I don't think Rooney is there to be a consistent scorer, he's not a natural centre forward. We miss Owen, he is a consistent scorer and love him or hate him, it can't be denied.

Quote Originally Posted by Cz
I don't entirely blame McClaren for England's poor form as of late. It's not his fault he's hopelessly underqualified for the job, after all.
It would be interesting to know whether he is the most underqualified England coach in recent years. If your success is measured by the trophies you've won, as a coach McLaren has just one Carling Cup to his name. Also he's only had one club, where he managed to spend a load of money and actually make 'Boro worse, which is no mean feat! Should have been Hiddink.

Quote Originally Posted by charliepanayi
(and if anyone here thinks Sam Allarduce would make a great England manager, I will personally hire someone to shake the sense back into you)
Shake my hand. I'm yet to hear one convincing argument that supports a coach like Allardyce getting the England job ahead of a more talented foreign coach. He's yet to win a major domestic trophy or develop a style of football that would work on an International stage with a supposed footballing superpower.

I say experiment against Andorra, because we will beat them, that is almost certain. There I said it

I would play a 4-3-3 given our lack of strikers. With Rooney and Lennon playing off Defoe. Rooney does it at club level and Lennon has the ability to adapt. Lamps and Gerrard in the middle. If Frank can't get it right in the same formation he plays at club level, against Andorra, he should be dropped. Hargreaves could then sit in front of the back four that should not have JC playing left back...ffs McLaren...No Phil Neville either, eradicate the Everton presence! Either Barry and Carra (right back isn't so bad for him) or Micah and Barry. The lack of a left footer against Israel was blatant causing us to play a narrow, constricted and ultimately fruitless game.

That's my twopence worth anyway.