As the dust settles and all the teams have played their first games at this year’s World Cup I look back at the early talking points of the tournament. England’s performance was not the best but it also wasn’t the worst. Rob Greens howler will live long in the memory of English football now. He will get hounded at every away ground next season just like James, Carson and Robinson have gone through. I think England will learn a lot from the USA game, and I truly think that Joe Cole has to be on the pitch. I would play him behind Rooney which means dropping Heskey even though he did play well on Saturday. My team on Friday would be, Green (One more chance to save his England career), Johnson, Terry, Dawson, A. Cole, Barry, Lennon, Lampard, Gerrard, J. Cole and Rooney. The most impressive team so far have been Germany. They walked all over Australia and with a very young side they could go a long way. Spain suffered the first World Cup shock when Switzerland beat them 1-0. Spain were the
I think Villa might be a shout for going down.
ReplyDeleteLiverpool's position depends on whether they get used to playing with only midfielders and if Gerrard ever comes back. Arsenal's season could potentially be over by September. Man City will have to decide they would rather win games than not lose if they want the title, I think Chelsea will finish above them. Spurs haven't added to their squad so could fall further away especially as their defence is dodgier than Arsenals.