Rocky Rocky England

Some of you may have noticed, England is not playing like a winning team. The performances in the friendly’s have been shoddy at best, and at this moment in time the reason for the clean winning streak is playing teams that are either

A) Supposed to be inferior
B) Have some outstandingly good own goal scorers.

Now, the world cup starts on Friday, with England playing their first game on Saturday, and I will be honest, even with strong patriotic tendencies, I cannot see England making it very far. Capello seems to be unable to come out with a squad he likes, making up to 8 subs in the most recent game. I cannot begin to guess at what is going on behind that steel jaw. Some people like to claim that if the team plays this poorly and wins, then when they play well they must be fantastic, to which I would reply “when will that be then?”. With Jermaine Defoe blurting on about altitude sickness, and Wayne Rooney slowly turning a beautiful shade of red each game, I have having trouble believing.
With the massive changes and turning the team this way and that, no-one can be sure how Capello is going to tackle Saturday’s game. This is the first game he MUST win, and cannot change all 11 players on at half time, and the starting lineup will certainly be interesting to see, as it will give us a solid team we know Capello is ready to start with. The USA is also a good team, with a solid line up, so not only will the names on that start up sheet be interesting, but also how they perform together and as a team will be interesting to study. Will he bring forward a shocker? Will he bring forward a predictable team? Will he surprise us all by playing a completely new and unheard of strategy? Or will he play the good ol’ 4-4-2? Many questions will be answered this Saturday, and depending on how Capello plays it, he could leave us with many more.
Overall, I am personally doubtful as to England’s potential to win this world cup. Alas, my view is quite obviously not shared with the country, as flags fly proud. I guess within football nothing is certain, and despite my skepticism I will still watch with fingers crosses. I do not like to be proven wrong, but I will allow room in this case.


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Cya