Team Talk: Who should be in England's starting XI?

By Greg Lea
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FFT's Gary Parkinson, Andrew Murray and Huw Davies discuss Jack Wilshere's fitness, Dele Alli's temperament and the Wayne Rooney conundrum...

The role of England manager: it's not as easy as it looks.

FourFourTwo's editorial team debate the key selection issues ahead of the Three Lions' opener against Russia on Saturday, with the fate of Wayne Rooney, Jamie Vardy, Dele Alli and Jack Wilshere considered.

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Greg Lea
Greg Lea

Greg Lea is a freelance football journalist who's filled in wherever FourFourTwo needs him since 2014. He became a Crystal Palace fan after watching a 1-0 loss to Port Vale in 1998, and once got on the scoresheet in a primary school game against Wilfried Zaha's Whitehorse Manor (an own goal in an 8-0 defeat).