England vs Slovenia - Discussion Thread - K.O 3pm
 

IMO he needs to play

James
Johnson Upson Terry Cole
Cole Barry Lampard Lennon
Gerrard
Rooney/Crouch

Can't see him dropping Rooney but he should at the least sub him at half time if he performs like last time. I'd actually start him on the bench to teach him a lesson.

Dreading it tbh. But hey, what will be and all.... there goes my nails again..

Mind you, I'm loving the fact schools here are letting kids home early to watch :)

Apparently he's playing Defoe up front with Rooney so maybe he thinks he can get round them with pace. He'll need to play Milner if he's continuing with the ridiculous Gerrard/Lampard partnership in midfield though.

Oh dear, that means he'll play Gerrard out on the wing again. Mental.

so pleased they're letting us watch it at school!

The players just need to realise that whatever team Fab puts out it should be good enough to beat a team like Slovenia (just like it would of been good enough to beat usa and algeria)

No excuses..

Letting kids out early here. Not all schools but most. One heads even pulled an exam forward :shocked:

Playing in red tomorrow

Don't have games tomorrow, so I can leave early and avoid it all :dance:

All red..first time since 1970 :dance:

You can leave when you like? :conf:

Dear god, why is the man so stubborn? Like they were saying on the post match punditry earlier, Stevie G always ends up drifting into the centre, he doesn't run back and defend and he and Lamps together in the middle just doesn't work!

Defoe up front with Rooney is not so bad if that's what he's starting because he made a big difference when he subbed Heskey for him the other night, but really the formation needs to change ffs! Capello seems so inflexible.

Agree though Nath, if the players go out there with desire then it shouldn't be a problem whatever the formation, who he plays, but it's worrying that he keeps making the same mistakes.

I hope crouch plays!

ah that would be even better. because from 3.30 it takes me until 4pm to get home, so i'll miss some. :(

I want to see him on way before the last ten minutes! And keep lummox.... I mean Heskey, off

I know I've said before that I see Crouchy as a bit of a super sub but after Rooney's shocking perfomance last game I'd actually be happy to see him left on the bench and start with Crouch. No player is bigger than the team.

Crouch is. He's bigger than trees.....

Big trees

I agree!!

:laugh2:

I want to see him score just to see him do the robot tbh :hugesmile:

Wonder if he would :D Not seen much dancing this World Cup - tsk!

Crouch is amazing

Hes actually better with controlling the ball then heading

Trouble is when he runs he looks like a new born giraffe bless him :D

The South Africans had the best celebration, Nate had it in his sig the other day :laugh:

I liked some of the ideas on the James Corden show actually, they should all do the conga or ooops up side my head :laugh: