Gareth Barry feels England are reaping the benefits of having a settled midfield combination and is relishing the deeper role he plays on the international stage compared to club level.
Barry and Frank Lampard are working up an understanding as the central duo while Steven Gerrard and Wayne Rooney are interchanging effectively with one of them filling in the 'hole' as the second striker. Manchester City's new £12 million capture is aware England will have sterner tests ahead than the 4-0 win over Kazakhstan in Almaty yesterday which took them closer to the 2010 FIFA World Cup South Africa™.
However, the former Aston Villa player, who scored his first competitive goal for his country, is taking encouragement from how things are starting to gel and England's ability to win when not firing on all cylinders. Barry said: "The more we do play together, that midfield, the more we are going to get used to the role.
"Steven and Wayne are mixing in and out, they are linking up well, and myself and Frank are working as a two in the middle, so the more we keep playing together the better. We know there are tougher games ahead but we are going to learn from each other.
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