Team Focus: England's Problematic Left Side
by Alistair Tweedale
at Thursday, Oct 10 2013 13:30
The touting of Adnan Januzaj as a potential future England player raised an interesting debate about the national team, and not, incidentally, that which Jack Wilshere felt necessary to pass comment on earlier this week.The Manchester United youngster put in man of the match performance from the lef...
Team Focus: Change Needed for England After Latest Drop in Rankings
by Alistair Tweedale
at Thursday, Jul 4 2013 16:50
The announcement regarding England's position in the latest FIFA world rankings aren't quite as surprising as most are making out. Roy Hodgson's men have fallen to 15th in the world; their lowest point since Steve McLaren failed to take them to Euro 2008, but even though their fate regarding qualifi...
Euro 2012 Focus: England's Midfield Alternatives
by Martin Laurence
at Friday, Jun 1 2012 14:15
Whether he would have been involved from the off for England at the Euros is up for debate, but there is no doubt that the loss of Frank Lampard through injury will have hit the camp hard. The fact that Gareth Barry, who was forced to pull out of the squad early this week, may have had a better chan...
Outsiders Should be Preferred Out Wide vs Spain
by Martin Laurence
at Tuesday, Nov 8 2011 15:59
England go into their eye-catching friendly with Spain on Saturday with a number of players knowing that this coming week's fixtures may be key in proving they have what it takes against the very best on the international scene. With the likes of Rooney, Young and Gerrard all absent, a number of pla...
Balanced City Causing Power Shift in Manchester?
by Martin Laurence
at Monday, Oct 24 2011 15:53
Going into the weekend, the game that was billed across Europe as the biggest for more reasons than one certainly lived up to the expectations in what proved to be a real classic, though Manchester United fans may well refute that.The Champions' noisy neighbours had found their voice more than ever ...
WhoScored vs Capello: England's Best Rated XI
by Martin Laurence
at Wednesday, Aug 31 2011 15:03
England face Bulgaria on Friday night before hosting Wales next Wednesday and Fabio Capello has named his squad for both qualifiers, with the likes of young United trio Smalling, Jones and Cleverley all getting call-ups.After a fantastic start to the new Premier League season it is perhaps unsurpris...