What Was The Point ?
Great seeing a couple of City players in the full England squad and with all the media hype about the Barton/Gerrard/Lampard thing, it was all a bit of an anti-climax in the end.
However, having said that, what was the point of Joey really being there in the end, as he was only on the pitch for 11 minutes; what sort of opportunity was that?
As soon as I saw the teamsheet I was tempted to run down the bookies and stick a few quid on an away win. The Neville brothers at full back - what was all that about? What could McClaren possibly learn from that has-been brotherly pairing? What made it even worse was that Micah and Gareth Barry (a naturally left sided player) were left on the bench - what's going on?
Lamps and Stevie G failed as a midfield unit yet again, leaving the onlooking Barton to freeze on the bench in complete bewilderment as to what he was doing there. SWP flattered to deceive again and just always looks like he's trying too hard all the time to prove he was right to join Chelsea, which we all know he wasn't.
At best, the England performance was lacklustre and at worst pathetic. At least when Micah came on we looked more threatening with his pace and power. Joey was given all of eleven minutes in a hopeless cause and looked comfortable without really getting into the game. We did however see one of his trademark through-the-back tackles and was a bit lucky to get away with it.
On a positive note, nice to see Stevie Ireland grab a late winner. He's played well since the start of the year and deserves a decent run in the City team and a new contract.
What then about England? Last night confirmed yet again it was a case of wrong team, wrong formation, wrong manager.
Israel must be shaking in their boots !
4 comments:
Absolutely wrong manager..... we would be better off with Ron Manager !!
He thought he did enough by losing Beckham, but he didn't.
There are too many superior attitudes in that squad and they need to spend a bit of time on the bench... starting with Lampard.
The squad was awful, I looked at it during the BBC build up and turned the TV over, my girlfriend asked why and I said it will be too painfull to watch. From the reviews I think I was right.
not only was it painful.... it was utterly predictable!
My lady friend said it was just like watching City...how right she was...Same up front problems cannot score. Crouch will never be the answer for all his height very poor in the air with his arms going like windmills he makes the whole attack look totally disjointed.
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