2014 World Cup thread

epic terrorist said:
So because he is a goal threat we can talk about him being the best CB around?
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As i said after he isn't too bad at the defending lark too........ All round i think he's quality, football is made of big moments and he contributes to them.
 
LFCMarshall said:
He is a striker, no doubt about it but he missed more chances than Sturridge did this tournament. And they were a lot clearer
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He did and i do think he is out of form right now and not helped when he is pushed around multiple positions. I rate Sturridge and in a side which create 20+ chances per game like Liverpool do he will score. England will never be able to do that on a consistent basis. I saw a lot of the Chelsea Sturridge today, dropping really deep coming out wide and hitting everything even if players were in better positions.
 
Not sure if anyones said it but Italy manager Prandelli resigned. Respect to him for doing it. Shame Hodgson won't do the same.
 
CJACKO11 said:
As i said after he isn't too bad at the defending lark too........ All round i think he's quality, football is made of big moments and he contributes to them.
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If we are talking about the best CB around he should be the best at the back whether it is intercepting play, quality tackling etc etc. he is good but the worlds best I think that is a stretch. Football is indeed made of big moments but being a quality defender is also made up of doing small unnoticed things aswell.

personally think Silva and hummels are both better among others
 
CJACKO11 said:
He did and i do think he is out of form right now and not helped when he is pushed around multiple positions. I rate Sturridge and in a side which create 20+ chances per game like Liverpool do he will score. England will never be able to do that on a consistent basis. I saw a lot of the Chelsea Sturridge today, dropping really deep coming out wide and hitting everything even if players were in better positions.
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I agree with Rooney but i think it is slightly harsh on Sturridge. Majority of the season he has took his chances at Liverpool and rarely been guilty of missing many
 
LFCMarshall said:
I agree with Rooney but i think it is slightly harsh on Sturridge. Majority of the season he has took his chances at Liverpool and rarely been guilty of missing many
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I think the Sturridge thing along with the rest of the Liverpool cronies in the England squad reviled its secret this tournament. Luis Suarez! Without him it just doesn't work properly.
 
CJACKO11 said:
I think the Sturridge thing along with the rest of the Liverpool cronies in the England squad reviled its secret this tournament. Luis Suarez! Without him it just doesn't work properly.
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Hilarious. The secret?

Brendan Rodgers instead of Roy Hodgson
 
It doesn't matter what players we have when we play under Hodgson's dinosaur tactics and philosophy. :\
 
LFCMarshall said:
Hilarious. The secret?

Brendan Rodgers instead of Roy Hodgson
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Wouldn't even say that, Rodgers would have played the same system wouldn't he? We just have not got the players do to that yet. Now we have 2 years in a fairly easy Euro qualifying group to change a system if we want too but we need the right manager and players to be able to do this.

zzeezzy said:
It doesn't matter what players we have when we play under Hodgson's dinosaur tactics and philosophy. :\
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To be fair if he went with his dinosaur tactics and philosophy instead of giving the media what they wanted we probably would have gone through!!!
 
CJACKO11 said:
Wouldn't even say that, Rodgers would have played the same system wouldn't he? We just have not got the players do to that yet. Now we have 2 years in a fairly easy Euro qualifying group to change a system if we want too but we need the right manager and players to be able to do this.
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Absolutely not, you need to watch Liverpool

Gerrard is almost a third CB, allowing the full backs to be wingbacks giving us more width and allowing Henderson more freedom. Of course Suarez helps, he is the best striker in the world but the tactics were horrible and the players suffered because of it

It may be FM - but this is realistic: http://www.fm-base.co.uk/forum/share-download-fm-14-tactics/162460-jps-blitz-tactic-14-3-1-a.html
 
LFCMarshall said:
Absolutely not, you need to watch Liverpool

Gerrard is almost a third CB, allowing the full backs to be wingbacks giving us more width and allowing Henderson more freedom. Of course Suarez helps, he is the best striker in the world but the tactics were horrible and the players suffered because of it

It may be FM - but this is realistic: http://www.fm-base.co.uk/forum/share-download-fm-14-tactics/162460-jps-blitz-tactic-14-3-1-a.html
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I've often thought the narrow diamond would suit the players we have allowing us to play our best players in their favoured positions.
 
JP Woody said:
I've often thought the narrow diamond would suit the players we have allowing us to play our best players in their favoured positions.
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Hart
Cahill - Jags
Johnson - Gerrard - Shaw
Henderson - Ox
Sterling
Sturridge - Rooney

Something along those lines i think would suit... people will have opinions on personnel obviously
 
LFCMarshall said:
Absolutely not, you need to watch Liverpool

Gerrard is almost a third CB, allowing the full backs to be wingbacks giving us more width and allowing Henderson more freedom. Of course Suarez helps, he is the best striker in the world but the tactics were horrible and the players suffered because of it

It may be FM - but this is realistic: http://www.fm-base.co.uk/forum/share-download-fm-14-tactics/162460-jps-blitz-tactic-14-3-1-a.html
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But that's part of our problem, England is not Liverpool! We always try to copy someone and it never works! England do not have an identity they just go round trying to copy people and its laughable.
 
Can do without listening to Savage slag England off. His shower of ***** country hasn't qualified for a world cup since Napoleon was a boy.
 
CJACKO11 said:
But that's part of our problem, England is not Liverpool! We always try to copy someone and it never works! England do not have an identity they just go round trying to copy people and its laughable.
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I agree we need our own identity But Hodgson seemed confused in his approach, by just putting Gerrard alongside Henderson you cant expect their Liverpool performances

and on this occasion the diamond seemed to suit England quite well with their players
 
LFCMarshall said:
I agree we need our own identity But Hodgson seemed confused in his approach, by just putting Gerrard alongside Henderson you cant expect their Liverpool performances

and on this occasion the diamond seemed to suit England quite well with their players
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If Roy stuck with his pragmatic ways which made us qualify for the tournament in the first place we wouldn't be in the departure lounge right now so i blame him for giving in to the medias demands.
 
CJACKO11 said:
If Roy stuck with his pragmatic ways which made us qualify for the tournament in the first place we wouldn't be in the departure lounge right now so i blame him for giving in to the medias demands.
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I agree. Hodgson should of stuck to what he knows best. Drilling a defensive unit. It may of bored us all to tears but at least we'd of qualified.
 
I call for Italy to be reinstated into the tournament throw Uruguay out also ban Suarez from international football for the next world cup cycle :)
 
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