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Originally Posted by Urban Hatemonger
I'm pretty sure he has used it a few times during the qualifiers. I could have sworn I've seen Rooney up front on his own with Barry playing at some point over the past year.
I think it had a lot to do with the players under Sven doing whatever the hell they wanted more than anything was the main reason for it failing.
I remember plenty of games where Gerrard was asked to play on the left and he'd just cut inside and play in the middle doing whatever the hell he wanted. And with Ashley Cole always getting forward our entire left side would go missing when an attack would come.
I think they'd be far more disciplined under Capello.
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Yeah, that's what I'm thinking. He might have guided us to a few quarter finals, but I still think Sven's laid-back style was quite simply how a national side, especially of England's calibre, shouldn't be run. Plus we were absolutely abysmal in Germany 2006. Capello's just the kinda guy we've been waiting for to drill some much-needed discipline into the team. As I've said before, one mistake or incompetent official and it could all end in tears early but, judging by what I saw in the qualifiers, I really think this England side has the potential to go very far in this tournament. This is the first tournament I think I've ever been this optimistic about, so I really can't wait to see how it goes.