Was anyone else as bored as I was watching the most recent England game? I love watching football, but watching England play at the moment is about as interesting as watching paint dry. We all knew Hogdson would have a bit of a boring effect on the team, mostly going for defensive, clinical and slow performances rather than attacking fast football but the team performances are just not up to standard and it’s getting painful to watch. No wonder so many clamour for club football, when International football inevitably rolls on through.
We started so badly, it was like watching a Sunday league team for the first few minutes, the passing was awful and inconsistent. Ukraine improved towards the middle of the first half and dominated the first half in terms of shots. The 2nd half was just slow though – I got so frustrated watching it. The defense were the biggest problem in last night’s game, they just didn’t seem to be on form. It was huge error that Ukraine even got to score their goal (which was a great goal I must admit).
Our last few games (aside from the Moldova game) have been dreadfully boring and clinical to watch. We seem to have forgotten how to tackle and most of our players dance around not making any decent challenges. That’s going to be an issue especially in the World Cup when a lot of teams have attacking formations. The standard of football throughout nations is getting better and better. We need to improve majorly to stand a chance.
I’ve been of the opinion recently that maybe the older players should step down before the World Cup, but after Lampard was the best player on the pitch against Ukraine, I think maybe I might be a little bit wrong on that. Maybe we should take a couple of the good ones but leave the under-performing at home. Otherwise, the focus should be on giving young players a shot.
I know there are lots of fans that are satisfied with a draw but I’m not one of them. Draws aren’t going to win us a World Cup in 2014 and neither will performances like the Ukraine game. We need to sort out the English system throughout the League, so that these young players are getting regular football and then they will be prepared for 2014.
Can there really be any other way forward?
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