Good morning all.
As an ROI fan, I take no great pleasure in this article. However, with the pool of talent that has been available to England since I've been old enough to remember, why are the same mistakes being made over, and over, and over? I can only imagine the frustrations of the decent fans out there.
Why can the FA not employ a no-nonsense, yet tactically astute manager, who knows how to get a set of individuals actually playing as a team? How many more tournaments in future are we going to see an England manager shoehorning their 'best' players into a starting 11, when it's been proven time and again that this only leads to an unbalanced collective?
Rooney in centre midfield, the most important area on the pitch? Rooney even on a football pitch has been a liability for the best part of 3 years.
Harry Kane claiming not to be tired, when he's looked nothing short of knackered since the tournament began? A proper manager would have left him at home.
And a little further back, Paul Scholes on the left to accomodate Lampard and Gerrard? Yes, because that'll really enable him to dictate a game to the best of his ability.
Same old, same old. All too pally pally within the England camp, afraid to upset anyone whose name may be not be something silly like Drinkwater.
I sincerely feel sorry for you guys having to watch the same mistakes time and again.
Whenever will England learn?
posted on 28/6/16
As an ROI fan, I take no great pleasure in this article
lies make baby Jesus cry mate
posted on 28/6/16
I can only envy the players that England have had at their disposal. Half of our squad consists of players playing at either Championship level or players who are deemed not good enough for the English national side, but with Irish parents/grandparents. As well as possibly the worst, most frustrating footballer I've ever seen in Aidan McGeady.
While we're not the greatest footballing nation on Earth, losing in a glorious failure to France feels so much better than what was served up last night.
posted on 28/6/16
comment by kneerash-23 Cara Gold (U6876)
posted 2 minutes ago
As an ROI fan, I take no great pleasure in this article
lies make baby Jesus cry mate
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Hi Kneerash,
Keep it amicable mate
posted on 28/6/16
comment by Fergies A Jolly Good Fellow (U17074)
posted 4 minutes ago
comment by kneerash-23 Cara Gold (U6876)
posted 2 minutes ago
As an ROI fan, I take no great pleasure in this article
lies make baby Jesus cry mate
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Hi Kneerash,
Keep it amicable mate
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ah no I agree I wanted England to do well too, but it was pretty hilarious watching Roy all stressed out.
I think england shoudl embrace what they're good at, play direct agressive football like we, NI etc do, they simply can't play football like the germans, Spanish etc.
Oh and 100% agree on McGeady that man is a sham
posted on 28/6/16
On the other hand, I've got to hand it to Iceland. What a great defensive performance once again from them last night, but what impresses me most, is just how good they are on the counter attack. They don't create bucket loads, but they're just so clinical, and even at 2-1 up, they still created the better chances.
posted on 28/6/16
comment by kneerash-23 Cara Gold (U6876)
posted 24 minutes ago
As an ROI fan, I take no great pleasure in this article
lies make baby Jesus cry mate
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posted on 28/6/16
OP
Stevie G even said it was a mistake to play him and Frank in the CM and one of them should have been dropped.
Rooney should never have been made captain of either United or England. He isn't a leader and as a player, now, he just isn't good enough at the top level.
posted on 28/6/16
VC,
Fully agree about Rooney.
I think I seen that interview with Gerrard a week or so before the start of the tournament. It's all well and good him saying that now he's retired from International football, and more or less retired as a footballer altogether, but I do wonder if that thought was expressed by him at the time, or did he remain selfish along with the rest of the players and say nothing, just so that he could get a game.
I'm banking on the latter.
posted on 28/6/16
I think finding a manager who has the courage to stand up to the establishment (the media, FA, etc) is more important than somebody who is a tactical genius.
Picking players on form and ability rather than on name is not simple. Imagine the fallout a manager would receive if Rooney, Sterling, and Hart got dropped altogether for somebody who truly deserved to be on the team. It would take a sociopath to accept the England job.
posted on 29/6/16
comment by kneerash-23 Cara Gold (U6876)
posted 1 day, 7 hours ago
As an ROI fan, I take no great pleasure in this article
lies make baby Jesus cry mate
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