#England my solution

Another desperate night for English football and especially England's fans. Depression or is it exasperation - hangs over the country this morning. For me it is exasperation. I could do it better. Here is my plan, my approach :-

BASICS - and acknowledgement that

1. Football is less about tactics and systems than it is about attitude and teamwork and trust.
2. A boxer has his style and he tries to impose it on his opponent. Football is the same. It is about what we do.
3. Winning comes from competing harder - working harder. It is about effort and personal pride. In tournaments you need an FA Cup mentality and be up for it. We need tempo and intensity (more like when you are 1-0 down with five minutes to go!)
4. Players must play with freedom and spontaneity. There must be some joy in it.
5. Players play in their best position.
6. Choose players that create the right atmosphere in the changing room
7. A settled team - who know each other through playing together. Cut out all the chopping and changing and experimenting. There is an England team - players have to fight their way into it over time.

SIMPLE SET UP

• Four at the back - two fullbacks who can overlap.
• Four in midfield - including two wide men that can get forward. (Sterling/Lallana/Oxlade- Chamberlain) Two central midfielders who can tackle and spot a pass. Henderson/Gerrard/Carrick with Barkley/Wiltshire
• A central strike partnership - one big and bustling and good in the air (Lambert or Carrol (should have taken him) one nippy and clever. (Rooney or Sturridge)

SIMPLE TACTICS

• You have to shoot to score. What happened to the 25 yarder?
• Full backs and the midfielder in front of them work together/interchange - and try to get to the byline and pull balls back.
• Attackers look to go forward rather than play with their back to goal all the time.
• Big and little up front play off each other. The big guy competes in the air.
• We attack near post and far post from crosses and corners
• Central mid fielders role is up and down and cover for each other. One is typically a more defensive anchor.
• We are looking for threaded passes, knock ons from our big guy, and wall passes. It is all about turning defenders.
• We break with speed.
• Cut out all the risky and pointless passing along the back four.
• All throw ins to feet
• Wingers take the corners.

Ps I am available!