Lons
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OPJ":2h64ybo0 said:We know he's "insistent" in sticking with the same formation and playing Gerrard on the left but, when we were behind in the second-half, once again in this tournament, he took off our 'man of the first-half' (James Milner)! Yes, Joe Cole is the right kind of player to introduce but, you don't replace like-for-like when you need goals - lose one of the three central midfielders!! :x
When have you ever seen Gerrard, Lampard, Terry or Rooney on the England subs bench?! Far too many of our players are too "comfortable" with their 'unthreatened' positions in our starting XI. This needs shaking up! They go in to games with nothing to lose...
Lee Dixon made an interesting comment after the game about how we don't have a player like Germany's Ozil. Very true and yet, every successful team on the international stage has at least one creative playmaker like this.
I've seen some poor England games in the last nine-years; losing to teams including Macedonia and Andorra in the qualifiers... But, the performance this afternoon - in the knockout stages of the greatest stage in world football - beats them all, without question.
Exactly right !!!!
Great decision when you desperately need goals to take off Defoe and bring on Heskey :idea: but leave Rooney who hasn't had a kick all tournament. :?:
However much the players are culpable (and they most certainly are), Capellos' tactics have to be in questioned. The guy is totally inflexible :roll:
We need an English manager with some national pride - not a foreigner IMO
I'm embarrassed as well.
Bob
