Comments on: Can McClaren get England off to a racing start? http://soccerlens.com/can-mcclaren-get-england-off-to-a-racing-start/401/ Football News Fri, 10 Feb 2012 19:36:08 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v= By: Ahmed Bilal http://soccerlens.com/can-mcclaren-get-england-off-to-a-racing-start/401/#comment-1425 Ahmed Bilal Thu, 03 Aug 2006 18:04:09 +0000 http://soccerlens.com/can-mcclaren-get-england-off-to-a-racing-start/1428401.html#comment-1425 Hugo, excellent post. I was screaming this throughout the World Cup as well, that both Lennon and Beckham should be playing in the squad. The way I see that working is something like this: GK - Robinson DEF - Neville, Terry, Ferdinand, A. Cole MID - Lennon, Beckham, Hargreaves, Gerrard, J. Cole ATT - Wayne Rooney This is an extremely fluid lineup able to play 4-5-1, 4-3-3 or even 4-2-2 if the need arises. Carrick can be interchanged with Hargreaves, while Lampard, Gerrard and Joe Cole can rotate through the other two midfield positions. Obviously, in such a lineup Beckham and Lennon are not immune either - but playing like this will 1) put more emphasis on possession football and 2) encourage us to build a fluid team that can play under any conditions. Hugo,

excellent post.

I was screaming this throughout the World Cup as well, that both Lennon and Beckham should be playing in the squad. The way I see that working is something like this:

GK – Robinson
DEF – Neville, Terry, Ferdinand, A. Cole
MID – Lennon, Beckham, Hargreaves, Gerrard, J. Cole
ATT – Wayne Rooney

This is an extremely fluid lineup able to play 4-5-1, 4-3-3 or even 4-2-2 if the need arises.

Carrick can be interchanged with Hargreaves, while Lampard, Gerrard and Joe Cole can rotate through the other two midfield positions. Obviously, in such a lineup Beckham and Lennon are not immune either – but playing like this will 1) put more emphasis on possession football and 2) encourage us to build a fluid team that can play under any conditions.

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