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From: Keith on 13 Jun 2010 16:49 On Jun 13, 2:11�pm, Jussi Uosukainen <j...(a)iki.fi> wrote: > > Gerrard - Lampard in the middle did not work. I know, on paper they > should be on pitch, the best two midfielders tha England have (and > neither is a player to make an impression coming on as a sub), but it > just does not work. It has been tried many times before, and it will be > tried a few times yet. But maybe it just is time to change things up, > maybe bring in Carrick and move SG to the left. At least that has worked > sometimes. Please explain this to me - you want Gerrard, who arguably had the best game of all of the English players and scored England's only goal, while playing in a central position, should move to left, while Lampard, who was invisible for most of the game (as he has been in most of England's games) should stay - and stay in the pivotal role in the center. I am missing the logic here... Keith
From: Dwight Beers on 13 Jun 2010 17:26 On 06/13/2010 11:11 AM, Jussi Uosukainen wrote: > Chagney Hunt<essetm(a)gmail.com> wrote: >> On Jun 12, 5:07 pm, Chagney Hunt<ess...(a)gmail.com> wrote: >>> A few thoughts about the game before signing off >>> 1. One can't trust anything green and British to plug a leak. >>> 2. Why didn't Gerrard get any help? It's not like Lampard had a lot to >>> do >>> 3. There must be a better way than having Heskey as the focal point of >>> your attack. That shot was pathetic, you're an international player, >>> FFS, have some pride. >> >> 4. Oh, almost forgot, I hope Dawson is decent. > > Gerrard - Lampard in the middle did not work. I know, on paper they > should be on pitch, the best two midfielders tha England have (and > neither is a player to make an impression coming on as a sub), but it > just does not work. It has been tried many times before, and it will be > tried a few times yet. But maybe it just is time to change things up, > maybe bring in Carrick and move SG to the left. At least that has worked > sometimes. > Of course, if it HAD worked Bradley might have been tempted to bring on our two best midfielders--Torres and Edu. > Heskey just will not cut it. Sure, he ties up defenders and wins some > headers (I am not sure that Crouch played much better, tbh), but there > is zero goal scoring threat from him. Defoe in? Or move to a 4-5-1 with > SG behind Rooney. > We used our Shrek (Gooch) so Capello thought a Donkey would serve his purpose. Really, you need to look for the simplest explanation sometimes.:-) > Carra showed his lack of pace a couple of times. >
From: Jussi Uosukainen on 14 Jun 2010 02:28
Keith <powellaw(a)aol.com> wrote: > On Jun 13, 2:11?pm, Jussi Uosukainen <j...(a)iki.fi> wrote: >> >> Gerrard - Lampard in the middle did not work. I know, on paper they >> should be on pitch, the best two midfielders tha England have (and >> neither is a player to make an impression coming on as a sub), but it >> just does not work. It has been tried many times before, and it will be >> tried a few times yet. But maybe it just is time to change things up, >> maybe bring in Carrick and move SG to the left. At least that has worked >> sometimes. > > Please explain this to me - you want Gerrard, who arguably had the > best game of all of the English players and scored England's only > goal, while playing in a central position, should move to left, while > Lampard, who was invisible for most of the game (as he has been in > most of England's games) should stay - and stay in the pivotal role in > the center. I am missing the logic here... > > Keith Well, Gerrard cutting in from the left (with Cashley providing the width) has worked in both the nt and Liverpool at times. It would als provide Lampard with a role he can succeed in. This if both of them need to play and 2 strikers are a must. Otherwise drop Lampard for Carrick or drop Heskey for Carrick. -- /jussi - It's 106 miles to Chicago. We've got a full tank of gas, half a pack of cigarettes, it's dark and we're wearing sunglasses. - Hit it. * The Blues Brothers |