Rooney on the bench I reckon.Thoughts on this upcoming game please...lets get the ball rolling on talking footy for a change where we all have a vested interest!
I'll start: Should Rooney be accommodated and should we play 4-4-2?
Draw will be fine, but I think we will win.
I'd be inclined to play Rooney, but in something more like his normal position. If we can't accommodate him there I would drop him.
I'd also go for a a very attacking line up and would field both Sterling and Oxlade-Chamberlain in the side. Scare the living daylights out of their defence.[/QUOTE]
Loving that scary feeling! Think the Ox will come off the bench though instead of Barkley.
Please do not play Wilshire he is clearly lacking match fitness.
Doesn't anybody rate Lambert then ?Draw will be fine, but I think we will win.
I'd be inclined to play Rooney, but in something more like his normal position. If we can't accommodate him there I would drop him.
I'd also go for a a very attacking line up and would field both Sterling and Oxlade-Chamberlain in the side. Scare the living daylights out of their defence.[/QUOTE]
Loving that scary feeling! Think the Ox will come off the bench though instead of Barkley.
Please do not play Wilshire he is clearly lacking match fitness.
Doesn't anybody rate Lambert then ?
Still rather unproven on the big international stage I think and I honestly believe pace is the answer to unlocking the Uruguayan defence.
Would certainly consider him off the bench though.
Fair point but I'd give him some time in the match.Still rather unproven on the big international stage I think and I honestly believe pace is the answer to unlocking the Uruguayan defence.
Would certainly consider him off the bench though.
I don't like to jump on the Rooney bandwagon but he just doesn't look like the player he once was.My mate reckons he hasn't been any good since leaving Everton !
Would probably have to go 442 to accommodate Rooney as Sturridge can't be dropped, I think Rooney is best playing at striker right up the top and dropping deep sometimes. I hear a lot of people saying his best position is number 10 behind the striker but he seems to find less space when he plays there and the opposition midfield crowd him out of this area when he plays there. I think he is better staying further up field occupying the centre halves and then occasionally dropping deep when he spots the free space to exploit. This also gives the problem to centre halves, do they go with him when he drops or pass him onto the midfielders and makes him harder for the opposition to track him, you don't really have this when he plays behind the striker as the defensive midfielder will almost always be picking him up.
---------------Hart
Johnson---Cahill---Jagielka--Baines
Sterling--Henderson--Gerrard--Lallana
-----------Sturridge--Rooney
Could possibly go something like this
-------------Hart
Johnson--Cahill--Jagielka--Baines
--------------Gerrard
-------Henderson--Wilshere (Or any other midfielder of your choice)
-------Sturridge-----Sterling
----------------Rooney
Almost 433 but with Sturridge and Sterling playing very narrow and close to Rooney
Otherwise would have to go something like
---------------Hart
Johnson---Cahill---Jagielka--Baines
--------Henderson--Gerrard
Welbeck---------Sterling----Lallana
---------------Sturridge
I don't think we can play Rooney wide left again, he isn't athletic enough to get up and down the left flank and can't beat the full back
Ox only joined in training tonight, I think they said on itv he won't be fit for Thursday.
I think it will be a tough game and we'll struggle to get the same intensity, everything was geared/psyched up for the Italy match I think it would have took a lot out of the mentally. A draw will do but fear we will get beat again.
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I don't think the Uruguay defenders will know what to do with Lambert.
There's too much hype over Rooney, and sooner or later he'll go into his selfish mode; trying to do everything on his own and not using his team mates.
For me he needs dropping. Bring him off the bench if need be. That will really upset him! Can you imagine an angry shrek coming off the bench?
I agree with that, which is why I think his best position is to play him at striker with freedom to drift, roam and drop into the free spaces.What Rooney brings you is a degree of intelligence (well on the pitch at least.) He is great at finding and creating space and at switching play too. An on form Rooney is an advantage to this England side.
What hype over Rooney? Pretty much 95% of of England are questioning his place in the team.
The hype from the other 5% then
I'm getting persuaded about Rooney ever so slightly now. I think Roy will pick him to play. That said I only hope it's not on the left and we also get Llanna in from the start please. Otherwise the same team.
If I was brave I'd drop Rooney put Llanna in and Shaw in place of Baines. Drop Gerrard from that role he plays and put the Ox in with a 4-4-2 and give em their heads! Could be just what is needed to lighten the mood and see a new sensational team shock the world with pace to burn, skill on the ball and a striker who will score.
I would go for a settled side. I think the 11 that started the other night will have too much for uraguay but I would switch Wellbeck to the left for his workrate. 442 doesn't work at the highest level any more.
Agreed, 442 doesn't work and was identified as one of the reasons we've failed at the last few tournaments.
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we played better against italy when we bypassed rooney says it all for me
We fail at every tournament. Doesn't matter what formation we play.ointlaugh:
Everyone except the ultimate winners fail. Little things make a difference - like putting the ball in the box from a corner rather than putting it behind the goal; tracking back to defend; being ready to play & adapt to the conditions (like the Swiss/Germans/Portuguese/Italians/French have managed to do...but we haven't)
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I would love a massive hard Stevie g tackle on buck toothed racist diver Suarez in the first minute ... See how fully fit the tom Daley wanna be really is !!!
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