BucketBiff
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Nelson! said:Alexi Lallas and Michael Ballack were arguing about this on the post-match analysis I watched. Ballack said England were boring and it wasn't how football should be played, Lallas responded "we can't all be Germany, they did what they needed to do against a stronger team and there's a beauty in that".......you could tell they were genuinely pissed off with each other too. Macmanaman (suprisingly) summed it up best saying it's ok to play that way against france and do a job, if they line up the same way in the next too questions will rightly be asked.
I think the media vendetta might actually help out Hodgson with the genuine fans. In the past when the media have stuck the boot in the manager has generally been disliked or has failed with a good squad. Hodgson is a nice bloke working with a poor set of players and I don't think people will like him taking the blame, they'll see right through the "we want 'arry" campaign.
Spot on that last bit IMO. I think most England fans realise that the media has played its part in past failings by over hyping our sides and would settle for a team not a collection of over hyped individuals. IMO the press are dipping their toes testing the water over Hodgson as a lot of fans are backing the bloke. They don't want to totally blast him yet as they ll look even bigger twats if Hodgsons team do well.