Quote Originally Posted by malwayne View Post
Southgate has players at his disposal from clubs who have achieved major honours this season-Premier League winners, Champions League winners. Does that not tell you he has good players to choose from ? These players are skilful and talented, so why wasn’t this on display today ? If you are a winner, confidence comes automatically. And the best they can muster is 2 shots on target all afternoon. Had I paid decent money to attend this game, and all that contributes to the day out, I would have felt somewhat let down. You can bet that a fair percentage of those who were there today, are not regulars at any football club.. You could spot that just by looking at the crowd, when the camera man was as bored as we all were. As stated on here numerous times, England have the players, but safety first tactics ,won’t win you anything.
The result was? All that matters as far as the England management is concerned and it matters not what the media et al think ---3 points in the bag is what is important.