I posted this the other day, but because it was at like 1AM hardly anyone saw it so i wanted to repost it. Sorry!
Ok, so looking at today it seems to be that we are going to be playing the same old hoofball tactics. Some people think it's because this is the only way how, some think we need to play to strenghts.
I on the other hand belive this, football evolves, and you have to evolve with it, England haven't. We've kept the same players we were using years ago, and it's not going to get us anywhere.
You can see from the likes of Spain and Germany that keeping the ball is important in this day and age, rather than punting the ball up the pitch.
In my opinion we have the players with the ability to do this, however we don't use them. This team could easily keep the ball on the deck and keep the ball however we seem to have it stuck in our minds that we should play the same way.
------------------Hart
Richards-Cahill-Lescott-Cole
--AOC-Wilshire-Carrick-Young
----------------Rooney
---------------Welbeck
That team would be able to keep hold of the ball aswell as having wingers that can do damage, the thing is, people don't seem to realise that the Premier League is different to international football and as such we keep the same players.
England need to evolve, otherwise we will always be failing at major tournements.
PS. Why can I not post this on 2 boards like everyone else can?
England
posted on 29/5/12
you need to choose one team, scroll down and hold control when you choose your next one
posted on 29/5/12
If we went with your model we would have to drop the awesome CM pairing of Gerrard and Lampard. As well as dropping media-darling Scotty Parker.
But to me, that looks about the best team we could realistically field and stay competitive, my team however would vary quite a lot (no fitness concerns)
Hart
Walker, Smalling, Jones, Baines
Cleverley, Wilshere,
AOC, Rooney, Young
Welbeck
It worked for the Germans in 2010, so why don't we give it a shot
posted on 29/5/12
As exciting as it looks, that team is far too inexperienced. All teams need some experienced players. Just look at Manchester United for example, we have Rio, Scholes, Giggs, Evra etc.
What you need is balance. I don't mind us playing one of Gerrard or Lampard. It's when we play both of them and then the other usual suspects. You need at least one experienced central defender. So that's either Rio or Terry.
Even Spain don't play that many inexperienced players, and they have a far better youth than we do!!!