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Originally Posted by Goofle11
I am a football purist, so England bore me to tears and the woefulness of some of their players just irks me when I am watching the game. I mean, Scott Parker was England captain a month or two ago... He is so far off International class it's embarrassing.
Saying England are typically good and bad in parts doesn't contradict my argument, if anything it adds to it. Having a few good moments, and being clinical when they come around, doesn't mean 80% of the performance wasn't woeful.
Ukraine actually outplayed England. I know our players are of a low standard compared to the likes of France, Spain, Italy, Germany etc, but even I expected England to stroll through this game with ease.
Not good enough to win the tournament, or even get to the semi's, but I think considering what we are playing with, they have done well.
(although all five of our best central midfielders are not there for some reason or another, which does explain our awful midfield.)
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Why would you expect England to stroll through the game with ease? Ireland have only really been the only weak side of the tournament, Ukraine were in a position to qualify at the start of the night so they're hardly a poor team, they just don't score enough goals, that's not the same as being a poor team.