Sven really has now lost the plot. I don't know what he's been taking but its pretty strong stuff, I can tell you.
First, if the reports are true, he is going to play Jamie Carragher in a holding midfield role. I think Carragher is a decent centre half, probably even a good one but he is not and never will be a quality holding midfield player. He doesn't have the pace, the mobility or enough quality with the ball to manage that role effectively at either club level or at international level. I realise Michael Carrick didn't have a great game for England "B" v Belarus last Thursday but he is still a far better bet than Carragher. Madness.
The second item is this quote from the man himself:
Eriksson said: 'When we decided to play Hungary and I phoned up Lothar Matthaus to ask if he wanted a game, maybe at Wembley, but that's gone.
'When he said yes, I told him he had to play like Sweden. He said that was okay, but now the manager has gone.'
You what?! He's finally gone bonkers. He asked Hungary to play like Sweden? How was the manager at that time, Lothar Mattheus, going to manage that? He might be able to play the same formation but how, exactly, will they play like Sweden what with the fact they're the Hungarian team and not the Swedish team? I would suggest if he wanted to test us out against a Scandinavian style team, that Denmark would have been a good idea rather than Hungary.
100% barking mad.