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Been some interesting reactions after elimination with some saying it has been brilliant and is the start of a new era whilst others have said it was a missed opportunity and we should be in the final, so how do you rate the whole World Cup campaign for England?
For me, it was very promising. Great to see fans fall in love with international football again with a likeable team. That said we never looked threatening from open play, even at times against Panama, and had we lost the lottery of a shoot-out to Colombia there could be an entirely different feeling.
Great to see some of the lower profile names really stand out with Maguire, Pickford, Trippier probably the best trio. As usual, bigger names seemed to let the side down at times, Kane faded with each game and seemed to drop deeper and deeper and still didn’t look fully fit after his injury towards the end of the season and Sterling couldn’t find the end product despite not playing badly (in my opinion). Dele Alli at his best would have given us the creativity we were crying out for but looked like a passenger.
I haven’t enjoyed a tournament from an England perspective that much in my lifetime though, so a decent mark from me.
For me, it was very promising. Great to see fans fall in love with international football again with a likeable team. That said we never looked threatening from open play, even at times against Panama, and had we lost the lottery of a shoot-out to Colombia there could be an entirely different feeling.
Great to see some of the lower profile names really stand out with Maguire, Pickford, Trippier probably the best trio. As usual, bigger names seemed to let the side down at times, Kane faded with each game and seemed to drop deeper and deeper and still didn’t look fully fit after his injury towards the end of the season and Sterling couldn’t find the end product despite not playing badly (in my opinion). Dele Alli at his best would have given us the creativity we were crying out for but looked like a passenger.
I haven’t enjoyed a tournament from an England perspective that much in my lifetime though, so a decent mark from me.
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