Originally Posted by
pass_and_move
Going forward we are a threat but once quality opposition has nullified our threat or cut off the supply line we suddenly become lost in a game. A midfield general in the ilk of Paul Gascoigne needs to emerge and unless we produce a player like that then the quarters/semis are about our limit.
These qualifiers are nothing to gauge how good we are because the opposition is simply not up to scratch.
For those who get carried away by our goal glut in these qualifiers and think we are in with a chance I will say this- An average Czech side managed to comfortably nullify us and we had no answer. A reminder that these young lads have a long way to go before they can achieve a tournament victory and highlights that we are lacking something in a tactical and mental capacity.
Our inability to change how that game was going is clearly a problem that has seen us come a cropper under Southgate in certain games, notably the world cup semi final against Croatia.
I'm excited about certain aspects of our play dont get me wrong but deep down I know we are a midfielder and defender short. The majority of prats/prawn sandwich brigade who turn up at Wembley to boo or do a Mexican wave or throw paper aeroplanes or whatever ent gorra fecking clue abart football. They're more interested in confrontation, racism and controversy rather than what is happening on the pitch.