Who would you pick and what system would you play? Bowyer? Gerrard? Beckham? Scholes? Sinclair? Hargreaves? Cole? Butt? Heskey? Dyer? Murphy?
Butt Bowyer Gerrard Beckham All four have proved there worth their salt and they are the only four i would pick. Hargreaves and Scholes could fill on the bench.
My lineup would be....at central midfielder they should have Gerrard (Lampard) to go up and attack and one to stay defensive, probably Hargreaves (Carrick, King). On the right Lennon (Beckham) and on the left put Downing (J. Cole). Up front with Rooney should be Darren Bent (bring in Owen/Dafoe for speed or Crouch for headers) and the backline should be Bridge (A. Cole), Terry (nobody subs for the captain but probably King or Carragher), Ferdinand (King or Carragher) and G. Neville (Micah Richards) with Robinson in goal. Paul Robinson G. Neville-----Ferdinand-----Terry-----Bridge Hargreaves Lennon-----Gerrard-----Downing Rooney-----Bent
Agreed, with the possible exception of Joe Cole. Good player, but not sure he fits on the left without an attacking leftback, where Downing is a straight winger. With Ashley Cole, you have enough support/speed up the wing if Joe drifts inside, but if you've got a true left back, then you need someone who can cross the ball from the left midfield/forward position.
Interesting you have 2 left wingers playing in the same midfield, one of which, is not quite as speedy as you would like to imagine..
I think the main problem with the England midfield is that neither Gerrard or Lampard have stepped up to fill the gap left by Beckham. Neither of them seem interested in taking a game by the scruff of the neck like he did, they just wander around not really doing anything.
if you decide to play four midfielders then gerrard defensively, as he has crunching tackles and a great engine but not the best technique or first touch. Then scholes who is superb. Except you kicked him out so I suppose joe cole in the middle alongside gerrard. With hargreaves on the right (yes, he is very versatile), and gareth barry or someone on the left. Basically I think this midfield should be able to switch around a bit with hargreaves coming in centrally when joe cole moves to the left, and gerrad moving to the right when hargreaves comes into the middle.
Anyone who can pass the ball accurately to a teammate in a forwards position, tackle & win the ball without a yellow card or free kick being awarded to the opposition, run at the opposing team with pace & keep control of the ball, has vision & understands the position his teammates are moving into. or am I asking too much here...
you're onto it, except those ones won't get picked by the FA as they aren't celebrities that will increase revenue for the FA
But if they were picked & played like that the team would win & those players would be the new celebrities. & the FA would make even more money because the team wins. Or are the suits at the FA too short sighted to see that. I think the real problem is findinf English players to play like that in an England jersey. Even if they do that for their clubs. But McClaren could get brave & really try out & few more faces on the pitch for longer than 10 mins in a friendly.
England should ditch the 442 tactic Why not use the tactic that brazil use so successfully recently 4 - 2 - 2 - 2 this would be very ideals for us With couple of defensive midfield holidng the line and two attacking midfield position allowing lampard or gerrard go free it would be like this ----------------------Robinson------------------------ ---Richards-----Rio----------Terry----------A cole----- ----------------Hargreaves-----Carrick/Gerrard------- --------------------------------------------------------- --------------Lampard--------J Cole/ Gerrard--------------- ------------------------Rooney--------------------------- ------------------------Owen (or whatever striker is fit)---- Whatta ya all thinks?