We...this....just isn't good enough end of.
He has had long enough.
We were losing 1 - 0 and they were STILL fannying about at the back near the end.
During that last 20 minutes Pickford could have lofted it long 5 to 10 times...into the area around the edge of the box ...players chest it down turn and bang...or head it out to the wing or into space where marauding players are waiting, eager to take a shot. What's wrong with that each time Pickford got possession...that's what doh brain Gareth should have been signalling to Pickford....fannying about in OUR box ain't gonna win us any trophies...I tell you that for nothing.
This was a weak Brazil side...quite good at some things ...but not the ball bending maestros of the 70's....Jesus Christ they've lost 7-0 at home to Germany since then in Belo Horizonte ...a city that coincidently can be seen from the top of the Jesus Christ statue in Rio de Janeiro.
Not a lot of people know that !
Sorry that was a stupid and unnecessary digression.
If one is playing for England ..in any game ....it's just Not On to play with caution to avoid 'club affecting injuries'..no Batman...neither is it appropriate for the manager to be applying f√cking Caution from the minute of stepping off the team coach to the moment of boarding it again. It doesn't happen in my book. No sir No.
If you get given an International Cap or a privileged well salaried position...you bloody well knuckle down and sweat blood for the shirt..for the Nation..the 3 Lions.
