Hodgson Vs Fergie

I think Terry is just working his way back from injury and will soon be back to speed again.

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That did make me laugh TOOR.

TKT

I always think that players tend to play on for their clubs a lot longer than they do their countries.

I always try to get behind England, and I support them to almost the same extent that I support Arsenal during the World Cup and the Euros, but they do make it difficult. There's just too many dislikeable characters playing for England, and they're just so boring to watch.

comment by Vidicschin (U3584) posted 1 minute ago
I think Terry is just working his way back from injury and will soon be back to speed again.

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That did make me laugh TOOR.
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I didn't mean his speed as in an attribute.

England will always be boring to watch with Hodgson in charge, I mean he played two defensive wingers in the last game. If it wasn't for Rooney being on form, something he hasn't always been this season, England would have lost.

That's true. Honest grafters like James Milner don't exactly make for entertaining football. I'd rather see more unpredictable but more dangerous players such as Theo Walcott or Aaron Lennon playing out wide.

England's main strengths are its pace on the wings. Rooney showed a couple of seasons ago when he was played as the main striker that he can score many goals when two wingers are providing for him. With nobody even close to Rooney in terms of a striker, England should play with two wingers, two holding and one behind Rooney. For the best case scenario, I'd have Young left, Walcott/Lennon right, Wilshere and Gerrard in midfield, with Cleverley further forward. Go attack teams with pace, feck this crap about passing the ball two feet at a slow pace because Spain do it, they're Spain, England's England, Spain did nothing for decades, now after five years of being good, it's suddenly the way to go, the team to copy.

Playing for england was once the highest honour for any english footballer, nowadays the rewards are too high at club level for footballers and clubs alike so inevitably the national team loses out.

England have always been dull to watch.

I'd have Young left, Walcott/Lennon right, Wilshere and Gerrard in midfield, with Cleverley further forward.

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Not a fan of Cleverley, works hard and all that, but just doesn't offer enough quality going forward. If he was to play, I'd rather see him deeper in midfield, he doesn't have the technical ability for the No 10 role. Perhaps an Oxlade-Chamberlain type behind Rooney? He's not had a very good season at all, and would need to get into the Arsenal team first, but at least he does offer a bit of skill and unpredictability.