Tis yet another Monday, they seem to come round every seven days!
I notice the Euro’s will be starting at the end of this week and whilst the hype is not as great as normal before England play in an international tournament, nevertheless hope’s are high. I have said before that I find it boring to watch 90 minutes of a game and internationals are even more dull! I watched about 10 minutes of the friendly against Romania and it was excruciatingly dull! Will England win the trophy, of course not. I’ll be very pleased if they do, I may be bored with watching but that does not mean I don’t wish them to do well and if by some chance they progress to the final I will cheer along with every other fan hoping they win.
I recall watching the 1966 final on TV, I was 14. My understanding of football was not what it is today 54 years later and much has happened since but it was an exhilarating day and the nation came together as perhaps it never has since, thats what a sporting event can do and especially football. I also recall the 1990 semi-final against Germany, with Gazza’s tears and the disappointment of losing when so close to the final. The tension between full time and extra time was so great that Wendy and I went into our garden to get some air and walk about. The semi-final in the last World Cup was equally disappointing and it seems we are not destined to win a major international competition, in spite of our Premier League teams dominating Europe.
We do have a good crop of talented younger players and a few more seasoned ones. I say put your most attack minded team on the pitch and let them do their thing. If the defence cant do their job at this level then lets just score more goals then the opposition! I appreciate that it is not that simple and it depends who the other team are but why not just go for it?
One more thing, England have a habit of taking talented players like Grealish and then being to scared to let them play (with the exception of Gazza). Years ago they should have built the England team around Glenn Hoddle and later around Matt Le Tissier but the management at the time chickened out, let us hope that Southgate has the balls to not make the same mistakes. Good luck to them.
Stay well
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