Luke young was terrible, gave tha ball away far too much, got caught in possession in dangerous areas and proves just how much we still need good old G, Neville...
SWP look very good, really threatening and creative and should have stayed on the field...
J.Cole has all but booked his place in the starting 11 on Wednesday by scoring against Wales, his only notable contribution to the game...
Becks, Good work rate and some typical killer passing, he even broke up a few Wales attacks which really showed another side to his game, I'd like to see him play there again...
Gerrard, was he playing...??? and Lampard, was he playing...??? both were frighteningly off the pace of the game and neither made any recognised impact on the game...
Rooney, he worked very hard and tried his best to use his creativity but was inafective playing alone up front. He wasn't getting the service that J.Cole, SWP, Garro and Lamps were supposed to be giving him and therefore had to track back to get the ball himself, i.e. straying far out of an effective position...
Defence looked as good as they needed to be and A.Cole got forward well on aoccasions...
Robbo was good in goal and pulled off a top-draw save against Hartson...
Substitutions, Hargreaves always seems to add perfectly to a dead game, he never seems to add anything to the defence or attack, why is he picked again???
Defoe, looked lost and barely got any service as Rooney hadn't before him in that possition, also didn't get a good run out only getting 25 minutes...
Richardson, ha! he'll be a good player in the future but why was he bought on to play in such a delicate 1-0 game, what the hell was his role? surely a defensive player was more the order of the day, and one with experience also... please don't say that Hargreaves was there to do that job...
Well that's my 2-bobs worth, my thoughts on the 4-5-1 formation, I thought we looked pretty awsome in the first 10 minutes and with SWP nearly getting a shot at goal in the first 30 seconds I thought we were in for a good game, oh I was wrong.......
Honestly, I'd like to see the formation given one last try against NI on Weds and with Owen playing this time round well see it's true potential. Still, I think that either Gerrard or Lampard should be dropped because neither are anywhere near their best, bring in Carrick or Parker to play the holding role and put Becks alongside Gerro/Lamps whichever plays..... more solid!
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