- Joined
- May 22, 2012
We played one good game in the tournament - Sweden who were no mugs having knocked Holland out in qualifying and beating Italy in the play-off. England cannot often keep a clean sheet and as soon as they failed (just) to go 2-0 up I knew we never had enough 'calamity insurance' because England always have calamity in important matches. I knew in my heart we were out as soon as Perisic equalized and they were tired and clueless thereafter.
Make no mistake there are a few positives - we now have a capable spine on which to form a decent side (Pickford-MacGuire-Trippier-Kane) but being realistic there will not be an opening-up of the draw in Euro2020 or a World Cup like that again where at QF stage we are the highest ranked team in the 8 in that side of the draw. If only that had happened in 1990 or 2006....
Make no mistake there are a few positives - we now have a capable spine on which to form a decent side (Pickford-MacGuire-Trippier-Kane) but being realistic there will not be an opening-up of the draw in Euro2020 or a World Cup like that again where at QF stage we are the highest ranked team in the 8 in that side of the draw. If only that had happened in 1990 or 2006....