Gerrardmania Vs Rooneymania

I am more and more convinced everyday that the skirt-chasing outgoing England manager Sven-Goran Eriksson has been replaced by an alienoid doppleganger sometime between his sacking a month or two ago and today.

With the sensational Theo Walcott saga winding down slightly, Eriksson has now claimed that Steven Gerrard could possibly be moved to an advanced striking position to fill in for Rooney, should the MU starlet miss the World Cup boat due to injury.

"I've known for many years Steven Gerrard can play a lot of positions and one is second striker. I'm sure he could also play as a first striker, and he's also excellent at right-back."

This a manager that thinks sending Owen Hargreaves on with 15 minutes to go to defend a 1-0 lead is the most revolutionary thing since the Bible went to print. What next? Sending Terry up front because he is good in the air? This of course because Gerrard top scored for Liverpool with a 23-goal haul this season. But that's probably only because his strikers up front, for a large part of the season, appear more accustomed to having a tea at half time rather than putting the ball into the net.

Sigh, gamble gamble gamble. Risky business.

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