Cole is the one player of real international quality in the team.
Nice anti football by Hodgson
Would have preferred Redknapp come in, play with 2 out an out wingers and have a real go at attacking the opposition. We used all our luck up in the 4 games before hand.
Nice anti football by Hodgson
Would have preferred Redknapp come in, play with 2 out an out wingers and have a real go at attacking the opposition. We used all our luck up in the 4 games before hand.
Not nonsense, we played ok first half an showed some attacking intent. From 45 mins to 120 it was just anti football.Nonsense. The team didn't play negatively in fact in the first half they created many chances. Technically they are just poor.
Commence the media meltdown.
Roy Hodgson, I feel sorry for you.
He was worse vs Ukraine despite the goal, I am only judging the first half tonight when we were competing.Rooney was poor, I heard he was poor against Ukraine (was working so didn't see it), like I said, make him fight for his place. Welbeck looked the better of the too and he should have gone for Walcott up with him.
His appointment was a mistake by the FA :/Hodgson has done very well and I don't want to start any backlash against him and he has only made the one mistake in the tournament I feel. It was a bad mistake to make though.
Young should have been substituted. He was dreadful all night long. Milner should have stayed on and Young should have been the one to go off.
The system we adopt does'nt work ,no dare ,absolutely nothing from the left flank through the entire tournament ,a combination of Cole and Young at league level should tear teams apart ,but under utilised ,Walcott probably only had 3 touches and he came on @60mins,and fitness ,some of them look like they're running through treacle,i could go on and on ,Far too negative.
We were never going to win the tournament playing anti football, too physically demanding to concede 60%+ possession in games every 4 days.
We were never going to win the tournament playing anti football, too physically demanding to concede 60%+ possession in games every 4 days.
Yes, Rooney and Welbeck are fed by Valencia and Nani constantly at club level and Walcott, Milner and Downing don't come close to thatDoes anyone consider the fact that English players look good at club level because they are the minority in teams full of gifted foreign players. This gives them far more freedom and disguises their shortcomings. Put them all together and there is nt enough flair
No we weren't, so I would prefer we attacked the opposition an went out with a bang rather than defending for our lives and hoping to fluke it.We were never going to win Full stop. We could of had the best manager in the world and we'd lose. We don't have the quality to compete with Germany etc. Winning the group was great, anything after that was a bonus. If we want to reach the next step, things have to change in the premier league. The PL has become too much of a throw money at player x, y and b from wherever. We need stricter -enforced- rules that means clubs HAVE to play a certain number of Brits.
Carroll was piss poor tonight, so many time the ball was bashed up to him he has a 5 yard space radius all around him and he flicked onto the Italian defence. If you watch Crouchy he can take down on his chest and turn with the ball at his feet which Carrol should have been doing.Maccas pretty much just summed it up. In the little spell we did have we were playing some lovely little pass and moves - doesn't take away from the fact that the current players we have aren't of semi-final or better quality. Would like to see our starting forwards be Welbeck/Sturridge and Carroll next tournament however as they actually did impress me - Welbeck will get better and Carroll won every bloody header that came his way. Rooney, short of fitness or not, doesn't do enough in 90 minutes. Terry was outstanding, like him or not and Lescott did well. Deserved to lose, but much happier than 2010!
No we weren't, so I would prefer we attacked the opposition an went out with a bang rather than defending for our lives and hoping to fluke it.
Owen and Beckham probablyI can't remember a decent England team for decades! Guess I agreee with Macca (#55 above), that there are just far too many foreign imports playing in the Premier league. While it may be good for the top teams during the season, the rest of the country are left to "pick the bones" of what is left to try and formulate some sort of decent team for the National side. There just aren't enough of them. How many England players play for a foreign side? Barcelona, Real Madrid, Juventus, AC Milan etc, etc, None. And why? Because they just aren't good enough to make those teams. They don't want English players simply because they know they just wouldn't survive the continental style of play. And that's where England fail. Who was the last half decent England player to play abroad whilst being picked for England? I rest my case.
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