The squad can do that, what we could have had is also more. Rather than just riding out the storm, we could have had a genuine counter attacking ability that makes them think twice. Now its effectively just contain, and get lucky
I honestly think we both confused ourselves. I agreed with the tactic you posted up as long as you think it suited our squad. My point later on was that we might have to be even more defensive if we want to grind out a win against a team like Germany or Spain. If we do face that is
The squad can do that, what we could have had is also more. Rather than just riding out the storm, we could have had a genuine counter attacking ability that makes them think twice. Now its effectively just contain, and get lucky
I agree with you completely but unfortunately due to the squad we possess, we dont have many options
That's why I'm so ****** off, the options were there.
Personally, I would play something like this:
-----------Hart------------
--Cahill--Lescott--Jagielka--
-Johnson---Parker----Cole--
----------Gerrard----------
-Walcott--Rooney--Young--
That's what I would play, replacing Rooney with Carroll or Welbeck. Would be awesome fun seeing the England team trying to attempt it.
Personally, I would play something like this:
-----------Hart------------
--Cahill--Lescott--Jagielka--
-Johnson---Parker----Cole--
----------Gerrard----------
-Walcott--Rooney--Young--
That's what I would play, replacing Rooney with Carroll or Welbeck. Would be awesome fun seeing the England team trying to attempt it.
And in the likely chance we get dumped out early, it will be a horrible tournament, in which we learned nothing.
But most of these players don't need anything to learn!!! For most of them i.e Terry, Cole, Lampard, Gerrard, Parker and maybe more it is there last tournament.
Carrick seems to be getting some undeserved stick on here.
The way I understand it is that Carrick has been retired for months (after years of being ignored) and had asked for the FA to keep it quiet but that he's made it clear he'd be willing to come out of retirement if they were in desperate need. So he wouldn't come out of retirement just to make up the numbers at the Euro's. It's really not a case of him getting stroppy over not being deemed important by Hodgson and so completely pulling out.
Also, CJACKO, it's a bit rich for you to criticise him for supposedly taking his bit part role badly when you've spent half the season defending Lampard for supposedly doing the same thing.
What's people's thoughts on the confirmation that we're testing goal line technology in the Belgium game? I say about ****** time tbh (even though the system WILL NOT be used if a goal line incident occurs)
England friendly against Belgium to be big test of goalline technology | Football | The Guardian
It will be the only useful thing that comes out of this friendly
why isn't Fraser Foster our back up keeper instead of Butland? He's done well for Celtic whilst Butland has been playing for Cheltenham this season