Quote Originally Posted by A Quiet Monkfish View Post
I honestly cannot remember the source - it was a few years ago - but was talking to someone closely connected to the players at the time. He said Dave Jones brought in the players, selected the team, and went to the golf course. Hardly any tactics discussed, his reasoning the squad was strong enough and experienced to know what to do..
Not sure he picked the team all the time! Unbelievable when Gerrard talks about Jones wanting to switch to 4-3-3 and Chopra and Bothroyd vetoed it. Also sheds some light on why McCormack wasn't used more in tandem with those two, a real shame as that would have been some forward line.