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  1. Rumours suggest that Capello will be abandoning his 4-4-2 in order to give Gerrard a free(r) role in a 4-3-2-1. The suggested personnel changes are Defoe, Upson and Milner for Heskey, Carragher and Lennon. Slovenia play an old fashioned 4-4-2, with two banks of four and two full-backs that don’t add much to the attack. […]
    • WindyCOYS
    • 2 minute read
    • 23rd June 2010 at 09:14
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  2. It seems to me that in the eyes of most England fans and journalists, the players are to blame for the two performances so far. For me, Capello has to take a large share of the blame (especially considering that he’s on £6m a year). Selection and tactics He claimed to want to pick players […]
    • WindyCOYS
    • 4 minute read
    • 20th June 2010 at 09:57
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  3. Firstly – I was wrong. I said 6th or 7th at the start of the year, and I only started to change my mind late on. And I wouldn’t have been unhappy with 7th either (especially after last year), which shows in itself just how well we have done. I don’t know if it’s my […]
  4. I don’t know if anyone else occasionally peers into the bizarre world that is Blue Moon, but it does leave you thinking that all City fans are egotistical, Spurs-hating morons. I am ashamed to say that I, therefore, felt surprised when I read an insightful and interesting article written by a City fan (Bloovic), regarding […]
  5. Even if we don’t take 4th this season, the fact that we are arguably in pole position at this late stage is, to me, so, so impressive. I have been saying since the beginning and throughout the season that I fully expected us to end up 6th or 7th. This hadn’t changed until after the […]
    • WindyCOYS
    • 3 minute read
    • 24th April 2010 at 08:01
    • 2 comments