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I'm not talking about passing inside the full back and sprinting down the side of him - which as you say Clyne achieved. I mean dribbling with the ball at your feet, drawing fouls. Alli and Lallana have the balance to do it, but didn't / were not asked to. Sterling might have. (Its barely been...

4 - Run at them / take players on / win free kicks or penalties

Well, quite. That (theoretical) fully match fit player, walks into almost every side in the tournament. Whether the rusty, three-quarters-fit one gets in to your team (or even your squad) depends on the quality of the alternatives at your disposal!

This is revisionist though. The consensus from whiny England fans and the press is that it has NOT been working well. You decry the absence of 'swagger and flair', yet the only player in the squad who possesses either, was universally slaughtered after the first two games, and everyone demanded...

For all the criticism he's received (over the top game 1, justified game 2) Sterling was missed tonight. He's the only one (actually Alli a bit) who is unpredictable - the one who would run at them and maybe break through the massed ranks. The rest of them are competent, comfortable with ball...

Apart from wasting the one clear chance of the match. Smashing a one on one straight at the keeper, in the style of Craig Mackail Smith?

Neither Wilshere nor Bertrand were great.

Because he's run himself into the ground, twice in a week, and they thought they could drop in a quality replacement and save his legs for the next game? Clyde was decent anyway - he wasn't the problem tonight.

Well, it's a game of opinions, for sure.

Vardy was shit against Wales, too.

I trust all those desperate for Vardy and Sturridge to play are satisfied. Both absolutely shithouse.

Possibly. Its a bit of a QUANDARY as the midfield is working quite well, but a fully match fit Jack Wilshere would start for all but 2 or 3 countries in this thing.

Wilshere IS amazing. (When he is actually FIT)