zarababe wrote:I'm afarid the reality is - barring Rooney - England have a poor strike force, good midfield and shakey defence - Johnson was brilliant BTW.
The weight of expectation is such that ppl forget the top sides in the Premiership, have more foreign players then English ones. The 'Real top four' does not have an English goal keeper, and with sprinklings of Englsih players in the these sides.. there just isn't the 'big game' experience and technical ability that could make Engerland world beaters.
International football = orchestrating - so an Argentina can be carried with the passion and inspiration of a legend - backed-up with the technical stuff from Carlos Bilardo (WC winning coach 1986), becasue the team is technically gifted, assured, confident and players strut their stuff at the top clubs oh and their 'happy'.
Engerland... look stressed and unsure.
Annyhow - I fully expect them to get through to the 2nd round.. have to say watching Crouch come on was embarrasing - is that the best we can offer !
Who do you support? One minute you sound like you want Argentina to win, the next you're talking about "Engerland" as "we".

Peter Crouch, did you bemoan him when Rafa signed the lad
