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Confidence can do wonders for performance
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Confidence can do wonders for performance
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As with Utd(to a lesser degree) remove Rooney and put in someone making the right movement and it changes the team. If Rooney had played tonight he'd have slowed every attack, conceded possession poorly, not made runs into the box as much or in the right places, refused to run at the defence if he got the ball.
This performance was positive for the future but I still feel like Rooney will be shoved into the team for this euros, though I think at this point Utd will try and shove him off to China next year. MLS doesn't have nearly the money to match his wages. Either way a second season playing as woefully as he has and even money grabbing FA can't justify his inclusion any more.
Some of these guys, Dele, Dier, Kane, Vardy, they are the types of players England has always needed, forward thinking, not scared to attack, not scared to pass forward, not scared to up the pace of the game. Poch's influence on this England team is absurd. Dele with 2 more prem league years experience will looks like he'll be a hell of a player. Kane maybe with two more years consistent scoring, Dier with two more years experience in a key role, I don't think they'll win the next world cup but I think they can go and compete with a team based on those types of players and with less Rooney/Gerrard/Milner types involved.
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Matthaus is funny. Most German accent ever.
For the first time in a very long time, which is a shame as I used to love watching England (15 years ago
).The FA won't drop Rooney until he's at least broken all the records that they've been keeping him in the team for throughout his years of poor England performances and even then he'll be told to retire with a huge stage managed media fanfare.
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Yep. Kane's deadly in the box but I don't think he's capable of playing out wide so I'd play Vardy down the left with Sturridge/Welbeck/Sterling/A N Other down the right.
I had a conversation on someone's facebook wall with this complete **** at the start of this season , he said Swansea are a bigger club than Leicester and that Vardy will never score for England and doesn't deserve to be in the squad. So wish I had got a screenshot 
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For the first time in a very long time, which is a shame as I used to love watching England (15 years ago
The most enjoyable England game I have ever watched was the Euro 96 demolition job on Holland. Footballs coming home and all that feel good factor, supposed to be a close game and then we just walloped them.
there's definitely something in that. comes down to attitude imo taming ego's. players who didn't buy into it at spurs were shipped out. ferguson was a trail blazer in that management style, no matter who or the wage bill/past achievments etc play by my rules or you're out hodgson has to take the same approach
Sturridge - Kane - Vardy / could be an excellent front three for England.
Indeed, it was absolutely superb.
That would be good if Sturridge could stay fit.
Indeed, hopefully Klopp (and his coaches/fitness team) can help keep Sturridge fit.
Rooney's problem is that he slows play down far too much.
Amen brother