Admittedly I don't take much notice of international football and the last England I watched would be the Iceland match, didn't watch either of the recent matches but there are three players who played who I had to google as I had no idea who they were, Gomez, Cook and Tarkowski.
Same here, feel like I've totally lost touch, not knowing who some England players even are! They could have won a competition to play for all I knew.
In terms of dampening down expectations, what better than an England team of unknowns? Far better than World Cup build-ups being highjacked by the talk of golden generations, Rooney's metatarsal or why Stevie and Lamps can't play together.
Quote from: TopDeck113 on March 28, 2018, 07:40:41 PMIn terms of dampening down expectations, what better than an England team of unknowns? Far better than World Cup build-ups being highjacked by the talk of golden generations, Rooney's metatarsal or why Stevie and Lamps can't play together.Until the month leading up to the tournament itself when the tabloids suddenly decide we are potential world beaters.
What got my back up in 2014 (and at Euro 2012) was that England went with a general 'oh well, we won't do anything so let's build for the future' attitude from fans and media alike, and then when we turned out to be jank, it was slit your wrists time.