PAUL SCHOLES BELIEVES England should adopt an approach similar to that of Liverpool, and go on the offensive at the upcoming World Cup.
Brendan Rodgers’ Liverpool lit up the Premier League this season with their attacking displays, scoring 101 goals with a breathtaking brand of football.
Their performances this season have been rewarded by five call-ups to Roy Hodgson’s squad for the finals in Brazil, with Glen Johnson, Steven Gerrard, Jordan Henderson, Raheem Sterling and Daniel Sturridge all included in the party of 23.
And Scholes, who played 66 times for England, scoring 14 goals, urged Hodgson to copy Liverpool’s expansive style of play when the World Cup campaign gets underway in just over two weeks’ time.
“It would be refreshing for England to adopt Liverpool’s attacking mentality in Brazil,” he wrote in a blog for Paddy Power.
“Really go for it. That means certainly four, and possibly five, Liverpool players in the England starting XI against Italy on June 14.
“South Africa in 2010 was so negative with boring draws. Nothing seemed to happen. England fans, and myself as an England fan, would rather three-all games than dull, nil-nil draws.
“I’d love to see Roy be brave enough to play like Liverpool (or Man United teams of the past). The reports I’m hearing now from the international set-up are very positive and while I still doubt Roy Hodgson will start with such an attacking Liverpool-style approach, I’d love to see it.
“Much has been said already about the Luis Suarez and Daniel Sturridge partnership for the club, but Steven Gerrard, Sturridge and Raheem Sterling can offer a huge goal threat playing together for England.”
They may have the type of player that can play that style, but they don’t have a coach who can coach it. Hodgson has never played that kind of quick passing attacking football in the past, he’s not going to change the style of his entire career 2 weeks out from a World Cup
And its an awful pity…..if they were given a bit of freedom, England led by a Liverpool could of done very well indeed
Correction:
“Liverpool core”
Is it just me or is Scholes coming across as unbelievably arrogant and smug in his recent media outings. I think I preferred it when he kept out of the lime light.
They will SLIP up again so
That’s the best you can come up with? Wow!!
And your pic shows your an egg head
Actually dave I think u were banned from commenting on the score and then u had to open up a new twitter account to get back on here that’s your best
Nope, not me!! Silly boy!!
Buddy, give it abreast you are looking like the stupid boy ok class trying to act smart!! Give it up, nobody thinks you are smart! Good lad!!
I’ll ask the score so to check it out ha ha
You are laughing at it? Wow sad! Secondly I am and only ever have been this account, again sad from you!! Thirdly you think the score cares about what you say? Again sad!!
Sad u have only 2 followers on twitter and u follow 5 whats d point in that
Why don’t they just play like Real Madrid. Come to think of it, if Ireland played like Barcelona, we’d be in Brazil as well and in with a chance of winning it. This management craic is easy, just get your team to play like the best teams and its happy days.
Maybe they should adopt the man u style, and let just about anyone beat them….
Hah brilliant! Then blame the manager, then the players then probably god or whatever else they can!! Saps!!
Yes because that comment was so much better thought out than the SLIP one above
John shut it boy before you get a slap!!
Well at least they didn’t blame the ref !!!
Wow !! Is that the best you can come up sharp
Guys, we are just throwing around funny comments, no place for personal attacks! Its the funny season, remember? :)
I think Gerard and Henderson partnership was key to Liverpool title challenge this season and Hodgson would be making a huge mistake not continuing with it. Also Sturbridge has been one of the best strikers in the premiership this year so should also be starting
Reckon they’ll do alright. Even better if they played the Liverpool style of last season.
What like fall down and call for an ambulance everytime they lose the ball , or deputise one of your CB’s as a fly goalkeeper … You just might be on to something there Shankly !!!!
that’s a great plan alright play with defenders who can’t defend and win nothing
Yer dead right, let’s play like current champions and lose everything including players and a foothold into the major competition!!!
oh I forgot come home to a hero’s welcome after a glorious failure your right scholes the Liverpool way is the way to go
Actually how about a sacked manager and a failure in transfer market and 7th position!! Haha
Dave City are the current Champions , did nobody tell you ..
I’m so over joyed at the fact that certain people think because players can come second in a league and all off a sudden out player some of the best defenders and midfielders in the world , the same ones that will be laughed out of Europe next season. There’s only one player from that same squad that is capable of making a difference at this World Cup and he’ll probably be playing for someone else come next season.
And the team of great internationals barely broke top 7…. overjoyed…. oh, lets blame the manager now…. ex manager….. and the now dead guy…. yeah, we have fans with great morals…..
It’s bad enough most of you bring up the Munich disaster but now your bringing the owner who just died into it with your childish and quite frankly disgusting comment, fools like you have given the score a bad name and should be banned.
Serious?? Yesterday when it was posted here about his passing, I commented on some of the tasteless remarks being made by Man U fans, who are basically celebrating his death, and I got hammered! So, please remember that respect works both ways. It is wrong to mock the Munich Disaster, a tragedy, and rightfully should be condemned. But yesterday, I saw how two faced some Man U fans are when being happy about him dying, and twitter world is basically nuts over his death, with some really horrendous comments, from, Man U fans….. This guy had family that loved him, suffering right now….. who the fck are you, the higher moral ground my arse…..
I doubt the glazers give a b@&&&%ks what you pair a clowns scoring utd liverpool points on the journal think
Oh for sure…. not arguing that….. just how 2 faced some are….. and its ‘pair of’
don’t be silly now Graham
Sorry Sir :(
you made a fool of yourself scoring liverpool points v utd over dead people
You mad? Do not care about that…. all I ever read is Liverpool fans mocking Munich, Man U fans have to much class to mock Hillsboro, yet, they celebrate the death of there owner, no need for that, regardless of whether you hate him or not….. Call me a fool as much as you want, but I know who the sad fools are….. they stick out here……
sad man your still at it Munich Hillsborough and never a mention of hysel
Yes, and we know Man U fans use Heysel to score points…..class fans, mock all dead but not there own…. go away, everything you say deepens your BS……
you should be embarrassed but sadly I’d say your not and the other idiot is not trying to justify his comment
Yes, right, have a nice day, I am not embarrassed, will not answer for you, but you try to validate it by bringing up heysel, kind of kills your argument about scoring points. I do not think all Man U fans are bad, not even close to it. I never bring up Munich, condemn and report anyone who uses it, my original point may have been crass, but all I saw was some serious two faced comments since the poor guy died yesterday, kind of changed my opinion of many people I have seen here. People dying should never be celebrated, Glazer was no evil dictator or pedo or anything that is genuinely evil…..
hysel was mentioned beacuse it is used by fans to taunt liverpool fans which is not right as we all know it was hooligans from other clubs pretending to be liverpool fans or so the story goes
Ahh, I see the A hole in you came out. Capital L oser all over you….. see from the other threads, you seem the kind that likes to be bitter. For the record, Liverpool fans were charged, tried and sentenced for what happened at Heysel. They should have got longer than they did…. but you are just looking to score points….. sad…. pathetic actually….
This is why I would take the summer off from this place…….. must stick to it….
that’s what I tought too but I think your the first liverpool fan who has admitted that take a bow oh and enjoy the summer
England have no chance of winning the World Cup.