England - simply not good enough

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fruitloop27

22-06-2016

Originally Posted by Philip Wales:
“Well where was this dominance? We had 10% more possession that's hardly dominance in my book! And what did we do with this extra 10% possession, Sweet FA. We don't play as a team, we have no glue where other players are, so we have to constantly slow down, look up to find other players, they should know where other players are, that's what trainings for. The amount of times last night we made a break, only to have the player slow and then take what seemed an eternity to find another player to pass too.

Our strikers are a joke, do they even know where the goal and goalkeeper are, do they know how high the goal is, it's football not rugby your playing.

You know when it's getting bad, when at the start of the second half the commentators have to mention that coming second is no problem as the first and second placed teams will have to face similar opposition.

And don't even mention the commentators, were they even watching the same game?”

Exactly. We can have all the possession and 'dominance' we like but we didn't do anything with it.

TheSloth

22-06-2016

Originally Posted by batdude_uk1:
“So Roy out and who to replace him??

Big Sam?? Pardew??? Eddie Howe?? Captain Bruce??

If we are to say goodbye to Roy after this tournament, and hello to someone new, and if we are sticking with someone who is English, then the pickings are not exactly plentiful at the moment.”

Not sure why you've directed that question at me as I'm just pointing out that without an overly imaginative team or manager, critics shouldn't expect imaginative football. However, we're playing OK in my opinion and, as others have said, aligned with most fans' rightly conservative expectations. I do favour a change of manager though but that's for the future and I'm sure we'll find someone with a fresh outlook.

batdude_uk1

22-06-2016

Originally Posted by TheSloth:
“Not sure why you've directed that question at me as I'm just pointing out that without an overly imaginative team or manager, critics shouldn't expect imaginative football. However, we're playing OK in my opinion and, as others have said, aligned with most fans' rightly conservative expectations. I do favour a change of manager though but that's for the future and I'm sure we'll find someone with a fresh outlook.”

Fair enough, would you favour staying English, or would you not mind a foreign head coach in the role?

TheSloth

22-06-2016

Originally Posted by batdude_uk1:
“Fair enough, would you favour staying English, or would you not mind a foreign head coach in the role?”

ANY proven manager who is inspirational, forward thinking and not in it just for the money. Ideally one without a bus pass, roving eye or bizarre beliefs!

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