loyalgunner wrote:
It feels to me as though England are hiding behind the “it was just a training game” argument to hide the fact they didn’t acclimate well to the heat and, despite their dominance, they couldn’t really break down our defence. Yes they subbed the whole team at halftime but neither of their XI’s were that impressive.
All Whites can feel far more comfortable with the result than England. That said, we were lucky. If we’d been thrashed similar to the Haiti game then we’d be going into the tournament very low on confidence but this was a step in the right direction.
Crocombe did well, defence did well, Stamenic was useful. Our forwards need to connect better.
If this was a competitive match and England were going for it, we'd be talking about a cricket score here.....
As Football365 noted, we'd be lucky to beat Bristol Rovers based on this mornings efforts, never mind qualifying for the next round.
As Football365 noted, we'd be lucky to beat Bristol Rovers based on this mornings efforts, never mind qualifying for the next round.