ENGLAND ARE NOT READY!

The three Lions finally qualified for the world cup last night with one of the most  boring matches I have seen of late ( I watch a lot of matches). The display they put out will have left all the top teams looking forward to facing them in the world cup.

There 1- 0 win was for lack of a better word a snooze fest, as their display was lack of any imagination and class. I was and still am a firm believer of current England manager Gareth Southgate however after last nights display it is very evident that England have a lot of work to do before the world cup arrives.

They seemed to have no game plan, other than focus on Marcus Rashford give him the ball and expect him to perform some kind of magic. Their passing was sideways and extremely boring to watch, until Kyle Walkers eventual break through cross in the 94th minute to Harry Kane and he was able to score the winning goal.

Some will argue that this is a mark of a good team, where they can grind out results even without playing well. However I tend to disagree the three Lions did not deserve to win that game. The team is full of premier league stars  from various top teams in England who perform exceptionally for their clubs, but last nights showing was boring, pedestrian, strange, lifeless and lazy.

“It’s difficult to bring how you play in the Premier League into international football. It’s so different, but we’re always striving to become better and there’s a lot of likeness between how City play and international football. Or to how Tottenham play. But to gel all those things is very difficult.
“As long as England win and keep clean sheets and keep bettering ourselves every year and making the nation proud, that’s all that matters.”

These were john stones comments earlier this week, that completely contradict the game England put up last night. That game was not even close to what the lower league teams put out every weekend.

I don't know what was wrong or what happened but one thing is for sure, performances like these next summer in Russia and England will be out of the world cup in the group stages. Southgate now has more work to do than ever, yes his attained his main objective of getting them there but now he must take them a level higher. England need to be and can be better before the world cup arrives!