Originally Posted by Coatsy

We where awful in the first half, we only started to play in the second half when Rooney and Lennon came on, also Downing played pretty well when he came on also.

The problem with England is, they are far too predictable. We didn't perform in midfield and link up the attack, we needed a player or 2 that was going to beat 1 or 2 players and create an opportunity.

Lampard was awful and gerrard just doesn't play well in the holding role

Based on our second half performance I think its obvious that changes need to be made, bold changes as well. I'd like to see nearly an entirely different midfield for the Sweden game.

I want to see downing on the left wing (because joe cole was poor today & has a bigger impact as a sub anyway) I'd also like to see Beckham dropped in favor of Lennon on the right wing

And in the center I would like to see carrick playing the holding midfield role for england and that would give gerrard the license to push more up the pitch like he goes for liverpool (scoring 20+ goals a season for em)

Then in attack I'd like to see Rooney start (if he is fit) and I'd like to see Wallcott given a start so we can see what he can do. If hes not playing well in the first half we then can bring Owen on in the second half

Bottom line England are too too predictable with the current team because there is no one in the side that can beat a few players, put Downing, Lennon, Rooney and Wallcott on and we can rip teams apart with shear pace !