Smirking_Saint

I dont get why he is there, but then I tried to think of the alternatives, and that scared me a little. I assume that he is there as he is a quick option off the bench and knows the set up. But all in all I agree that he is massively overrated IMO. Didnt he cost 30m or something nearly as rediculous ?

We looked very different when Clyne came on, as, unlike what many seem to 'see' we dont play with wingers, and the width is ultimately provided by the FBs. But yes I agree, whenever Ramirez is on the ball we do IMHO look infinately more dangerous, though I think he still needs better movement ahead of him and yes, I think we both agree that Lambert isnt that man. J Rod seems to be a bit of a slow starter, but Id include him. He is good without the ball in this system and adds an element of direct running at times. He was unlucky against Sunderland TBH.

Barnsley will potentially field a full strength side, up for a game at Home. We will potentially field a side, half and half. With some players that have no real game time this year and some possibly tired. Its not clear cut as people are making out but yes, we should have enough, though Im going to stick my neck out and say if we field just reserves we will struggle.

As per usual Im going to point out this is real life and not a sim

Probably realised that nobody is going to pay him what we are ?

Depends on whether all 15 of Lamberts are penalties TBH. But its irrelevant, Lambert wont get 15 this year. If he does, and Carroll gets 7 then Lambert will be on the plane. FWIW I know its fashionable to dislike Carroll but he is better than people give him credit for.

For me we are keeping hold of the ball and look easily as solid as we did in those games your talking about, if even more dominant. The problem is from an attacking fluidity sense, and we struggled last year when teams sat back. Its nothing to do with the Wanyama/Cork dillema, it is to do with the need for some attacking dynamism when a team sits 11 men behind the ball which is why Id have taken off Lambert, not Lallana on Saturday. Thankfully Norwich are likely to try to attack

Exactly, Morgan was always the better of the two last year aswell, the reason that Cork made such a difference is because he was more positionally disciplined than Davis was playing there and so allowed Morgan to play tgat destructive roaming role he does so well. Been really impressed with Wanyama so far, I feel bad for Cork but I feel VW is a step up

Agree with all this Adrian, your exactly right. Potentially we have another very very promising midfield coming through (again a lack of decent wide men or strikers though) and I fully expect the powers that be too conpletely waste them. You dont see Spain try to press gang players into the side even if the dont fit the system which is basically what we tried to do with Lampard, Gerrard and Scholes, those three are easily up there with the best midfielders England have ever had and we wasted them. But yes, Spain/Germany build teams through U19s and U21s, gelling them, giving them tournament exp and getting them used to playing together. Too often we break down these teams too quickly and whats worse allow players to decide they dont want to play for England at any age group other than senior.

Well it is what it is, its not necessarily just opinion, you need to bare in mind for an international coach you get little time to work on the players so you pick players used to playing together already, i.e from teams with majority of able players. Also you need to pick players that fit the syatem etc FWIW I agree, after this WC we should concentrate on building a team for the next one and so have a transitional period. But its hard as when getting young players experience (walcott, Ox, Cleverley, Welbeck etc) fans will bemoan his picks.

If you played players purely on club form and not look at international squad integration you would have a team that could not play to the current England system nor would play effectively as a team. That is why the bulk will rarely change

You can say that about any player at any time including training, if he is fit he will play tonight IMO As for Isgrove, he is highly thought of

He wouldnt

I can actually see your logic in this FWIW. I think out of my own greed I want to see more of him and get him off the mark, it really woukdnt surprise me if this game figures more of a mix of 1st and reserve players. For instance, I reckon we will see Osvaldo, Ramirez, Cork, Lovren, Clyne and possibly J Rod playing in this. I have a suspicion that the cups will be important to Poch this year.

Itll depend how Carrolls and of course Rickies seasons pan out Id imagine

Shaw will be injured then......

No Itll be Welbeck, Sturridge and Rooney Hopefully he can come off the bench and be a nuissance.

Except he played v well in their last game and in Europe of course ?

Cambell should be in ahead of Defoe IMO. Young ?! Really ? Nice to see Townsend in, I dont know if he has done enough yet but giving a youngster a chance is always good to see

Swap Mayuka for Osvaldo, I think he may play but either way it should be beating a poor NPC side

Yeah as far as Im aware over there if you get out of the car without one on they will fine you immediately, i.e dont put it in the boot !! Also to add to the aforementioned ton of crap that you have been told already if they can prove that your Satnav system is warning you about speed cameras they will remove it from the car, whether it is integrated or not

This Ive always quite liked Cambell, he has bern previously capped and if he stats fit is certainly a good option. He is similar to Sturridge in respect to physical stats mind, though he plays differently. Not entirely sure why Welbeck gets such a hard time, he is on form for England after all.

This would be my thoughts, Carroll is unfit and no idea why he would take Defoe. Hopefully Rickie can do more against Moldova then he did vs Sunderland

That was painfull

I did watch the launch night, whatever that Lauren is, Im sorry to say is disturbing to look at.