Quote Originally Posted by Muddy Retriever View Post
When does England ever dominate midfield against opponents of this standard? I'd be interested to know who you would have had instead of Gerrard against France that would have dominated midfield.

Of course Gerrard is not going to have quite the dynamism of old, he's 32! But I thought he did have make surging runs against Sweden. And Gerrard's game has always been more then that, it has always included the ability to play the killer pass/cross. So far it has led to two of England's four goals.

Agree with you about Terry, he's very worrying.
Against France.. no one.. we were never going to have possession.

I think we need Lampard, Wiltshire or Carrick in the team and those 3 are good at retaining possession. Lampard has added that to his game as he's aged. He's evolving well.

Parker runs hard, looks tired, but is found wanting too much. We didn't dominate against Sweden, which says a lot.