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  1. It seems to me that in the eyes of most England fans and journalists, the players are to blame for the two performances so far. For me, Capello has to take a large share of the blame (especially considering that he’s on £6m a year). Selection and tactics He claimed to want to pick players […]
    • WindyCOYS
    • 4 minute read
    • 20th June 2010 at 09:57
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  2. It’s a massive shame that my opening goal analysis for England’s World Cup “journey” is for a goal like this. Dempsey’s goal. Whilst the nature of the goal has, for obvious reasons, been well documented, it would feel wrong for me to break from my previous pictorial structure for two reasons: Catharsis OCD. And, in […]
  3. I read an interesting article by The Times’ Oliver Kay this morning regarding the England U17s winning the European Championship in Liechtenstein. He writes: Even as they got off the plane, FA officials were sending joyous texts about the first age-group success of an England men’s side since a team including Gary Neville, Sol Campbell, […]
  4. Never a dull moment, eh? Great season, highest finish for 20 years, away at relegated Burnley on final day, 2-0 up. Just enjoy yourself, lads! Oh dear. Burnley’s goals. Elliott’s goal. Graham Alexander has the ball in the middle of the park. Very little pressure on the ball – in the previous games where we’d […]
  5. Firstly – I was wrong. I said 6th or 7th at the start of the year, and I only started to change my mind late on. And I wouldn’t have been unhappy with 7th either (especially after last year), which shows in itself just how well we have done. I don’t know if it’s my […]