{"id":638266,"date":"2026-06-14T13:08:15","date_gmt":"2026-06-14T13:08:15","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/638266\/"},"modified":"2026-06-14T13:08:15","modified_gmt":"2026-06-14T13:08:15","slug":"england-bbc-sport-pundits-choose-world-cup-xis-who-would-you-pick","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/638266\/","title":{"rendered":"England: BBC Sport pundits choose World Cup XIs &#8211; who would you pick?"},"content":{"rendered":"<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","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"It is an easy pick, Jordan Pickford as the goalkeeper. I would start Reece James, if he is&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":638267,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[33],"tags":[218,101,56,54,55],"class_list":["post-638266","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-football","tag-football","tag-sports","tag-uk","tag-united-kingdom","tag-unitedkingdom"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/638266","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=638266"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/638266\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/638267"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=638266"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=638266"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=638266"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}