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*Official* English Football Season 2007-08

bugssy

bugssy

Cricketer Of The Year
Venter said:
And I'd be extremely surprised if Liverpool don't mount a serious challenge for the Premiership.
The big question really is if Torres can continue to impress.....if so, then in Torres, Crouchy, Kuyt and Voronin....the goals will continue to flow for the Reds.

Midfield and defence have been solid for Liverpool under Benitez but it's always been a question of their cutting edge upfront.
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dito mate agreed!
 
T

Tom Halsey

International Coach
Venter said:
And I'd be extremely surprised if Liverpool don't mount a serious challenge for the Premiership.
The big question really is if Torres can continue to impress.....if so, then in Torres, Crouchy, Kuyt and Voronin....the goals will continue to flow for the Reds.

Midfield and defence have been solid for Liverpool under Benitez but it's always been a question of their cutting edge upfront.
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Anyone who watches the Spanish League should know that Torres is ridiculously overpriced. There was talk of him going to United at one point, and I'm very glad we didn't get him.
 
sledger

sledger

Spanish_Vicente
Tom Halsey said:
Anyone who watches the Spanish League should know that Torres is ridiculously overpriced. There was talk of him going to United at one point, and I'm very glad we didn't get him.
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certainly overpriced, but he's looked good so far, regardless of the opposition his technique and composure have been superb, plus....were i a man utd fan, i'd secretly prefer to have him than carlos tevez.
 
sledger

sledger

Spanish_Vicente
Venter said:
And I'd be extremely surprised if Liverpool don't mount a serious challenge for the Premiership.
The big question really is if Torres can continue to impress.....if so, then in Torres, Crouchy, Kuyt and Voronin....the goals will continue to flow for the Reds.

Midfield and defence have been solid for Liverpool under Benitez but it's always been a question of their cutting edge upfront.
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it all boils down to whether or not torres can cut it through the winter months when the honey-moon period for him is over...if he can knuckle down and continue to score goals then that is the only hope liverpool have of seriously contesting the title, because otherwise they simply lack the firepower up front.
 
TT Boy

TT Boy

Hall of Fame Member
Yeah the kid’s got a good leap. If he can stop missing absolute sitters he could be a real star for Liverpool for his got pretty much every other facet needed for success.

Alongside Babel his looked really good so far and Ryan's goal against Derby on the weekend was awesome. :cool:
 
T

Tom Halsey

International Coach
sledger said:
certainly overpriced, but he's looked good so far, regardless of the opposition his technique and composure have been superb, plus....were i a man utd fan, i'd secretly prefer to have him than carlos tevez.
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Not seen too much of him this year it must be said, however in Spain he had the unfortunate habit of missing sitters.
 
aussie

aussie

Hall of Fame Member
Jungle Jumbo said:
4-3-3 may cause us even more problems against the likes of Israel, given how little room they gave us on the edge of their area in Tel Aviv. We'd be better off sitting back and giving the more creative players some space, rather than playing further forward (as naturally you would with a 4-3-3) and packing the area.
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Israel didn't give England much room yea, but in that game other than Carragher's header that hit the post & Lennon pace & tricks down the left (that night i think) England hardly created a chance if my memory served me correctly. They actually gave up after a point.

Fact is we have to attack these teams, 4-3-3 might not the best idea probably yea since Owen will be bullied off the ball even if Cole & Young on the wings are a threat. So maybe a 4-3-2-1 formation could work:

------------------------------------------------Robbo/James---------------------------------------------------------------

Richards-----------------------------Ferdinand---------------Terry----------------------------------------------Cole

-------------------------------------------------------Hargreaves-----------------------------------------------------------

------------------------------------------Gerrard--------------------Carrick-----------------------------------------------

----------------------------Cole--------------------------------------------------------------Young-------------------------

-------------------------------------------------------------Owen-------------------------------------------------------------

Cole & Young will be more closer to Owen so he won't be bullied & they can go wide if the situation demands. Later in the game McClaren can bring on Hesky has target man presuming get a early lead to support Owen along with Barry, Bentley, SWP, Downing (which ever one he decides) & revert back to a 4-4-2 formation as the game progresses.

The main idea for me is for England to go out againts Isreal & Russia with a very attacking mindset...
 
sledger

sledger

Spanish_Vicente
The main idea for me is for England to go out againts Isreal & Russia with a very attacking mindset
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seeing as england dont have many good attacking players i have to disagree, and thats one of the smaller reasons why that is a bad idea.
 
sledger

sledger

Spanish_Vicente
Cole & Young will be more closer to Owen so he won't be bullied
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not sure how you worked that out, these are the three players in the side who are MOST likely to be bullied, esspecially seeing as they are either lacking match fitness or lacking international experience.
 
sledger

sledger

Spanish_Vicente
Fact is we have to attack these teams, 4-3-3 might not the best idea probably yea since Owen will be bullied off the ball even if Cole & Young on the wings are a threat. So maybe a 4-3-2-1 formation could work:
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funny how your diagram looks exactly like......a 4-3-3 formation then....
 
Agent TBY

Agent TBY

International Captain
sledger said:
not sure how you worked that out, these are the three players in the side who are MOST likely to be bullied, esspecially seeing as they are either lacking match fitness or lacking international experience.
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Or lacking physical prowess.

That's a shocking front three, based purely on pace rather than having a target man who'll make it easier for you to build attacks by holding up the ball.

The kind of football England plays, if you put those three in the same squad it's the recipe for disaster.
 
sledger

sledger

Spanish_Vicente
Agent TBY said:
Or lacking physical prowess.

That's a shocking front three, based purely on pace rather than having a target man who'll make it easier for you to build attacks by holding up the ball.

The kind of football England plays, if you put those three in the same squad it's the recipe for disaster.
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precisely, nicely summarised sriram.
 
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