Guest Posted June 25, 2014 Share Posted June 25, 2014 Daniel Sturridge played well IMO Seen you say this a few times and wondered, goal aside, what you thought he did well? I actually thought he was a big disappointment. Thought his control was that of a 10 year old, think bought his passing was poor, thought he made bad decisions, thought he wasted chances and thought he dived around alot. Normally agree with your assessment of matches but appears not on this occasion! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
r4derby Posted June 25, 2014 Share Posted June 25, 2014 Says a lot when Milner was best player against Costa Rica (first half at least) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dimmu Posted June 25, 2014 Share Posted June 25, 2014 I'm suprising myself here but I'd say Cahill. He was average so head and shoulders above the rest. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lord_Ram Posted June 25, 2014 Share Posted June 25, 2014 hart - shouldve saved suarez's 2nd shot, couldve made himself bigger, i reckong grant wouldve, ans shouldve got back in goal against balitelli foster - was impressed with him aganst cista rica, dealt with crosses ad set oeices well, made some good saves baines - fairly average, was pretty poor against italy despite having rooney with him, shouldnt have lost against the italy cross so easily shaw - better than baines defensively and offered a lot going forward, was impressed cahill - been okay most of the time, shouldnt have let balotelli at the ball, only mistake for me though jagielka - good at times, although made many mistakes, shouldve stuck with suarez smalling - looked good dfensively, although very uncomfortable with the ball at his feet jones - made a few mistakes, but thought he was solid defensively mainly, limited going forward, reminded me of wisdom johnson - made himself availabe plenty of times but offered little when he had the ball Gerrard - ******* ***** henderson - never really noticed him thought he was just another player on the pitch lamapard - was alright, much better than gerrard, made some good long balls to get us out wide and behind costa rica milner - was good first half dictated the play, although shyed away in the 2nd half lallana - was impressed with him, was surprised to see him come off, made plenty of runs in behind and played well barkley - thought he was good, had a determination no one else had, will be one to watch for the future sterling - superb vs italy, but i thought was poor v uruguay, kept trying to take on every man but shouldve passed, just needs better decision making wilshere - was ok v costa rica but i never noticed him in the other games off the bench rooney - tried to hard v italy, thought was good v uruguar and when he came on v CR, got himself in plenty of positions, unfortunate with some, shouldve scored others, seems to have matured a lot welbeck - was average when he played, didnt do much going forward but tracked back enough sturridge - was ok, scored but didnt offer much,was very poor v CR for me, reminded me of bamford Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
McRamFan Posted June 25, 2014 Share Posted June 25, 2014 Walcott Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Shuff264 Posted June 25, 2014 Share Posted June 25, 2014 Says a lot when Milner was best player against Costa Rica (first half at least) just no Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
IlsonDerby Posted June 25, 2014 Share Posted June 25, 2014 Have to agree that Milner looked our most competent player against Costa Rica. Sturridge scored but missed chances that he shouldn't have. Sterling was electric against Italy but subdued v Uruguay, much like everyone else. Henderson did himself no harm, neither did Welbeck Cahill was steady as per but had 3 defenders who aren't good enough for international football next to him for the two games of any importance. Strongly believe that with the young attacking talent at England's disposal we should concentrate on Fullbacks who can defend as we aren't really desperate for the attacking qualities they bring. Gerrard was our worst player in my eyes. The way he bottled it for that 50/50 in the middle of the park when Uruguay broke and got the ball to cavani for him to cross for suarez (though if glen johnson could defend cavani would have been pushed wide and not allowed to cross a nice weighted ball with his favoured right foot). Which brings me on to Johnson (like Baines) very disappointing defensively. Jagielka did himself no favours. Think Hart is getting some harsh stick off people, no keeper would have saved Suarez's second he just smashed it straight across him! Unfair to judge him on that - probably should have made a better decision regarding chasing Balotelli to basically the corner flag though! We scored two goals and Rooney got an assist and a goal so I can't fault him as that's probably what it is fair to judge him on. Quite optimistic for the Euros IF England get a coach who can get a team organised as when playing with 2 holding mids we shouldn't need the wingers to burst a lung getting back to cover our fullbacks. Maybe build a Team around Cahill, Stones, Shaw, Flanagan, Henderson, Wilshere, The ox, Raheem, Welbeck, Barkley and Sturridge: Hart Flan Cahill Stones Shaw Hendo Wilshere Barkley Sterling Welbeck Sturridge That team would easily finish in the top two of our very generous Euro qualifying group but I'd imagine Gerrard, Johnson and Jagielka will continue... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bris Vegas Posted June 25, 2014 Share Posted June 25, 2014 Seen you say this a few times and wondered, goal aside, what you thought he did well? I actually thought he was a big disappointment. Thought his control was that of a 10 year old, think bought his passing was poor, thought he made bad decisions, thought he wasted chances and thought he dived around alot. Normally agree with your assessment of matches but appears not on this occasion! I didn't see that Costa Rica game admittedly, but I just thought Sturridge was very good in his movement against Italy and Uruguay and he's one of a few players who I actually enjoyed watching. He has a heavy first touch yes, but with the ball under control he has quick feet and seems pretty intelligent - though against Costa Rica I saw the highlights of that miss and he could easily have put it on a plate for Sterling. Just an opinion really but I thought he was the most consistent in the first two games and played well - not amazing, but well. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tombo Posted June 26, 2014 Share Posted June 26, 2014 You know what,I think Rooney. Goal and an assist, looked so much more himself than he usually does at these tournaments and he's managed to get that "hasn't scored at a major tournament since Euro 2004" thing off his back. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Angry Ram Posted June 26, 2014 Share Posted June 26, 2014 Sterling for me.... Not because he had a particularly great tournament (nobody did). He showed no fear and looked really comfortable at this level. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ambitious Posted June 26, 2014 Author Share Posted June 26, 2014 I didn't see that Costa Rica game admittedly, but I just thought Sturridge was very good in his movement against Italy and Uruguay and he's one of a few players who I actually enjoyed watching. He has a heavy first touch yes, but with the ball under control he has quick feet and seems pretty intelligent - though against Costa Rica I saw the highlights of that miss and he could easily have put it on a plate for Sterling. Just an opinion really but I thought he was the most consistent in the first two games and played well - not amazing, but well. I wanted to kick Sturridge as hard as humanly possible when he had that random pot shot from 30 yards out that went 20 yards over the bar. I've watched some bad decision making in my time, but I think that was possibly the most bizarre thing I have ever seen. Apart from that, I do kind of agree. He could have done with taking a breathe now and again, he seemed to really tense when he actually got the ball, but I think his movement overall was good. He definitely has something to work with, bit like Michael Owen in his prime (but not as good) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Grimbeard Posted June 27, 2014 Share Posted June 27, 2014 Ricky Lambert. Can't blame him for owt. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
blackNwhites Posted June 27, 2014 Share Posted June 27, 2014 Interesting one. Sterling, I would imagine would be everybody's favourite, but does one decent game against Italy warrant it? I don't know. I'd argue Gary Cahill's case, but I don't think there is any outstanding candidate for obvious reasons. Sterling was really annoying. I thought he was okay against Italy, but against Uruguay was awful and pretty much on the same level against Costa Rica. Kept the ball too much and ran into danger every time. I loved him when I thought he'd scored that ghost goal against Italy, was cheering for about a minute afterwards. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kingsy1884 Posted June 27, 2014 Share Posted June 27, 2014 Out of all the players I saw i was most impressed with Shaw he should get the LB position over Baines who looked woefully out of his depth. Out of the 'regulars' I thought Cahill was probably our best player he looked composed and capable although not at all spectacular only losing Balotelli was his worst moment but Baines shouldnt have been done so easily. On a side note even if we are stunning in the Euro Qualifiers the fact England has done so poorly for the past few years at major tournaments its really going to hamper our rankings and hence our seeding which I think it half the reason we struggled this time. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ewetube Posted June 27, 2014 Share Posted June 27, 2014 Nobody springs to mind. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
froggg Posted June 27, 2014 Share Posted June 27, 2014 Raheem did a stirling job at times, he could be great as he matures if he keeps his pace and derring do Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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