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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
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- 23rd June 2010 at 09:14
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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
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- 20th June 2010 at 09:57
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It’s a massive shame that my opening goal analysis for England’s World Cup “journey” is for a goal like this. Dempsey’s goal. Whilst the nature of the goal has, for obvious reasons, been well documented, it would feel wrong for me to break from my previous pictorial structure for two reasons: Catharsis OCD. And, in […]
- WindyCOYS
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- 13th June 2010 at 09:02
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I read an interesting article by The Times’ Oliver Kay this morning regarding the England U17s winning the European Championship in Liechtenstein. He writes: Even as they got off the plane, FA officials were sending joyous texts about the first age-group success of an England men’s side since a team including Gary Neville, Sol Campbell, […]
- WindyCOYS
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- 31st May 2010 at 13:27
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Never a dull moment, eh? Great season, highest finish for 20 years, away at relegated Burnley on final day, 2-0 up. Just enjoy yourself, lads! Oh dear. Burnley’s goals. Elliott’s goal. Graham Alexander has the ball in the middle of the park. Very little pressure on the ball – in the previous games where we’d […]
- WindyCOYS
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- 10th May 2010 at 17:46
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