carra the ingerland midfielder

weiqimun SG

"Sven-Goran Eriksson is giving serious consideration to starting the World Cup with an experimental line-up that places Jamie Carragher in midfield and has Steven Gerrard pushing into attack behind Michael Owen. The previously untried 4-1-4-1 system would have no place for Peter Crouch and is likely to be deployed for the first time when England take on Hungary in a friendly at Old Trafford tonight...Yet it is Carragher's possible inclusion that will provoke the most intense debate, the Liverpool defender having had to undertake a crash course in a role that he has never played before.
." The Guardian

what d'ya think? will he excel in a `makelele' role?

i think the reporter did not check his notes well. i digged up my resources and carra, when he's a wide-eyed kiddo in the reds shirt, actually is listed as a midfielder in the liverpool bio/stats record! obviously he found his calling in the heart of defence, but that's even after a spell in the l/r back position as well.

ynwa

F.raon.I.R SG

i dun think ur extract is reliable at ALL!....carragher in dmc?joker....rio ferdinand has played there be4,even if its a last resort to put a dc to play as a dmc,rio looks like a better choice as he played there be4 for manutd....
furthermore there's still ppl like jermaine jenas n michael carrick...wats the use of bringing them to germany when u play a dc as dmc?this will definitely disrupt the hamony in dressing room....the players will question the coach's capabilities

CoolMyth SG

Have to wait and see..... Wink

JLennon SG

Carrick and Jenas do not have the requisite ‘hardness’ of a holding midfielder. Butt would have been suitable. Carragher should do fine but question is whether he is able to retain possession in the middle of the park and spray the right passes. Tough job…...

edi_77777 SG

Carra have played in that position before... i dont see any prob with him playing there... but is he good enough to really excel in that position, we'll have to wait and see..

i still hope to see him partner terry in defence instead of ferdinard though..

Båseline SG

Yes, it's true that Carragher played in that position before when he was under Houllier's reign. In fact, he has played all back four + def mid position before. And at his best as a CB. rather amused that The Guardian wasn't ware of that.

Not that Carragher may not be up to the mark but I felt Sven is trying to die die fit his favourite players in. Looking at form, Terry and Carragher looks gd on paper but Sven may like to put Rio back into the centre and pushing Carragher up as def mid. It's not a time to please everybody Mr Sven.

stellazio SG

i still feel that englands best defensive midfielder at the moment is scott parker.. i really like him alot, and i felt very sad that he didn't get his chance under mourinho and yet they went to buy essien whom i think parker is better.. Neutral

R3SsH|n SG

experiment... Cool

10 days before the world cup? Laughing

mett SG

carra had played in that position before... if i remember correctly, the first time i saw him was when he susbstitued steve mcmanaman and played in that role during roy evans' 3-5-2 era. and it was the glaring away yellow and red-collared jersey season. eesh.

Poolman SG

Mind you guys , Carra begins his footballing career as a midfielder , that was when Greame Souness was manager , he was a defensive midfielder , and a free-scoring midifielder , his favourite team he likes scoring against is Aston Villa . he just can't stop scoring against Villa . Mr. Green

And when GH and Roy Evans took over as co-manager , Carra was then deploy as a cover for the central defender role , and he excel all the way .

I can still remember that was when he was still a 18 years old lad .

stellazio SG

gerrard was quite good in the dm role but den again hungrary doesn’t have very good attacking midfielders, so it remains to be seen..like ledley king impress in a friendly, but when up against argentina, he just suck..

weiqimun SG

so we know by now tt the carra xperiment didn't work in the hungary match. but it's still onli 1 game. i think shud try again agst jamaica tis w/end..

The man who was death SG

beckham at quarterback? Laughing england shld try that again and play lennon on the right