England Fans' Thread

That�ll be the last game of the tournament for the Uruguayan officials. Overall, can�t complain that we lost. The Germans were better than us and we haven�t reproduced anywhere near our qualification form in the Finals. The squad disruption from all the injuries hasn�t helped but doesn�t tell the whole story. WTF is going on with the squad? Was the pressure too much for them? They looked tired, as did other Premier League players in the other squads. Perhaps the domestic game needs to ask itself how good it is that we play so many more games than the rest of the world. When we scored our second, before the roar of the crowd woke up the linesman who failed to realise he�d missed a goal and didn�t signal to the ref, I thought it was a brilliant opportunity. To come back from 2-0 down and level it up against a young team would give us a psychological edge we might exploit, albeit that Low would no doubt have executed some half time damage repair. Instead, Germany showed more resolve and we were forced to commit more and more forward. Both the second half German goals were on the break when we had nine men forward. We might still have lost, indeed would have remained the favourites to still lose, but that second goal being given would have made for a great contest.

That�ll be the last game of the tournament for the Uruguayan officials. Overall, can�t complain that we lost. The Germans were better than us and we haven�t reproduced anywhere near our qualification form in the Finals. The squad disruption from all the injuries hasn�t helped but doesn�t tell the whole story. WTF is going on with the squad? Was the pressure too much for them? They looked tired, as did other Premier League players in the other squads. Perhaps the domestic game needs to ask itself how good it is that we play so many more games than the rest of the world. When we scored our second, before the roar of the crowd woke up the linesman who failed to realise he�d missed a goal and didn�t signal to the ref, I thought it was a brilliant opportunity. To come back from 2-0 down and level it up against a young team would give us a psychological edge we might exploit, albeit that Low would no doubt have executed some half time damage repair. Instead, Germany showed more resolve and we were forced to commit more and more forward. Both the second half German goals were on the break when we had nine men forward. We might still have lost, indeed would have remained the favourites to still lose, but that second goal being given would have made for a great contest.