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Metta World Peace wrote:What game were you watching? Parker hardly gave the ball away for 90 minutes. Does what he does best and keeps it simple, wins ball passes moves into space receives ball passes moves into space. That's what you need from a DM its not his role to try and play like Messi. And if you struggled to appreciate his value when making two or three crucial blocks on RVP in particular in first half, or the importance of having a player pressing in midfield, then you're a lost cause....
Parker and Wilshere would make an excellent midfield duo
Carrick getting overlooked because he plays for United and not a London club has got to be the best conspiracy theory I've ever heard too. Good grief : lol: aside from that unbearably ridiculous idiocy, I think Carrick is worth a squad place at least, but he'snot the same kind of player as Parker. Having Barry and Carrick in midfield would be disastrous. Slow and immobile with no pressing or energy.
Sorry maybe I should have worded it better. I was tired before.What I meant was it weren't so much his technique or any type of ball control that was letting him down it was the fact that when he had the ball I don't think he knew what to do with it.For example in the first half Holland where sitting pretty deep and Parker would get the ball under very little pressure at all and just keep passing it back to the CB's then he would run towards that CB ask the ball then pass it to the other CB.I think it may have been due to nerves,but still I prefer Carrick over him any day probably playing with Wilshere when he is fit.
Again before you start slating me saying "his role is to not play like Messi"(Really? I didn't know that lol).Parker didn't seem to have a clue how to start attacks for England his forward passes where very poor and unintelligent.Basically his decisions making was poor,he didn't know when to pass it back and slow the game down or when to pass it forward when gaps in the Holland midfield appeared.
He played like a poor mans Xavi with no brain,if people think he's good enough to be England caption then future tournaments are going to be amusing to say the least.
Just messing with you wormsy!
