Response from: Sam    (06/15/06 6:57am)

How about dropping Lampard and playing Hargreaves as the holding midfielder?

It's obvious Carra can do the right back job (better than over the hill Nevile).

The real worry is Cole at left back, a diasaster waiting to happen.

Response from: Jon    (06/15/06 7:49am)

absolute rubbish!gerrard should be the one attacking. Carra was awesome at right back against Jamaica and the crossing argument is total rubbish. JC was moving up the right the whole time and set up a goal with a great cross in.

You sound like one of the few people id like managing england less than sven.

Response from: Larry    (06/15/06 8:12am)

So Carragher can't get down the wind and put in an accurate cross, something like the one he put on Crouch's head in our final warmup. Gerrard at right back, of course he can, however it is because he and Carra are class versatile players that they get played out of position whilst other don't. You and Sven have a lot in common and neither of you will have contributed anything useful to an England victory.

Response from: Ben    (06/15/06 8:18am)

UNBELIEVEABLE! How the hell can moving the worlds best central midfield player be helping the England team? Lampard should be dropped anyway for Carrick which would allow Gerrard to play his normal attacking game! Carragher played right back against Jamaica and I'm pretty sure it was him going past the left back and laying a lovely ball across the 6-yard area for Crouch to tap in......Daryl, sort it out!

Response from: daryl    (06/15/06 9:40am)

True enough, Carragher did do that against Jamaica. But I've also seen Peter Schmeichel score a volley! Just saying it's not his natural game.

Obviously the best thing for Gerrard is, as Ben suggests, to play him in central midfield with a holding player, but Sven seems very reluctant to do so.

I was just suggesting a way for Sven to get all the big names on the pitch (which is what he always wants to do) without Gerrard and Lampard getting in each other's way.