Not sure about James?
We managed half a season without him,stats wise nothing changed or in fact deteriorated slightly up until QPR and the team meeting.
Points wise the improvement came over those last 5 or so games.
Anyhoo I don't want to make it sour grapes but I think Belgium came up short.
That ball across for Lukaku would have been buried by Shearer and I think DB head/Heart wilted over the last 30 ,their defence was pretty feeble first half, albeit under a high tempo relentless onslaught.
Does MR's article yesterday suggest the likelihood of mega activity , hallmark signings,huge wage packages,it doesn't sound like it but we have spent money on Sheaf .
Unless he's being coy as usual .
Message to self , don't Carp on about it.
Yeah those last 15 mins totally tainted the rest of their performance for me .
Call it what you want I won't be getting on board with shithousing being called game management.
Cheating it is and i think they were helped along by the ref who was quite benign to their antics along with four or...