On a weekend when there were just too many things to talk about (United's late winner, the penalty that wasnt for Liverpool, the continuation of Torres' barren run etc etc), there was something more melodramatic that required words on this blog.
Fabio Capello has re-instated John Terry as the permanent captain. For the Wales game. Well done. Sense the sarcasm.
The arm-band being passed out like a frisbee in the recent friendly was an insult. So Fabio decides he needs to have a "permanent" captain. Oh wait, captain for the Wales game. So he overlooks Frank Lampard and gives the arm-band to John Terry. This, after he had said a year back that John Terry will "never" be England captain again. There are 4 dummies in this whole picture. Fabio, John Terry, England supporters and the armband. Rio Ferdinand and Steven Gerrard - get over it..The Don has spoken!
A lot of football pundits (sense the sarcasm again) said John Terry should not have lost the captaincy in the first place. I concurred with their view. The Don made the captaincy issue a front page headline a year back. Was he satisfied with that? No, he wanted to out-do himself when he still had the chance. Now, he's on the front page of my blog.
Clap clap!
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Monday, March 21, 2011
Tuesday, December 9, 2008
R.I.P 4-4-2
A few years ago, if you even dare to suggest anything other than a 4-4-2 to a manager of a top club, he would look at you as if you are from Mars. Teams used to stick to 4-4-2 so much so that the game was crying out for a change.
And change it did. Nowadays, the top sides rarely play a 4-4-2 during the course of the game and almost definitely not from the start. And even if the sides do play a 4-4-2, you have players like Rooney, Kuyt, Henry, Ronaldo etc who can play anywhere in the final third. This is particularly necessary against a mid-table team(if you can call a team that) since they can mark the life out of you sometimes. You need players like the above mentioned to move around and create space for others. I was watching the Barca-Valencia game the other night and I was shocked to see Hleb in a central striker position sometimes.
Barca, Real, Liverpool, United, Chelsea, Roma, Valencia are some of the top sides who rarely stick to a 4-4-2 formation in recent times. Even England has changed its formation from a traditional 4-4-2(which never seemed to work). Not that I call England a top side in terms of results.
There are downsides to not playing a 4-4-2 too. Players like Robbie Keane, Henry, Tevez etc may miss out because of the change in formation. Even Michael Owen was dropped from the England squad because, apparently, all he did was score goals.
And change it did. Nowadays, the top sides rarely play a 4-4-2 during the course of the game and almost definitely not from the start. And even if the sides do play a 4-4-2, you have players like Rooney, Kuyt, Henry, Ronaldo etc who can play anywhere in the final third. This is particularly necessary against a mid-table team(if you can call a team that) since they can mark the life out of you sometimes. You need players like the above mentioned to move around and create space for others. I was watching the Barca-Valencia game the other night and I was shocked to see Hleb in a central striker position sometimes.
Barca, Real, Liverpool, United, Chelsea, Roma, Valencia are some of the top sides who rarely stick to a 4-4-2 formation in recent times. Even England has changed its formation from a traditional 4-4-2(which never seemed to work). Not that I call England a top side in terms of results.
There are downsides to not playing a 4-4-2 too. Players like Robbie Keane, Henry, Tevez etc may miss out because of the change in formation. Even Michael Owen was dropped from the England squad because, apparently, all he did was score goals.
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