Quarter Finals For Sick Looking England
Another uninspiring performance, another one nil win against mediocre opposition and more reason for Sven to bang his head off the dugout wall as he wonders why he ever thought about going into a World Cup with two injured strikers, Peter Crouch and a youngster not fit to wear the shirt.
Just a normal day at the office then for an England side who have done verything but take our breath away and yet still find themselves in the quarter finals of the World Cup preparing for a showdown with Portugal who’ll be without at least two of their top performers in Deco and Costinha after last night’s shambolic match against Holland.
England don’t look to have any rhythm, top Premiership performers Paul Robinson, John Terry and Frank Lampard look so far out of their depth at times it isn’t funny and it took a first England free kick goal in three years from vomiting captain David Beckham to steady the ship but still I’m finding it harder and harder to write Sven’s men off. It pains me to say it but winning while you’re playing rubbish is one of the hallmarks of any side which wins trophies and I’m getting a horrible sinking feeling about this whole World Cup campaign.
Wayne Rooney played the full 90 minutes and will be all the better for it in the quarter final but he’s still a yard off the pace at times despite some fine touches yesterday. Whether he’ll get the same freedom against Ricardo Carvalho is another matter but England need him to hit the target and quickly if they are to stand any chance of progressing. If they leave it to “Row Z” Frank Lampard they could play all year and not score a single goal…
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Bald Man
Jun 26, 2006 at 1:12 pm
England were crap! (And I generally like them) I missed the last half hour, but I saw 60 minutes of mediocrity punctuated by one brilliant kick. I thought the English prided themselves on being tough and up to the physical challenges of the game?Could John Terry have flopped on the ground any more? Only if he had gills.
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