England 1 - 0 Paraguay

England 1 – 0 Paraguay

I suppose a win is a win, it would have been nice to say we played them off the pitch, but after the first 25 minutes we didn’t.

Beckham played well, Crouch had a very good game despite being kicked all around the pitch. Owen didn’t get the service and the back four thought they were Brazilian. Trying to get the ball away with short, tricky passes that never worked.

The whole midfield played to far back and Gerrard should have stayed in the dressing room for how much good he was.

This is what I would do;

Let the midfield play midfield, let Gerrard have a floating role. Keep Owen and Crouch up front. Feed aerial balls to Crouch and let him either score or feed it on to Owen. The back four should get the ball up pronto! No passing to each over with attackers bearing down on them.

Next up is Trinidad & Tobago, if we win this then we will guarantee going through to the next round.

Come on England!