Sorry man, we have better cards to deal than you suggest. First, leave out Ashley Cole and put in Wayne Bridge. Then, if Rooney starts, you have Gerrard,Lampard, Carrick and Joe Cole, with Rooney and Owen up front.
If Rooney is not fit, then you go with Owen and Joe Cole up front and put Lennon in midfield.
THAT team might stand a chance.
Owen did not shine becuase they were not paying a game that works to his strengths. Even the owner and coaches at Newcastle are complaining that he is being wasted. They are not playing to the strengths of the other players either.
He seems to be content to leave Crouch up top and whilst he's got Beckham to serve it he's not going to change. But it doesn't work. Things will not get better if he leaves it as is.
It is a shame, because with a better coach and more appropriate tactics they could win it.
