Re: World Cup - Group B
The previous suggestion of 4-5-1 is spot on. This is what Gerrard plays at Liverpool with 2 defensive midfielders (Alonso and Sissoko) behind him, giving him a free license-to-kill role. Thats why Gerrard is so succesful at Liverpool, they unleash him, which is hindered at England with Lampard alongside him so he is forced to keep tracking back. Gerrard is the most complete midfielder in the world and to get the best out of him you have to let him loose.
The perfect holding player for England would be Ledley King but that is something Steve Mclaren will have to look at after the WC. But in the meantime Lampard has to play, hes too valuable to be left out leaving Sven to choose either another holding player in midfield to replace Crouch or stick to the original formation in light of Crouch’s recent form. Quite a headache for the manager 