Ukraine vs England - 5 Ways To Solve Roy Hodgson's Striking Crisis

2. Ashley Young

Hodgson could also bring back the forgotten man Ashley Young for the crunch game against Ukraine tomorrow. Where Milner is the safer and more conservative option, the big gamble would be to return the Manchester United winger to the starting line-up in Kiev. Between February and May last year, Young was in top form for the Three Lions, scoring in friendlies against the Netherlands and Norway, before going something of a drought until his next international goal came in the thrashing of San Marino in March of this year. Since then his form has dipped, for both club and country, as a hamstring injury unsettled much of his campaign for Manchester United last season. Though Young has been inconsistent, like Walcott, he carries more of a goal-scoring threat than the aforementioned Milner, and is a more likely source of goals. Option 4: 4-3-3 Hart; Walker, Cahill, Jagielka, Cole; Wilshere, Lampard, Gerrard; Walcott, Lambert, Young
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Joseph is an accredited football journalist and has interviewed nearly all of the current 20 Barclay's Premier League managers. He is also a correspondent for Bleacher Report and has written for Caught Offside and Give Me Football.