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*Official* English Football Season 2006-07

aussie

aussie

Hall of Fame Member
Scaly piscine said:
England need genuine wide players on both sides until they've got Owen back up front. Team are just going to push up the field against us, again, we'll keep losing the ball and we'll be lucky to score one unless we're up against rubbish.
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I agree that natural having natural players will help us, but i don't think we will be that woeful if we don't, i.e Gerrard on the right should work for now & i won't go into Joe Cole since we all know what you think of him.

Anyway i wonder if Mclers will call up Baines now that Bridge is injured, he might not since Barry can play as a LBm but i would link to see Barry in a midfield role on wednesday rather than a defensive role.
 
Craig

Craig

World Traveller
It's a wonder Aussie hasn't called for Colchester's left back assuming he is English to be called up for England.
 
Scaly piscine

Scaly piscine

Cricket Web: All-Time Legend
aussie said:
I agree that natural having natural players will help us, but i don't think we will be that woeful if we don't, i.e Gerrard on the right should work for now & i won't go into Joe Cole since we all know what you think of him.

Anyway i wonder if Mclers will call up Baines now that Bridge is injured, he might not since Barry can play as a LBm but i would link to see Barry in a midfield role on wednesday rather than a defensive role.
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You obviously need reminding of how toothless England were under the vegetable and how it was repeated in England's last two competitive games where they were lucky to score nil. You cannot go into games with no width and no pace up front, they will be woeful if they do. That 4-5-1 with Rooney up front is hopeless, the back 4 of the opposition will just push right up onto Rooney, there'll be loads of space behind the back 4 but it won't matter because there's no pace to run in behind them (see two previous competitive games). What are England going to do from 30+ yards out? Rooney will have to be perfect with his touches to keep possession and England will need to string pin-point passes whilst there's constant pressure on the ball to create anything remotely threatening.

England need to stick to 4-4-2 and ideally have pace up front to push the defensive line back towards their own penalty area. If they don't have pace they need genuine width to spread the defensive line thinner across the pitch. It would be great if England did all of these things, then they'd create a number of chances against anyone.
 
GIMH

GIMH

Norwood's on Fire
Well no, but that's pretty much a given when you consider the amount of people that play football.

Don't get me wrong, i admire Phil Neville for being a consumate pro and such like, but he is not good enoguh to play international football, IMO
 
roseboy64

roseboy64

Cricket Web Content Updater
Scaly piscine said:
You obviously need reminding of how toothless England were under the vegetable and how it was repeated in England's last two competitive games where they were lucky to score nil. You cannot go into games with no width and no pace up front, they will be woeful if they do. That 4-5-1 with Rooney up front is hopeless, the back 4 of the opposition will just push right up onto Rooney, there'll be loads of space behind the back 4 but it won't matter because there's no pace to run in behind them (see two previous competitive games). What are England going to do from 30+ yards out? Rooney will have to be perfect with his touches to keep possession and England will need to string pin-point passes whilst there's constant pressure on the ball to create anything remotely threatening.

England need to stick to 4-4-2 and ideally have pace up front to push the defensive line back towards their own penalty area. If they don't have pace they need genuine width to spread the defensive line thinner across the pitch. It would be great if England did all of these things, then they'd create a number of chances against anyone.
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Well Rooney won't play so you don't have to worry about that.
England starting XI: Foster; G.Neville, Ferdinand, Woodgate, P.Neville; Wright-Phillips, Gerrard (c), Carrick, Lampard, Dyer; Crouch.
Shocked about Wright-Phillips.
 
roseboy64

roseboy64

Cricket Web Content Updater
GeraintIsMyHero said:
Well no, but that's pretty much a given when you consider the amount of people that play football.

Don't get me wrong, i admire Phil Neville for being a consumate pro and such like, but he is not good enoguh to play international football, IMO
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He has been rather good this season though.
 
Scaly piscine

Scaly piscine

Cricket Web: All-Time Legend
roseboy64 said:
Well Rooney won't play so you don't have to worry about that.
England starting XI: Foster; G.Neville, Ferdinand, Woodgate, P.Neville; Wright-Phillips, Gerrard (c), Carrick, Lampard, Dyer; Crouch.
Shocked about Wright-Phillips.
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Hmm no proper left wing as usual. Dyer needs to play very advanced or it won't work.

McClaren on his way to becoming football's Andy Robinson I feel.
 
marc71178

marc71178

Eyes not spreadsheets
We have no proper left wing option who is up to the job - have had that situation now for a large number of years.

McLaren has tried the only viable option this season and he's shown that he's not up to it, so today he's trying the 4-3-2-1 type formation which might suit Gerrard and Lampard more (well it would if Hargreaves was there so we had a ball winner with them) but doesn't IMO suit our strikers.

Fully fit, the 4-4-2 where the midfield is Cole, Hargreaves, Lampard, Gerrard with Rooney and Crouch (till Owen is fit) is the way to go.

As for Neville at left back - according to the BBC he got the nod over Barry because McLaren's gone with players playing in their club positions - think someone at the Beeb's got confused there.
 
Craig

Craig

World Traveller
Scaly piscine said:
You obviously need reminding of how toothless England were under the vegetable and how it was repeated in England's last two competitive games where they were lucky to score nil. You cannot go into games with no width and no pace up front, they will be woeful if they do. That 4-5-1 with Rooney up front is hopeless, the back 4 of the opposition will just push right up onto Rooney, there'll be loads of space behind the back 4 but it won't matter because there's no pace to run in behind them (see two previous competitive games). What are England going to do from 30+ yards out? Rooney will have to be perfect with his touches to keep possession and England will need to string pin-point passes whilst there's constant pressure on the ball to create anything remotely threatening.

England need to stick to 4-4-2 and ideally have pace up front to push the defensive line back towards their own penalty area. If they don't have pace they need genuine width to spread the defensive line thinner across the pitch. It would be great if England did all of these things, then they'd create a number of chances against anyone.
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If SGE were rally a vegetable, wouldn't he be in a nursing hom recieving 24/7 care? Granted he wasn't perfect, but that is flat out insulting the guy. I bet wouldn't have the guts to say it to his face.
 
GIMH

GIMH

Norwood's on Fire
Craig said:
If SGE were rally a vegetable, wouldn't he be in a nursing hom recieving 24/7 care? Granted he wasn't perfect, but that is flat out insulting the guy. I bet wouldn't have the guts to say it to his face.
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LOL Craigos. Eriksson is Swedish, hence a Swede. Swede = vegetable. :)
 
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