keyser soze wrote:
Utter, utter toilet.
Rashford and Kane (who hardly got a touch before the goal) are quality. Stones might be OK over time. Most of the rest are bang average at best. Henderson should never get another game. Stirling is great when accompanied by £400,000,000,000,000 worth of talent. Put him in an England top and he is... meh. Wenger finally saw through the Ox and let him go join Liverpool reserves.
Christ, I wish I wasn't an England fan. I don't have a choice - but it's bloody painful.
I wish they'd choose a winner as a manager. But the FA want 'nice'. A nice guy, who'll say nice things in the media. Nice. SAF isn't nice. Nor was Clough. Pep and Jose aren't nice. They all have their charms, but they're not 'nice'. They are/were winners.
Tonight has knocked me off the wagon - for that, at least, I'm grateful.
That's the best we've got mate.
There aren't many England 'stars' playing in the top division these days. Big clubs stockpile the better English players in the reserves to meet quotas, and bench many of the rest in favour of Carlos Kickaball. If you aren't playing much first-team football, how can you expect to be a decent international? Rodwell-Delph syndrome. That's the Premiership 'product' for you.
England seem to be sticking with this 4-2-3-1 'DNA'. Last night the 4 aren't bad as long as Cahill is there to organize them, but the 2 have no invention, the 3 usually comprises benchees and reserves, and the 1 is isolated. On top of that, 4-2-3-1 has been around a long time and there are no surprises for opposition.