World Cup - Spoilers (Page 21)

Didn't take him this long to write this one.  Ugh!

I never expected them to win the whole shebang.  I know they aren't there yet.  I was hoping that they were at least going to make it past round 2.  I was disappointed.  But I saw a LOT of good things in this WC that I haven't seen in the past and bcozian pointed them out.

1.  For the first time we actually have a plethora of offensive threats.  Findley.  Buddle.  Altidore.  Davies.  Gomez.  They are all fast and young.  If they can start to really get their nose towards the back of the net and continue to develop over the next 4 years it will be VERY interesting to see them in 2014.

2.  Interestingly enough, a team that had traditionally been built on defense and hoping to have some kind of counter attack is not weak in the back.  I don't know if the injury to Gooch was a big part of it or not (impossible to know if it would have been different if he were not injured).  But there were other weaknesses.  Clark should not have started.  He gave up the goal against England and he was directly responsible for the first goal yesterday.  I have a feeling that unless something changes, his international career might be over. 

3.  Landycakes finally showed up to the WC.  He is what kept us in this tournament and it was nice to see him actively take on that roll.  He took this team on his shoulders and finally lived up to it.  I'm proud of him.  Finally.  Still won't stop me from taking the Mickey out of him when the Galaxy comes to town. 

4.  Dempsey has taken on the McBride mantle.  Sacrificing his body and taking on the hits that McBride used to take.  He definitely sacrificed blood, sweat and tears on that field.  He is my wife's favorite and this tournament just solidified her love for him. 

And now I get to suffer through another 4 years of the haters saying "see, I told you so, we suck at soccer". *sigh*

Can't wait to watch the rest of the WC though. 

Oh dear.  Getting ugly now.

England get the lesson they deserve...too slow, lack of technical skill....Germany were a different class today and very good to watch...

As I stated before...England lacks quality world class players...and the sad thing is that there are not many coming through the ranks to improve this predicament

We are the Aston Villa of World football

I agree to disagree....the skill level is different, speed is different..longer the game went even at 2-2...England would have been exposed....

I agree with you.  England as a TEAM looked slow.  England as a TEAM did not look creative.  England as a TEAM looked overmatched and outpaced.  One missing member on a TEAM does not cause the whole team to look as outplayed as England did today.  And I was pulling for them.