In the 22 players that will go to Euro 2000, Kevin Keegan will most likely select four. So, name your quartet from this list:

Alan Shearer
Robbie Fowler
Emile Heskey
Michael Owen
Kevin Phillips
Teddy Sheringham
Andy Cole

Personally, I would take Shearer, Fowler, Owen and Heskey, provided Fowler is fit. Kevin Phillips and Andy Cole may get plenty of typical 'English striker' goals (eg tap-ins, headers, physical play), but they just won't be able to do it at international level. Sheringham is now past his best. Ship him off to the MLS or Japan where all has-been stars go when they want to boost their bank balances. With that quartet, England would be a good bet.

I think Keegan's four will be:

Shearer
Heskey
Owen
Phillips.

He may take Cole as a stand-by player.

God (er..I mean Fowler)
Owen
Heskey
Shearer

If Robbie's injured then I think Keegan should take Phillips. But for next season it's going to be amazing to see 3 of England's top strikers on the same team. Everyone talks about how exciting a Heskey/Owen partnership will be, but I'm more excited to see Heskey and Fowler play together - Heskey's fast, strong and full of hard work, while Fowler's one of the most dangerous finishers in Britain.

Interesting to see no-one (so far) has picked Cole - perhaps some people are at last being sensible and seeing how overrated he is... some hope. Wait for the United Zealots to tear our heads off. ;-)

I think Cole, Heskey, Owen and probably Shearer will make it.

sheringham behind owen and collymore

Sheringham and Collymore?
Surely you jest...

Maybe bring in Collymore if he can keep up the form that got him his hat trick

Shearer, Phillips, Cole and Owen must be the selected players.

I would select 5 fowards for euro 2000.
Shearer
Heskey
Owen
Cole
Philips

Emile Heskey
Michael Owen
Kevin Phillips
Andy Cole

PhilWalsh has got it right....

and yes, Cole should be included, love him or hate him, he scores goals and that's what matters

sheringham
cole
shearer
owen

I would have to say:
Shearer
Phillps
Heskey
Maybe Owen but he’s had injury problems this season. So instead I would say:
Sherringham.
I think its time to go back to the times when there was a limit to how many foreigners are in each English club. Because there are very few up coming Engish stars anymore. http://www.soccergaming.com/ubb/frown.gif

Shearer, Owen, Heskey and Phillips

Cole scores goals? Lets face it, most strikers in the Premiership would score goals in the current United side. Thats not my point though. IMO, Phillips and Cole are the kinds of players who will always get hatfuls fo goals in the Premiership. The open way that most English clubs play gives them plenty of chances. Put them in front of a well-drilled international defence from South America, Serie A, or the cream of the Bundesliga, and you'll find that they'll dry up because they'll only get one clear-cut chance per game if they're lucky. Owen and Shearer have shown that they can cope with scoring against a continental defence, while Heskey is too useful and versatile as a sheer physical, pacey force, a type of player that only seems to exist over here, to ignore. I would also take Fowler, as if he can be rehabilitated, he is one of the top five strikers in the world.

GET RID OF SHEARER!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

and drinky Phillips is a very goos striker..i mean look at most of his goals...alot of them are created by himself while Cole is put through most of the time

saying that i think the striker should be:
Owen
Heskey
Cole
Phillips

Fowler is he was fit

Elton John and Steven Tyler.

God (sorry, King Kev) should pick:

Alan Shearer
Emile Heskey
Michael Owen
Kevin Phillips (though it pains me to say it)

Kewell, why get rid of Shearer? What has he got to do to prove he is the best striker in the country? I know Kevin Phillips has scored more Premiership goals, but in total, Shearer has several more, and is top of the scoring charts for a Premiership player.

Lord Steven Regal and Davy Boy Smith

steve-o-e

shearer is the past of english football and i belive they should move on and give heskey a shot...also give Cole and decsent go

Kewell, you're not listening.

Shearer is the second highest scorer in the Premiership. He performs. Unlike many of the youngsters on the squad.

I doesn't make any sense to get rid of him just because he has experience.

I would pick:
Alan Shearer
Emile Heskey
Michael Owen
Kevin Phillips

Austin Powers and Fat Bastard (He converted)

i know Shearer is a great striker but i dont think he fits into Englands future plans..

especially since he retiring after Euro 2000

But you are right about the experience factor though...

who would you pick to partner Owen then????

I am posting again just to say Keegan better pick SHEARER & COLE.... I am totally positive that if Keegan gives COLE a decent chance at it, that they will make a great duo....
and imagine OWEN coming off the bench in the 70th minute when the opposition's defence is tired and worn-out- he will provide a great change of pace... and my last pick would be HESKEY, Fowler is injury-prone and HESKEY is a great big target in the air.... if he has space, Keegan could also pick PHILLIPS....

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starters
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SHEARER
COLE
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bench
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OWEN
HESKEY
& PHILLIPS (iff there is space left in the squad)

If I had my way, it would be...

Shearer & Heskey starting
w/
Owen & Philips as the subs.

Owen & Shearer & Philips & Heskey would also be interesting.

So many goal-scoring combinations!!

Just as matter of interest does anyone think that Kewell would make the England Squad if he were an pom??

maybe as a left sided midfielder???

Due to the complete lack of left-sided midfielders Kewell with a broken leg could make the England squad. (and he'd still be better than LeSaux) http://www.soccergaming.com/ubb/smile.gif

Even if he didn't play on the left, if he was English there'd be no question he'd be on the team.

Yup. Kewell would be on the squad.

i rekon that Wilcox could make it as teh left midfielder....

hes been performing brilliantly for Leeds

who else is there?

Sheringham, Heskey, Cole and Owen

Shearer, Philips, Heskey, Cole and Owen
As for who starts will depend on what formation is played. Personally I think the 3-5-2 played against Argentina is the best for England. In that case I'd have Heskey and Shearer upfront, with Owen off the bench if England is trailing or Cole/Philips if England are level or leading.
Kewell, the question is whether they would've knighted Marc Overmars had he been a englishman( take this with the pinch of salt it was meant to be served with )

I think Mr. Knowitall has made the best picks so far.

I would take...

Fowler, Owen, Heskey, and Cole

I know Keegan will pick Shearer, but he shouldn't. Shearer has become too much of a burden to the team. He wants everything done his way. His retirement should come two months early!

As far as left-sided midfielders go, doesn't McManaman usually switch to the left for England? Has everyone forgotten about Macca?

first off, Macca is so over-rated it's not funny.... secondly, he recently said if he had to choose between Real Madrid and England, he would pick Real.... right now, it looks like Wilcox will be the man on the left... who else is there?

Macca is so over-rated it's not funny.... also, he recently said that he would put Real Madrid before England... looks like Wilcox will be the man on the left.... who else is there?

and as for Kewell, I bet David O'Leary wouldn't mind him playing for England.... would he?

Macca is a right sided midfielder, so I don't know why everyone cr@ps on him when he plays bad for England when Keegan on the LEFT wing - I wonder how well Beckham or Anderton would play on the left wing. If you think he's overrated just put in the tapes of Euro 96 when El Tel played him on the right wing - he terrorised left backs - or you could just look at his penultimate season at Liverpool - when he dribbled past the entire Celtic team in the dying seconds to win the tie, or how he did the same the next week against Aston Villa - or how he single handedly won the League Cup for Liverpool with two excellent goals.

As for left wingers - I'd put Steve Guppy on the left, he may not play for a high profile team, but Shearer and Heskey would have a field day with Guppy's crosses from the left, and Beckham's from the right.

all four of the Monkies. They could play with a 4-2-4 formation.

becks

i think O'Leary would rather have Kewell playing for Ireland.....

In all honesty, Kewell, Harry Kewell is without a doubt one of the world's brightest footballers, and would walk onto the left side of midfield for England. Back to Shearer, it's true he should perhaps make way for younger talent sometime soon, but this should surely happen in a friendly, not in a major competition, where experience is a key factor.

We need Juvegoose and TeKnoS to say something stupid about Mr. Knowitall.

England should play heskey, and have a 9-0-1 formation, to protect david seaman. Of course, they shouldn't play any good defenders, straight out of the watford squad i say.