He's got a big arse, he'll be able to cover more of the bench than the other players.
England v Uruguay
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Poor the England. The only reason they didn't get slaughtered is because Italy play with class, intelligence and calmness. Now they've deluded themselves into thinking they can live with the top teams and expect to beat Uruguay.
The fact is Suarez and his team don't play with calmness, they're passionate fuckers, on their home continent, in a must win game. England will be 2-0 down pretty early on, and then it could hopefully get much worse. Meanwhile all the snivelling media will be saying sniff sniff but their defence is supposed to be weak, sniff sniff but Suarez was meant to be unfit, but but Roy prepared the team well wah wah wah. And then they're out.
The fact is Suarez and his team don't play with calmness, they're passionate fuckers, on their home continent, in a must win game. England will be 2-0 down pretty early on, and then it could hopefully get much worse. Meanwhile all the snivelling media will be saying sniff sniff but their defence is supposed to be weak, sniff sniff but Suarez was meant to be unfit, but but Roy prepared the team well wah wah wah. And then they're out.
Coates was young player of the tournament in the last Copa America when Uruguay won it, hes done allright for them, i really would rather have the old past it defender against our nippy attackers, tbh i don't think its going to matter too much anyway who Uruguay play at the back, they are poor team nowadays bar the obvious 2 players, England should really be scoring some goals in this match, if not as soon as the final whistle goes Hodgson needs to be shot dead on the spot.
Oh I agree - but Ox is injured and like fuck is palm-face going to drop Shrek for a Llama.
Uruguay v England – Set-piece danger will have Hodgson’s men on alert
Posted by
Michael Cox
Thursday 19 June 2014 03.38 EDT theguardian.com
Dead-ball specialists like Luis Suárez can make up for the South Americans’ lack of pace and midfield creativity
Luis Suárez will lead Uruguay's attack against England on Thursday. Photograph: Richard Heathcote/Getty Images
[article=The Guardian]
The return of Luis Suárez, right-back Maxi Pereira’s suspension and Diego Lugano’s absence through injury ensures Óscar Tabárez will make at least three changes to his starting XI against England. Considering the level of performance in Uruguay’s 3-1 defeat to Costa Rica, however, 11 changes would not be inappropriate.
England were busy preparing for their match with Italy, and therefore did not watch Uruguay’s opener, which might be a good thing. “There isn’t too much from that game that we’ll be showing the players,” England coach Gary Neville said. “You could lull them into a position whereby they believe, that’s what [Uruguay] are. That’s not what they are. This is a team that win a lot of big matches – we’re expecting a tough game.”
The obvious difference, of course, will be Suárez. Uruguay’s biggest failing against Costa Rica was their determination to thump long balls into attack – only Iran, Algeria and the United States recorded a lower pass completion rate in their opening World Cup match. Suárez is not a target man, but he is capable of running the channels and chasing lost causes, and is perfect for playing ahead of a midfield lacking guile. He can create chances for himself – although there is still a question, of course, about his level of fitness.
Luis Suarez will play up front, with Edinson Cavani likely to play behind, breaking forward to connect midfield and attack.
His return means Edinson Cavani drops back and becomes a second striker, an extremely important role for Uruguay. They suffer from a complete lack of pace in defence, which means the backline has to play very deep, and the midfield protects them keenly. With Suárez playing on the shoulder of the opposition defence, it means there is a yawning gap in the side, and Cavani is instructed to cover this space with constant running. Diego Forlan, now 35, was unable to do that against Costa Rica.
Uruguay’s performance in the final third should be entirely different, although their main threat could come from dead-ball situations. Cavani is fearsome in the air, Christian Stuani and Diego Godín are tall, powerful figures, while Martín Cáceres boasts a great leap and Suárez, when not taking the set-pieces, is a clever poacher.
There were two other problems in the opening defeat to Costa Rica. The first was the lack of overlapping from full-back, with Pereira extremely underwhelming before his dismissal for a shocking hack at Joel Campbell. His suspension means Cáceres should switch to right-back, with Álvaro Pereira introduced on the left. Cáceres is not particularly talented in possession, but is right-footed and therefore more likely to overlap from that flank, while Pereira is naturally a winger, and has tremendous stamina and acceleration. However, his defensive ability will be tested, with Raheem Sterling likely to play from the right.
Against Costa Rica, the goalkeeper Fernando Muslera generally kicked towards the tall right-winger Christian Stuani, who will tower over Leighton Baines in the air.
Uruguay also suffered from a lack of creativity from midfield. Egidio Arévalo Ríos is a pure scrapper, his central midfield colleague Walter Gargano’s long-range passing ability has deserted him in recent years, while Cristian Rodríguez and Christian Stuani are hard workers rather than creators. Tabárez introduced Nicolás Lodeiro as a substitute against Costa Rica, and he could start to provide more ambition from midfield, something Uruguay desperately require.
England, however, will enjoy plenty of possession, and it is worth testing the goalkeeper Fernando Muslera frequently. He is unconvincing, excellent at close-range reaction saves but nervous on crosses and uncomfortable saving long-range shots – and Uruguay’s style of deep defending means they invite both.[/article]
http://www.theguardian.com/football/blog/2014/jun/19/england-uruguay-world-cup-tactical-analysis
Posted by
Michael Cox
Thursday 19 June 2014 03.38 EDT theguardian.com
Dead-ball specialists like Luis Suárez can make up for the South Americans’ lack of pace and midfield creativity
[article=The Guardian]
The return of Luis Suárez, right-back Maxi Pereira’s suspension and Diego Lugano’s absence through injury ensures Óscar Tabárez will make at least three changes to his starting XI against England. Considering the level of performance in Uruguay’s 3-1 defeat to Costa Rica, however, 11 changes would not be inappropriate.
England were busy preparing for their match with Italy, and therefore did not watch Uruguay’s opener, which might be a good thing. “There isn’t too much from that game that we’ll be showing the players,” England coach Gary Neville said. “You could lull them into a position whereby they believe, that’s what [Uruguay] are. That’s not what they are. This is a team that win a lot of big matches – we’re expecting a tough game.”
The obvious difference, of course, will be Suárez. Uruguay’s biggest failing against Costa Rica was their determination to thump long balls into attack – only Iran, Algeria and the United States recorded a lower pass completion rate in their opening World Cup match. Suárez is not a target man, but he is capable of running the channels and chasing lost causes, and is perfect for playing ahead of a midfield lacking guile. He can create chances for himself – although there is still a question, of course, about his level of fitness.
His return means Edinson Cavani drops back and becomes a second striker, an extremely important role for Uruguay. They suffer from a complete lack of pace in defence, which means the backline has to play very deep, and the midfield protects them keenly. With Suárez playing on the shoulder of the opposition defence, it means there is a yawning gap in the side, and Cavani is instructed to cover this space with constant running. Diego Forlan, now 35, was unable to do that against Costa Rica.
Uruguay’s performance in the final third should be entirely different, although their main threat could come from dead-ball situations. Cavani is fearsome in the air, Christian Stuani and Diego Godín are tall, powerful figures, while Martín Cáceres boasts a great leap and Suárez, when not taking the set-pieces, is a clever poacher.
There were two other problems in the opening defeat to Costa Rica. The first was the lack of overlapping from full-back, with Pereira extremely underwhelming before his dismissal for a shocking hack at Joel Campbell. His suspension means Cáceres should switch to right-back, with Álvaro Pereira introduced on the left. Cáceres is not particularly talented in possession, but is right-footed and therefore more likely to overlap from that flank, while Pereira is naturally a winger, and has tremendous stamina and acceleration. However, his defensive ability will be tested, with Raheem Sterling likely to play from the right.
Against Costa Rica, the goalkeeper Fernando Muslera generally kicked towards the tall right-winger Christian Stuani, who will tower over Leighton Baines in the air.
Uruguay also suffered from a lack of creativity from midfield. Egidio Arévalo Ríos is a pure scrapper, his central midfield colleague Walter Gargano’s long-range passing ability has deserted him in recent years, while Cristian Rodríguez and Christian Stuani are hard workers rather than creators. Tabárez introduced Nicolás Lodeiro as a substitute against Costa Rica, and he could start to provide more ambition from midfield, something Uruguay desperately require.
England, however, will enjoy plenty of possession, and it is worth testing the goalkeeper Fernando Muslera frequently. He is unconvincing, excellent at close-range reaction saves but nervous on crosses and uncomfortable saving long-range shots – and Uruguay’s style of deep defending means they invite both.[/article]
http://www.theguardian.com/football/blog/2014/jun/19/england-uruguay-world-cup-tactical-analysis
Bias aside, Does anyone think Rooney will finally do it today?
Have a feeling his desperation to score will finally pay off, presuming he starts.
Have a feeling his desperation to score will finally pay off, presuming he starts.
I reckon Rooney's got a half, 60 mins at most to show him behind Sturridge with Raheem on the left is better than Raheem behind and Lallana on the left. If they stutter with Rooney in supposedly his choice position, Roy will hook him and I think this is what will happen as Rooney is so out of form. Once he's off the pitch, England's front 40 will click and that's Rooney's cup over.
If we're allowed 47 players we'll definitely beat them.
To be fair most of them think he's playing shite at the moment too.
Any I've been talking to are defending him. It's pathetic.
Uruguay
- 01 Muslera
- 13 Giménez
- 06 Pereira
- 20 González
- 03 Godín
- 22 Cáceres
- 14 Lodeiro
- 17 Arévalo Rios
- 09 Suarez
- 21 Cavani
- 07 Rodríguez
- 02 Lugano
- 04 Fucile
- 05 Gargano
- 08 Hernández
- 10 Forlán
- 11 Stuani
- 12 Muñoz
- 15 Pérez
- 18 Ramírez
- 19 Coates
- 23 Silva
- 01 Hart
- 02 Johnson
- 03 Baines
- 04 Gerrard
- 06 Jagielka
- 05 Cahill
- 11 Welbeck
- 14 Henderson
- 09 Sturridge
- 10 Rooney
- 19 Sterling
- 07 Wilshere
- 08 Lampard
- 12 Smalling
- 13 Foster
- 15 Oxlade-Chamberlain
- 16 Jones
- 17 Milner
- 18 Lambert
- 20 Lallana
- 21 Barkley
- 22 Forster
- 23 Shaw
Rooney shouldn't be starting.
I don't think he's actually fit. They just name everybody else from the squad who isn't starting.
Hang On - looks like someone has fucked up (BBC ?) if we believe this :
Captain Diego Lugano is out with a knee injury, with Jorge Fucile likely to replace banned right-back Maxi Pereira.
Yet Pereira is named in the starting lineup. If England let him start then even if we lose we can claim the 3 points for playing an ineligible player !
Captain Diego Lugano is out with a knee injury, with Jorge Fucile likely to replace banned right-back Maxi Pereira.
Yet Pereira is named in the starting lineup. If England let him start then even if we lose we can claim the 3 points for playing an ineligible player !
"England fans do not despair. Even in defeat by Uruguay, qualification is possible.
"There are presently 81 different permutations for Group D. Should England lose in Sao Paulo, they need Italy to beat Costa Rica on Friday.
"Then England must overcome Costa Rica next Tuesday and hope Italy simultaneously defeat Uruguay.
"There are presently 81 different permutations for Group D. Should England lose in Sao Paulo, they need Italy to beat Costa Rica on Friday.
"Then England must overcome Costa Rica next Tuesday and hope Italy simultaneously defeat Uruguay.
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