Its been a while since i last blogged properly. There's a simple explanation for this. About a month ago i finished university, and freed from the shackles of academia i have been having a rather good time, alcoholically speaking. Anyway, in this brief moment of sobriety i thought i'd cheer you all up. Here's the positives from England's far from brilliant World Cup experience.
1) Sven is gone. Good Riddance.
2) Turns out Owen Hargreaves is pretty ace. I never doubted him.
3) Beckham has quit as captain. This will solve a lot of problems in team selection. He is a great player, not world class, but great. He is, however, not good enough to play on the right for Enlgand, which is surely now the property of Aaron Lennon. Lets hope Maclaren has the balls to enact this. Furthermore, whilst Beckham was able to lead by example, he was not really able to lead in any other way. Gerrard or Terry can lead by example and give rousing team talks, chip in tactically etc...
4) Frank Lampard has shown that he is a poor man's Stevie Gerrard. If England's midfield is to become a diamond with Hargreaves playing deep, Gerrard will surely now be picked as the forward option. Midfield solved?: Cole, Hargreaves, Gerrard, Lennon.
5) Hopefully we have seen the last of Chriatiano Ronaldo in the premiership. He is an absolutely brilliant player, but you'd have to be better than Ronaldinho to make up for the sheer amnmount of twattishness he has demonstrated.
6) We are in good company. Brazil, Argentina and Spain (who would have thought?) also badly underacheived.
7)Our best XI are all young enough to be in fine form for Euro 2008.
The Maclaren era begins!!!!!!(cue uprorious excitement)
1 comment:
I'd concur with Hugh on the Hargreaves issue. Getting so much possesion and playing simple passes always makes one look good. Many have made careers out of it. This is not to say however that it is easy.
I'd also like to point out that bar some really shakey moments during the Sweden game I was trilled with our two centre halfs. John Terry as he has shown himself all season and Rio Ferdinand came back from a rather dodgy season to really hold his own. Unphased should have a picture of the cornrose master in the dicttionary.
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