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That performance was disgraceful and completely undefendable. But the manager AND the players have to take responsibility for that. The players seemed to forget how to do the basics, like pass to each other or trap the ball. However you can't blame a national manager of coaching those basic...

He was at Liverpool when they had boardroom troubles, they had an ownership battle raging so they were not providing transfer funds (who would if you could be forced out the next day and someone else gets the benefit of your money) They had their best players out injured. Who would succeed...

£3.5m, Which is about one fifth of what Rooney gets paid and less that Capello got when in charge of England (Capello then got £7m a year in charge of Russia at the last World Cup)

Roy said that he wanted to give everyone some game time in case they were needed later in the touney. So far the only ones yet to figure are the sub keepers John Stones and Ross Barkley. Maybe, just maybe, in the past we have reached the bigger games and been knocked out due to sticking with...

And to think a lot of England fans were questioning even taking him to the tournament, demanding he should be dropped altogether.

If Rooney or Alli got injured, we would need to play Wilshire or Henderson in their place. Better to give them some game time and a chance to sharpen up / get or retain match fitness in a less meaningful fixture than for them to come in cold at a crucial point later in the tournament.

They were losing, of course it changes the Russian tactics, but we were still forcing them back for most of the game and they got lucky at the death with an undeserved equaliser. Their equaliser came from a free-kick so they had sent a few more forward for the set piece in the last couple of...

Russia could still qualify by beating Wales so were attacking them and still trying to get a result when 2-0 down, not sitting with 11 behind the ball from the kick-off knowing a draw should see them through, completely different scenario Either you want changes to the line up or you don't ...

Thierry Henry took corners for Arsenal. Was that a senior moment by the Arsenal manager or a tactical decision? So if Kane is the best corner taker we have, and we have adequate players in the box to make up for the loss of Kane in there, then why not? Fans don't always know best when it...

Agreed, Clyne especially was unlucky not to be the automatic 1st choice imo, and all the replacements were more than capable replacements which didn't weaken us dramatically and we were more than capable of winning that game with he team we put out

Surprised you don't know how games of football work by now. A team that leads isn't going to be cavalier in pursuit of another goal, and teams that are losing arn't going to accept it and defend for the rest of the game to keep the score down but rather push for an equaliser. Watching any team...

Funny, because i think Roy is doing a decent job. He inherited a team with a lot of aging players who were getting past their prime, he had the choice, stick with the tried and tested (and repeatedly failed) old guard, or try to rebuild and start anew with a much younger group and build for the...

Look at those higher rated managers which you clearly would prefer, like Sven or Capello. Managers who took unfit players, or could have selected the best possible available players (like Kevin Phillips, who had won the PL Golden Boot) but chose to take a youngster with about 5 minutes...