if you can't see the benefit (albeit to Sven & England, not Liverpool, i grant you)of playing Gerrard with a different CM i'm amazed. How can that experience not benefit Carrick & England, should Lampard be ruled out of any matches?
for the manager to look at another central midfield option if Lampard got injured or suspended, to give that midfield a bit of experience against south american opposition, cos this is the last chance for it before the world cup... this isn't tough to work out.
you make out like othrwise he'd be rested up in bed between matches, if he wasn't with England he'd be training anyway. This is a friendly, he wants to play, it isn't going to kill him.
so you complain when a red is overlooked for a southerner and then again when a red plays and a southerner cries off just for the sake of clarity - do you want Liverpool players to play for England or not?
sure he got one best round of applause i've ever seen for a half time penalty shoot out. The city lad who did the "Easy, Easy" arm wave/clap with his crutches made me laugh too.