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I've always maintained that Rooney has to play as a striker or not at all. He's so fucking shit deeper, always looking for that diagonal, loses the ball too often and asks for it in pointless/unproductive areas. Yes, his goal record for England is commendable, but he's not the same player as he was when he scored the large majority of those goals

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Can't work out why we would line up and play like we have. If it's an experiment it's a weird and incompetent one. If you pick a balanced 23 it's not even worth preparing for crazy situations as you should have what you need to fit in your preferred system.

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Pick the best players we have in their natural positions, not pick the big names and start placing square pegs in round holes.

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The main consolation is that the front three of Vardy-Rooney-Kane was so bad he can't possibly try it again.

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Vardy-Kane is a combination that you feel would best suit a traditional 4-4-2. But we don't have wide midfielders and we also have the issue of where Rooney would fit in (if at all).

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I thought Milner's England career would be over after the last World Cup. He's done well to survive, but there are better options. Wilshere is a major talent and should play. He has the ability to create chances through the centre.Ā  Lallana is a clever player, he adds guile and movement, and gets involved. I'd start with both of those.

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Feel like England have been trying to play a diamond formation in midfield for about twenty years. Never seem to hear of any other team on Earth trying it.

Feel like England have been trying to play a diamond formation in midfield for about twenty years. Never seem to hear of any other team on Earth trying it.

Even stranger considering the 'England way' is a direct 4-4-2 with 2 wingers and a proper number 9.
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