England will beat Israel with a deflected shot by Stevie G.
Or England will beat Israel with a header by Micah Richards.
Or Shaun Wright-Phillips will beat two defenders and shoot into the bottom corner.
Or John Terry will nick a header in injury time.
Or Michael Owen could play badly and score. He’s done that often enough.
It should be 1-0 or 2-0 and fans should not be neurotic at 5pm on Saturday.My advice : don’t start worrying until Israel score.
England have five games left in the Euro 2008 Qualifying campaign and four are at home. Israel and Russia are must-win games.
SWP and Richards have brightened up the team lately.When we see those two play well, we remember what English football used to be.Shaun and Micah are not celebrities. They’re just footballers who put their whole heart and soul into a game they love playing.
England will beat Israel. And they might be able to beat Russia with Peter Crouch back.
Without Lampard, the midfield should have more balance.David Bentley might be a dynamic sub. He can cross well, take freekicks and corners and also shoot from distance.
Realistically, we do not expect England to play good football. We expect them to be patchy and incoherent.
But we expect them to beat Israel, even though it was 0-0 over there.
Wiith an England team managed by dimwit Steve McClaren, and assisted by veteran News of the World columnist Terry Venables, you don’t have high expectations.
You watch some cricket in the morning and look for other sports on the box to take your mind off how dismal England have usually been under McClaren..Then you tune in and watch them scramble three points.