So Capello is going to confront the Lamps/Gerrard challenge head on is he?
As a girl quite new to football I am still trying to make sense of one of the unfathomables of English football.
Namely that these two superstars can't play together.
So - fact or myth?
Well as I understand it, the problem is they are too similar. Gerrard is apparently the more versatile and so more likely to be played out of position. But Lampard does what he does really well and would be a loss to the team.
Yet although these reasons are cited, I don't hear comparisons with other similar pairings, past or present. It is almost as if everyone thinks it should be able to work and why it doesn't remains a mystery.
Presumably then, if The Great Capello can pull something out of the hat and succeed where all others have failed, he will be hailed as the greatest football magician in England's history.
We'd like that.
Not a lot.
But we'd like it.
2 comments:
Hello there, your blog is quite lovely. I, too, have never quite understood why Lampsy and Gerrard can't play in the same midfield. I think if they began to click, England would be hard to beat with two of the finest attacking midfielders in world football.
It took Lampard about a year to learn to play alongside Michael Ballack at Chelsea, but when they clicked last season they were nearly unstoppable whilst at the top of their form.
I agree, Capello will be regarded as a genius if he can get them to gel.
Take care xxxx
Hey reece. Thanks for dropping by and for the kind words. Time will tell no doubt!
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