Hanger 18 said:
England on paper have to best team in the world without a doubt. But its just Coaching is shocking. Classic attitude if England score they just hang back and think they've done it. Idiots.
haha, are you joking?! Brazil, Argentina and Italy all have better far better depth and quality than England and many other teams have better starting lineups. Let's look at the potential 1st XI we have:
Robinson - suspect at international level
Neville - slow and ageing
Cole - gives away to many fouls
Terry - one of our only good players, but not pacy ebough
Ferdinand - too cocky and gives the ball away too easily
Beckham - can't beat anyone for pace down the flank, hasn't scored directly from a freekick for 3 years and doesn't seem to do anything to lead the team despite being captain
Lampard - doesn't help the defence at all and has hardly had a shot on target this whole world cup
Gerrard's - shooting has been awful, but other than that has done well
Crouch - fouls with practically every header and hardly makes any runs looking for through balls
Rooney - is overrated like bilio, selfish, gives away stupid fouls and wastes good positions with pointless shots.
It wouldn't matter who coached us, as soon as we faced a good team we'd be out and unless we get lucky in this world cup, I reckon we'll be out at the quarters.