Rooney v Ronaldo

[DMR]

I'd rather go with SWP if he does the sensible thing and finds some first team football

[magicroundabout]

worse thing he did was join chelski imo.

if he does leave and find his form again then we have two quality right wingers who can scare the hell out of people

[DV]

I like Lennon he offers us natural width....Beckham is a good player but doesnt offer natural width, he isnt the type of wide player who will take on the full back and get past him.

Sadly, the fact Joey Cole isnt an out and out left winger means we also lack natural width on the other side to.

Basically we play with no width what so ever. The only chance we ever get is if Ashley Cole overlaps Joe Cole....and when he does Joe Cole generally ignores him anyway.

Beckhams good, but Lennon offers us something different....

[DMR]

McClaren has done well with his policy of blooding youngsters too, so maybe he ain't such a bad selection after all.

I still think when fit there's 7 or 8 automatic selections but the dilemmas are (in my opinion);

right wing
balance in central midfield
right back when gary neville goes (sooner rather than later i reckon)
goalkeeper

[DV]

I agree with the SWP comments.....also remember Lennon is very handy on the left....imagine SWP bombing down one side and Lennon down the other...

Also, we need to find better strikers. Crouch is a decent player, and should be in the squads because he offers something different. A good shake it up last 20 minute player....but there is no way in hell he is good enough to lead the line as Englands main striker, no way in hell

[DV]

McClaren has done well with his policy of blooding youngsters too, so maybe he ain't such a bad selection after all.

I still think when fit there's 7 or 8 automatic selections but the dilemmas are (in my opinion);

right wing
balance in central midfield
right back when gary neville goes (sooner rather than later i reckon)
goalkeeper

Robinson

Neville (got years left in him, plus there isnt another decent right back out there)
Ferdinand
Terry
Cole

Beckham
Hargreaves
Gerrard
Cole

Rooney
Owen (when fit obviously)

Then you have the likes of Lennon, Lampard, Downing & Crouch as last 20 minute players if the game needs changing....

[DMR]

I still maintain that Lampard is an automatic pick, he was our best player and top scorer in qualifying- lets not forget Stevie had a terrible Euro and look how he's got better for us.

[magicroundabout]

when Crouch came on for last 20mins or so against Portugal he proved exactly what you said. he offers something different and they didn't know how to handle him.

Rooney IS our first choice striker. I would like to see Defoe along side him.

[DMR]

If Darren Bent contines improving he'd have to be the best bet. Defoe is certainly skill but needs to keeps his toys in his pram.

[DV]

when Crouch came on for last 20mins or so against Portugal he proved exactly what you said. he offers something different and they didn't know how to handle him.

Rooney IS our first choice striker. I would like to see Defoe along side him.

Id disagree, I know we were down to 10...but Crouch offered us nothing and he was no threat to Portugal at all...not his fault....he couldnt hold the ball up though.

That game against Argentina was the perfect example of how to use him...

[DV]

I still maintain that Lampard is an automatic pick, he was our best player and top scorer in qualifying- lets not forget Stevie had a terrible Euro and look how he's got better for us.

I think you cant play both...on current form Gerrard > Lampard....but when hits a rough back they can swap....but I do think Gerrard is a better player than Lampard....and I do wonder how different they would get on if club roles were reversed.

[magicroundabout]

when Crouch came on for last 20mins or so against Portugal he proved exactly what you said. he offers something different and they didn't know how to handle him.

Rooney IS our first choice striker. I would like to see Defoe along side him.

Id disagree, I know we were down to 10...but Crouch offered us nothing and he was no threat to Portugal at all...not his fault....he couldnt hold the ball up though.

That game against Argentina was the perfect example of how to use him...

i thought he did well tbh. just had no support.

Argentina yes a prime example. they never had a clue and stuck two on him.

[DMR]

Crouch did well against Portugal no question.

[magicroundabout]

Crouch did well against Portugal no question.

we agree on something Dave

[DMR]

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