Quote Originally Posted by army88 View Post

They make me laugh ( especially the punditry) Foden ( who I admire immensely) is the prodigy of a generation who has the world at his feet - but afterwards just couldn’t break down two banks of players in blue - Anthony Gordon tried bless him but simply has no end product at all.
Not really Foden's fault, Gareth played seven defenders, one striker and just three players, Foden, Palmer and Gordon, with the skill set to break down a packed defence, against an Iceland team reluctant to even come out of it's own penalty area. Palmer on the right, Foden in the centre, Gordon out left were never going to be enough on their own, they got little help from Rice and Mainoo, not their fault, it's not their job to break down packed defences, Walker scooted up and down the right as usual, to no effect whatsoever, as usual, while it was embarrassing to watch Kieron on the left, he was no help to Gordon at all and plays as though he knows it. Again not his fault, he's not a left back, and has never looked like one in every England game he's played there, but still Gareth persists.

Some posters are wondering why anyone would want to watch this dross, but I find it fascinating, it's a bit like the fascination of watching a slow motion car crash I suppose, you can see what needs to happen, but you can do nothing to make it happen, in this case you could see the need for a Maddison or Grealish to come on, as army says, but that couldn't happen could it, nice one Gareth. And god help us when the serious stuff starts, I really hope I'm wrong but this England team, with this manager in charge, reminds me of the Titanic setting out into the North Atlantic. Somewhere out there is an iceberg waiting for us, it's just a matter of when we hit it, not if.