02-07-2018, 13:09
You are right....we did look poor v Belgium. But at the end of the day, it was two B teams playing a glorified friendly. With the prize to the winner being a harder route to the final.
Call it a loser mentality if you will, I like to think it was the right thing to do to make 8 changes for a game and keep the better players fit for the knockout stages. Belgium made 9 changes after all.
It makes good reading to say things like...'England have beaten Sweden only twice in 50 years'...than it does to say England have beaten Sweden twice in the last 5 games they have played them'
Or 'England have only won two knockout games in 28 years'...than it is to say 'England have won two knockout games in the last 6 they have played'
It's all relative when the World Cup is only every 4 years. What matters is that none of the England team have ever been in a knockout game at the WC. None have experienced losing one.
I bet a few of those Colombians have lost knockout games. Let's just see what happens.
Call it a loser mentality if you will, I like to think it was the right thing to do to make 8 changes for a game and keep the better players fit for the knockout stages. Belgium made 9 changes after all.
It makes good reading to say things like...'England have beaten Sweden only twice in 50 years'...than it does to say England have beaten Sweden twice in the last 5 games they have played them'
Or 'England have only won two knockout games in 28 years'...than it is to say 'England have won two knockout games in the last 6 they have played'
It's all relative when the World Cup is only every 4 years. What matters is that none of the England team have ever been in a knockout game at the WC. None have experienced losing one.
I bet a few of those Colombians have lost knockout games. Let's just see what happens.
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