Well that was another stunning performance. Poor to say the least.
For me Joe Cole piped Hargreves for MoM, as he did score 1 and make the other, but i thought Hargreves was very good, proves that if you actually play a player in their proper position then they tend to do well, especially one as good as hargreves is, his performances for Bayern show how good he is, along with Ballack he was their linchpin in midfield, and has been for a while now.
Defnece was poor, first goal was down to Beckham adding yet another item to the long list of things he can't do, so we now have a captain who can't head a ball, can't defend in any shape or form, can't tackle, can't beat a man, can't run with the ball and tonight couldn't put a decent ball in for love nor money. He's a one trick poney and if thats not working, which it wasn't tonight by any means then he has to be pulled off, lennon is a better right winger, end of.
Second goal was not really anyones fault, campbell had a mare, Ashley Cole ran away from the ball, Robinson was indicisive, can't say i know where carra was but am guessing he was once again covering for beckhams inadequacies at the back.
Positives, Cole played well, Gerrard is just damn good, we avoided the Germans, my god Ballack and Klosse would have a field day with our defence playing like that.
More negatives, svens ridiculous selections are going to bite us in the arse, we are now down to 1 fully fit striker, 1 half fit striker and one kid who has never played, while a bloke who managed 18 in a average side, and was the top scoring english player in the prem is sat at home, as is defoe who is proven at premiership level, wel done sven you bloody mook. Although i like campbell he's clearly not fit, while the defender who shone out for me this season and outshone his more established centre back partner is sat at home in Manchester, he may look like he has a baked bean for a head but that is no reason not to pick Wes Brown who from what i have seen was quality all season for man yoo.
We have a plethora of midfielders who will not play any part, if Jenas gets a game baring an inconcievable injury crisis, i'll eat my hat, if with Hargreves much improved performance Carrick plays much of a role i'll be surprised, so why not leave them behind and have taken Bent/Defoe and Brown, then we wouldn't have 1 fit striker and plausably be playing a half fit centre back against a team that will be no pushovers, despite their performance against Germany with a massively weakened side.
S in conclusion, i'm happy that we are out of the group, we have the ability to go all the way, but unless Sven pulls his finger out of his backside (unlikely, as it's ben firmly stuck up there for a long while now) we will have little chance against any half decent side we come up against.
well it was really short sighted by Sven then picking 4 strikers, I thought he could replace a player if they got hurt but obviously not!
