The England thread

[Lineker]

Alex Oxlade-Chamberlain and Phil Jones are set to start against Ecuador after recovering from injuries, Roy has confirmed.

[Lineker]

Frank Lampard says he is likely to retire from England duty after the World Cup.

[Lineker]

James Milner will get a chance to press his claims for a place in England's World Cup starting line-up in an unfamiliar right-back role against Ecuador in Miami. England manager Roy Hodgson has seen enough from the 28-year-old Manchester City player to try him out as a potential alternative to first-choice Glen Johnson. Frank Lampard will captain an experimental England side which is set to include Wayne Rooney in a left-sided role.

[DavidMarrio]

Least it means no Welbeck in the starting line up.

[Lineker]

Team to face Ecuador: Foster, Milner, Smalling, Jones, Shaw, Lampard, Wilshere, Oxlade-Chamberlain, Barkley, Rooney, Lambert.

[Cymbols]

http://www1.skysports.com/watch/video/sports/9336930/he's-a-funny-roy Regardless of the result this is the best thing that has come out of this friendly!

[Lineker]

Fucking hell Chiles, it's Miami, not Rio.

[MDK]

These South American national anthems are pretty peppy, I like it. Kind of feel like ballroom dancing

[MDK]

Good old England

[Lineker]

Lol

[King Ellis]

Losing to Ecuador, bloody hell we're shit. :/

[Baddar]

1-0 Ecuador.

[stokeriño]

lol

[Liam]

[MDK]

1-0 Ecuador.

Thanks, Lineker.

[Matt]

Why the fuck are the commentators blaming Shaw.... It was Smalling's man, he'd just fucked off into no man's land

[Lineker]

Why the fuck are the commentators blaming Shaw.... It was Smalling's man, he'd just fucked off into no man's land

Because he's got one of these manutdhomekit.jpg etc

[Baddar]

Andy Townsend just said that Ecuador's goal came about because it's international football, and how you can dominate games in it but get sucker punched at the other end as opposed to club football.

Because that never happens in club football, Andy... :/

[Matt]

Yeah, I momentarily forgot this game was being shown on ScumTV

[Lineker]

Holy shit we can't defend for toffee.