England v Egypt Winners And Losers

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England v Egypt Winners And Losers

After an astonishing second half display from England, there World Cup preparations are in full gear, thanks to the feet of Peter Crouch. Going down 1-0 against the African Cup of Nations Champions wasnt surprising at all, however if England ended up losing the game, there would ofbeen many questions involving the England squad, probably the most obvious question would be, has the John Terry and Wayne Bridge saga disrupted the national squad. That didnt turn out to be the case, as England went on to win 3-1, thanks to goals from Peter Crouch(two) and Shaun Wright-Phillips. I will run you down some of mythoughts from last nights game. Who were thethree Mike Piazza Jersey winners for England and who were the three losers.WINNERSPeter Crouch It always frustrates me when Fabio Capello doesnt start Peter Crouch. His goals have been crucial for England over the past year or so, and by the looks of it 2010 will also be a good year for Crouch while playing in an England shirt. He came on last night and scored two goals, and hebasically changed the mindset of the England team. Also Crouch is used as a target man, like Carlton Cole and Emile Heskey; however Crouch can also score goals as a target man, unlike Cole and Heskey who have failed to score for England ina great period of time. Crouch needs to start for England at the 2010 World Cup, because him and Rooney could well provebe a lethal partnership.Leighton Baines Baines had a very solid game at left-back yesterday, the speeding threat of El Muhammadi caused Baines a couple of problems, however the Everton star seemed to cope very well. He didnt get forward that often than he usually does for his club, but to be honest it was more about the defending in preparations Adrian Gonzalez Jersey like this. He defended very well and tackled the wingers excellently. There were a lot of positives to be taken from Baines performance, the only negative thing was his set piece deliveries. Some were good but most were poor.Shaun Wright-Phillips Time and Jose Reyes Jersey time again when Wright-Phillips features for England something really good happens. Even if he doesnt have a particularly good game, he always seems to pop in with a goal or an a sist. Most crucially he did both last night, after scoring Englands second goal and setting up the last one. Wright-Phillips gets forward well, he may lose the ball too often than people would like, but his work rate is phenomenal. He staked a ma sive claim last night, as fellow winger Theo Walcott had a shocker of a game. The England right-wing spot must go to either Aaron Lennon or Shaun Wright-Phillips in my opinion.LOSERSTheo Walcott It was probablyvery frustrating for most people,as they watched the Arsenal winger, trying to burst down the wing in the game against Egypt last night. In the first 5-10 minutes, Walcott played very welluntil he faded out of the game. The Brown and Walcott link down the right-flank didnt seem to work andwhen Walcottwasgiventhe chance to shine heseemed to try and take on too many players, most of which tackled him with ease. Also another frustrating point was he seemed to knock the ball away from his path, keep theballat your feet is key but for Walcott he simply didnt do that. A poor show from Walcott, after scoring a hat-trick against Croatia, maybe he is a one hit wonder.Frank Lampard Lampard didnt have a particularly good game last night, in the first half it seemed that Gerrard and Barry was doing all the hard work. Lampard shouldhave scored last night, but his finish in front of goal was just plain and utter poor. As the commentator said last night, he usually puts Wilson Ramos Jersey chances like that away; however he didnt do that last night. After Michael Carrick played a very solid game in the second half, Lampard must be 10 times better in Englands next two warm up games, if not he could well be watching most of the 2010 World Cup from the substitutesbench.Jermaine Defoe Defoes linkup playwith the likes of Rooney and Gerrard was outstanding, however for a striker we expect a lot more from a performance and for Defoe he had his chances but he simply didnt take any of them. He hada couple ofgolden opportunitys but he just couldnt find the net, Amed Rosario Jersey it was a pretty dire performance from the Spurs striker in my view, when he has always been brilliant in previous England games, however as stats show whenever Rooney and Defoe play up front together at the start of a match, Defoe always gets taken off at half-time and yet again that was the outcome. Defoe deserves to be chosen for Capellos World Cup squad, however starting alongside Rooney is a ma sive NO in my opinion.
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