Why 3-5-2 Didn’t Work

October 12th, 2006 | by: Daryl |

There are plenty other reasons why England went pear shaped in Croatia, but I can;t help thinking Stevie Mac selected players completely unsuited to playing 3-5-2.

None of the three central defenders, not even Rio Ferdinand, has enough class or composure to play the ball out from the back effectively.

Gary Neville and Ashley Cole are not wingbacks. They’re just not. They’ve never played there. That’s why they failed to offer any penetration down either flank.

In a three man midfield, there has to be at least one playmaker with a bit of flair and one proper defensive holding midfielder. Frank Lampard gets forward but isn’t creative, while Michael Carrick sits deep but doesn’t tackle.

Peter Crouch and Wayne Rooney are not an effective partnership. While they look very different, they’re actually quite similar; both like to come deep and collect the ball meaning there’s no one stretching the opposition defence by sitting on the last man.

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Daryl!
England played not 3-5-2 really, but 5-2-2-1. Cole, Jamie, Terry, Rio, Gary all are defenders. Scott and Michael are defensive mid-fielders and Franki for MF attack. Wane might have set for strike partner of Crouch, but he was drawn back to support non-productive mid-field.
Steeve could have arranged for defensive and counter attack game to maintain his unbeaten no conceed run at away game. That may lead him to miserable out come. Possibly Steeve tried to copy Scholary’s wc2002 team with 5-2-3. Carlos, Cafu and Lucio were attacking backs, G Silva and Kalibason control mid-field and 3r took care the attack.
Steeve’s team was nowhere near to that. Cole, Gary and Rio tried to do the same way, Carrick and Parker were busy to get balanced, and striking party struggled to seek chances.
Due to lack of training and team chemistry the system never worked.
Steeve may have full of regrets for his unrealistic experiment.
let’s see how will he do it again on next game.
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I once thought this England team can beat anyone but i was so wrong as this team is like any of its prodecessors, boring, one dimensional, talentless!!
The more successful yet poor style of football player England ever had was/is Beckham and he is more of a model than anything, is by far of a player England ever had!!
No, its not about the system England played but how clueless they really are, for instance, look at the goals scored, fault-definately not the wrong formation but just sheer incapability of playing football and all that with a sheer sissy status (go figure)!!
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This Steven McLaren’s just another Hen sitting and waiting on its eggs to nest in order for English media to stop ranting about insatisfactory results.
Well this Chump is not the answer for England as i think that answer lies between the current players and more exciting prospects like Walcott and all the other overlooked and less fancied english players.
England needs a much more attach minded coach, from Portugal or wherever not these chumps with north london accent.They never won anything and how can we expect England can win anything!!
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Hey, it does’nt matter what formation was played, ENGLAND SUCKS; PERIOD!!!