I agree. Obviously Gerrard's time is up - there's no way he can play CL football and It'l football at his age - and the thought of a midfield of Chamberlain, Barklay, Wilshere and Lallana is quite cheering, isn't it? I worry that the defence is mediocre, but what can you do, eh?
Here's an interesting article from last year about how Germany took their disastrous Euro 2012 - they even lost to England! - as a catalyst for revamping their development system. Which has resulted in the discovery of Muller, Kroos, Hummells, Schurrle... http://www.theguardian.com/football/2013/may/23/germany-bust-boom-talent Ed. > On 9 Jul 2014, at 15:34, "Matt Anderson" <m...@leeds-united.net> wrote: > > For the moment we have a crop of decent youngsters coming through and they > need to be given a chance to gain experience, lose win and draw and be > guided the right way with continuity and be allowed to f7ck it up without > every journo and bloke down the pub having a go. _______________________________________________ Leedslist mailing list Info and options: http://mailman.greennet.org.uk/mailman/listinfo/leedslist To unsubscribe, email leedslist-unsubscr...@gn.apc.org John 'Grampa' Sykes Rest In Peace old lad 28th Oct 1938 - 12 Nov 2013 MARCHING ON TOGETHER