Darren Bent and Gabriel Agbonlahor are the best two English strikers behind Rooney and Defoe IMO. How not even one of them are not on that plane I'll never know.
God knows why he takes Carlton Cole and Emile Heskey is just useless. I can see why he takes Crouch, offers us something different up front especially with his height.
He needs to take Zamora in case something happens to Crouch. Rooney needs a big holding CF in a 442. You want to have that option, and you are right, Cole and Heskey need to stay home. If you are going to dump Cole and Heskey, you need Zamora to take that role. I would take Rooney, Defoe, Crouch, Zamora, and either Agbanlahor or Bent. This gives the best combination of talent and effective pairing options.
Sometimes i think people don't realise how much the game has changed and how important a player like Cole or Heskey can be, due to their ability to hold up the ball and bring others into play. Cole's all round game is better than Defoe's (although Defoe is improving) and Gabby's, as is Heskey's and that's why he'll start alongside Rooney.
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Here's one for discussion... I think a fit (and forgetting experience) Jagielka, Dawson or King are all better than Rio or Terry. If Dawson had any caps and Jags had more I would feel far more confident with those 2 at the back than any other partnership - both are different class (as is Ledley King)
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Cole is a poor man's Crouch and right now, Zamora is better at Heskey's role than Heskey is.
Right now, I'll take Zamora over Cole or Heskey as a target/holding forward.
If you don't watch Fulham much, you might not realize how good he has been this year. He's not well like and he's coming off two down years. His goals were he didn't score much last year, but he did the "holding up the ball" job well enough for Dempsey, Johnson, and Murphy to score enough to make Europa. This year, he's done target job even better and become a scoring threat again. He's produced in the Europa.
The Numbers:
Heskey: 21 Starts, 11 Sub, 5 Goal/2 Assists (2 goals in the Carling Cup)
Cole: 23 Starts, 4 Sub, 9 Goals/2 Assists
Zamora: LEAGUE - 27 Starts, 8 Goals/4 Assists.
FA CUP - 4 Starts, 3 Goals.
Europa - 11 Starts, 1 Sub, 6 Goals/2 Assists.
The Highlights:
Against Wolfsburg, holding and passing:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=m98Ce...eature=related
Against Wolfsburg, taking a long ball, holding, an finishing himself:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3lvVb...eature=related
If you want a target, I'm sure what more you want than this performance against Juventus:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SY0k3...eature=related
I would think Capello would want to go with the guy who is playing the best right now.
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