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Originally Posted by cashman
but a cretin would know that,  |
But a cretin would also know that unless last night's team had bothered to come out with a passionate rendition of the national anthem, determination to attack fluently and give the players in possession options to advance as a unit instead of firing hopeful balls in the general direction of isolated colleagues, then they were hardly likely to do justice to the 3 Lions on the shirt, never mind give the magnificent English support at Belo Horizontale something to be really proud of. This squad couldn't hold a candle even to our post 1966, much derided teams featuring such heroes as Moore, Banks, Gazza, Linaker, Shearer, and many others.
Italy's manager has resigned. I'm beginning to think Roy should do the same.