The Offside Fantasy League: Who Needs Fabio Capello Anyway?

The English FA have just started paying Fabio Capello something like £6 million a year to pick the England team. But why pay anyone at all to do something so simple? Now that we have fantasy football stats to go on, the England team more or less picks itself. With only David Beckham playing outside of the Premier League, it’s perfectly possible to take the very same SquadGod stats we use in The Offside Fantasy League and pick a perfectly good England eleven. Sort of. Read on to see what the England team would look like if picked purely on fantasy football points.

GK: Robert Green 204 pts
RB: Glen Johnson 239 pts
CB: Rio Ferdinand 230 pts
CB: Joleon Lescott 183 pts
LB: Stephen Warnock 182 pts
RM: Steven Gerrard 264 pts (and therefore captain)
CM: Jermaine Jenas 189 pts
CM: Frank Lampard 244 pts
LM: Gareth Barry 165 pts
CF: Gabriel Agbonlahor 170 pts
CF: Dave Kitson 148 pts

Subs:
David James 199 pts, Wes Brown 172 pts, Nickey Shorey 162 pts, David Bentley 154 pts, Stewart Downing 136 pts, Wayne Rooney 140 pts, Cameron Jerome 122pts

Category: England, English Premier League, World Football

Tags: England, English Premier League, EPL, Fabio Capello, Fantasy Football, Premier League, SquadGod, The Offside Fantasy League, World Football, World Soccer

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