With
not much success in any of the international competitions and also having
failed to win anything with the past golden generation of the likes of Steven
Gerrard, Frank Lampard, Paul Scholes, John Terry, Ashley Cole and David Beckham
just to name a few, England could be blessed and look set to put their hopes
and faith upon the country’s latest quality of strikers.
The likes of Premier League joint leading
scorer Jamie Vardy, ever experienced captain of Manchester United and England
Wayne Rooney, the young Hotspur striker Harry Kane, injury prone striker of the
Merseyside Red Daniel Sturridge and last but not least a striker with 137 EPL
goals Jermaine Defoe. Besides Daniel Sturridge who has been on the side-lines
for most of this season for Liverpool and as well as Rooney who has had a rather
slow start to the season concerning his goalscoring.
England does boast of three strikers who are
consistent in their goal scoring; Vardy(15), Defoe(9) and Kane(12) have scored
a number of 36 EPL goals collectively, if you were to put both Rooney and
Sturridge in the equation that would tally up a total of more than 40
goals.
What’s
the way forward with such quality strikers for the England coach Roy Hodgson? Without
the brilliant ball players in the midfield like Gerrard and Lampard or Scholes
it seems like the people of the Queen will look to the likes of Jordan
Henderson, Delle Ali, Ox lade Chamberlain, Ross Barkley, Raheem Sterling and
Adam Lallana to do the creative work or marshalling the midfield.
Are
these players fit enough to supply strikers…
For
coach Hodgson it will fall down to the formation he chooses to go with
considering the frontmen he has in line up. With Wayne Rooney as the captain it
is guaranteed he will get a place in the starting 11.
With
that being said, a 4-4-2 formation set out as a 4-1-2-1-2 with the likes of Barkley,
Sterling, Lallana and Rooney able to play the number 10 role, England could find
themselves more than willing to have two men upfront. Splitting the function of
the two central midfielders: one can be assigned to a deep role preferably
Henderson/Ali and probably and use Rooney as the further placed midfielder in a
number 10 role behind preferred strikers Vardy and Kane, with then
Ali/Henderson and Barkley creating the rest of the diamond-shape midfield.
With
much to say about England’s strikers, which pairing would do the 3 lions
justice?
Vardy
sitting already on 15 goals, Harry Kane on 12 goals they both tally up close to
30 goals. If this was the duo to lead
England then preferably Rooney will be a third striker in the team but from a
midfield role.
The
inclusion of Defoe would be best compliment by any of the strikers for he has
proven to be a quality striker in any partnership. Sturridge on the other hand
too is very mobile and athletic, his movement on and off the ball is hard to
deal with for defenders and with clinical strikers such as Defoe and Kane their
positioning in the opponent’s 18-yard box is excellent and that’s if the supply is as brilliant as the
strikers goal scoring rate.
Not
touching on the team’s defence and midfield the main focus is the strike force.
Can they do justice at this year’s European Competition?
Jamie
Vardy, Harry Kane, Jermaine Defoe, Wayne Rooney and if fit Daniel Sturridge,
can these men score England through?
We
are yet to find out…
