Lick

I thought the point of Gerrard in the middle was that he would run in onto things like Bellamy's cut-back? And Riise's already stinking the place out. And I wish Crouchie could head the ball. Sigh. On a positive note Bellamy looks good, and I think Gonzalez seems to offer a threat. Probably more if Riise could pass it to him occasionally.

Why not 4-5-1 / 4-3-3 depending on whether we've got the ball or not... Reina Finnan - Carra - Hyypia - Agger Gerrard - Alonso - Riise Bellamy - Crouch - Gonzalez i.e. it could be absolutely anything, so Mark Hughes has his work cut out in the team talk...

Pitch inspection in half an hour... http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/football/l...cup/6185591.stm

A good player will score goals in a poor league. The point is that an average or poor player can also score goals in a poor league.