If Wayne Rooney thinks it is tough, then he should consider what it is like for the millions(?) like me. It is hard to remember a game I have had to watch that was so poor. There must be thousands of Sunday pub team players gripping their mobile phones awaiting the inevitable call up from Fabio. Where does the manager go from here? Is it his fault? A change of style, personnel and tactics are surely needed but what of the players? How can they be so bad, so disinterested and apparently unfamiliar with each other? Can they pull themselves out of this huge rut?
One can try to look on the positive side. We have been here before in 1990 and 1986 when the team was turned around after similar appalling starts. Linekar 3 Poland nil etc. This situation looks desperate. Who is in charge ion the field? Who is meant to control the ball and direct operations? No one it seems as judged by Rooney coming to the half way line looking for the ball and Terry’s awful back pass because he did not have the confidence to go forward.
Maybe one just needs to accept that this is the way it is meant to be. Like Catholics England supporters are meant to endure suffering in order to understand life and appreciate the value of the longer term goals.
Maybe old age and memory loss cannot come quickly enough so that the pain of watching England play football is gone within the flicker of a neurone.
Anyway, the super whites are about to conquer the world after a tremendous 1-1 draw. Now sing along with me to a 1996 tune-” Three ferns on my shirt…….”
