baggage with Gerrard is he needs world class defensive midfield to support him

and now gets it with Sissoko and Alonso hanging back at liverpool

For England that is a problem as lampard is the same sort of player, and Beckham to an extent sometimes needs someone to clear up after him

Those 3 are the biggest question marks to how england could succeed in germany

If sven plays 442 with one defensive player holding the midfield, then England are in trouble

If England chose King and parker to hold the line, and sven had to rotate of chose 2 between beckham, cole, lampard and gerrard, then it could go right

It won't happen though, those 4 are too big for sven to sacrifice, and the midfield will be englands fatal flaw as usual when they play a team that can attack and retain the ball a lot

Have to see if Svens got it by germany or not

Posted By: pants on January 30th 2006 at 16:58:37

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how many british players are truely top/world class in their position (Other Football) - otbc2006, Jan 30, 16:27:02
- Gerrard for me 100%, best English player other than Rooney by a mile. (n/m) (Other Football) - avid_canary, Jan 30, 16:52:34
  - baggage with Gerrard is he needs world class defensive midfield to support him (Other Football) - pants, Jan 30, 16:58:37
    - Just about agree, I would still have Gerrard as the second name on my team sheet .... (Other Football) - avid_canary, Jan 30, 17:02:07
      - I did forget to add (Other Football) - pants, Jan 30, 17:05:57
- Owen, Robinson and Rooney for me...Giggs was in his prime (n/m) (Other Football) - Brandonio, Jan 30, 16:42:46
- Robbie Savage (Other Football) - mr carra, Jan 30, 16:35:26
- Rooney? (n/m) (Other Football) - Brom, Jan 30, 16:35:08
  - oh yeah forgot him, lucky bastard great talent plus a 9/10 bird (n/m) (Other Football) - otbc2006, Jan 30, 16:38:38
    - 9/10?! (Other Football) - Arizona Bay, Jan 30, 16:39:56
      - If that's true... (Other Football) - Fierce Panda, Jan 30, 16:44:04
      - She mings. (n/m) (Other Football) - Squiggles, Jan 30, 16:42:41
- Gary Neville (Other Football) - Pragmatist, Jan 30, 16:34:28
- Eddie the eagle... (n/m) (Other Football) - Squirrel, Jan 30, 16:33:25
- have to look at (Other Football) - south, Jan 30, 16:32:47
- Lampard, Beckham, Rooney, Owen, A. Cole, Terry and Robinson (Other Football) - Steve in Holland, Jan 30, 16:29:03
  - wats the feeling in holland about your wc chances????? (Other Football) - otbc2006, Jan 30, 16:35:42
  - not sure about Terry yet (Other Football) - mr carra, Jan 30, 16:34:50
    - always exposed by pace (n/m) (Other Football) - Brandonio, Jan 30, 16:43:00
      - hence why he fouls far too often (Other Football) - pants, Jan 30, 16:49:08
    - He was carrying an injury at Euro 2004 wasn't he? (n/m) (Other Football) - Dr Baker, Jan 30, 16:41:09
  - Gerrard? (n/m) (Other Football) - mr carra, Jan 30, 16:33:22
- Owen (n/m) (Other Football) - pants, Jan 30, 16:28:14
- Andy Hughes (n/m) (Other Football) - lovely old job, Jan 30, 16:27:38
- 9 (n/m) (Other Football) - malkybarkid, Jan 30, 16:27:33
  - lol (n/m) (Other Football) - lovely old job, Jan 30, 16:27:56

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