1. No legs in midfield / bad pressing without the ball No positional defensive midfielder such as Flamini or Barry. No legs/balance with likes of passed-it Gerrard. Even if Barry holding and Henderson legs aren’t the best players England would still look a better team than playing these 2 then 3 attacking midfielders and Rooney rather than his first choice Lampard Gerrard and unfit Wilshere who are all 1/5 for legs. 2. Defensive coach being forced to play more aggressively than he would like. Not being an attacker by nature, Hodgson reverts to the only way his limiting style knows – the wings . He doesn’t understand the centre, his answer for creative attacking play is to play his left footed speed-merchant (perhaps the word he looks for) on the right. And try to get the ball to him every time. 3. No ball retention/fluidity/creativity in centre of park Near enough 80% of created goals are from the central position of the pitch. England don’t do this. They don’t have a ‘philosophy’ of attempting to do it. His philosophy is defensive, but the fans won’t allow him to play like it. So we play a halfway house and are embarrassing when we try to play, lose the ball quickly.
Posted on: Wed, 20 Nov 2013 09:58:15 +0000
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