Hurst66: In my humble opinion, if we had played 4-4-2 with Cole and Rooney partnered up front and Gerrard, Lampard, Carrick and Lennon in the middle we would have easily scored a couple from regular play.
Yes, Beckham scored a great goal, but he did little else and the debate will continue about whether or not you can reserve a place on a team for someone who does that and only that. Given that he hasn't done that for 15 months the answer has to be no.
Lampard will score before the end of the Cup, if England go all the way. That is entirely up to Eriksson, becuase if he plays 4-5-1 again we will lose to Portugal.
Two questions for you:
What more does Lennon have to do to show he is worthy of a starting spot?
Would you have subbed Beckham at the point in the game when he was stood with his hands on his knees puking a couple of minutes after he scored.?
For him to say, as he did later, that he was dehydrated before the game makes me wonder what the hell the training staff are up to.??
