Shall we start with "It' was only a friendly"

a lot of positives

Don't forget, it was an experimental side too. Roy was trying things out

Anyone who reads anything into a friendly result is a moron, HTH

should be ok when Hart is called up

Chile were really charged up to play England at wembley, it was like an fa cup final for them

MysticMug 15 Nov 13 21:50 Joined: 11 Jan 12 | Topic/replies: 1,896 | Blogger: MysticMug's blog
Anyone who reads anything into a friendly result is a moron, HTH


That's the worse excuse yet

Not an excuse, we were rubbish tonight, not going to judge how good we are on one friendly result though, just like we all knew we weren't better than Spain when we beat them in a friendly

its not the result that counts , its all about seeing how the fringe players adapt to international football

MM ye are not in the same class as Chile either.

Can't wait for the excuses at the World cup.

Anyone who reads anything into a friendly result is a moron, HTH

Nobody was saying that after the victory Vs Spain

couple contributions from 5live:

woy: "we didn't deserve to lose more than 1-0"

rob green (I think): "it's a great day to have an off day"

I think tonight probably just goes to confirm what we all knew - the first XI is ok (if a bit workmanlike by international standards) and will at least give most teams a bit of game but the depth of English talent is very shallow right now and will be for at least another 5-10 years even if the elite player development (whatever its called) works 100%.

If everyone is fit in the summer, we might make the quarters with a favourable draw. A couple of key injuries or get drawn in the 'group of death' and we'll be home before the knock out stages. I don't think anyone expects any more than that really.

On the plus side however...........we are not France!!