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16 Nov 2017 16:44:11
{Ed's Note - we have posted a new article entitled, The Plane to Russia - An England perspective
16 Nov 2017 19:57:44
Good write up Ed really enjoyed it. I agree with most of what you said have some points to share though
Firstly, Solanke, I think it’s too early for him. Sturridge I’d fit should be in the squad in my opinion.
Secondly, Thé choices for defensive midfield bar Henderson is bang average, obviously i know it’s a lack of options I think playing a 3-4-3 you really need solid defensive midfielders and the options aren’t great. I think Winks should be before Livermore, Dier is better as a centre back in my opinion but the lack of options would force him to obviously be a starter there, perhaps if fit Wilshere could do a job there as well. I think that could be the weakest point in the squad but for me I’d go with Henderson, Dier, Winks and one of Wilshere/ Drinkwater.
Then again that’s an opinion looking from outside as I’m not British. 😁.
{Ed001's Note - it wasn't me who wrote this article mate, it was MK Scouser from the Liverpool site. I will have to tell him to check around as there are quite a few responses on the various sites.}
16 Nov 2017 20:31:49
Hi ELI, thanks for reading mate. Just to clarify why i ditched Sturridge (as i am a Liverpool fan literally wearing a shirt with his name as i write this! ) . I like Sturridge but he needs a run of games to get going. He is not going to get that this season at club level. Sturridge also offers pretty much nothing from the bench. He takes 20 minutes to get into a game and by then it's usually game over. I just think Tammy and Solanke offer a bit more pace and power than Sturridge which can be used to get at a tiring European/ South American defence who are not used to facing that kind of player.
Totally agree with you regarding midfield. I would have Loftus-Cheek starting alongside Henderson, with Winks and Drinkwater asback ups. Dier would be in defence instead of Maguire for me. Sadly, Southgate wants to play with 3 centre backs, and then put one in midfield just in case we aren't already boring enough! He is not adventurous enough to put RLC in midfield like i would. He only dares to play creative players higher up so he can focus on having an ultra defensive midfield.
I will add though that Wilshere is a bad egg in my books. He will either get sent off, throw a strop, try to do too much, or get injured. He needs to grow up and listen to his coaches or he'll be in the Championship by 28 years old.
As a side note, i really hope your lads Loftus-Cheek and Abraham get picked. They look fantastic.
17 Nov 2017 23:35:58
Cheers, MK :) Good stuff.