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SW-Durham Mackem
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Thought it was a restricted performance. I was watching him thinking 'get yourself forward', but he seemed to just sit in the middle and pick up the pieces and move it on. Similar to the U21s.
Really annoying to see how England are in the pitch though. When someone tries a decent ball and i gets cut out or doesnt come off or whatever, you'll see the intended recipitent give a thumbs up or a clap or a nob and offer some encouragement but not with this lot.
They don't encourage each other, they only seem to talk to each other when they're having a moan. They run around with their heads down. Embarrassing. Especially when you have 3 young lads making their debut, Barry and Gerrard offered no support or encouragement in any capacity on the pitch tonite.
Barry in the first half just let Jordan do all the running and pressing. The point of pressing though is that you do it as a team, there's no point otherwise as if everyone isn't pressing then there's always an out ball. Gerrard just meandered around and offered no support to Carroll or the midfield. How deep was Carroll playing considering you could have played 2 midfield players off him?
For the record I though Carroll did alright when given the right service.
Totally agree.