Spain are lacking in directness and width. This lineup gives them some of both, but retains most of their passing midfielders. It's supposed to go from a 4-1-4-1/4-3-3 shape to a 4-1-3-2 looking shape. Iniesta defe...
TheNearPost | 19.06.2012 | Comments: 4
Watching the Italy game it was clear that Hodgson's tactics were out of date, in order to use that formation you can't use Rooney in the number 10 role since he doesn't close down the deep playmaker and often loses the ball when surrounde...
gazlfcforever | 27.06.2012 | Comments: 4
This shape is a little interesting/odd. Jones acted as something of a right midfielder with Gomez making runs off the shoulder of the fullback into the channel. In a sense, this was almost a 4-2-3-1/4-4-2 featuring Donovan and Jon...
TheNearPost | 25.06.2012
Imho England had enough pace in that team and on the bench to trouble us (the French), but they chose to be pragmatic and tried to bore us to submission. I have seen enough of Evra (as a United fan) and Mexes and Rami (as a French...
The_Black_Mamba | 12.06.2012 | Comments: 2
England's defensive 4-4-1-1 matches up well against France's 4-3-3 and we'll probably see them cancel each other out and create a very boring game. I think Milner will play on the left to tuck inside against Nasri and ...
gazlfcforever | 08.06.2012 | Comments: 2
The shape is supposed to go from a sort of a 4-2-3-1 to the 4-4-2 diamond that we used against Slovenia. Donovan drifts inside, but he also drops into the midfield to receive the ball. Dempsey will do the same, but he'll actua...
TheNearPost | 11.06.2012
Spain were too narrow as usual. If Del Bosque wants to play Iniesta and Silva, he should drop Alonso and put Iniesta in the middle, Silva on the left but with Alba running up & down the left-wing. Pedro should play on the right-wing &...
JimmyGuitarist | 10.06.2012
Here is my starting XI for Spain for Euro 2012.It was between this and switching Fabregas with Xavi and bringing in Busquets.I chose this because it is more attacking.Maybe for games against Germany,Portugal etc,we can start Busquets.
liomessi1324 | 09.06.2012 | Comments: 8
Italy are a side nobody are backing, despite possesing world class talent all over the pitch. Utilising 3 CB's, as is the norm in Italy, I'm backing Italy to win euro 2012.
dan1jackson3 | 09.06.2012 | Comments: 5
http://this11.com/boards/abCNtZ2apN.jpgHere are my selections for an XI entitled 'The Team of Day 1'. Each of my selections is justified in the following article that I have written on the team, located at the following address: http://gk...
G.K. | 09.06.2012
this is a very young chelsea team capable of producing wonders.with creative players like lukaku,piazon.romeu,bertrand and maceachran.i think this is a productive team and in 10 years canbe like the current cfcmand i sure in those years will win us a...
EL NINO#9 | 05.06.2012 | Comments: 8
It's an indictment of England's training systems that Spain could play 'like England' better than England could play 'like England'.Compare this XI to Hart, Johnson, Terry, Lescott, Cole, Parker, Gerrard, Walcott, Milner, ...
G.K. | 07.06.2012 | Comments: 2
