England 0 Montenegro 0
Witless !
What a witless bunch of journeymen!
England’s stars were like virtual robots on the video games they sponsor.
First half, Rooney wasn’t playing with anybody. He wasn’t playing with wide men Johnson and Young, wasn’t playing with Crouch, and wasn’t playing with quarterback Stevie G, who was stationed far too deep.
Robot Rooney’s brain had been erased. His hard disc was whirring, looking for data that wasn’t there. Second half, Montenegro still didn’t want the ball. But Engerland were not imaginative enough to know what to do against a team that didn’t want the ball, although they did raise the tempo.
The game was crying out for Kevin Davies after 50 minutes. Davies for Young, Davies for Barry, Davies for anybody. But leave Crouch on!
When the appalling Ashley Young hit a free-kick 30 yards wide around 63 minutes, I gave up.
I turned over to watch Scotland v Spain.
The score was 2-2 !!!
I’d missed four goals !!!!
If Scotland get a draw here, it’s their biggest victory since 1967!
A draw against the World Cup winners !
Then big striker Lorente started to warm up. He came on and volleyed in a perfect cross by Capdevila.
Scotland 2 Spain 3.
Heroic failure. Typical Scotland.
Scotland would have beaten Montenegro. I have no doubt about that.
Very small consolation : when I saw Vucinic wasn’t playing, I had a bet on under 2.5 goals
G’night.