http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/football/internationals/4252603.stm Critics round on Eriksson tactics BBC pundit Alan Hansen led the criticism of Sven-Goran Eriksson's tactics and substitutions in England's 0-0 friendly draw with Holland. "I defy anybody to learn anything from that match. It was very bad - a night to forget for England," he said. "And the use of substitutes was scary - Andrew Johnson was hung out to dry. "He has been prolific through the middle with Crystal Palace, absolutely brilliant, but wide right is not his position. It was crazy." Eriksson opted for a 4-3-3 formation and stuck with it when Johnson came on instead of reverting to 4-4-2. He also bowed to the clamour of playing Shaun Wright-Phillips but after 10 minutes on the right the diminutive Manchester City flyer moved across to the left. Eriksson has once again shown he has little idea of how to build a team "It was crying out for Wright-Phillips on the right, Stewart Downing on the left, take Michael Owen off and play Johnson through the middle, with Wayne Rooney just off him," Hansen added. His views were echoed by a host of other BBC pundits, including fellow Match of the Day guest Jamie Redknapp. "There were so many square pegs in round holes. I can't see how they will play that in a competitive match," the former international midfielder said. "Perhaps he has looked at Chelsea this season. They've played a 4-3-3 and they've ripped up the Premiership so maybe he thought it might work. The question someone should put to Sven is who he's going to play - Beckham or Wright-Phillips? "But they've got Damien Duff playing one side and Arjen Robben on the other, two players with genuine pace. But we didn't have the personnel to make it work with Downing on the bench." Terry Butcher joined the widespread criticism of Eriksson's tactics and was left bemused by Rooney's peripheral role. "The system didn't work well and was concocted to accommodate Beckham and Wright-Phillips," Butcher told BBC Radio Five Live. "But all the time, Rooney, our best attacker and our best forward threat was out on the wings. It was imbalanced. "Rooney looked ill at ease. He's England's principal striker and should not be playing wide. You have to utilise your strengths. "England are better suited to a 4-3-1-2, with Rooney playing behind two strikers - you've got to let him have his head and have a bit of a free role." Former England manager Graham Taylor was left "disappointed", although he understood Eriksson's experimentation. "When things don't go right in a friendly you run the risk of wondering what the value is. If there is a value it is that sometimes it shows you what you cannot do," he said. (這句話很絕) "The manager will have taken something out of it - even it's to say to himself 'No, I don't think we should go that way'. "I thought England would handle the formation a little better than they did but it didn't work. "There are ways that you can play 4-3-3 but with England there's not much time to get the players to understand it and it didn't look as if they understood it. "But what really surprised me was the almost random way players went into any part of the field. "You have to be very, very good players in a very well-organised side and you have to maintain far more possession of the ball if you're going to let your players go anywhere. "Against a sharper Dutch side with more of a cutting edge up front England would have suffered because their team was so out of shape when they lost the ball. "The selection of players is equally important. Johnson on his debut on the right is difficult and I felt sorry for him." --

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