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Bo Peabody
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OMG, Peter F'in Crouch. I'd rather see a 4-1-4-1 with a proper holding midfielder releasing Lampard and Gerrard to make the attacking runs up front.
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J. Cole--------Lampard--------Gerrard-----------Beckham
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A. Cole---------Carragher---------Ferdinand----------Neville |
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jaganath69
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| Posted: Wed May 03, 2006 2:19 pm Post subject: |
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| Bo Peabody wrote: |
OMG, Peter F'in Crouch. I'd rather see a 4-1-4-1 with a proper holding midfielder releasing Lampard and Gerrard to make the attacking runs up front.
-------------------------Owen--------------------------------
J. Cole--------Lampard--------Gerrard-----------Beckham
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A. Cole---------Carragher---------Ferdinand----------Neville |
I personally favour this, or a slight variation with J Cole playing in behind Owen and Gerrard out on the left. Use Crouch off the bench when all else fails. |
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cj1976
Joined: 26 Oct 2005
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| Posted: Thu May 04, 2006 3:27 am Post subject: |
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| Rooney is the difference between England being potentially a very good team, or a fantastic team. No doubt he is a class act and we will miss him. However, with or without Shrek, Brazil are still looking like they'll walk this. Their squad is scary... |
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bigverne
Joined: 12 May 2004
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| Posted: Thu May 04, 2006 4:55 am Post subject: |
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If Rooney is not fit then I don't think he should be taken. This is what Eriksson did in the last world cup when he included Beckham, who was not up to par and whose inclusion probably hurt the team.
jaganath69 - I thought you were an Aussie? |
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sid
Joined: 02 Feb 2003
Location: Berkshire, England
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| Posted: Thu May 04, 2006 6:29 am Post subject: |
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| Bo Peabody wrote: |
-------------------------Owen--------------------------------
J. Cole--------Lampard--------Gerrard-----------Beckham
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A. Cole---------Carragher---------Ferdinand----------Neville |
You've sneaked Carragher in for Terry without anyone noticing. |
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whitebeagle
Joined: 09 Feb 2003
Location: UK
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| Posted: Thu May 04, 2006 6:46 am Post subject: |
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From what I can gather, Erikson is allowed to swap any injured squad player for another up until the day before the first game. This gives Rooney until the 9th of june to show significant improvement to merit inclusion. Erikson also said said he 'would take him even he only plays in the final' (hey, at least the guy is optimistic!)
But i think we should draw a line under it and focus on the fit players. It cant be doing the squad morale much good with all the attention and doom-saying surrounding rooney's inclusion/exclusion. As has been mentioned, a partially fit Beckham (with same kind of injury and more recovery time) in the last WC did us no favours...
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Bo Peabody
Joined: 25 Aug 2005
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| Posted: Thu May 04, 2006 6:47 am Post subject: |
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| You've sneaked Carragher in for Terry without anyone noticing. |
Exactly. With Cole, Ferdinand and Neville all vying to rush forward, I'd rather see Carragher as the lynchpin. |
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jaganath69
Joined: 17 Jul 2003
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| Posted: Thu May 04, 2006 4:42 pm Post subject: |
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| bigverne wrote: |
If Rooney is not fit then I don't think he should be taken. This is what Eriksson did in the last world cup when he included Beckham, who was not up to par and whose inclusion probably hurt the team.
jaganath69 - I thought you were an Aussie? |
I'm an Aussie with an English dad, a British passport and lived, worked and payed my taxes in the UK for 4 whole years. Lots of family there, big emotional ties to the mother country and I'm a shameless anglophile. |
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LL Moonmanhead
Joined: 21 Mar 2005
Location: yo momma
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| Posted: Thu May 04, 2006 11:55 pm Post subject: |
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| Bo Peabody wrote: |
| sid wrote: |
| You've sneaked Carragher in for Terry without anyone noticing. |
Exactly. With Cole, Ferdinand and Neville all vying to rush forward, I'd rather see Carragher as the lynchpin. |
I'm glad you weren't appointed as the new coach then!! |
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Bo Peabody
Joined: 25 Aug 2005
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| Posted: Fri May 05, 2006 5:33 am Post subject: |
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| LL Moonmanhead wrote: |
| Bo Peabody wrote: |
| sid wrote: |
| You've sneaked Carragher in for Terry without anyone noticing. |
Exactly. With Cole, Ferdinand and Neville all vying to rush forward, I'd rather see Carragher as the lynchpin. |
I'm glad you weren't appointed as the new coach then!! |
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waggo
Joined: 18 May 2003
Location: pusan baby!
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| Posted: Sat May 06, 2006 1:52 am Post subject: |
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| Bo Peabody wrote: |
OMG, Peter F'in Crouch. I'd rather see a 4-1-4-1 with a proper holding midfielder releasing Lampard and Gerrard to make the attacking runs up front.
-------------------------Owen--------------------------------
J. Cole--------Lampard--------Gerrard-----------Beckham
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A. Cole---------Carragher---------Ferdinand----------Neville |
Thats a good line up but we might need a goalkeeper at some point in the tournament. |
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Bo Peabody
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| Posted: Mon May 08, 2006 8:53 am Post subject: |
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Oh, for fuc...
Robinson |
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jaganath69
Joined: 17 Jul 2003
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| Posted: Mon May 08, 2006 2:10 pm Post subject: |
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| Theo Wallcot, thoughts? |
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SPINOZA
Joined: 10 Jun 2005
Location: $eoul
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| Posted: Mon May 08, 2006 4:32 pm Post subject: |
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Never heard of him.
Could be one of those fairy tale thingies in footy, a la a slightly older Michael Owen 8 years ago.
What's the problem with Jermain Defoe folks? Has he had a bad season and/or unfit? I'm much more ignorant about football these days. All I know is that leaving Defoe out (I know it's only provisional) when there's no Roon or Owen seems very odd. |
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sid
Joined: 02 Feb 2003
Location: Berkshire, England
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| Posted: Mon May 08, 2006 8:29 pm Post subject: |
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| What's the problem with Jermain Defoe folks? Has he had a bad season and/or unfit? I'm much more ignorant about football these days. All I know is that leaving Defoe out (I know it's only provisional) when there's no Roon or Owen seems very odd. |
Defoe never really got going this season and hasn't started many games. Presumably he is first reserve if Rooney or Owen are definitely out, so your last comment doesn't really apply.
Walcott has immense pace and scored some nice goals for Saints before the transfer window, but if he wasn't ready to be an Arsenal supersub??? |
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