by Red Soul » Sat Jul 01, 2006 9:58 pm
The real reson why England crashed out of the World Cup?
Look no further than the manager, Sven Goran Eriksson.
I know that many on here would rather watch Liverpool win 1-0 against Middlesborough than have England win the World Cup, but I wanted them to succeed, if for no other reason than that our boys, Gerrard, Carra and Crouch, wanted to win the World Cup. I have enough respect for those players to wish them to achieve one of their dreams.
I watched the match on the box, as did millions of other fans, and was left completely mystified by Sven's team selection. It appears to me that Sven only wishes to please the tabloid media rather than actually manage the team.
For f**k's sake, the man is blind to England's best formation and team selection. Lampard needed to be dropped, as the tubby Chelsea boy only ever looked like shooting from a ridiculous range to enhance his own undeserved reputation. He had little interest in the players around him, no anticipation of other's forward runs, and a tendency to blast the ball skywards from a distance that would trouble no keeper in the World Cup. He's good at Chelsea, don't get me wrong. But that's because he's got Makelele to mop up behind him, and Essien to do the donkey work higher up the pitch. His game is about focussing on one particular facet of the complete central midfielder's game, namely getting up the pitch and whacking the ball goalwards.
Hargreaves needed to be dropped too. The media are blaring about how accomplished he is in the holding midfielder's role, whereas I think he failed utterly. How often was our own Stevie G left to come back and accept the ball from the centre backs because Hargreaves either wasn't interested, or wasn't in the position he was supposed to be playing? How many times did we see Stevie sitting in front of the defence and making important tackles, because Hargreaves had made yet another of his fruitless forays into the penalty box? Hargreaves was supposed to sit in front of the defense and stay there, and he failed dismally, so f**k the media and their overexaggerated 'the boy dine good' claims. If an England midfielder had the ball on the edge of the box, I'd bet a night with my favourite whore that everyone would rather see Stevie G with the old pig's bladder at his feet than that curly-mopped f**kwit.
And why is Sven still playing Beckham? He's got no pace, he's lost the ability to go past a defender, and his passing is erratic - sometimes it's brilliant, sometimes it's absolutely dire. Oh, but I stand corrected - he takes a good free kick. Wow. So does Stevie. And to be honest, I've lost count of the amount of times that the bouffant retard has pinged a promising ball off the first defender.
Lastly, what's all the fuss about Rooney? Granted, he's a good player. Bags of skill, pace aplenty, and takes a cracking shot. But can he play as a lone striker? Can he f**k. Every time that Rio Ferdinand donkey-hoofed the ball to him from our penalty area, the ginger bloater turned and tried to run at goal. With about seven defenders around him. Not surprisingly, he failed every time. Also, the question mark is again raised about the kid's temperament. He gets angry too easily, flails his chubby body about the place, and is red carded for his troubles, leaving the team a man down.
I'd play Crouch instead of Lampard. Have two up front permanently, rather than have this ape to spoon every promising chance over the crossbar. This would enable Rooney to play the deeper role that he revels in, and Crouch would be perfectly capable of holding onto the ball until the cavalry arrived.
I'd play Carrick instead of Hargreaves. He not only sticks to his role better than the gimp Hargreaves, but is a better passer of the ball. Hargreaves is only effective as a roaming pinball bumper, whereas Carrick has the passing ability to spot and initiate an attack.
And I'd play Lennon instead of Beckham. Beckham's past it, over the hill, and offers nothing to the team but his dead-ball ability, which several other members of the squad could show that they're not too shabby at, if they were given the chance to take one or two. Lennon, however, has the pace and skill to beat his marker and put in a decent cross or pass into the box - and what more can you ask from a right winger?
Sven is a jellyfish and fully deserves to have the England job yanked from his clammy grasp. He doesn't have the bollox to drop a big-name player, or to make a decision that would p*ss off the media but be good for the team, and has as much grasp of tactics as my wife's period knickers.
The best England team, as I see it, is:
--------------Robinson-------------------
---Neville---Terry---Ferdinand----A. Cole-
-------------------Carrick--------------------
---Lennon-----------------------J. Cole--
------------------Gerrard--------------------
----------Rooney------------------------
-------------------Crouch--------------------
This is a team that Sven failed to play. Because he does not posess the testicles to drop the 'big-name' players to accomodate this side.
I'm gutted for Stevie, Carra and Crouch. They gave their all, they wanted it more than anyone, yet they were undone by their invertebrate of a manager. You can't help but feel sorry for the lads.
thanks 
Proper gutted for stevie and carra. 
