Magic Lamps

Sturridge has the potential to become a very good striker but he only will do so here when he gets time. Torres might be like needy girlfriend always demanding attention from everyone but when he is not in form and his confidence is already so low we can just as well replace him and at least cut short the clubs losses. Torres had his chances time and time again. Face it he will never become his old self again. He might become a decent striker again but there's no way we should end the season with him. Sturridge has the potential to become a very good striker but he only will do so here when he gets time and I don't give a fuck about a striker whose best days are long gone and will never return adn who can only "perform" when his labile mental constitution allows him. We have a young, hungry striker who is raring to go and will only learn and improve when he place. i won't risk the stay and the development of a striker for the future for the possible confidence-depending comeback of a striker of the past.

It's true Juve did not play in the CL for 4 years but all of the players got international experience. i think this will not make much difference. They are my favourite team in Italy and by far the best, they only lack some proper wingers and a worldclass striker (we do too btw). Chiellini would walk in any team in the world and Pirlo makes theirs one of the best mids in the world (yes better than bayern whose midfield is not that good actuaalyy as schweini is not himself, kroos is average and martinez is overrated), def better than ours even though Marchisio is not better than lamps and vidal is not better than Ramires. Juve's squad situation is about inverted to ours:Their density in the CM and ST positions is admirable. Juves weakness is their lack of pace and qulity on the wings, which is actually our strength so we should exactly play that strength. Instead of a 4-2-3-1 which tends to be narrow and with Ramires winger , we should drag him back and play a 4-3-3 with much width and counter-attack as well as a well-stuck middle, where we have to limit space for Pirlo. Vidal and Marchisio will be full of running and all over the place, so if we have no Ramires there the immobile Lamps (who I expect to play)and Mikel will simply be overrun. But with Ramires limiting the space for the Juve midfielders, they will be forced into rather static one on one situations. Mikel and Lamps have better changes here due to their superior strength. Think a draw is a likely outcome would be really positively surprised with a win. My formation: Iva--Cahill-Terry--Ash ----------Mikel----------- ----Ramy------Lamps- Moses--Studge--Hazard

Could only see the game now but IMO we should have got 2 penalties due to challenges which easily could have caused a goal. We created enough chances and hazard should have converted at least one of those. Torres was also poor again. Disappointed to see Ramires and Bertrand as our pair of wingers as both of them simply are no wingers esp considering our vast offer of players in this position. Defensively we were ok apart from David luiz playing park onside and that mikel back pass, but in midfield our ball retention and link-up play need some work on it as do our counter attacks. Hope we can get a draw from juventus

Your right. Lamps may play too many game this season, but he has been MOTM in both England games, so I 'd given him a rest against QPR. Considering he is on of our main scoring assets, I also think we should rather use him more offensively, the problem is we have few players who could replace him in the double pivot (no idea why we always cause oureselves these troubles). Clearly he would be more effective in a CAM or even makeshift striker/false no.9 role than in DM. His main strength is his scoring and that has not so much to do with consistency or speed, Strikers simply have to convert with head and either food and he opposite to Torres has proven that he can do so consistently for Chelsea. So why not give it a try in case Sturridge and Torres are misfiring?

The bad thing is, some of those Qpr player cuntfaces will probably give do what they cuntface fans expect and will give Torres, hazard a hard time. Would like a dominant, fair referee, the problem is, there is none. All refs are more or less crap and increasingly overchallenged with the speed of the modern game. Haven't seen one proper, solid ref performance this season. Anyway, Qp r a far better side than last year, but are yet to click due to their signings. They might not be integrated already and maybe won't understand the importance of that derby, nonetheless expect a good game of Park and Cesar. Thea latter we should test with some long range shot, as he tends to let them in or punch them just in the feet of the striker. I'd really like Sturridge and Moses in this game, as they are phisically and mentally more hardass than Sturridge and mata. I am not convinced with either of them this season, but Torres u might give a go as he scored in our last game, but Mata has not produced anything this season so he should have his rest sooner rather than later. Also Lamps should have a rest, he will be challenged by Machisio, Vidal and Pirlo (which I believe is one of world's top 5 midfields, best outside spain and england)

So this is one reason we might switch to 4-3-3. Mata can get his pause as he is not effective in a 4-3-3 for some time.

There are strikers who run down the challenge, position at the offisde line or in the box, waiting for through ball, rebounds, crosses etc. On the other hand there are strikers who run around the pitch creating goas for themselves. Whilst the first type rather rely on good service and concentrate on finishing clinically more often inside the box than outside, the second type is not soo reliant on good service due to him being technically more an allrounder. The first type is best at running towards goal with the ball when he has space and can at best finish with either foot and head, the second type can score from all sorts of ranges often can also take freekicks (u seldom see the poacher take freekicks), collects the ball from whereever and also create for themmates Strikers of rather the first type are Huntelaar, Gomez and the liverpool-torres, who need accurate sercie but reward that with good efficiency. the second is Drogba, van Persie, Rooney, who can take freekicks, shots from distance. You probably remeber Lampard hoofing the ball forward to drogba for him to create himself space and taking the shot from any range. Most strikers are mixed types and might not possess all the listed attributes in equal quality but u can allocate most main strikers to one of these two types. So, to get back to u, Huntelaar is too similar to Torres, he would need to be the game of the team suit him. IMO we need a striker who can create himself when all else fails.

1. Lamps is a slow starter, anyway he has scored 5 goals and got 2 MOTM awards, so u tell me he is no good? 2. no idea what age has to do with quality. age is just anumber 3. @klopfzeichen: Whats bad about being able to take penalties? There are few reliable pen takers in world football. Why would a player who can not do anything more be regular starter for the European Champions and the 3rd best international team in the world?

Lamps making it really difficult for England to replace him. 2 Motm awards, 3 goals in 5 days. Best England player atm.

there is a sort of people you should rather not have on the field in crucial moments... liverpool players

ref such a stupid

should have got 2 penalties

if welbeck and gerrard were not those dickheads england would have won that already

gerrard such an idiot, he has been booked already, makes so many mistakes and thinks he has to fuelessly tackle all the time

lampard scored iin 6 of his last 7 international games

lamps simply is reliabe

ref is blind as a mole, how many wrong penalty or corner calls one wants to make. refs are the downfall of the game

that was a penalty, surely it was

welbeck wtf. you can pass that in, what a miss, if u cant score that yourself let it for lamps u fuckin manure cunt

never seen a player defend that bad in a match as gerrard today. A guy with a winning percentage of 16% in 2012 is englands captain

ryan comes on too. just a shame, defoe is so small, imagine his attributes and 7 inches taller

now theres sturridge.

he is so much better than welbeck, faster, shoots better, can run with the ball

exactly

IMO balls that go outside the field in the air should be regarded as in play as long as they don't touch anything, play would be less ofte interupted.