Originally Posted by SegaGamer:
“It's Iceland. If this was a qualifier, England would win by 3 or 4, but as soon as the tournament starts, they crumble.
Also, why are we playing different to how we were playing the friendlies and the qualifiers ? why change everything that got you to the tournament in the first place ?
It's like as soon as any tournament starts, everything changes. The style of football changes, the formation changes, the players roles change and the team selection changes. Why not just stick to the settled side that got us here in the first place ?”
Panic I think. The media hype them up, dismiss the opposition, and put pressure on them and they don't usually handle it well if they then have a harder task than envisaged by their media (and some fans). They can still win this. Both teams should tire and there will be a lot of space.
Time to take Sturridge off. I'm not a fan. He has good days but on his bad days he just loses the ball a lot and delays and is occasionally selfish.
Not sure why Kane is back on free kicks. Rooney has been good at that since he started taking them so why go back?