Chances of England winning world Cup?

[urb]

England are loading too much of their "system of play" upon Rooney. It's a mistake to hang the whole team off one player, and it's easy for the opposition to disrupt this system by heavily marking Rooney.

Steven Gerrard is being played out of position, when he should be sitting just behind Rooney. Joe Cole should be on the left wing, not Gerrard.

Fabio Capello's religious 4-4-2 isn't helping things IMO. But I was impressed with Heskey, although he is a relic of the "long ball" method of play, and we don't have David Beckham to give him service.

England can't pass the ball like Spain and when Rooney has a bad game, England have a bad game.

If Fabio puts Joe Cole on the left wing and moves Gerrard behind Rooney, then you have three goal scoring threats free to wander, and then the opposition has a way bigger defensive job on their hands.

If the team sheet on Wednesday shows the same old team that played Algeria, then I'm gonna take the dog for a walk, because it will be too painful to watch.

[ecchi]

Originally Posted by urb

Fabio Capello's religious 4-4-2 isn't helping things IMO.

There was a film a few years back, a comedy about an England manager who was crap and kept loosing games. One of the running jokes was that he kept using the 4-4-2. It's like Capello saw that film and thought "I want to be just like that (crap) manager"!