ProudGooner wrote:GunnGunn wrote:When he does start playing for England, they won't need to hoof the ball with him pulling the strings.
you really think so? You dont turn into a passing technical team by adding one technical player.
I disagree. We have good wingers that have great off-the-ball movement (Johnson, Theo, Milner, even... Lenon
... Young is pony IMO!), they don't just stick to the flanks, they cut in and find space between the strikers and the midfielders. We also have confident fullbacks who also have great movement. As much as I hate Rooney, the man has plenty of technical awareness.
... all these players and still no flow or genius in our play! That's because it takes pass master technical wizzard to bring them all together. This responsibility falls on midfielders. No technically astute team has crap midfielders... Enter Jack Wilshere!
I'm a fan of Gerrard (the way he plays... not how he treats DJ's) and he's a great box to box man with an amazing long distance strike and has an impressive range in his passing. But he can't do what Jack does. Scholes was the closest thing England have had to a creative genius in the middle of the park bring things together, pulling strings, but Jack is already two steps ahead. I know it's a big shout saying that Jack is better than Scholes, Scholes is a great player, but Jack is better at what he does. He's in a deeper role at the moment, but if he was put behind the strikers, you would see what HE HAs, that no other English player has.
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