I don't understand why they need to be accommodated

If a midfield doesn't work, look to the weakness and change it

Jol had the nerve to drop Keane and Defoe this season and made Mido first choice. It was the right thing for the team

We'd have, if we could, gone into the world cup playing this line up

Robinson
Neville Campbell Ferdinand Cole
Beckham Gerrard Lampard Cole
Owen Rooney

Owen and Rooney are both short players and aren't target men. But you'd never sacrifice one of the other. Barring Cole, the other 3 are the media, manager and fans darlings of football, yet it could so easily be said they are the reasons England never succeed

It's time England learnt from Euro 2004, stop blaming anyone other than those 3 and addressed whats right for the team

Otherwise its the quarter finals and a big blub about how we should be getting further in major tournaments

Posted By: pants on May 4th 2006 at 09:33:20

Message Thread

Rooney injury England have been their before (Other Football) - ghostof barry butler, May 4, 09:19:18
- Steve Bull 1988 - Euros in Germany... Spooky! (n/m) (Other Football) - The Editor of Milk, May 4, 09:35:57
- Whole thing will be a waste of time if Lampard and Gerrard play in the same midfield (Other Football) - pants, May 4, 09:25:43
  - might be to Gerrard/Lampard's advantage (Other Football) - Gunnys mullet, May 4, 09:33:32
    - You appeared to have dropped Owen (n/m) (Other Football) - conker, May 4, 09:35:07
      - aye (Other Football) - Gunnys mullet, May 4, 09:40:49
        
        or... (Other Football) - Duck and Chips, May 4, 09:43:12
        
        good shout... (Other Football) - Gunnys mullet, May 4, 10:07:46
  - It think It may work now If we dont play a striker to replace Rooney (n/m) (Other Football) - conker, May 4, 09:26:19
    - Agree - Lampard and Gerrard breaking forward with a holding midfielder (Other Football) - WorthyHatesFans, May 4, 09:36:57
      - Lampard has two holding midfielders for him at Chels (Other Football) - pants, May 4, 09:42:47
    - I don't understand why they need to be accommodated (Other Football) - pants, May 4, 09:33:20
      - Because they're world class (Other Football) - WorthyHatesFans, May 4, 09:45:45
        
        They both play for top teams that specifically (Other Football) - pants, May 4, 09:52:33
      - But if Rooney does play but then goes down mid-match who would replace him? (n/m) (Other Football) - Duck and Chips, May 4, 09:40:26
        
        Would it be that silly to suggest Lampard is tried up front? (n/m) (Other Football) - pants, May 4, 09:44:40
        
        Rooney doesnt play alongside Owen anyway (Other Football) - conker, May 4, 09:48:45
        
        You don't start experimenting 5 weeks before the tournament. (n/m) (Other Football) - Arganth, May 4, 09:48:43
        
        Well we still have friendlies (Other Football) - conker, May 4, 09:49:38
        
        Yeah - friendlies like the Argies game. (Other Football) - Arganth, May 4, 09:55:31
        
        There are still 3 games before the World Cup arnt there? (Other Football) - conker, May 4, 09:59:53
        
        There are -but they're warm up exercises. Not experimentation tests. (n/m) (Other Football) - Arganth, May 4, 10:08:50

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