Capello

[Black_Apalachi]

He's a liar.

He said he'd pick his squad based on form and fitness. If he did so, he'd have my upmost respect. But he didn't.

Heskey? Green? Carrick? Ferdinand? Wright-Phillips? No thanks.

I still have confidence, though.

As CHA!N said, going by that Gerrard wouldn't have got on the plane. Dunno if you watched the game but our only goal of the tournament so far has been down to Heskey and Gerrard. I could understand people's issue with Heskey before but against the USA he did *exactly* what his job is and was one of our best players on the day.

Have to say I loved his interview where he essentially put two fingers up to all his doubters. Top lad

[Adamm]

Sorry but Crouch does a better job than Heskey, and he scores. Heskey misses sitters.

[Bun]

I think we'll see how far England have progressed until Barry is fit- he's been ever-present in Capello's squads and it will complete (what Fabio thinks is) our first eleven. We'll see a much improved Lampard too. He doesn't distribute the ball well enough in a simple 4-4-2 with Gerrard.

Would love to see:

James

Johnson King Terry Cole
Barry
Lennon Lampard Cole
Gerrard
Rooney

I don't think the preperation has been good enough- he still doesn't know what formation suits us best.

agree with this.

[Swastika]

I personally like Capello, he's showed the team that he is boss by being strict about certain things, i heard this in an interview the other day.
He also doesn't back out about his playing styles and formation, however, this could be seen as stubborn like some people have said too.
I think he made the wrong decision taking SWP to South Africa, i absolutely hate his playing style with a passion - kick the ball up the wing and run like holy hell to get it back? No thanks. I prefer Heskey to Crouch, simply because he's a big holding man up front, which as we seen clearly worked well against the USA.
I know he misses sitters but he's a overall good player, and he must be doing something right to be playing for our national team.

[Browney]

Don't know if it's just me but I've always seen Gerrard as more defencive than Lampard.

Nah it's just you. I'd like to see us line up with

Barry - Lampard
Lennon - Gerrard - Cole*
Rooney

2 out and out wingers, with Gerrard in a free role. It'd also help us play more attractive football. Everyone's impressed because Heskey held up the ball well. Teams in the bottom of the Premiership want players who hold the ball up well so they can hoof it. Teams like Chelsea want players like Drogba who take the ball under control but have the class to do something with it. I just think we should keep the ball on the ground and let Gerrard be the spark we were missing.

*I'd rather it be Johnson or even Walcott.

[CHA!NGANG]

Pft fine

[Andeeh]

4-5-1 formation