England National Football Team Reviews

As somebody who used to watch England (you know, in the flesh) on a regular basis, I was both surprised and somewhat alarmed when they made the decision to appoint a foreign manager. As others interest in the national team has heightened (mainly your new breed of “footy fans”) mine has waned. Watching England has always been a ...

Well, in the last few months England have sunk from bad to worse. After the dismal performance in Euro 2000, the nation was further embarrassed by Keegan's refusal to quit despite the fact that the 3 other semi-finalists' managers all had. So Keegan went on, and into the last game at Wembley under the Twin Towers, where...we lost ...

What a couple of months it has been for the England national football side. They played miserably in Euro 2000 after getting our hopes up. When other class managers who had done reasonably well in Euro 2000 notably Zoff and Rkjarcard and the Portugal manager who all resigned from their post following elimination from the tournament. But Kevin ...

England's football team is complete rubbish, and now is the time to accept it and build for the future. Look at the talent of Joe Cole, Michael Carrick, Rio Ferdinand, see what I'm getting at. Why is it not possible to put together a team to beat Finland, who had two good players- Litmanen and Hyppia, and we had Beckham, Scholes, Cole, ...

Let's face it the current England team, if you can call them a team I prefer to call them a collection of misfits, are the worst ever and really suck. The misfits don't act like a team and struggle to string two passes together without giving away the ball - for that matter they don't manage to get the ball that often! ...

Well after just hearing the news about Sven-Goran Eriksson getting a five year deal with England i am feeling Gutted. Yes the swede is a good manager but he is not as good as a English Manager. Its something that i have dreamed about for years. The England team leading out me being the manager. Its interesting to talk though as ...

The appointment of Peter Taylor and Steve MacLaren as caretaker-managers is shrewd although slightly ambigious.... Why did the FA get rid of him when he was in charge of the Under-21 side? (I suspect Howard Wilkinson has a role somehow). And why only for ONE game? England won’t be able to learn anything by just shoving ...

Any England fan would have been devastated to lose to Scotland in the last match at Wembley so the FA arranged for England to have another shot at giving Wembley the send off it deserves. So the FA invited Englands other great rivals, Germany, to play that elusive last fixture which should have been happening somewhere else. But did they win I ...

Point one is that I didn't think Keegan on his own was the right man for the job in the first place but could have been a success at England if he was paired with someone that was tactically aware. So then you would have a motivater and someone that was good tactically. Even though I didn't think Keegan was the right man for England I ...

Finland Nil, England Nil – Any cause for optimism? Wednesday’s match was neither the result people wanted to have nor the performance they wanted to see (if’ you’re an England supporter that is). So was there any cause for optimism. Well, how did the team perform? Here’ my opinion, in no ...

So, who should be the new England manager? Well, it seems that one of the main talking points is whether the England manager should be English or foreign. In my opinion there is no way we should even consider appointing a foreign manager even if he is better than any English candidates – the national team should be managed by someone from ...

Despite what the press might say England have more than enough good players to be a power in the football world. Where they are let down is a lack of heart, spirit and bottle. And perhaps mostly - confidence. Never have such a talented bunch of players played with so little self belief. Whoever is manager is on a hiding ...

I knew we had no chance when Kevin Keegan picked his team to face Germany on Saturday, so it was nice of Howard Wilkinson to follow with Keegans example. Howard decided that he would put out a team that would bamboozle the whole nation. The most shocking omission was Michael Owen - but he wasn't dropped, no because Howard did not pick the ...

After watching the last two England performances, I'm wondering if we are going backwards. In terms of individual skill, with the possible exception of david Beckham, the opponents we play often have at least three or four players who make you sit up and take notice.Even underated Finland un Wednesday, had players who could run at the ...

Ok, I know many will disagree with me here, but I have very strong opinions about this! I think that the England mangerial position should be taken up by an English, or at least British manager/person. I know there isn't some clause to say this, but the England team being coached by Arsene Wenger? Now that does sound strange! Ok, the ...

Am I missing something that others seem to be seeing because in my view it's got nothing to do with the manager for England playing so bad. I think this will be found out once England get a new manager. The fact is the players that England currently have are really not good enough. England will not be a good team for about another 7 years when ...

I have to say before I review this I have to say that I am Welsh so this review will be a little biased. I have to say that England shold be doing so much better with all their players they have at their disposal. Thye have aleast 6 world class players but they just dont seem to work together. The worrying thing for England fans is that ...

Yet, another sad day in English football. The team loses at home and the Manager feels he is not up to the job and quits. I have watched some of the highlight and there was only one team that deserved to win. Unfortunately that team was not England. There has been so much expectation, and as usual so much disappointment. I feel sorry that ...

England 0 Germany 1 Beaten by what I thought was a second rate German outfit just about sums up this poor performance from Keegan's England. Team selection in my opinion was poor. The inclusion of Seaman, Le-Saux, Barmby, Cole and what I thought was not a totally fit David Beckham. Tactics, don't even talk to me ...

So the last game has been played at Wembley, England v Germany in the world cup qualifying match, England lost 1-0 Then Kevin Keegan sensationally quits!!! Keegan deserves a moment of sympathy for his honest comments. but not much more than a moment. The timing of his departure is far from perfect he should have gone after the Euro 2000. ...