So, once again England failed to live up to expectations! Surprised? Not me, disappointed perhaps. Once again we have a manager that fits the team around over hyped players ratter than placing players into a team structure. The late great Bill Shankly said that football is a simple game complicated by fools. How right he was, that complications starts with the idiots at the FA and perminates through football. Now the usual excuses are being rolled out. The Premiership season is too long, no winter break. That long season without a winter break did not seem to affect a certain Mr Suarez who was only 75% match fit or Van Persie etc etc. maybe we simply are not as good as we think we are.
However, ever the internal optimist, we are not out yet. I'm all of sudden a Italy fan and I'm humming the great escape....
