15-07-2018, 12:05
Belgium have three world-class players at least. But at least two of them didn't look very world-class against France a lot of the time.
The thing I don't get about Raheem Sterling is throughout a first half in which attacks foundered on his lack of control or persistence in going for the most difficult option available he never once looked upset or downhearted. If Joe Hart made that many mistakes in a game he'd be hanged by the neck until dead. But truth is Sterling can sometimes rip defenders apart ...... but not when his only partner is SO plodding and ponderous. Can Rashford and Sterling never be on the pitch together? Does the grass wilt? Wouldn't Kane benefit from them pulling the defence apart?
And Phil Jones, why bring him into a match like this? If we needed a point to qualify for the next round, maybe yes, but a be-nice-to-each-other-play-off ..........? Yet Alexander-Arnold who would have been more-suited to this game than the first Belgian encounter is left out.
The thing I don't get about Raheem Sterling is throughout a first half in which attacks foundered on his lack of control or persistence in going for the most difficult option available he never once looked upset or downhearted. If Joe Hart made that many mistakes in a game he'd be hanged by the neck until dead. But truth is Sterling can sometimes rip defenders apart ...... but not when his only partner is SO plodding and ponderous. Can Rashford and Sterling never be on the pitch together? Does the grass wilt? Wouldn't Kane benefit from them pulling the defence apart?
And Phil Jones, why bring him into a match like this? If we needed a point to qualify for the next round, maybe yes, but a be-nice-to-each-other-play-off ..........? Yet Alexander-Arnold who would have been more-suited to this game than the first Belgian encounter is left out.