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Gerrard Admits England Aren't Currently Contenders
(Goal.com) - Steven Gerrard admits England can no longer be considered as one of the favourites to win the World Cup after their poor start to the competition.
The Liverpool midfielder helped England to beat Trinidad & Tobago yesterday, while they also won their opener 1-0 against Paraguay.
However, both performances from Sven-Goran Eriksson's side were awful. Gerrard is aware England must improve fast if they are to go far in the competition.
When asked if England were still contenders, Gerrard told BBC Sport: "No, I don't think so - our form as a team has got to improve.
"We need to hit top form pretty quickly. There are still a couple of gears to go into."
Regarding yesterday's laboured performance against T&T, he added: "It was really difficult out there for an hour and we were finding them really difficult to break down. They got a lot of luck on the night."
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Comments
Ah hahaha! As if England were ever a contender. They are about as exiting to watch as that Mike joga TV episode about that old guy in New York. Awful.
Posted by: Blacky | June 18, 2006 12:35 AM
I think England plays too risky. Their defense is to unstable, they seem to scatter around too much. Also, they do too much of the same thing. They should be more creative in their play. They have talent that goes unused due to their play as a team. I was execting better performance from England, but from what I see it looks like they're not even competing. They can still do it, but will they?
Posted by: David | June 18, 2006 01:32 AM
Real Madrid, anyone?
Posted by: nashotrometer | June 18, 2006 11:40 PM
I am very sad to watch one of the best teams in Europe ËNGLAND... wich such great names as Beckham,Gerrard,Lampard,Owen,Terry,Rio,Rooney performing like they dont have what it takes to shine....
I hoped they react from this poor form and step on it, otherwise there is no Tomorrow...
Posted by: German Sanchez'Myles | June 19, 2006 07:39 AM
Germán,
?te acuerdas de mi?
Soy Joana da Franca y he vivido en El Sombrero al lado de tus abuelos, me encantaria volver a encontrarte y a Carolina.
Esta fué la unica manera de llegar a ti, se que estas en el Mercantil, pero no logro que me deen tu e-mail.
Si lees este mensaje contestame a jdafranca@gmail.com
Un besito
Joana
Posted by: Joana da Franca | October 24, 2007 12:33 PM