28 Jun 2016 10:28:35
When the England team started with 5 of the 10 outfield players coming from Tottenham it's didn't bode well.
Hodgson should never have been England manager. At the time, it should have been Redknapp. Keeping Hodgson on after his World Cup failure was idiotic in the extreme. The problem now, is who should manage England? I have a horrible feeling it will be the woeful Gareth Southgate. Interestingly Tony Pullis was the highest finishing English manager last season, which says it all.
28 Jun 2016 12:11:18
That's got nothing to do with it.
The whole team was poor tactically, the Spuds players picked all had very good seasons, that can't be argued.
28 Jun 2016 14:11:54
So R. G. Kane didn't deserve to go did he, he was the golden boot winner so how can you not pick that, Ali has been the best young midfielder in the league and walker and rose are top full backs. I think Wilshire going was a travesty as he never played all season. Face facts the whole England team were dreadful not just the spurs boys. The biggest mistake Roy made was not taking Drinkwater, noble and Carroll to the euros.
28 Jun 2016 14:56:25
Im afraid its a case of again thinking we are better than we really are and never heeding the reality checks each time. Must be a british, no english thing.
28 Jun 2016 16:43:19
God forbid RG trying to crack a joke guys.
28 Jun 2016 16:51:39
Raver - your comment sums it up, Roy made the biggest mistake in not taking Drinkwater, Noble and Carroll, all very average players, none of which I would want at Arsenal, never mind playing for the national team! The problem is that England did not have one world class player. Yes, Wilshere clearly showed a lack of match practice, but we simply don't have top quality players.
The fact that 3rd place Tottenham, in a season when the big boys underperformed for various reasons, provided 5 players explains why we got knocked out by Iceland. Both Tottenham full backs are very average PL players. Dier is slightly better. Alli is full of promise, but had a poor Euros. Kane is a decent player, but looked fatigued.
It was a shame that Welbeck and Ox were unfit and Walcott wasn't taken.
From the squad there are only 2 players I would want at Arsenal; Stones and Rashford.
Manager-wise we have a dreadful problem, as the FA seem to want English managers and the top finishing English manager was Alan Pardew who finished with Palace in 15th place! Gareth Southgate will probably get the job, which will be a dreadful choice.
28 Jun 2016 18:54:47
Walcott didn't deserve to go RG and to be honest Jack W should have stayed at home, he hardly kicked a ball.