Forever A Shrimper
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Can they work together in harmony, if not... Why not?
Yes, cf Euro 2004.
.............................James.......................
Richards.......Ferdinand......Terry..............A. Cole
Lennon.........Gerrard.........Hargreaves......J. Cole (or maybe Barry)
..................Rooney....................
................................Walcott.......................
Matt
Wasnt Scholes in there as well at that time and basically Lampard was on the left of a narrow midfield?
Id say they probably should be able to work together, but why would you want them to. Both want to do the same job, and neither would be as good as doing the less fancy job as Hargreaves or Barry. Looking at the personnel we have at the moment, in the absence of Owen finding form, Id be inclined to play a midfield three (Probably Hargreaves, Carrick and Gerrard) With Cole and someone on the right (Lennon) supporting Rooney from wide.
no way, lampard is an attacking midfielder and thats about it, thus putting the stoppers on gerrard generaly bombing all over the place, forcing him to sit back and hold, would rather have hargreaves in the holding roll and let gerrard join in the attacks
good point, I should have put 'Meant to' I dont think Gerrard is disinterested I honestly believe he tries too hard in an england shirt, I put this down to pressure/fear maybe, did you hear the england 'fans' booing against switzerland because we were 'keeping the ball'
Scousers don't seem to be the most patriotic, and put Liverpool before England as a rule.
Nobody has said anything about Crouch? Englands best player in the Croatia match (to be fair wasn't hard) and has a great goalscoring record at international level: 14 in 25 considering that he has come on as a sub for a lot of them. He also always seems to score for liverpool in the champions league (when he plays) and this is because players outside the prem don't like his height. I forgot to mention how well he linked up with rooney and gerrard in the 20 minutes i think he got against switzland as he helped set up a goal.
Carson/hart (Don't trust james)
Richards Ferdinand Terry Cole
Lennon or walcott Hargreaves Cole
Gerrard (captain)
Rooney
Crouch
And you must be the fairy for your christmas tree formation then..:p
expecting a lot of work out of Mr Hargreaves...a very attacking team with no width
Well obviously lennon/wlacott and cole will be playing on the wings you doghnut