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"After Today's Effort, Am I The Only One Who Would Drop Owen ??"

Well, Owen had an absolute shocker today. Why did Sven take off Vassell who was just about our best player. We can't affort to play people just bacause of what there name is. So what, he's Michael Owen, he plays badly, he should get dropped just like any other player.

Anyway, this is what i'd play against Argentina:

Seaman


Mills Campbell Rio A Cole


Beckham Hargreaves J Cole

Scholes


Vassell Fowler

I'd bring Sheringham on for Fowler with about 20 mins left to play the free role linking Midfield and Up Front.

I don't think Henry's done too badly, considering he was always played as a winger until he joined Arsenal.

Owen seems slower and more cautious (too much so) since his knee injury.

I think there are far more over-rated strikers than either Owen or Henry, though.

A certain £18 million Dutchman with a horse-like face and a tendency to swan-dive and punch opponents in the stomach springs to mind.

Solskjær wrote:
> Ashley Cole was nowhere near solid at the back - the whole back-line
> was a mess - except Seaman!

As they said in the post-match dissection, you need a talker in their, someone to pull them all together. As Adams isn't their, put Keown in in place of Ferdinand. He's a talker, like Adams. And he plays with Campbell and Cole every week. Got to be worth a try.

Owen scores goals, and has scored a couple recently in England's friendlies. Heskey hasn't scored for England for around 8 games, and he's not going to out on the left.

Heskey did, however, cause Argentina real problems in a friendly 18 months ago (or so). I can see Sven sticking Owen up-front with Heskey, and going for someone like Sinclair on the left.

I'd be sorry to drop Vassell, but he'd be a good choice to bring on as a sub to surprise the Argies.