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Worst player of the England national team 2016


View Poll Results: Worst player of the England National Team Euro 2016
Kyle Walker 0 0%
Gary Cahill 1 0.91%
Chris Smalling 0 0%
Danny Rose 1 0.91%
Dele Alli 2 1.82%
Eric Dier 1 0.91%
Wayne Rooney 15 13.64%
Daniel Sturridge 2 1.82%
Harry Kane 47 42.73%
Raheem Sterling 34 30.91%
Jack Wiltshire 7 6.36%
Jamie Vardy 0 0%
Marcus Rashford 0 0%
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Old 28-06-2016, 20:56
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Harry Kane or Sterling, I go with Sterling as Kane actually has talent.
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Old 28-06-2016, 20:58
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Old 28-06-2016, 20:59
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So Harry Kane is our best free kick taker

Where is the evidence to back it up
I've seen better free kicks in Sunday morning Football.
Kane should never have been allowed to take them.
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Old 01-07-2016, 19:30
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Sterling was terrible, but in my eyes he has always been terrible, so I wasn't shocked by his (not so) sudden terribleness, but Harry Kane... Wtf happened to him?! Seriously?! He was so awful he stood out even among all the awfulness around him
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Old 01-07-2016, 19:39
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He's knackered.
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Old 01-07-2016, 19:54
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Exactly. Tiredness does explain why some players have these inexplicably bad tournaments.
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Old 01-07-2016, 20:03
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Joe Hart's howlers cost England dear. He was far too pumped up for matches when a calmer head was needed. His distribution was poor, his positioning questionable and he has completely lost the art of catching a cross unless it is down his throat with no opponent within fifteen yards of him. I wince every time I watch him flap at the sort of crosses a half decent goalkeeper would take in his stride.

Another thing I dislike is this practice of attempting to stop shots by throwing his body out in an exaggerated X shape.... arms and legs spread, hoping the ball will hit him somewhere and bounce clear. I have watched England goalkeepers of the past from Banks through Clemence and Shilton, Seaman and even Chris Woods. None of them kept goal like that. He's caught de Gea's disease (and I don't think it makes de Gea a great goalie either. He's just luckier than Hart or he's got it better perfected).

Iceland's second goal was a case in point. He made no attempt to save the ball with his hands, he just stuck out a foot and tried to kick it away.

Joe Hart is no longer England's best goalkeeper in my opinion. He's lost the plot and should be replaced by Fraser Foster who at least commands his penalty area and has more of an air of calm about him that inspires more confidence than Manic Joe.
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Old 01-07-2016, 20:47
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Rooney was awful against Iceland but one of England's best players in the other three matches. Doesn't deserve to have as many votes as he does, but just the usual anti-United bias.

Sterling and Kane without a doubt the worst.
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Old 01-07-2016, 22:42
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Kane easily. Literally the only thing he did was take terrible corners and free-kicks, no positives at all.

Sterling might have come close if hadn't won that penalty against Iceland.
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Old 01-07-2016, 22:59
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Sterling was terrible, but in my eyes he has always been terrible, so I wasn't shocked by his (not so) sudden terribleness, but Harry Kane... Wtf happened to him?! Seriously?! He was so awful he stood out even among all the awfulness around him
I actually think Kane would have been a different prospect had Spurs won the league. Vardy should have started the games imo.
Rooney probably for the first time looked a bit old in this tournament, absolutely dreadful against Iceland and a shadow of the player who would run through walls in his heyday.
Overall England play in a straightjacket tied up by now 50 years of hurt, scared to try anything for fear of losing and ending up losing because of it.
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Old 01-07-2016, 23:32
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Sterling and Kane along with Hart were the real stinkers.

Not sure how Rooney has so many votes in comparison to the likes of Wilshere and Alli who did absolutely nothing. Rooney outplayed Alli for the first 2 matches and was no worse than him against Iceland.
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Old 02-07-2016, 00:09
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Between Kane and Sterling but time for Fraser Forster to replace Hart imo. Far too pumped up.
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Old 02-07-2016, 00:58
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I voted for Sterling but personally I think him and Kane are tied, had Joe Hart been on the list I would have picked him as out of the four goals England conceded he was to blame for two of them which is simply not good enough for a keeper of his experience I'm afraid.
If you don't have a solid goalkeeper, you're screwed and he is far too flaky (no head and shoulders pun intended I swear!).
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Old 02-07-2016, 01:11
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I would go with all of them.
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Old 02-07-2016, 04:47
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I don't accept the tiredness excuse. There are players in this tournamnet who have played more games (and more difficult games) than Harry Kane. If I remember correctly, he stopped playing after Spurs lost the league (or a few games before that) which is just the spirit England has displayed throughout this tournament. I agree with the above poster who said England should have started with Vardy
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Old 02-07-2016, 05:10
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I don't accept the tiredness excuse. There are players in this tournamnet who have played more games (and more difficult games) than Harry Kane.
It isn't an excuse, its a fact. Tiredness isn't always about the number of games played. He was shot before the end of the season.

His ability is undoubted and fatigue was with little doubt the reason he underperformed.
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Old 02-07-2016, 05:10
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Joe Hart's howlers cost England dear. He was far too pumped up for matches when a calmer head was needed. His distribution was poor, his positioning questionable and he has completely lost the art of catching a cross unless it is down his throat with no opponent within fifteen yards of him. I wince every time I watch him flap at the sort of crosses a half decent goalkeeper would take in his stride.

Another thing I dislike is this practice of attempting to stop shots by throwing his body out in an exaggerated X shape.... arms and legs spread, hoping the ball will hit him somewhere and bounce clear. I have watched England goalkeepers of the past from Banks through Clemence and Shilton, Seaman and even Chris Woods. None of them kept goal like that. He's caught de Gea's disease (and I don't think it makes de Gea a great goalie either. He's just luckier than Hart or he's got it better perfected).

Iceland's second goal was a case in point. He made no attempt to save the ball with his hands, he just stuck out a foot and tried to kick it away.

Joe Hart is no longer England's best goalkeeper in my opinion. He's lost the plot and should be replaced by Fraser Foster who at least commands his penalty area and has more of an air of calm about him that inspires more confidence than Manic Joe.
How can you compare De Gea to Joe Hart?!

If England had De Gea in goal they would still be in France.

Have you seen De Gea play Italy just a few hours before the England game?
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Old 02-07-2016, 05:14
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He's just more or less saying De Gea employs a similar style in one on ones. He's hardly been faultless in the tournament anyway, let a bad near post one in against Croatia and was partly to blame for the first they conceded against Italy.

Stop being ridiculous.
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Old 02-07-2016, 05:14
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It isn't an excuse, its a fact. Tiredness isn't always about the number of games played. He was shot before the end of the season.

His ability is undoubted and fatigue was with little doubt the reason he underperformed.
He should work on his fitness then. To be honest, his capitulation of 2nd place to Arsenal already showed how spineless he is
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Old 02-07-2016, 05:20
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We get the real story then, its actually an irrational dislike of Kane. Maybe all footballers should work on their fitness to try and look less tired.
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Old 02-07-2016, 05:24
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We get the real story then, its actually an irrational dislike of Kane. Maybe all footballers should work on their fitness to try and look less tired.
I don't dislike Kane, but I thought it was very lame of Spurs to stop playing football even before Leicester had won the league. Kane's form and mental state then continued to the England games.

And all footballers should work on their fitness. That's a given
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Old 02-07-2016, 05:29
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Hal Robson-Kanu was a bit tired when he came off yesterday, maybe he should also work on his fitness.

You've been shown up over Kane regardless of trying to disguise the remark behind Spurs end of season form, you called him spineless. As I've said the reason behind his poor tournament is clear.
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Old 02-07-2016, 13:19
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Hal Robson-Kanu was a bit tired when he came off yesterday, maybe he should also work on his fitness.

You've been shown up over Kane regardless of trying to disguise the remark behind Spurs end of season form, you called him spineless. As I've said the reason behind his poor tournament is clear.
The reason behind his poor tournament is crystal clear.
He lost all confidence and form towards the end of the season when spurs capitulated to their north London neighbours.
It's nothing to do with physical tiredness, he showed mental weakness and a complete lack of form - he shouldn't have been playing for England.

If players aren't in form or are coming back from injury - then we shouldn't play them.
Add to this Roy's crap managing and complete lack of a regular system and it explains why we lost to Iceland.
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Old 02-07-2016, 13:46
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The reason behind his poor tournament is crystal clear.
He lost all confidence and form towards the end of the season when spurs capitulated to their north London neighbours.
It's nothing to do with physical tiredness, he showed mental weakness and a complete lack of form - he shouldn't have been playing for England.

If players aren't in form or are coming back from injury - then we shouldn't play them.
Add to this Roy's crap managing and complete lack of a regular system and it explains why we lost to Iceland.
Thank you.

I thought I'd avoid the slightly high strung poster above
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Old 02-07-2016, 14:21
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The reason behind his poor tournament is crystal clear.
He lost all confidence and form towards the end of the season when spurs capitulated to their north London neighbours.
It's nothing to do with physical tiredness, he showed mental weakness and a complete lack of form - he shouldn't have been playing for England.

If players aren't in form or are coming back from injury - then we shouldn't play them.
Add to this Roy's crap managing and complete lack of a regular system and it explains why we lost to Iceland.
That is mostly absolute rubbish. His slow start to the season could have been explained more reasonably by a lack of confidence but in the games he's played he's been lethargic and off the pace. He was clearly lacking the extra half yard and confidence isn't an issue in terms of taking up positions and making the same runs he was doing for Spurs that he wasn't doing for England.
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