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England must raise game in Zagreb 09:34am on 07 Sep 2008 Correct me if i'm wrong but games like Andorra should be used to boost your goal difference, not as an exercise to find your best team for the Croatia match which the manager should already know! I just don't see why against a team who didn't want to come past the half way line that we played four defenders and a defensive midfielder in Gareth Barry. However Barry is possibly our best central midfielder at the moment so that says to me that you play 3 centre backs with barry offering protection and starting the passing movements off with two wide men who will hug the touch line, you could even have started Ashley Cole wide left in stead of Downing let alone Joe Cole. That then allows you to stick Beckam or Bentley in the middle giving Lampard the freedom he requires as someone else mentions he gets at Chelsea, or you could even have played three up top with Heskey and Defoe out and out strikers and Rooney as a link between the midfield and attack. In my opinion only half the team that started was correct in terms of personel and position - James, Terry, Lescott, Barry, Walcott - possibly Rooney! It all boils down to what somebody else said that every England manager feels they must play 442 coz its the English way, but whilst we're following tradition everybody else is winning trophies! Rant finished!

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