First of all let us not kid ourselves.
The T&T team that takes the pitch at the Hasely Crawford stadium will be vastly overmatched in every position on the pitch with the single exception of Kenwyne Jones.
The gulf in quality player for player is that big.
But I believe we can match them if the right tactics are employed.
England are coming to the restaurant with a new chef but they still cooking with the same basic ingredients. Their play is still unimaginative and their players barring a few exceptions are predictable. They rarely ever try to take on players; you won't see individual brilliance being expressed; they wont confuffle the opposition. They all operate within their limitations.
The major threats from England are from crosses with Beckham/Bentley/Joe Cole who provide quality aerial service and from being able to spring quick counter attacks. Also on the wings, pacy, skillful players like Young, Walcott, Agbonlahor could be a big danger as we saw in the World Cup.
IMO, to match them, I think we have to play a deep and discipline back four that would negate their ability to get opportunities on the counter attack. We have to let them come into our half and keep men behind the ball and not get caught out of position like we did in Germany. We have to invite them to try to work for openings against our defense as they lack creativity. The central midfielders have to close down Lampard and Gerrard from shooting from outside.
Attacking-wise we need to play to our strengths. Get the ball quickly to Kenwyne and stern and let the hold up the play and get our midfield coming into it. Also we need good deliveries from Carlos and Daniel on the wings. On the set pieces, if we have Tallest, Stern and Kenwyne in the box we could outmatch them for height and nick something if the delivery is good.
We not beating them, but I think we could give a respectable performance if the right tactics are employed.
Omar i think the objective of this game should not be mainly for a victory, but for the precious experience , especially for the youngsters.
whether we over come them or we're vanquished,we need a top game against a top contender,it could only do us a world of good, and it don't get much higher than England.
let us be happy for the what we've got, BC i remember last year we was less than optimistic, we had scottie , carlos , tallest, bleeder and ince. now we have KJ, stren, and whitley in addition. lets thank JAH for small mercies. positive.