minutes ago
Good career choices over the next two transfer windows could see Caulker join that list IMO. He's currently a regular starter and should keep this in mind should he leave Swansea.
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Eh? Check your facts Sir.
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Cardiff it is then.

--------------------------------Hart--------------------------------
Chambers---------Wisdom-------Stones---------Shaw
--------------------Henderson------Chalobah------------
-----------------------------Barkley-------------------------
---------Ibe----------------------------------------Sterling---
-------------------------------Sturridge---------------------------

comment by There'sOnlyOneReds(Spurs 0-5 LFC Know your place (U1721)
posted 40 seconds ago

--------------------------------Hart--------------------------------
Chambers---------Wisdom-------Stones---------Shaw
--------------------Henderson------Chalobah------------
-----------------------------Barkley-------------------------
---------Ibe----------------------------------------Sterling---
-------------------------------Sturridge---------------------------
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There was an article in the press that compared the choices that Yaya Toure and Rodwell made at the same stage in their careers. Toure turned down Arsenal's bench and built a solid CV across a number of leagues. Rodwell chose the money at City where the stiff competition for places means that his inconvenient injury problems make him a mere quota player. Sadly, quite a number of the promising players in your lineup will end up suffering a similar fate.

comment by Gillespie Road (U18361)
posted 13 seconds ago
comment by There'sOnlyOneReds(Spurs 0-5 LFC Know your place(U1721)
posted 40 seconds ago

--------------------------------Hart--------------------------------
Chambers---------Wisdom-------Stones---------Shaw
--------------------Henderson------Chalobah------------
-----------------------------Barkley-------------------------
---------Ibe----------------------------------------Sterling---
-------------------------------Sturridge---------------------------
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There was an article in the press that compared the choices that Yaya Toure and Rodwell made at the same stage in their careers. Toure turned down Arsenal's bench and built a solid CV across a number of leagues. Rodwell chose the money at City where the stiff competition for places means that his inconvenient injury problems make him a mere quota player. Sadly, quite a number of the promising players in your lineup will end up suffering a similar fate.
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Possibly but that's what happens when you're predicting five years in the future, many things could happen.

jones will be brilliant one day, already far better than smalling,
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No he is not. I have no idea where this myth comes from, but as someone who watches them week in week out, I can tell you that Smalling is a superior CB. Most United fans would tell you the same too.

I think Rooney will end up playing in the middle. Behind the striker for England he is terrible, his touch is appalling. But he has great talent and his passing is brilliant, could be great for him to dictate the play.
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So his touch wouldn't matter having to play (and hence receive) the ball more times than anyone else in the team? Also, it's not just about passing, dictating the play is all about knowing how to read the game in terms of when to speed it up, slow it down, take risks, etc. Anything to suggest Rooney's capable of all that?