England National football team thread

[Dr. Pepper]

England passing the ball around and playing fluid football. What the hell is going on? Downing and Young looked very good. Barry gave a solid display in the middle. Carroll was utilised well and not just stupid long balls from defence. May not have won, but a very promising display.

 

[War]

I have seen some in the media inaccurately again portraying the talk the Capello played 4-4-2 all the time, before he recently tried the 4-3-3 setup - that is really true at all.

Yes he played 4-4-2 in the world cup & in all the post post world cup before the Wales & Ghana games. But during the world cup qualifiers from Zagreb 08 to the end of the qualifiers - Capello played 4-2-3-1:

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Johnson-------------------Ferdinand--------------Terry--------------------------A Cole

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Walcott/Lennon-----------------------------------------------------------Gerrard-------

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Let them play | Video | Football

 

[m_vaughan]

 

[War]

Ha is that you Vaughan?

 

[Dr. Pepper]

Well the one on the left is Arbeloa so I doubt it

 

[m_vaughan]

Haha. Arbeloa and Albiol.

 

[JBlues08]

Barton: I'm England's best midfielder - ESPN Soccernet

at his comments on Barry.

He does have a point on what he said about England though.

 

[Dr. Pepper]

I actually agree with everything he says lol.

 

[War]

Haha ye he is right, although as we all know Capello has now moved away from the 4-4-2 set-up.

Along with Parker id say Barton would be the next best defensive-midfielder in England & id be picking him ahead of Barry these days for sure.

 

[Auwais]

Barton's a ████ but he's a jack of all trades. Very good passer of the ball, good set-piece taker, great tackler, fantastic engine, capable of shooting accurately from long distance etc.

It's difficult to simply shoe-horn the likes of Barton and Parker as simply defensive midfielders, given they're hybrids. While Parker played the holding role quite competently in the last game, he's always played a far more industrious role at club level.

But with the only "natural" DM Hargreaves dead, it's probably the best option in a 4-5-1.

 

[War]

Yea good point about Parker & Barton. They really aren't your archetypal DM like a Hargreaves, Alex Song, L Diarra etc for sure. As you they are jack-of-all trades & are versatile enough to play DMs competently for club & country given they have great engines & tackle very well.

 

[War]

FIFA World Rankings England cling on to sixth place - News - MirrorFootball.co.uk

 

[War]

Fabio Capello misses FA Cup semi-final | Mail Online

. The idiot media strikes again..

 

[War]

BBC Sport - David Sheepshanks to focus on FA role at Burton

 

[Auwais]

BBC Sport - David Sheepshanks to focus on FA role at Burton

The actual site is only about half an hour from where I live.

If it could be a 1000000th of Coverciano...