Thursday, October 06, 2005
English Gent Bent in line?
A nice article on Darren Bent today and his chances of playing in the must-win England World Cup qualifiers this next week. Dazza quite rightly points out that he has scored more goals in the Premiership this season than Owen, Crouch, and Defoe have put together. Will that get him a starting place on the pitch? Unlikely...I think everyone knows that Sven will pick Crouch to partner Owen up front; it is the "safe" option. With Beckham playing right side, and Cole left side of midfield, and with two centre backs, our Luke Young should therefore retain his full back role in a 4-4-2 formation. There are a few "what if's" and "but's" though...
So much is being written and said in the media about changing formation; something the media hated when we went 4-5-1 in our last two matches. With three decent centre backs (who all play for "big" clubs), some, like Terry Butcher think we should play them all, with Carragher thrown in for good measure! And as Ashley Cole is out injured, and we don't have a decent replacement left back, why not play the three centre halves with wing backs - that would get rid of Luke who doesn't play for a big team in place of Shaun Wright-Pillock who does! Great; Becks could carry on in the middle then! Sorted!
One thing is certain, and that is that David Beckham will be Captain...
