Well that was ****ing dreadful.
Not much you can do when Hart, Rooney, Sturridge, Sterling and Kane, all have absolute stinkers. They were abysmally poor in the second half (apart from Hart who didn't touch the ball, but he'd already dropped his bollock).
None of the problems was new. As I asked a week or so ago, what exactly was/is England's game plan? It looked like Woy had decided that 11 "top top" PL players bucked together should know what to do. I guess, to a degree he is right (they should still have had enough to beat Iceland), but then they all come from different teams and play different systems. That's where he comes in and says "boys, we're gonna play this way." then explains it to them. You know, on those days when you don't play, when you........train! I said all along he was a poor manager, he's just shown it. What exactly was he working on in training during the week?
On paper your squad is probably better than Italy's and definitely better than Norn Iron's, but those two sides have been coached to play a certain system. It's defensive and not great on the eye, but they all know what they are doing and it works for them. Woy's had how many years to get a system for England and he still hasn't a clue.
Kane on set pieces!? He's your main striker, WTF? He's also been **** at set pieces every time he's played in France.
Did he think Iceland were going to play some novel version of the auld Ajax system? They were always going to play the way they did. You need to work out how to break down a packed defence Woy ohh and how to defend a long throw. If only there was a side in the PL who liked long throws so the players could think "ahhh, just like the auld stoke side". Wee clue on how to break down a packed defence, speed! Both of passing and quick players. Ohh you only brought one winger and he has zero confidence. Shame you didn't think ahead and realise you may need a second winger. Still, not like you knew your group in advancer. Ohhh.......oops. I guess it's not like you have players in the PL who would have helped there, quick players with International experience like, oooh I dunno, Theo Walcott. Or quick players who were actually in form at the end of the season like ehhhh Townsend. Still, you had Henderson, Milner and a patently unfit Wilshire. They are pretty much wingers, right!?
Weird that the best player on the night was the one who had a great season and has sky high confidence, Rashford. And you weren't going to take him but for Danny Wellkack breaking.
Still, it's not all bad England fans, here's some of the favourites to replace Woy, Gareth Southgate, Fat Sam, Alan Pardew, Brendan Rodgers, Glen Hoddle, Harry Redknapp and Alan Shearer.
That's the very definition of mediocre. In fact, I'm being generous there. It's a combination of has-beens, failures, and a bloke who should never have been allowed to manage in the first place.
And, NO, you can't have Michael O'Neill!