11-11-2017, 13:24
Well I was WRONG!
The injuries and withdrawals mean England did learn something against a similar level of German side - a few players missing for both. Still don't think we should have been playing them ...... three times in twenty months is simply exploitation of the fans.
We saw that Loftus-Cheek should be in the side both for England and Chelsea. We saw how much better we look without Jordan Henderson. Though I'm more a Mary Pickford fan than Jordan, we saw a very sharp young keeper on the hard low balls he handles so well. (It's in the air I worry about him. At corners for instance he stands too near the near post, which shows a lack of confidence - he isn't thinking - come out and catch it ....) Tammy Abrahams showed moments of pace and power that make me think in six months time he'll be a real handful. Dier looked a captain, Harry Maguire showed skills I didn't know he possessed, Stones was good, we've showed we have 4 international wing backs at least .......
On the other hand as part of the Brexit negotiations I think we should hold out for Leroy Sane to be declared English and immediately become eligible for the World Cup! Lets see how Mrs merkel likes that one! And Ter Stegen is a bloody good reserve keeper.
The injuries and withdrawals mean England did learn something against a similar level of German side - a few players missing for both. Still don't think we should have been playing them ...... three times in twenty months is simply exploitation of the fans.
We saw that Loftus-Cheek should be in the side both for England and Chelsea. We saw how much better we look without Jordan Henderson. Though I'm more a Mary Pickford fan than Jordan, we saw a very sharp young keeper on the hard low balls he handles so well. (It's in the air I worry about him. At corners for instance he stands too near the near post, which shows a lack of confidence - he isn't thinking - come out and catch it ....) Tammy Abrahams showed moments of pace and power that make me think in six months time he'll be a real handful. Dier looked a captain, Harry Maguire showed skills I didn't know he possessed, Stones was good, we've showed we have 4 international wing backs at least .......
On the other hand as part of the Brexit negotiations I think we should hold out for Leroy Sane to be declared English and immediately become eligible for the World Cup! Lets see how Mrs merkel likes that one! And Ter Stegen is a bloody good reserve keeper.