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Poe
Deano
Hart
Johnson - Jagielka - Cahill - Baines
Lampard - Gerrard
Barkley
Lallana/Sterling - Sturridge - Rooney
I'd just go for it, with a bang straight away. They would not expect it. Gerrard and Lampard have not got the legs anymore, they can sit back with the discipline and experience they possess and ping the ball about, clean up behind Barkley and let him do the running and attacking. Torn between Lallana and Sterling on the wing, think I'm swaying towards Sterling though. It'd never be this though, but it'd be nice to see going up against Italy not scared off them and willing to attack.
Poe
I think we need Welbeck or Milner in there to do the running for people like Rooney/Gerrard who won't be able to go for the full 90 in that heat/humidity.
VP.
Based Jorge
He's shit, Gareth Barry should've gone but neither of them should start.
King Luis
Ninja
I think people going for all these gung ho line ups would do well to remember that. I don't think we're good enough at keeping the ball to try and play on the front foot, what we do have is a reasonably solid back line (would anyone else be tempted by Jones over Johnson at right back? Johnson's better going forward, but Jones would give more solidity) and in the likes of Sterling, Welbeck, Sturridge and Chamberlain we have pace to burn on the break.
Telegram Sam
Shola
SpinSwimScream
Ninja
Moyes would have probably said it after a 0-0 draw against Cardiff, not a 5-1 win against the World Champions.
Sam
You didn't get the job, Harry. Get over it.
Splash The Cash On Matt Le Tiss
I'm just an ordinary bloke - I didn't know it was odd for a dog to have a bank account.
Sam
“I understand Steven’s concern but I don’t want to get into naming names because it wouldn’t be fair to the players."
So why did he tell the story in the first place? Does anybody like Harry Redknapp? I despise him.
Sam
Eric Portapotty
alilane4
Slashman X
Ninja
The fact is 90% of international football is absolutely pointless, why would any player be particularly enthused about a 2 day round trip to Barcelona in January to put 6 past Andorra (who to call them a club side is offensive to perfectly decent clubs) and then get pilloried for not scoring 20 all whilst Andorra try to kick 10 shades of shit out of you?
I'm sure playing for England is something most players want to do, but the simple fact of the matter is that its an absolutely toxic environment where you simply can not win as a player, I can understand why players might want to avoid that at times.
Slashman X
Ninja
It's very easy for a privileged player like Gerrard, who will always play for England when he's fit, to preach about playing for your country. It's a lot harder for the likes of Carragher, or Carrick, or Fraser Forster who have, or will, rack up thousands of air miles to sit and watch England play from the bench to sit there and talk about how 'privileged' they feel to waste their time completely unpaid because of some 19th century notion of nationalism and patriotism.
.verse
Will be interesting to see what unfolds.
Poe
.verse
He's a good man manger, average when it comes to tactical aspects, as proven a number of times in the past. Even now, his approach has been purely to play through Gerrard in the middle and have him move the ball wide so that Sterling/Welbeck can run at the fullbacks. It's all based on trying to exploit the pace upfront but the way it's being done wouldn't cause many teams a lot of problems.
Even when you go over his win percentage over the last 14 years of his career, it's quite subpar in general.
Ninja
He's not a bad manager but he's certainly not a good one.
Alois
He got Blackburn relegated, he's a shitheap imo.
Sam
Hodgson is a good manager, he should definitely carry on with England.
BR.
He left in about November that season, we were looking dire yep and a certain group of players (reportedly led by Tim Sherwood) turned against him but Brian Kidd came in and more than finished the job off.
Worth noting that in his only full season here, we came 6th and were actually in the top 2 until January.
Not that any of this is really relevant, it was the best part of 20 years ago and he's done enough elsewhere in his long career all over the world that proves he's a good manager.
George14brfc
Crane