Terry Butcher Ex-England captain at Stadion Antona Malatinského for 5 live Sport Posted at18:58 Tactically England were poor and their basics were poor. But they won it through perseverance alone. But there's a lot of work for Sam Allardyce to do and would England have won the game had Martin Skrtel not got himself sent off? Does that paper over the cracks? No. There's not enough paper. Is the last sentence a sly dig at Rooneys' hairline ... ??
Kane is lucky not to have a broken leg after that stamp by that ****ing animal Skrtel. Should be a very long ban but I guess there won't be any additional punishment.
They all were......Match winner Adam Lallana, speaking to ITV: "That goal has been a long time coming. I put pressure on myself to score goals. We kept plugging away. As a unit we played brilliantly and they didn't have any chances. Of course it's a great start for Sam and the team. He made it clear he wanted a clean sheet. I thought we were very disciplined."
Rooney was brilliant' Slovakia 0-1 England Posted at19:14 England manager Sam Allardyce on Wayne Rooney's position, speaking to ITV: "Today Wayne played wherever he wanted to. He was brilliant and controlled midfield. I can't stop Wayne playing there." One for saying he was brilliant and the other for admitting he cannot control him....
On the plus side, Allarshyte's tactics were so dull it meant the England Supporters Band were too bored to drone out The Dambusters March for ninety minutes...
It's the final ball again. The mentality of just whipping the ball into the box in the hope that someone gets on the end of it has to change. Teams can defend that all day. The only justification would be if wingers were crossing at pace for Andy Carroll. Otherwise, there needs to be more guile. England got lucky in the 96th minute.
I'll forgive early mistakes but a free role for Rooney and Theo Walcott, Raheem Sterling and Sturridge is pushing it......a lot.
Just about on topic: the Nigerian Football Federation are making overtures for Josh Onomah to represent them internationally.
I guess we should ask him? As long as he's OK with that. "It's not for me to say where he's going to play, It's up to me to ask whether he needs a cold drink or his balls kissing" said the former Sunderland, West Ham, Newcastle and Bolton boss, 61. On Spurs matters Son Heung Min is flying home early from International duty in an attempt to salvage his real career with Spurs. I think it would be worthwhile if he could get an open ticket allowing for an onward flight to Germany in January.
Not So Big After All Sam says he can't tell Wayne Rooney where to play. It's his ****ing job to tell Wayne Rooney where to play.
Rooney will be allowed to put the appearances made / goals scored record for an England player out of sight (unless in the case of the latter Greavsie is reborn) . Regardless of the fact that several past players closest to him on both fronts have taken England forward in tournament finals than he ever will have.
