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Originally Posted by Slainte  You're talking about the most expensive defender in the world, a player who's won numerous titles and just captained his side to a Champions League victory. Ferdinands defensive records are soooo superior to King in practically every category you could imagine. |
King's only drawback is his injury proneness. Other than that, he's superior.
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King has never even played in the Champions League and has next to no experience at international level.
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You're blaming King for Spurs being bobbins? Harsh!
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Quite simply there is no manager in the world football who would even consider King above Ferdinand.
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Have you been polling managers? If you haven't, stop talking bobbins
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Nope his problem is poor movement, poor agility and limited link-up ability (limited because of his poor movement and agility).
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Nonsense. You sure you don't get your info from Championship Manager?
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PLus when he is playing the team inevitably end-up punting it up to him and losing the ball all the time.
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England dominate when they play at pace, with variation in short and long balls. Crouch fits the bill for that, given the flexibility he offers compared to one dimensional players like Defoe.
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Against technically superior teams like Brazil, Portugal, Argentina etc when England play four in the middle the oppostion dominates possesion too easily.
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Nope. England bottle it against the likes of Brazil and do not impose their style. And, to be honest, Rooney has a habit of going deep too often so we often are restricted to 451
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4-4-2 is good against lesser sides who are happy to surrender you possesion in the middle of the park, but against the top sides you need numbers in there.
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The worst performances I've seen have been England trying to play 433. You've watched Chelsea a couple of times too much.
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It's the same with Scotland.
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Not really relevant. My dead gran would star for the sweaties
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Wes Brown has excelled for Man Utd this season
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He has played because of injuries. He's a squad player, nothing more.
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...whereas Richards has suffered injuries and lack of form.
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We have a shortage of class full backs, but when fit there is no-one better.
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Richards was also terrible vs Croatia and showed embarrisingly little composure on the ball
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He didn't stand out. Bridge was the weak link that day.
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Robinson is the best keeper you got, doesn't mean he is brilliant, just the best you got.
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Third choice at best.
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Frank Lampard while overrated by most in England is still a valuable player
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Squad player, nothing more.
They have 2 world class players- the Spanish boy and Gerrard. His tactics reflect that. Barry and Gerrard would certainly make a great double act.