Why are we playing the diamond again?

Why are we playing the diamond again?

why?

it doesn't work as good as a 'flat' middle four - esp not with the players we have!

why does sven insist on still playing it?

god only knows....he seems to be nearly as senile as wor bobby! :think:

They all fuck off all over anyways, I don't even think it makes much difference tbh!!

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we didnt play the diamond

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i know!

said on sky sports in the morning that he was gonna tho? :spangled:

t'was on radio 4 this morning that beckham had apparently had a word with sven nice but dim that "it wasn't a good idea." he took his advice.

Beckham also said "pull my finger" which he did. he regretted that one though... he shouldn't be so easily lead...

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that was only cos the players convinced sven otherwise!

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yeah and rightly so.

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Agreed, we still didnt play too well tho, changes should be made for the Croatia game

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i agree, theres sumthing up with Owen, eithier hes carrying a injury or hes got things on his mind cos he doesnt seem interested at all to me. Drop Owen for Vassel, id keep the rest of the team the same.

wot do you think?

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its hard one to decide, owens definatly lost a bit of his pace and is now finding hard to make the runs and get in space. But hes 10x a better goalscorer than vassel.
But the injection of extra pace and movement with vassel is maybe what England need

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Maybe, Owens form isn't too great at the moment but I reckon 1 goal would bring it all back, Vassel has been coming on when Owen has been getting tired and its been working well, I would start Vassel for the next game and see how it goes.
I agree with Pete in saying that Owen is a better goal scorer but he's not creating decent chances to score them at the moment.
Flat back 4 is working better than 'the diamond'.

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definately. There's too many waiting in the wings to knock a cheeky goal in. They need someone like this creating chances, chasing the opposition down...