Cheers, problem with Owen on the bench though is who do you take off?

If you are winning, you could probably get away with taking Rooney off.
Take Heskey off though, and if you are under pressure it'll make it worse. Need the ball to stick up the pitch, with Rooney and Owen on it won't that much.
Meaning more time defending balls into our own box.

If you are putting him on because we need a goal, who comes off?
Heskey? That's more likely to weaken the strike force as you are again back to asking Rooney to do the big man job, which he can't.
So do you take off Rooney?
That would take massive balls to do. If it works, Owen scores. Hero. If it fails then the manager is crucified by the press, would any England manager take that risk?

Posted By: megson, Oct 20, 17:01:28