{"id":3324,"date":"2026-06-15T03:55:15","date_gmt":"2026-06-15T03:55:15","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/racingsport.xyz\/?p=3324"},"modified":"2026-06-15T03:55:15","modified_gmt":"2026-06-15T03:55:15","slug":"england-bbc-sport-pundits-choose-world-cup-xis-who-would-you-pick","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/racingsport.xyz\/?p=3324","title":{"rendered":"England: BBC Sport pundits choose World Cup XIs &#8211; who would you pick?"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> <br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div>\n<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\">It is an easy pick, Jordan Pickford as the goalkeeper. I would start Reece James, if he is fully fit. <\/p>\n<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\">I would go with John Stones instead of Ezri Konsa, even though Konsa has been really reliable. I just believe on the ball at international football Stones can dictate and if we need to keep the ball in a game, he is one that can certainly do that.<\/p>\n<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\">Guehi starting is self-explanatory. He has been excellent for Crystal Palace and Manchester City this season. At left-back, Nico O&#8217;Reilly. I know Djed Spence started at their in the friendly against New Zealand, but if I had to pick one it would definitely be O&#8217;Reilly.<\/p>\n<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\">Elliot Anderson and Declan Rice &#8211; pretty much what everyone expects. I like Anderson because he can also start attacks. I know he is in there to break up play, but when he plays the ball through the lines he plays it with really good quality.<\/p>\n<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\">Rice, we all know why he starts. Jude Bellingham, I would start him ahead of Morgan Rogers in a number 10 position because he is a big game player. I think he is a genuine superstar. I think there is two genuine stars in him and Harry Kane.<\/p>\n<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\">I would go with Marcus Rashford over Anthony Gordon, but I wouldn&#8217;t mind putting Rogers there as well.<\/p>\n<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\">Bukayo Saka speaks for himself and then Harry Kane is obviously upfront.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>It is an easy pick, Jordan Pickford as the goalkeeper. I would start Reece James, if he is fully fit.&hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":3325,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"pagelayer_contact_templates":[],"_pagelayer_content":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[5],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-3324","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-sport"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/racingsport.xyz\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3324","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/racingsport.xyz\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/racingsport.xyz\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/racingsport.xyz\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/racingsport.xyz\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=3324"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/racingsport.xyz\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3324\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/racingsport.xyz\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/3325"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/racingsport.xyz\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=3324"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/racingsport.xyz\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=3324"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/racingsport.xyz\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=3324"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}