15-10-2014, 10:58
This qualifying tournament should be excellent for England. If they can beat Slovenia then Roy can surely afford to blood a new back four of Shaw Chambers Cahill and Dier. The problem is that everyone seems to be adopting the Spanish style of tip-tapping into the box in order to walk the ball into the net ......... and we can't do it like the Spanish. We don't seem to have a midfield player with either the capacity or bravery to shoot from further out ...... and if you don't mix up your play, decent teams can defend against you.
Scotland are doing well with limited resources, but Germany's poor performance is a problem for them. Germany can get out of the group playing badly I fear ........ and that might leave Scotland battling for third place with a team at least as strong as them on paper.
0-2 in Greece would be a good result for England, Germany or Brazil, so all praise to NI for raising their game. Wales worry me though. In Bale and Ramsey they have two players who'd be stars of a GB team, but they are rarely fit at the same time. Wales always seem to have an injury crisis, it seems to have lasted most of my life .....
Scotland are doing well with limited resources, but Germany's poor performance is a problem for them. Germany can get out of the group playing badly I fear ........ and that might leave Scotland battling for third place with a team at least as strong as them on paper.
0-2 in Greece would be a good result for England, Germany or Brazil, so all praise to NI for raising their game. Wales worry me though. In Bale and Ramsey they have two players who'd be stars of a GB team, but they are rarely fit at the same time. Wales always seem to have an injury crisis, it seems to have lasted most of my life .....