Just so desperately poor at defending any crosses into the box. We seem utterly incapable of winning anything in the box. Really low level stuff to be failing at so consistently.
I wonder if Gareth Southgate would be interested in returning to the England under age groups. He might have got alot of stick for his defensive tactics but he knew how to set a team up
Well that's presumably the tournament done and dusted, probably the worst side at defending set pieces I've ever seen. Literally anything going into the box looks like its going to end in a goal for Italy. The only way to describe the side is Boothroyd-esque. Must say Porter really hasn't helped with the set pieces either, he looks terrified. Rooted to the spot anytime the ball comes to the box and no surprise he's let that one roll in.
Yeah you can clearly see there’s a big difference between the two teams, one knows what’s it’s doing and everyone knows each others game and the other one is just thrown on there and said go out and play.
We'll never compete at this level until there's an overhaul of coaching. What are they teaching them at St George's
While that's true I think our passing has largely been dreadful and I don't think we've shown that much technically relative to the other top teams, there is any awful lot more to being a good footballer than dribbling ability which seems to be the main strength of a lot of the players. I would say last years Under 17 side looked somewhat more technically accomplished than this year, Mikey Moore in particularly was far more impressive than any of the array of dribblers we've seen here.
Reigan Heskey has looked pretty good since he's come on, in large part because he's the only one of our wide players who actually wants to release the ball.
We really can’t defend at all. Cost us dearly today. Hope it is not a harbinger of the summer to come for both Men and Women.
Really thought we'd beat them today because they're missing a lot of players but clearly they're just really well coached and those who've come in have done just as well.
Yeah was gonna say the same plus also the subs seem to have better balance of the team than the starters. I certainly don’t think we were good and didn’t deserve anything but surely the coach and his selections were questionable from the start.