Boring , boring England limp into q/finals
This may upset a few England fans but England do not look like they can win the World Cup. They are not exactly putting out a tremendous, credible, or even entertaining performance. In fact, against Ecuador today, they conspired to play such a boring game.
I agree that captain David Beckham somehow answered his critics by scoring a long-overdue goal – a well struck free kick – and had shown some promising runs in the flank, but apart from that, neither he nor his teammates managed to tear apart a team which had struggled to win matches away from their home.
I, like many other watching fans, were waiting for England to get into a higher gear and start showing some World Cup credentials. We waited and waited and that change of pace never came.
Mind you, they were playing in a city where Porsche is made but England never played the part to look that classy, instead they resembled more of a meshed, second hand two-wheeler.
And this creaky England could have paid big if Ecuador had taken their limited chances well.
Sven Goran Eriksson started a team with a totally different formation. I thought Michael Carrick played well as a holding midfielder and Wayne Rooney was all running for every ball, without any real threat.
Some of the other senior players were seem to be taking things lightly too. I understand that Joe Cole had scored a great goal in the last match but that doesn’t mean he can underestimate the opponents by trying so many tricks and flicks that just didn’t work. And given the number of shots he had had, when will Frank Lampard finally score?
The central defenders – John Terry and Rio Ferdinand – still look shaky and do not inspire confidence at all. Twice in the first half they had gone to sleep, only to be saved by poor finishing and some tremendous defending from Ashley Cole.
Many England fans will say that what is important is the win which has taken England into the quarter finals stage. Again I agree, but no strong team left in the competition will be overly worried about this misfiring England team.
In the end Sven has lived yet another day to try his tinkering with the team but I am afraid he will be caught out real soon, and I mean real soon.
This may upset a few England fans but England do not look like they can win the World Cup. They are not exactly putting out a tremendous, credible, or even entertaining performance. In fact, against Ecuador today, they conspired to play such a boring game.I agree that captain David Beckham somehow answered his critics by scoring a long-overdue goal – a well struck free kick – and had shown some promising runs in the flank, but apart from that, neither he nor his teammates managed to tear apart a team which had struggled to win matches away from their home.
I, like many other watching fans, were waiting for England to get into a higher gear and start showing some World Cup credentials. We waited and waited and that change of pace never came.
Mind you, they were playing in a city where Porsche is made but England never played the part to look that classy, instead they resembled more of a meshed, second hand two-wheeler.
And this creaky England could have paid big if Ecuador had taken their limited chances well.
Sven Goran Eriksson started a team with a totally different formation. I thought Michael Carrick played well as a holding midfielder and Wayne Rooney was all running for every ball, without any real threat.
Some of the other senior players were seem to be taking things lightly too. I understand that Joe Cole had scored a great goal in the last match but that doesn’t mean he can underestimate the opponents by trying so many tricks and flicks that just didn’t work. And given the number of shots he had had, when will Frank Lampard finally score?
The central defenders – John Terry and Rio Ferdinand – still look shaky and do not inspire confidence at all. Twice in the first half they had gone to sleep, only to be saved by poor finishing and some tremendous defending from Ashley Cole.
Many England fans will say that what is important is the win which has taken England into the quarter finals stage. Again I agree, but no strong team left in the competition will be overly worried about this misfiring England team.
In the end Sven has lived yet another day to try his tinkering with the team but I am afraid he will be caught out real soon, and I mean real soon.
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