Not sensitivity, N, but sensibility. The RDAHMeedya have different narratives for the likes of Kane and Haaland, and the shirt colour often provides the reason. Watch the England women and every touch from the likes of Toone is lauded to the roof of the stand. The second she balloons one into the stand there's not a word of criticism. Same with Russo. When Keira played for us every misplaced pass was a cause for verbal vilification.I didn’t think Phil was that bad at all, doing a lot of fetching and carrying, playing the simple ball, keeping possession. When you have a right back playing at left back behind you, a striker who doesn’t touch the ball for the whole first half ( yes, OK, he’s not unused to that) and another not very good right back playing in some kind of midfield position where even he doesn’t have a clue what he’s meant to be doing, you’re not going to get a lot of space to work in, and when you do find a pocket of space nobody is quick witted enough to get the ball to you, especially Saint Jude who will always prefer to perform a miracle on his own.
And did Shearer really not hear himself saying how unimportant it was that Kane wasn’t involved at all when week after week Haaland is berated on MOTD for only getting five times as many touches as Kane managed? And his one chance was a brilliant save rather than “he has to score from there”. Perhaps I’m just being over sensitive
Yeah that comment from shearer was a wtf one.I didn’t think Phil was that bad at all, doing a lot of fetching and carrying, playing the simple ball, keeping possession. When you have a right back playing at left back behind you, a striker who doesn’t touch the ball for the whole first half ( yes, OK, he’s not unused to that) and another not very good right back playing in some kind of midfield position where even he doesn’t have a clue what he’s meant to be doing, you’re not going to get a lot of space to work in, and when you do find a pocket of space nobody is quick witted enough to get the ball to you, especially Saint Jude who will always prefer to perform a miracle on his own.
And did Shearer really not hear himself saying how unimportant it was that Kane wasn’t involved at all when week after week Haaland is berated on MOTD for only getting five times as many touches as Kane managed? And his one chance was a brilliant save rather than “he has to score from there”. Perhaps I’m just being over sensitive
No wonder Shearer never made it as a manager. He is a dinosaur and has the most weird views about the game.I didn’t think Phil was that bad at all, doing a lot of fetching and carrying, playing the simple ball, keeping possession. When you have a right back playing at left back behind you, a striker who doesn’t touch the ball for the whole first half ( yes, OK, he’s not unused to that) and another not very good right back playing in some kind of midfield position where even he doesn’t have a clue what he’s meant to be doing, you’re not going to get a lot of space to work in, and when you do find a pocket of space nobody is quick witted enough to get the ball to you, especially Saint Jude who will always prefer to perform a miracle on his own.
And did Shearer really not hear himself saying how unimportant it was that Kane wasn’t involved at all when week after week Haaland is berated on MOTD for only getting five times as many touches as Kane managed? And his one chance was a brilliant save rather than “he has to score from there”. Perhaps I’m just being over sensitive
3 right backs, 3 centre backs and 1 left back in the starting eleven. A #8 playing as a #10, a #10 playing as a #11 & a #9 who thinks he's a #10. Add in a keeper whose mental acuity and lack of calmness when the ball is anywhere near his vicinity make Grobelaar look like a sane alternative then what could possibly go wrong.Shunt Saka onto the left and see how he gets on with a right footed left back coming inside and not creating any space for him. During the hatchet job in Foden by the BBC last night Ferdinand had to get in how great Paul Scholes was at adapting. Then Mica Richards shut him down highlighting that he never did it for England.
I had a feeling Southgate would try playing three right backs in the same team but surely he wouldn’t be daft enough to try it. Bloody hell I was wrong. They can’t keep that system going next game, Foden will be the casualty of it all and will probably end up on the bench.
I’m guessing that’s L’Quipe. They have a deliberate policy of creating headlines with scathing performance ratings that are rarely a reflection of the actual game.I see it's not only the English press that utterly stupid. One French paper gave John Stones 3 out of 10 for last nights performance.