https://community.betfair.com/football/go/thread/view/94070/31845177/looking-back-at-englands-first-starting-xis-in-past-eurosThough before my time, the 88 team on paper looks way too strong to have finished bottom of their group ? Was there really nobody better than Palmer in that position in 92 ? often hear his time being mockedDon't know how that 96 team drew to the Swihttps://community.betfair.com/football/go/thread/view/94070/31845177/looking-back-at-englands-first-starting-xis-in-past-euros?post_id=564088829#564088829Better than Vassell at least. Owen was playing brilliantly in stretching the defence and giving Rooney loads of space. Could have just done the same with Cole or pushed Scholes or Gerrard into the #10 role. Vassell was just another and far lesser OweMon, 17 Jun 2024 07:46:41 -0500https://community.betfair.com/football/go/thread/view/94070/31845177/looking-back-at-englands-first-starting-xis-in-past-euros?post_id=564088807#564088807Heskey would have been the best option to link up with Owen again.Mon, 17 Jun 2024 07:36:32 -0500https://community.betfair.com/football/go/thread/view/94070/31845177/looking-back-at-englands-first-starting-xis-in-past-euros?post_id=564088797#564088797I could live to be 100 and I'll still never understand how you replace Rooney with Darius Vassell against Portugal in 04. He was a decent player and all, but just completely different to Wayne and forced the team to change. Joe Cole would have been aMon, 17 Jun 2024 07:30:20 -0500https://community.betfair.com/football/go/thread/view/94070/31845177/looking-back-at-englands-first-starting-xis-in-past-euros?post_id=564088409#564088409Southgate has won the opening game in EVERY tournament he’s managed.Mon, 17 Jun 2024 03:30:46 -0500https://community.betfair.com/football/go/thread/view/94070/31845177/looking-back-at-englands-first-starting-xis-in-past-euros?post_id=564086435#564086435Too many interclub rivalries have thwarted engerland.Best thing Gareth has done is unite the squad.One England captain had a whole club's players in squad notspeaking to him, lol.Sun, 16 Jun 2024 07:44:46 -0500https://community.betfair.com/football/go/thread/view/94070/31845177/looking-back-at-englands-first-starting-xis-in-past-euros?post_id=564086361#5640863612004 team beat themselves. Should have beaten Portugal. Rooney getting injured was a big blowSun, 16 Jun 2024 07:06:47 -0500https://community.betfair.com/football/go/thread/view/94070/31845177/looking-back-at-englands-first-starting-xis-in-past-euros?post_id=564086319#564086319Though before my time, the 88 team on paper looks way too strong to have finished bottom of their group Lineker missed a load of chances (uncharacteristically) against Ireland...we should have won the game but then had the Dutch in the second game whSun, 16 Jun 2024 06:46:22 -0500https://community.betfair.com/football/go/thread/view/94070/31845177/looking-back-at-englands-first-starting-xis-in-past-euros?post_id=564086287#5640862871988Sunday afternoon.Ready to watch the match.Team announced HODDLE on the fckin bench.Went and sat in the garden.Told me Brother to give me a shout when HODDLE came on.Called me in with about 25 minutes to go.He created about 5 or 6 good chances andSun, 16 Jun 2024 06:28:40 -0500https://community.betfair.com/football/go/thread/view/94070/31845177/looking-back-at-englands-first-starting-xis-in-past-euros?post_id=564086279#564086279Managers of the past scared of losing the 1st game insteadof trying to win it.Sun, 16 Jun 2024 06:24:22 -0500https://community.betfair.com/football/go/thread/view/94070/31845177/looking-back-at-englands-first-starting-xis-in-past-euros?post_id=564086273#564086273The main alternative to Carlton Palmer at the time was Geoff Thomas who has gone on to be better known for his personal battle and charity fund-raising vs leukaemiaSun, 16 Jun 2024 06:22:22 -0500