| Carl2291 said: I cant really complain. We looked awful on the attack outside of a 20 minute stint in the 1st half. Young was terrible, should have brought Ox on for him at 90. Rooney just wasn't in the game. Carroll dominated in the air when he came on... Should have been him and Welbeck from the start. Sick of Rooney getting in the team on name alone. Pirlo bossed the game. By far the best player on the pitch. Now, its time to build on a (imo) successful tournament. Sure, we aint won it but nobody really expected us to get out of our group, never mind top it! Hodgson now just needs time to make HIS England team. If we stay as solid at the back and actually have an attacking presence we could do really well. Dunno what else to say really. |
Can't complain? You are satisfied with England constantly being a B-nation?
England is the motherland of football and the sport is huge. I bet all youngsters over there want to become a football pro, just like they want in all big football nations. England shoule be a top nation in football along with Spain, Germany, Italy and France. But for some strange reason they're not. They're clearly even below Holland and Portugal when they shouldn't be.
I believe the talent is there but the system is still wrong. I just don't get why England (both the Premiere League and the national team) doesn't reform the system and strategy into a philosophy of ball possession and skill instead of *insert name for the English style of play*.
Something is wrong when the split in ball possession is 40-60 in a match against Italy (famous for its defense).
There are so many around the world who want England to succeed (especially here in Scandinavia but from what I have learned England is popular in many places around the world) and we get disappointed every time. Just like the English people we have the same hype and (unrealistic) confidence in the English team before a big cup and then it always ends in disappointment.
Like I said, more reform is needed. The players are skilled and deserve a better strategy. Not Spain skilled but at least they could try to play like Holland (kinda bad timing to bring up Holland in this tournament lol but their philosophy and strategy is much better than England's).
This is all written in love, so if you're a team England fan please don't feel offended.
