Smirking_Saint

Exactly this, Carroll gets a hard time but is better than people give him credit. If he has a decent season he will get the nod. Other than that though I dont hold much hope for England in a world cup. Gerrard and Rooney are the onky two top class players on display last night, gerrards stock is starting to fade and Rooney didnt seem sharp enough ladt night, he needs to sort his head out. Wilshere and Cleverley in midfield must give SG a headache who tried to be available for passes and marshall the defence but got little protection from the other two. Wilshere looks good on the ball but gets caught in posession and gives it away easily at times. Movement upfront is an issue aswell. Personally swap Gerrard for Cleverley and play Carrick deeper and it should be ok. The ball from Gerrard to Rooney was sublime and should have been onside. Welbeck looked good again, contrary to what many would have hoped. Walcott didnt look massively interested but his pace is such a get out ball. Agree re defence, it doesnt fill me with confidence at all.

He picked him because Carroll and sturridge were injured. I dont think he made a mockery of himself either, I didnt think it would work for us but he certainly looked ok amoungst the other players, probably worth a punt dependant on options.

Another thread ? Adkins deemed that we had better options, and now so has MoPo. Im sure if he had the quality a newly promoted team or a top NPC team would be in for him.... They're not

He has played well TBF and is better than the general consensus IMHO

He will be a good player but his final ball is utterly tosh 9/10

I knew it as soon as we won that corner I thought hes gonna bury this, and there it was Jumped up and down and yes, brought a tear to my eye. Proper fairytale Welbeck MOTM ? Surely not he is crap isnt he ?

GTF in my son

Yup, never before Lambert has England had a striker that can score goals

He is trying, you can see his quality, but can also see he really isnt sharp. Looks physically as fit as Ive ever seen him though TBH

I reckon Woy knows better than playing lambert out wide ?!? What do you reckon ?

None of them really look up for it except for Wilshere and Gerrard. Nobody keeping the ball well, everyone losing the ball by misplacing 10 yard passes except for Gerrard who you are right to point out keeps trying hollywoods. A lot is down to desire and as I said before a lack of movement. Rooneys lack of gametime cant help

Depends on how long the complete lack of any movement going forward lingers I imagine. Our best player so far, though admitidly thats mainly from a defensive POV

I was waiting for someone to blame the whipping boy, ignoring Walcott who just ran away for some reason. Tbf I wouldhave expected atleast one of Welbeck, Gerrard, Jagielka or even Hart to stop that Ho hum, if we lose hopefully Hodgson will sail off into the sunset

As expected Welbeck gets the shift out wide to hussle and bussle, Lamberts chance will be when Rooney comes off. I hope ge gets on, would be cruel to call him up and not cap him

Booing the anthems, ***ts

I agree TBH. Carrying an injury, against lowly Scotland, why not use it to try out some of the other players ?

Tinkerbell

His problem is he has no real legs but he is a great ball player, with the right midfield around him they will be ok. Ive always liked him, he will have to watch his fitness though

Reckon we should be in for Cattermole, a proper little player he is, always bank on him to mix it up and bring the steel when things get proper nawty.

Play with two banks of four, couple of grafters in the middle, chuck it up to the big man and feed of scraps Lovely jubbly Ill give you a ring on the blower then Ill be round in the Ford Cortina me old son

I think he will end up a decent player, his technique always seemed decent to me and he works hard which is also his downfall really, this is why when he was played by SAF he was deployed out wide. He gave Real a torrid time and usually looks ok in an England top for me. I get the impression Hodgson sees him for the future and is bedding him into the international team. England arent exactly blessed with strikers ATM either, Id have liked to have seen Hooper given a go though.

You get annoyed quite easily dont you adrian ?

They generally arent AMs. False 9 was invented in some glossy new coaching manual in an attempt to explain the way a certain player needs to play. Essentially I reckon someone just said 'he plays just behind the front man, not exactly a number 9' etc bla bla bla There are loads like this and will probably be more as roles evolve etc