Dear Mr Hodgson,
I know everyone is quick to question where you went wrong
and what team you should have played etc etc but I’m not going to jump on that
bandwagon today Roy (Do you mind if I call you Roy?). However I would like to
suggest if I may what line up you should go for on the plane home.
I think you should go with three up top, say Sterling , Sturridge and
Rooney, with Rooney in the middle as an experienced flyer can settle the nerves
of the other two not so experienced flyers. Behind them I think you should have
the three Liverpool players Gerrard, Henderson and Johnson, they all know each
other well so it will be good banter, I think Gerrard given his age should be
on the aisle seat as he may need to go to toilet more than the others, better
keep a check on Johnson as he may be caught sleeping quite a lot. Then I’d go
with Baines, Jageilka and Lampard, this I would imagine will be an intelligent
well behaved group, with plenty of reading taking place, I would have put
Cahill next to Jageilka but I really don’t think they sit well together. The
rest Roy I would trust your instincts on, although I would give Alex Oxlade
Chamberlain plenty of leg room given the injury, maybe stick him next to Fraser
Forster as the two players that didn’t feature in the world cup and they can
muse about how if they played things would have been different.
Anyway Roy ,
it’s up to you at the end of the day, it’s not like you’ve let anyone down so
far.
Safe journey
Oliver Trout
