that's the problem though - gerrard is never disciplined enough when asked to play as the defensive part of the midfield - he's constantly striving to play like he does for liverpool; running the show, shooting or playing a killer ball at every opportunity..and he can't get away with doing that when hes alongside lampard who's doing the exact same thing (and rightfully so, he's england's top scorer over the last year surely?)i still think we can play with all three in the middle - if they stick to their jobs - gerrard at the back - lamps up front - beckahm on the right
beckham was far more mature and disciplined than gerrard when asked to play the defensive part of the midfield, but his passing game suffered, as he was constantly overlooking gerrard and lampard to try long balls out to owen and wright-phillips, neither of whom are going to win you many knock downs high up the pitch.
if gerrard can't grow up and stick to the defensive role he's been allocated (perhaps he needs an international coach with a stronger personality to sort that part of his game out, but its pointless to discuss as sven is going nowhere), i'd honestly play king. we looked far more organised in the poland game with him playing there, and it meant lampard had to track back a lot less, and thus could concentrate on attacking.
disagree - have a season ticket at stamford bridge and cole has been our best player all year - he's stronger, harder working and more disciplined than he's ever been. wright-phillips, for all his pace and crossing/shooting ability has been a bit disappointing when hes played - he's a real wee fighter though, which i like.think i would like to see how well wright-philipps for chelsea but like the idea of his pace on the left, always find joe cole a bit of a show pony, would have said play ashley cole in midfield and bridge in left defence but what's happened to bridge?