by Durhamfootman » Tue Mar 27, 2018 11:00 pm
England not as assured tonight as they were on Friday. Slow to get going and a bit flustered at the end. In between they weren't bad. Surprisingly they looked a bit at sea defensively. Italy had some really good chances to score which they didn't take, so England will need to work on that.
Sterling was impressive again, even getting back to his feet, with the ball still under control and looking to play, on the couple of occasions that he was scythed to the ground. I noticed that Lallana did the same when he came on, so perhaps this is something that Southgate has talked about. Alli should take notice, after all he hardly played in the Dutch game and took no part tonight. At the moment, Alli doesn't make the team, for me. Lingard looks good and the Ox did okay. I was prepared to hate the idea of Ashley Young in the side, and he didn't impress me much when he came on as a wing back on Friday, but I thought he did pretty well tonight and can play on both sides,of course.
I have no idea whether Southgate should start with Butland or Pickford, but I have become increasingly convinced that if he bottles it and goes for the 'experienced' cop out by starting with Hart in the first match in Russia, England will have a terrible tournament..... it's a feeling that can't seem to shake off
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